Name decided - to MIL's disgust.

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So our daughter finally arrived 10 days late in the car park outside the hospital! Thank you to everyone on here who helped us to choose her name, which we love. She will be Sylvie and registered as Sylvia. We just ran it by my MIL who hates it and was very rude about the whole thing. Mainly because she had already decided we were calling her Martha and has been banging on about it for months. Trouble is we don't like it!
Now we need a middle name to go with Sylvia so we can officially announce her name and drive it home to MIL that she's not getting her way. Any help with this? Nothing too popular please and also we think one syllable names work best with Sylvia. Xx

It's really strange when mothers make decisions like that: did she think that if she told everyone that DD was Martha you would just go along with it? It's like my DM who told everyone that DC2 was my last child, and said "we'd decided". Not only had DH and I not decided anything of the sort, if we had we wouldn't have discussed it with DM and probably wouldn't even have told her. She was very off when I got pregnant with DC3 and refused to babysit when I went into labour, it was incredibly childish.

May
Violet
Ann(e)
Joy(ce)
Rose
Elizabeth

Shouldn't of even ran it past the MiL. You will make her feel like she has a say when she doesn't.

Congratulations

Sylvia Maude
Sylvia Pearl

Sylvie Megan
Sylvie Hope
Sylvie Jane

Congratulations.

My MIL announced she didn't like our youngest's name, I'd discharged myself after a terrible time in hospital and just got home, DH made us all a cuppa and for some reason he asked her what did she think of the name - and she gave her honest answer! I mean who the fuck actually does that?!

Kate
Grace
Rose
May
Are all lovely middle names to go with the fab name you've chosen

So you'll be 'Sylvia's mother' then. Nice

Aww congratulations!!

Sylvia Kate
Sylvia Faith
Sylvia Faye
Sylvia Jade
Sylvia Jane
Sylvia Leigh
Sylvia Meg
Sylvia Niamh
Sylvia Ann
Sylvia Bea
Sylvia Bree
Sylvia Elle (like the letter L)

Tess

Sylvia Gayle
Sylvia Alice
Sylvia Aleese
Sylvia Mae
Sylvia Maeve

Congratulations on the arrival of baby Sylvie. Another vote for Silvia Rose here, I think it's beautiful. Unless you have any family members you'd like to remember in her middle name. Both my DD's have an ancestors name as a middle name, one from my family and one from DH's. I think it's a really nice tradition, especially the one on my side that has been used for a few generations after someone who died young.

I suggest very firmly reminding MIL that she got to name her babies (assuming she did), and now it's your turn.

If she will be known as Sylvie why isn't that going on the birth certificate? It's not like known as Tommy but given Thomas for some ridiculous future barrister reason.

Marte is an alternative to Martha, how about Sylvia Marte?

Sylvia Blythe

Sylvia Lark

Sylvia Joy

Sylvia Tess

oh and congratulations!!!! enjoy the snuggles

Sylvie Elizabeth / Sylvia Elizabeth both flow well I think.

Ignore MIL, stick with the name you love.

I don't think they actually want an alternative to Martha, handsoffgary, it was pushed on them.

I love Sylvia Joy and Sylvia Kate from other's suggestions.

Sylvia Jane
Sylvia Beth
Sylvia Kate

needs to be one syllable I think

Why Martha??

'MIL complained it wasn't a very naice area' psml!

My MIL asked why I'd not named my ds after my (36 years dead) father. Before I could answer she rushed on with - 'what was his name again?'
I told her. 'Oh, now I see why' she said. Nasty cow.
To cap it all, when I told my mother the name she said: 'and what was your second choice?' Pah.

OP, congrats. Name your baby as you wish.

Sylvie is luffly, as is Sylvia. I like Rose or May for a middle name but with such a pretty first name you cant go wrong really (unless your MIL is in town).

You're MIL had her day choosing names. When she had your DH. Now on to a MN
Sylvia Rose
Sylvia Paige
Sylvia Pearl
Sylvia Alice
Sylvia Kate
Sylvia Brooke
Sylvia Monet
Sylvia Grace
Sylvia Frances
Sylvia Lucille
Sylvia Jasmine
Sylvia Robyn
Sylvia Isabel
Sylvia Jess

Start as you mean to go on with your mil...im serious. Otherwise she will try and get her way with everything

My aunt is called Sylvia Rose and she is every bit as lovely as her name. Congratulations.

Congratulations! Red don't use Martha as a middle name else your MIL will call her that!

Love Sylvie Rose

Red?! Def!

Definitely Sylvia Rose. Beautiful name, congrats OP!

Oh forgot to say congratulations. Welcome to our world baby Sylvie .