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Arrgh, is this "in honour of" name too much of a gobful?

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littlejobbie · 07/03/2011 21:19

DD due any day now and we have just about agreed on Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth (or Sylvia Elizabeth Catherine)to honour lovely ladies in our families and cos we like all the names individually - but I keep having a wobble. Is this just too damn much? Think she would probably be a Sylvie whilst little...

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Onion1968 · 07/03/2011 21:24

It is a long name but TBH how often do we actually say our full names out loud? She'll just have to hope there is plenty room on any forms she fills her full name in on... :o

thisisyesterday · 07/03/2011 21:28

oh i like it! not too long at all and it flows really nicely

Pterosaur · 07/03/2011 21:31

Oh it's lovely. The first combination sounds better than the second.

Bettyspencer · 07/03/2011 21:45

Lovely name. Initials on your first combo are better than the second possibly.

Wigeon · 07/03/2011 21:48

Lovely names! (all meaningful to me too). How long is your surname? Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth Sanderson might be a bit of a mouthful but Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth Brown might not. Although as Onion1968 says, you hardly ever say out your whole name.

Go for it!

PigeonPie · 07/03/2011 21:51

Sounds lovely. Go for it and good luck!

Pterosaur · 07/03/2011 21:52

If your surname is Sanderson, Bettyspencer is definitely right about the initials.

Hassled · 07/03/2011 21:54

I'm a big fan of involving family names - all of my DCs have the middle name of a grandparent. I think the names are lovely individually and even better together - go for it.

Wigeon · 07/03/2011 21:56

Oh god, don't go for Sylvia Elizabeth Catherine Sanderson!

UrsulaBuffay · 07/03/2011 22:00

LOVE sylvia, gorgeous. Yes, don't have a little SECS

Underachieving · 07/03/2011 22:33

Shame about the initials if you really do have an S surname as I prefered the sound of it as Sylvia Elizabeth Catherine. But then if you were for example a Brown, Jones, or Longford then the initials aren't an issue either way.

It's a long name, but Sylvie is a really cute name to grow up with and Sylvia is nice for a lady. I can't think of a nickname that isn't really pretty either. It's fine, it's so traditional that unless you have a double barrelled surname the length will be forgivable. Don't ask me why but longer names do seem more forgivable when they are very traditional.

UrsulaBuffay · 07/03/2011 22:40

I prefer Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth because of the two vowel sounds at the end of Sylvia and beginning of Elizabeth, the C of Catherine (and n sound at the end) gives a nice separation between the names. Lovely.

PepsiPopcorn · 07/03/2011 22:44

Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth - very nice :)

muminthemiddle · 07/03/2011 23:19

I also prefer Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth, as Ursula says it kind of flows better. Beautiful name x

Kidsy · 09/03/2011 13:13

Oh no - I hadn't even thought of initials - SCEG? anyone?!

Underachieving · 09/03/2011 13:19

I really believe initials only matter when they spell something bad. J.A.M. and C.A.T. are fine, B.U.M. and F.O.O.L. aren't, thus S.C.E.G. is passable. In Yorkshire to take a skeg at something would be to take a look at it. Otherwise it's not a word.

flopsy1974 · 09/03/2011 13:44

Lovely names, I'd go with it.

GetOrfMoiLand · 09/03/2011 13:47

It isn't too much of a mouthful. My dd is Sophia Katharine Jennifer, it's not too much i don't think.

winkle2 · 11/03/2011 11:45

skeg means pikey round my way!

tigermummy35 · 11/03/2011 18:35

@Winkle2, same here re skeg, lol.

I have friends with children with multiple middle names. To add to the confusion, two girls with hyphonated first names! More than one middle name isn't a problem and really is a kind thought for those folk being named after. In case you are concerned, here's the ones I know.

Jack Matthew Paul
Nathan Melvin Eric
Amelia-Grace Suzanne
Elizabeth-Anne Janette

mathanxiety · 11/03/2011 20:05

Sylvia Catherine Elizabeth is fabulous. Not too much of a mouthful at all.

alexaj · 14/03/2011 20:09

It's completely too much of a mouthful!

poppysocks · 14/03/2011 20:17

My DD2 has a name that's v similar. Same third name (on first suggestion) and same number of syllables & rhythmn. It is quite long when all said together, but that's really only when she's naughty and by the time I'm through I've calmed down . Seriously though, it is rarely all used but she is proud to share the name of a very dear lady who sadly died before she could meet her and that means far more to us and everyone else than whether or not her name is a bit of a mouthful on the few occasions that it's used in full. Go for it!

BuzzLiteBeer · 14/03/2011 20:20

Meh, no-one ever says your whole name, so use what you like. My whole name is 5 bloody names with six initials, but I couldn't tell you the last time I ever had to say it or write it anywhere.

alexaj · 14/03/2011 20:25

If it's not used, then what's the point? Can't you 'honour' your dog or something? At least the name would be used.

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