Honouring a relative...

[pollymarie]

Hey guys,

Do you know any good middle names to honour an Amanda? Can't be Miranda/Mandy.

Thanks!

Hear hear.
I suppose you could use, for example, a translation or a different form of the same name. E.g. you wanted to name the baby Charles after your dad so you called DD Charlotte, or your after your mum Jane, but you live in France so you name DD Jeanne.
Amelia in honour of Amanda is just wrong.

Hadley Amanda Sage flows really well I think. Also people often ask on these boards about derivative names and posters are usually happy to suggest - maybe it's just that there aren't many alternative options for Amanda.

I agree that it dishonours rather than honours them! We wanted to call the baby after Amanda but we didn't like the name so we used Miranda instead as it's nicer'

I like Hadley Amanda. It's nice.

My name is ...........ey Amanda Sa........... so I think it's an awesome name

I agree with other pp's - using anything other than Amanda wouldn't be honouring your relative at all. Tbh middle names are used rarely and I don't know many of my friends or their children's middle names; so if your only stumble is that you're not sure if it flows I wouldn't worry about that. FWIW I think the names sound good together.

Hadley Amanda Sage sounds great

Hadley Amanda Sage flows just as well as Hadley Amelia Sage. Hadley Leticia Sage flows well too. I think you're quite lucky that either option works. I think Amelia softens both Hadley and Sage which creates a nicer balance overall but it doesn't work as an honour to Amanda.

If she goes by Mandy then Amelia Mandy Sage could work? If not, then I wouldn't mess around too much with an honour name as it starts to lose it's value in the name.

Sorry, just realised you wrote "not Mandy". What does Amanda go by the other 10% of the time?