Middle names for Anna - help please

[Laura44]

Thanks to the great suggestions from my previous post we've got a great short list of names which we've been adding middle names to, the one we've struggled with is Anna. Any suggestions for Anna would be much appreciated.

P.s. last pestering name post I promise

[lottiegarbanzo]

Sophia
Venetia
Patricia
Marlena
Felicity
Celeste
Lara
Lauren
Josephine
Catherine
Persephone
Evelyn
Jocelyn
Phyllis
Xanthe

[lottiegarbanzo]

Mabel

[lottiegarbanzo]

Btw, I'm hearing Catriona liltingly, as I was told by a Scottish person it should be pronounced, with the 'o' like a half-syllable, not emphasised, so Cat-RI-uh-na, not Cat-ri-ON-a.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Banana, Spanner, Conda, Matronic

Or, um, well, I think names ending in a work well, though they can sound a bit twee, depending.

Also, Anna easily runs into the next name, so you need it to start with a consononant or you have to create a pause 'Anna Elizabeth, otherwise you'll get 'Anna Lizibeth' or 'Ann-el-izabeth'.

That's why Maria works. It may sound like 'Anam-aria' so you need to check that. I think that's true where the second letter is a vowel, esopecially an a. Less so for Sophie.

How about:
Miranda
Lucinda
Catriona

Whereas with Bryony, you get a natural distinction between the names, I think because of the double consonant sound at the beginning. Similarly with Frances but not Florence 'Anaf-Laurence'.

[Tillyscoutsmum]

I know an Anna Penelope and Anna Faith

[OrangeFizz99]

Rebecca
Elizabeth

These are the mns for the two Annas I know.

Anna is gorgeous!

[daniellemuchata]

Olivia

[SweetPea86]

Ruby I love

[MrsCharlesBrandon]

SIL is Anna Fleur. I think it's beautiful.

[PrammyMammy]

There is a little girl in ds class called Anna Terese. I think it is beautiful.

[qazxc]

my sis is Anna Louise

[NightCircus]

Anna Lucia popped into my mind

[gingee]

I have a thing for Anna- names, I know a little girl named Anna Claire, full title used normally I think it's so lovely. Anna Beth, Anna Kate, Anna Lynne, Anna Rae

[flipchart]

Lee

[Hessy]

Mae

[Mrsindecision]

Anna Tabitha
Anna Charlotte

[Floradell]

My dear daughter (4th child) is Anna Jane Elizabeth. She is 1 today on Thanksgiving Day!

[rileylaila5]

i like Anna Daisy

[LongIslandIceTeaPls]

Thanks for all those suggestions, there are some gems in there!

[BikeRunSki]

Dd was v nearly Anna Hope, but v close friends (socially and geographically) beat us to Having their dd and called her Anna Josephine.

[Mehrida]

Oops sorry Smith !

[Mehrida]

Whatever you pick don't go with Nicole. My friend is an Anna Nicole and she's going out with a Mr Smith.

Although in a few years time I guess nobody will remember who Anna Nicole Smith was, but not a great namesake!

[smithwillsam]

Anna is a nice name. My favorite names with Anna is......

Anna Paquin
Anna Nicole
Anna Kuperberg
Anna Netrebko
Anna Wolf
Anna Calvi

[madwomanintheatt1c]

That's mad, locket. I read Anna Elise and had a shock of recognition. Dd is Anya Elise, and up until that point I had been going 'oh, I wonder what middle name I would choose for a girl called Anna....'

Duh. I have one.