Daisy Ethel

[swancourt]

Do your worst, MNers :D

[badg3r]

Also Daisy E Surname isn't too easy to say because of the double ee sound.
But seriously, if you like it pay no attention to me, no name pleases everyone and others here seem to like it a lot

[reuset]

It's ok, quite pretty and Ethel is fine as a middle. Though nothing wrong at all, Daisy isn't a personal favourite.

[reuset]

I think it's an odd combination though, to my eye/

[Micah]

I really like both Daisy and Ethel, just not together!

They're not the same style of name, iyswim. Daisy is gentle and soft, Ethel is cool and harder. Difficult to explain..

I would use Ethel, with Effie as a nickname.

[IsItStupid]

If your husband really likes Ethel then I think it is best to use it now as a middle name! Then it has been used which should make him happy (and if there is ever a dd4 it can't come up). Middle names very rarely come up. I've only been asked mine once or twice in the past five years and I only know one or two of my friends' middle names.

Daisy is fine, I personally am not very keen on most flower names as full names i.e. I love them as nicknames but not really as given names but at least Daisy is popular and quite classic.

So I would say go for if it works for your family.

[BowiesJumper]

Well I think it's lovely!

[27inmyhead]

I recently met an Ethel in her 60s and my first thought was, what an awful name. It seemed unusually old-fashioned for even her generation.

[swancourt]

I actually like the soft-strong thing some people have alluded to on here - with Daisy being so soft and girly I think it's nice to have a tougher middle name.

But Daisy Evelyn (pronounced Ev-a-lin) is so so pretty :) I reckon I can persuade him of that ...

[goodnessgraciousgouda]

Both are perfectly nice names, but I honestly think that they clash terribly together.

Daisy is a very soft name with long vowel sounds, whereas Ethel (even though I like the name) is much harsher sounding with much brisker vowel sounds.

So in conclusion - both lovely alone, but awful sounding when combined.

[DiddilySquat]

I think when naming that middle names should give the child options when they are older, Daisy is quite frilly and Ethel is horrible old lady so it's not giving her many/any options.

Daisy is ok, but give her a strong nice middle name that she can use if she wants something less frilly when she's older.

[DiddilySquat]

Eliza is pretty, strong and full of character. It also goes well with your other DD's names.

[badg3r]

swancourt, yes in my head it was Ev-a-lin too...!

[swancourt]

He he, some say don't use them together, they're not the same style of name. Others say, don't use them together, they don't offer enough options!

(I don't see Daisy as 'frilly' at all - but as strong and bright and clear and beautiful. But each to their own :D )

[Pagerty]

I love Ethel.