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Desperate for a middle name for April?

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namesstress2323 · 23/11/2016 17:36

It's tradition to give children sort of masculine sounding middle names do you have any suggestions? i can't seem to like any?
What are you're opinions on April Blake? April Ezra? April Kane? April Auden? April Evers? Thanks xxx :)

OP posts:
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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 23/11/2016 17:44

At a push April Auden would be the one I'd pick from your list.
Some suggestions:
April Avery
April Ellis
April Elliot
April Frankie

namesstress2323 · 23/11/2016 17:49

open to suggestions please :)!

OP posts:
JustSpeakSense · 23/11/2016 17:55

May?

Melstarrynight · 23/11/2016 18:00

What about April Rae/Ray

MimiSunshine · 23/11/2016 18:01

April Cameron
April Taylor
April Jodie
April Lyndsey
April Mackenzie
April Sawyer
April Beau

do you have any surnames in your family you could use?

LestatVonGaribaldi · 23/11/2016 18:03

April Auden is the best from your suggestions

Could you do something like April Henrietta, April Thomasina?

Or

April Hadley
April Jean (is a man's name in French)
April Sasha (more commonly a boys name in most of Europe/Russia)

ICanTuckMyBoobsInMyPockets · 23/11/2016 18:09

Showers

MollyHuaCha · 23/11/2016 18:21

April Louise sounds nice.

slenderisthenight · 23/11/2016 19:44

April Joy

OohhThatsMe · 23/11/2016 19:49

I don't think it's tradition to have a masculine middle name - it might be a new trend, but it's not traditional.

leccybill · 23/11/2016 19:50

I think OP meant it's a tradition within her own family?

OohhThatsMe · 23/11/2016 20:50

Oh ok, I didn't read the OP like that.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/11/2016 21:05

April Piper
April Flint
April Hunter

SausageSoda · 23/11/2016 22:20

April Rowan?

Thatwaslulu · 23/11/2016 22:29

April Auden is nice.

Or:
April Blaine
April Dylan
April Emerson
April Kelly
April Quinn
April Scout
April Wynne

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 23/11/2016 22:49

I like April Dylan,cool !

RealHouswifeofBury · 23/11/2016 23:04

April Ray

QueenOfTheNaps · 23/11/2016 23:13

I like April Rae/Ray or April Auden

EllenDegenerate · 25/11/2016 03:35

April Eden

CocoLoco87 · 25/11/2016 04:36

I like PP suggestion of April Ellis!

April Theadore
April James
April Brooke

SpeckledyBanana · 25/11/2016 04:39

Where is it traditional to give a girl a masculine middle name?

nooka · 25/11/2016 04:58

Even if it's traditional in your family to use a masculine name for your daughter's middle name, if you don't like any then you don't have to follow tradition. Or you could cheat and use a name that has transitioned from being used for boys to being used for girls like Hilary, Lesley, Jean (Gene), Vivian etc. Alternatively a diminutive of a boys name might work, like Billie or Jamie as these seem to be used increasingly for girls. Or a more feminine sounding boys name like Aubrey, or a name with a male and female form like Francis/Frances perhaps?

Holding · 25/11/2016 23:26

April Blair
April Scout
April Quinn
April Leigh
April Reese

BlueChampagne · 26/11/2016 23:25

Scots (and others) have used mother's maiden name as a middle name,if that helps. A school friend of mine was Tamsin Lloyd surname.

Otherwise, Zoe is a great Spring-like name (means life).

Lindsay, Leslie and Julian can be boy or girl names.

RozzlePops · 26/11/2016 23:29

I gave an April Jane, not masculine but sounds normal.

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