A name like Maureen

[Donnaj28]

heyy, in my last post i asked June Maureen or April Maureen. The first names will stay my favorite bit you all said in combination with Maureen it sounds to old. But i really want to honor my moms name. So do you know a name almost the same as Maureen, with the same letters and it looks a lot alike? Please help. A name that fits with June or maybe April

Go with Maureen - or Mo for short. Another take is Reeni.

I think they both sound good with Maureen.

To be honest, I don’t think it matters what her middle name is, it’s so rarely used. It’s perfectly lovely to honour your mum in this way. If you’re very concerned you could add in an additional name, eg a friend is Margaret for that reason. But if you want to use Maureen please use Maureen.

I would keep Maureen , my daughters have sentimental middle names , my first has Elsie as one of her middle names and at the time every one thought it was "old" sounding and wasn't being used at all at the time , few years later in absolutely soared in popularity and was being used everywhere as a first name !

I think its lovely to have the connection.

I know two Maureens. I rather like it. It’s unusual, but not “out there”.

Maureena, Marina, Mirren, Maura. Or maybe Maureen would flow better as a third name, so 'April Lucy Maureen' or whatever.

Miriam

'Old' names come back into fashion. Look at all the Rubys and Mabels around!

Morna?

@BriocheBriocheBrioche

Maura? Reena?

I do love Maureen though, it’s my grandmothers name too.

^^ agree

Maud

Maureen is fine, though I like Muriel better, due a comeback.
Then there's Mavourneen.

Have you thought about adding another middle name which is more modern/popular at the moment to balance it out?

E.g. April Olivia Maureen
April Maureen Ava
June Maureen Isabelle

Or something similar? Or you could even pick something a bit more hippy/edgy to distinguish it from the older generation e.g.
June Maureen Winter or
April Maureen Juno (incorporates the 'June' too!) or

Maura is another option although I'm not convinced it's much 'younger'

I love Maureen.

I love the Irish spelling even more, I agree with a PP that it looks younger somehow. But, if you're not Irish it might not be an option. It is a lovely tribute to your mum though using it.

Moya is another variation on Maire/Maura/Mary?

Doreen?

Seriously, I work in a school and loads of girls have their granny's names as their middle names- it's a very normal thing to do. People don't use their middle names day-to-day so it won't cause any issues.

Stuff like Emily Sheila Mary or Katy Joyce Norma etc. It's a really nice way to honour people.

I would stick with Maureen
This may sound like a daft question but was Maureen your mum's real name or was it a family name?
I know a few Maureen's over the years that were officially called 'Mary' but known as Maureen.
They were/are all Irish Catholics.
My aunty said it was because it was good practice to name a child after a saint and then a derivative of that name was often used - I don't know how true that is but it made sense at the time I was told!!

@DuchessMinnie me to! But everyone says it sounds to old June Maureen

@MillieEpple no my mother didnt have a middle name. My middle name is Maureen to (also after her) so i thought it was beautiful to keep that tradition

I would keep Maureen as it's your mum's name.
To be honest nobody ever uses middle names anyway, but you could add a second middle name if you wanted to add a more modern feel ( whatever that means.
June Clara Maureen etc .
Please don't not use your mum's name because it's old fashioned , fashions change and in the middle name slot it will be fine X

If Maureen is a special name to you, use it. That matters far more than whether it is currently in fashion - and as a middle name it won’t have any bearing on your daughter’s day to day life.

keep Maureen, my boys both have middle names which are sentimental to us. DS1's is a little more out there as we used a scottish tradition. He knows why he has it and he's never mentioned hating it (he's 20)

Maureen just means little Mary. I think in Ireland it would have been usual to have had Mary or Máire (Maura roughly, just the Irish version of Mary) on the birth cert, but to be known as Maureen at home. I wonder what was on your Mum's birth cert, OP?

Go with it. So what if it sounds old.

24 years ago my GP missed a consultants letter regarding my daughter as he took no notice as he thought it was about an old lady with a hernia.

That name is now in the top 15 for babies.

Personally, I would keep the name Maureen to honour your DM, especially as it is your middle name too. June Maureen is lovely.

If you want an alternative, you could use another name that has the same origin and meaning eg Mary, Maria, Marie, Maire, Mairin, Miriam, Maryam, Miri, Mira, Stella Maris, Marian, Marion, Marianne, Marianna.

Here you go, 107 names derived from Mary!

nameberry.com/list/63/Marys-International-Variations

If you want to honour your mum then you have to go with Maureen. It is her name. Nothing else is.

I think April is nice. It is a nice young sounding name.

June sounds quite old.

Id just go with April Maureen