I need some suggestions for girls middle names out of this baddish bunch

[ScarlettOHaraHamilton]

DD1 has two middle names. Both are slightly changed versions of her two grandmothers first names - imagine Helena changed to Helen, Raquelle changed to Rachel etc.

If we have another DD, I'm fairly set on Margaret as a first name, as both DH's grandmothers coincidentally had this name, though they were both known as shortenings.

I'd like to have middle names that reflect our family heritage again, and I'd prefer two so that it's the same as DD. But the names from either side

Beatrice Ellen - the Ellen is pretty much a definite, but Beatrice doesn't flow with Margaret for me (especially as we have a two-syllable surname too)
Vera May - May's ok, but a bit ubiquitous as a middle name at the moment
Raymond
Reginald
Sidney
Douglas

Is there anything else we could manage than Margaret Ellen May?

What's wron my with Margaret Ellen May? I think it sounds nice.

Wrong

I like Margaret Ellen May too, think it's very pretty!

I think it sounds nice, but I'm not 100% won over like I was with DD's names.

I third Margaret Ellen May. It's lovely.

Why not slightly tweak them as you did with your first daughter, and have something like Margaret Elinor Maya, or Margaret Eleanor Amy (anagram of May)?

Ooh, I do love Elinor...

How about shortening Raymond to Rae, so Margaret Ellen Rae.

It's not that uncommon to give girls (or boys) a second middle name that is a family surname, rather than a third first name . Douglas and Sidney can both be surnames as well as first names. Therefore .... what about Margaret Ellen (or Elinor) Sidney? Or Margaret Ellen/Elinor Sidonie, if you prefer a female first name.

You could stick with the altered family names as with your DD1...

Raymond could be changed to Ramona/Raymona
May could be changed to Maya or Mabel/Mabell/Maybelle

You could go with a combination of something like Margaret Ramona Maybelle?

What's your middle name? You could use that. If I have a DD I'd quite like us to share a middle name.

Reginald could become Regina
But I think ideally girls should be named after women in the family - men's surnames get passed down anyway.

I don't have a middle name, my parents didn't love me enough

How did I not think of Ramona? And Rae would make a nice change to Mae.

Regina is my SIL's middle name and we're not exactly each others fans, so unfortunately that one is off the cards.

Lol at "not exactly each other's fans"

Are the surnames any good?

Not much of an option, as I haven't changed my name and DD has DH's name already.

Love Margaret Ellen Rae, think that's my favourite combination.

Or could use Bea as a shortening of Beatrice?

I was going to suggest Margaret Ellen Rae too - or Margaret Elinor Rae. V pretty.

I meant the grandmothers' birth surnames

Are there any other names another generation back? DS has his great grandmother's maiden name as a middle name and if he'd been a DD she'd have had the shared first name of both great grandmothers as her middle name.

Margaret Ellen Vera
Margaret Ellen Ramona
Margaret Ramona May
Margaret Eleanor May
Margaret Sidonie May
Margaret Sidonie Ellen
Margaret Ellen Sidonia

Soooo many pretty names in that bunch and you've picked Margaret as the first name?! I'd have it as a MN, personally, and go for one of the others as the first name...granny names have definitely come back but Margaret just isn't very nice as a first name.

For example Ellen Margaret is gorgeous, but Margaret Ellen will probably just leave your DD wondering why you gave her the frumpy name first.

Margaret Mary Ellen ..? Rolls of the tongue

Although nothing at all wrong with Margaret Ellen may

You could also have Verity as an alternative to Vera, or Beatrix instead of Beatrice.

Oh! Can I even remember the grandmother's maiden surnames... Sammons and Jackson, I think.

I really can't put Vera in there

I love Rae but I'm less convinced DH will. But I suppose that's where the late pregnancy hormonal tears comes in!

Margaret is a definite, she would always be a Maggie/Mags which I've always loved, and that name goes with DD's name too (another traditional English name but known as a shortening).