Baby Girl Number 4. Eleanor's middle names

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I'm pregnant with our 4th daughter. We have chosen Eleanor as the first name. She will have 2 middle names like her sisters. The first middle name will be a tree name and the second related to water, as we have done with our 3 older daughters.

The tree names we can't decide between are Cedar, Maple and Willow. The water names are Harbour and Marina. I'm not so keen on Cedar but DH really likes it. So the combinations we have are as follows. We have vetoes "Maple Marina" because we dislike the same initials

Eleanor Cedar Harbour
Eleanor Cedar Marina
Eleanor Maple Harbour
Eleanor Willow Harbour
Eleanor Willow Marina

Eleanor Willow Harbour

I assume you've already used Brook, River and Ocean?

Please don’t use Cedar Harbour. I don’t think she’ll thank you for it. None of them are great, but the best is Willow Marina.
Have you already used Acacia, Holly or Hazel with your elder daughters? And how about Rowan?

Eleanor Willow Marina

Willow is the best tree name.

Harbour is awful. Sorry.

Omg your name choices are so gorgeous @itmsylifeitsnowornever

I love Eleanor and Willow.

Not so fussed about your other choices but Eleanor is just perfect

We already have Rowan, Aspen and Holly, Bay, River and Brook

Harbour seems like a kind of ugly name to me for a girl, especially compared with the other water names you've used.

Marina is much nicer, at least it's a known name. I'd prefer something natural though (marina and harbour both conjure man made features). Ocean?

Willow is nicer than Cedar too.

So I'd go for Eleanor Marina Willow

I like willow marina best.
What about rain, delta, maya, Isla for other water names?
And juniper or hazel for tree names?

Harbour and Marina are both really weird and with the tree name before them, they both sound like you're naming a yacht club, not a child.

Oceane would be a much nicer choice, imo.

They all sound like places in North Carolina. It's the 'Harbour' or 'Marina' bit. I realise the latter is the girls' name

Willow Marina is the best combination from your list.
But I agree with pps saying use Ocean!

Eleanor Willow Marina

What about Marine instead of Marina?

I think it flows (excuse the pun!) better with all your tree names.
Other options:

Tree: Juniper/Ash/Cherry
Water: Lake/Laguna/Delta

Good luck, let us know what you pick.

What about Talise for the water name?

It's Native American and means "lovely water". Or Tali which means "dew".

I prefer Eleanor Willow Harbour

Willow Marina, the others are odd.

I only like Eleanor Marina

I agree with PPs about Harbour and Marina. They do sound too man-made and too much like naming a yacht club. Are they names you would actually have chosen for the first child, or are you scraping the barrel a bit in order to stay with the theme? Sorry to be so rude. But I think it would be better to vary the theme, if necessary, rather than give your DD a crap name.

Delta or Rain are much better imo, or maybe Spring.

Once again I'm sorry to have been so rude!

Sabrina would be a cool river name (goddess of the River Severn). Eleanor Willow Sabrina sounds lovely.

Your other water based names are all naturally occurring, and flow with the nature aspect of the trees. A marina and harbour are places boats rest. Busy, clunky, built up, man-made etc. they don't mean the same thing to me.

Eleanor Willow is pleasant, but I'd rethink using something actually to do with water, and not boats. Lake maybe?

EWH

If you told me the name was Harbour I would assume you had said Harper.

Eleanor Willow Marina is my favourite from your list. I agree with pps - Eleanor Willow Lake, Spring or Rain would be gorgeous though.

I’d dump Marina and Harbour - don’t work at all. Sounds like the name of a seaside location.

Eleanor Willow sounds best from the rest.