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middle name for ruby??

38 replies

littlemonkeychops · 25/04/2013 18:28

Ruby Lily?
Ruby Karenza?
Ruby Chloe?

We have a longish surname...any ideas/thoughts??

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DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 26/04/2013 11:18

Do people really need the names May, Rose or Grace suggested to them when asking for middle name inspiration?

95% of girls from this generation have the middle name May, Rose or Grace - they are so over-used it's untrue. Everybody knows these names - surely it's time to think outside the box even a tiny bit.

Karenza, for instance, is fabulous. It's different and refreshing, and timeless.

Apologies to anyone I've offended, I'm just so over these middle names!!

LulaPalooza · 26/04/2013 11:43

Ruby Ruby Ruby (Aah aah aah aah aah aah)

Madamecastafiore · 26/04/2013 11:44

Roo!

Madamecastafiore · 26/04/2013 11:45

Sorry, family joke.

Ruby Ruby Roo!

fussychica · 26/04/2013 14:41

Sorry Don I love May, though admittedly I was intending to use it more than 20 years ago well before it became popular. I think the OP liked it too (not offended BTW).

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 26/04/2013 20:46

Yeah, it seem the OP did!

I just find it hilarious when people come on and suggest those names specifically for middle names - and actually even more hilarious when OPs like them - are there really people left in the world that need Rose/May/Grace suggested to them?! Grin

CPtart · 26/04/2013 20:56

Faye

babyseal · 26/04/2013 21:01

My Ruby is Ruby Olive, after her great-great Granny.

TwinkleSparkleBling · 26/04/2013 22:23

My Nan was Ruby May. It really gets to me when people go on about May/Rose etc being of this generation.

They are names that have ALWAYS been about. Get over it.

FWIW I like Ruby Faye or Ruby Rose.

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 26/04/2013 23:47

I'm not suggesting they are necessarily are of this generation, although they are undoubtedly going through a massive popularity surge - hardly anyone of our generation has those middle names (a lot of Louises and Janes for us).

My point was that if someone goes to the trouble of starting a thread in baby names looking for middle name suggestions, suggesting Rose/May/Grace is like suggesting the sky is either blue or white. They kind of go without saying.

nannyof3 · 27/04/2013 00:00

How about no middle name.... Thats unusual!!!!!

makingdoo · 27/04/2013 00:11

I like Ruby Lynn or Ruby Jade. I personally think Karenza is too long a middle name for Ruby (although I do love the name itself).

I also liked Ruby May but as another poster mentioned it is very common for a middle name at the moment

Meringue33 · 28/04/2013 18:06

Nanny I have no middle name and its rubbish! Our son has two :)

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