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A middle name starting with a consonant

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Seren20 · 20/08/2021 17:37

My DH’s family have a tradition of giving children three first names.

We’ve got a suitable name lined up for a boy and even a first name and second name for a girl but finding a third we both like - and works - is leaving us stumped!

The easiest thing to do would be to use a family name but frankly they’re all terrible! Not just our grandmothers’ names but our mums’ names too are really dated and I wouldn’t want to use my name.

So many of the girls names we like start with vowels which has rather a lot of potential of ending up creating a word with the initials!

We need something that starts with a consonant and has a couple of syllables. Preferably not too popular.

Now it sounds simple but I’m completely stuck… any ideas?

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Squeakerfoot · 20/08/2021 23:03

Adrianna Jane Violet
Adrianna Jane Willow
Adrianna Jane Xanthe
Adrianna Jane Clio
Adrianna Jane Beatrix

Or how about using another one-syllable name after Jane, if you feel like you don't want to separate the two names you chose?

Adrianna Jane Rose
Adrianna Jane Skye
Adrianna Jane Pearl
Adrianna Jane Wren

Seren20 · 20/08/2021 23:16

Ooh, some of these are quite quirky. I hadn’t heard of a few of them at all!

I think the ones that don’t end in an “a” work better for variety.

I’ve always thought the location thing was a little on the cringe-y side but okay if it was somewhere that actually sounded good as a name. Given COVID, unfortunately the baby wasn’t conceived anywhere interesting either!

It would be nice to have some sort of a meaningful name related to my DH or myself in some way but we have a family full of names - particularly female names - which are just pants!

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Ellmau · 20/08/2021 23:20

Rosalind
Cecily
Venetia

Ellmau · 20/08/2021 23:26

Verity
Laurel
Phoebe

MrsGilly1 · 22/08/2021 20:11

Adrianna Jane Lois x

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Seren20 · 23/08/2021 11:30

Thank you all so much for the ideas. Really appreciate your help! Smile Flowers

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