Will my daughter hate me if I call her...

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June Muriel Nesta?

Just asking for a bit of fun, that will most likely be her name. I'm booked in for a section on Monday so we're pretty settled on this name just wanted to canvas some opinions. June is personal for me and my husband (met and married, my birthday, both our star signs Gemini and Cancer are in June and we found out she is a girl in June), Muriel is the guardian angel of the month of June (and Cancer star sign) and my husband's late grandmother's name and Nesta is my late great grandmother's name.

I wouldn't call her June if she wasn't born in June. The June's I know we're all born in June

Alijca what makes you think her daughter will love them? Can you see into the future or something?

Fair dos, I’m equally as certain the kid will hate Muriel.

I like Muriel - it is a name of Celtic origin, from Irish/Scottish Gaelic and Breton words meaning 'sea' and 'bright'. Mariel/Meriel/Miriel are alternatives.

But the words on which the name Muriel is based and which give it its meaning originated long before the Celtic peoples ever encountered Christianity.

So, apart from modern angel websites (which claim that the name Muriel has a completely different origin), am not sure what the connection with angels suggested by OP can possibly be.

Apart from references to modern angel websites and the recent books they are based on, does anyone have any reliable historical information? I'd be genuinely interested to know.

The Spanish surname Muriel comes from place names in Spain.

I also like Nesta, which is a Welsh version of Agnes, and means 'pure'. Bob Marley's middle name was an alternative spelling of Nestor, an Ancient Greek hero-king.

June is OK. Muriel is one of my middle names and I have never liked it much, always found it a bit embarrassing when it's come up in conversation. Wouldn't say it has blighted my life, or anything, mind . I have a second, much more ordinary, middle name, sometimes I just use that one and leave poor Muriel out of the equation.

I think June is lovely but sorry I'm not keen on Muriel or Nesta.

What about:
June Ekaterina Meri - Ekaterina means pure, like Nesta and Meri means the sea, like Muriel

Or some other combinations I think are nice, maybe your style too:
June Isabella Niamh
June Felicity Alice
June Olivia Catherine
June Alexandra Lily
June Eliza Polly
June Matilda Erin

Seriously June Ekaterina Meri?

I think June and Nesta are both beautiful names. I asked my dd18 & dd13 & they both like them too. I’m less sure about Muriel (for a first name anyway) but I think it goes really well with the other two. Love it OP.

June is a normal name. wouldn't be my favourite but it is a perfectly fine name. Most people don't announce their middle names much in life.

But I agree with this.

The thing is the meanings you are giving to these names are not based on her, are they? They are based on you and your husband. Muriel the guardian angel won't be the one for her birth month if she is being born next week. You and your husband met in the month of June, your birthday, your star signs etc - again not specifically about her as an individual but about you two.

You are calling her after events significant to you that have nothing to do with her. All her life she will have people saying "June birthday then?" and she'll say "no my mother had a june birthday and wanted to commemorate it by calling her child that". It just feels a bit weird to me.

Agree with all of that pallisers
Not to mention, your daughter might find the entire concept of 'guardian angels' completely ridiculous and not want it celebrated in her name. You're really making assumptions about her before she's even born.

June- ok, it's not too bad and I can get on board with the story, even though it will be tiresome explaining "no she wasn't a June baby! We just have [insert stream of events] in June and we wanted to honour that!"
Muriel- NO.
Nesta- I quite like that actually.

If you're giving her three names I think you should pick one simply because it suits her and leave Muriel a grandparent out in case you have another girl. She's her own little person and IMO her name should reflect that rather than her family.

June is quite old fashioned but not quite old fashioned enough

I think this is very perceptive. It's a little old fashioned to my generation. It will be an old woman name when she grows up.

if you believe in ridiculous things like astrology and guardian angels you should be choosing names related to her star sign and birth month?

I think you misunderstand the point of such nonsense. The goal is to get attention and give them things to talk about. Same reason one gives a child a really stupid name.

It's what you or I would use a personality for.

Sorry but I don't like any of those names at all...

Let's be honest, middle names are never ever used. I always think if you're honouring someone, go hard or go home, give it first name status. So, Nesta. I like June and Muriel isn't too bad, they just don't flow very well.
But like I said, no one uses middle names anyway.

June is lovely.
You don't need Muriel as you already have a June name, and it's horrible.
I don't like Nesta myself but she might.

June is a nice enough name (although I think in the novel of the handmaid's tale we never found out offred's real name? The name June came from the TV show).

With the middle names it sounds clunky and doesn't really flow very nicely.

She needs a couple of extra middle names...June Kay Elle Muriel Neste (JKLMN). I really hope your surname begins with an O.

Ignore the negs! They probably love Katie Hopkins.

Those are lovely names with a lovely meaning. Congratulations :-)

Ignore the negs! They probably love Katie Hopkins.

Yes, not warming to the combination of "June", "Muriel" and "Nesta" obviously translates to an unbridled passion for all things Hopkins.

Who knew? 🕵‍♂🔎

June is nice. I like Junia too.

Nesta is interesting and has a family connection. It's also never been hugely popular so it sounds less dated.

Unfortunately, I really can't appreciate Muriel. There's no angel connection I can see, and even if there were, it's about you, her mother, and not her. If she's arriving in November, what about a name related to now? Topaz, Autumn, or that kind of thing? Muriel means of the sea, as does Meri, Marie or Maria.

She will rebel and call her own children Jane Jane Jane and John John John.

If you drop Muriel then June Nesta sounds like one word; Junesta...

Absolutely love the names and so will your daughter

Bold comment there.

OP we all speak personally and you asked for opinions.

I hate my parents' choice, I felt lumbered and the name never related to me as an individual, so I changed it soon as I was able. I didn't change it enough. Their choice was still better for me than yours. IMO.

I wouldn't keep any of those names regardless of the significance for you. I think your choices are egocentric with no thought for the new life going forward.

Names label us, like it or not. Never mind, her friends will probably only ever call her Joo, Ju Ju or Joolz anyway.

If you drop Muriel then June Nesta sounds like one word; Junesta...

That's what I thought when I read it. I'd say it's still an improvement on JMN though.

And it would be different. OP seems to like the different.

Hate is a pretty string word, but I wouldn’t think that she’d thank you for those names