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Middle name for Eileen?

112 replies

LavenderHills · 30/01/2022 09:47

We've definitely decided on Eileen, but are stuck for a middle name that sounds nice with it. Any ideas, please?

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AmbushedByTheCake · 30/01/2022 20:19

I am secondary school teacher so I have come across a huge variety of names.

Unless you have a very very strong, inexorable reason, I would think carefully about calling her that.

Kanaloa · 30/01/2022 20:24

@AmbushedByTheCake

I am secondary school teacher so I have come across a huge variety of names.

Unless you have a very very strong, inexorable reason, I would think carefully about calling her that.

Confused

And why is that? I’d understand if she was naming her Princess-Pants or naming a boy Amelia or calling the child Lemonade but this is just a name. It’s not like there’s some dark association with it. Obviously there’s come on Eileen which as a sentence isn’t great but give her a good middle name and if it’s intolerable she can use that.

lostteaspoon · 30/01/2022 20:28

Aw I like it! I’ve only ever known one Eileen - a Scottish lady, she’d be in her 60s now.

I like Eileen Kate or Eileen Mary

BigYellowHat · 30/01/2022 20:33

Are you giving birth to a 50 year old?

Iamtheweedonkey · 30/01/2022 20:38

Jeez! There are some beautiful, classic names that you can use. Eileen is not one of them.

DontTellThemYourNamePike · 30/01/2022 21:24

@BigYellowHat

Are you giving birth to a 50 year old?
What a vacuous comment.
Blubells · 30/01/2022 21:27

Are you giving birth to a 50 year old?

You do know that every 50 year old was once a cute baby Hmm

Eileen Joy
Eileen Grace
Eileen Anne

celestebellman · 30/01/2022 21:29

I don't think the song is going to be massively on her peers' radars.

I get that people probably currently think of someone in their sixties being called Eileen, but if you remove this connotation it is quite a nice sound - and the initial syllable fits with the trendy vowel heavy names such as Isla/ Ella so it's not much of a departure.

I think it will be ahead of its time, and possibly quite fashionable in around 20 years!

Kanaloa · 30/01/2022 21:33

@Blubells

Are you giving birth to a 50 year old?

You do know that every 50 year old was once a cute baby Hmm

Eileen Joy
Eileen Grace
Eileen Anne

And more importantly every cute baby will only be a cute baby for a year, two years if they’re particularly cute.

Too many people name a baby and don’t bother about the fact that they’ll be an adult most of their life.

Luredbyapomegranate · 30/01/2022 21:41

@BigYellowHat

Are you giving birth to a 50 year old?
50 year olds are called Sarah and Claire

80 and 90 year olds are called Eileen

Which probably means it’s due a revival. If Arnold, Ernest, Jean and Vera are all on the rise, it’s probably next.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 30/01/2022 21:44

Eileen Dexy

Sounds cute. And it’s a nice tribute to the band.

BlanketSky · 30/01/2022 21:50

My Nan was Eileen Alice. She was known as Eily when she was little.

I teach a teenage Eileen, it suits her. I wouldn't imagine many of her peers know the song. Nor some of her teachers for that matter!

BrennieGirl · 30/01/2022 21:54

My 14 year old Eileen's second name is Nora after her great granny. We rarely hear the song but when we do she's loves it!!

Obviously I love the name. I really don't understand all the hate.

JurgensCakeBabyJesus · 30/01/2022 22:03

I really like Eileen , it's not hate from me, I bloody love that song. I'd also ensure a teenage Eileen has access to a badge/patch for a bag/oversized stonewashed denim jacket that says 'far too young and clever'. Embrace it

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AmbushedByTheCake · 30/01/2022 22:08

I have seen what kids can do to each other's names, and what they do in the reports etc they have. A name like that is going to be hard to carry and easy for fellow students to adapt and use to tease if they choose.

But then so are other names I suppose. And it is my opinion to at least have a good alternative nickname.

BrennieGirl · 30/01/2022 22:18

@JurgensCakeBabyJesus

I really like Eileen , it's not hate from me, I bloody love that song. I'd also ensure a teenage Eileen has access to a badge/patch for a bag/oversized stonewashed denim jacket that says 'far too young and clever'. Embrace it
She’d love that!
WeasilyPleased · 30/01/2022 22:20

Eh? Its not particularly my cuppa but I can't see massive teasing potential. For a mn, I think Eileen Matilda is cute.

TabithaHazel · 30/01/2022 22:21

Eileen is not a pretty sounding name, so I'd suggest something prettier as a middle name so she could use that instead if she wishes. How about:
Eileen Willow
Eileen Cordelia
Eileen Sylvie
Eileen Aurelia
Eileen Lucinda

Thirtytimesround · 30/01/2022 22:21

Eileen Kay
Eileen Amy
Eileen Rosa

ladygindiva · 30/01/2022 22:22

Eileen Theresa
Eileen Matilda
Eileen jennifer
Eileen Mae
Eileen Lois
Eileen Ruby
Eileen Tamsin
Eileen Kara
I like it x

JugglingJanuary · 30/01/2022 22:23

@Alexaplaysomething

Dover
Beat me to it!!

@LavenderHills we need an idea of your surname, for a random name! Don't you have a family name you want to use?

Derrymum123 · 30/01/2022 22:25

Eileen Mary
Eileen Matilda
Eileen Grace
Eileen Faith
Eileen Hope

DoNotIron · 30/01/2022 22:35

80 and 90 year olds are called Eileen

@Luredbyapomegranate Well, how very dare you?😀😀 I'm an Eileen in her fifties. You're not wrong though - as per my post upthread!!

Yeshkimesh · 30/01/2022 22:40

Something nice. So she can use it when she gets laughed at for being called Eileen