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Middle name for Indigo

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Buddhabowl · 05/02/2022 19:00

So with your help I think we've decided on Indigo for our baby if she is a girl.
I'm wondering what to put with it? Should we go classic to give her a back up 'safer' option?
She will have two middle names as both my other DC do, and one middle name has to be Mary.
So Indigo Mary Something or Indigo something Mary.
I quite like Rose as Indigo Rose is lovely, but Rose and Mary don't really work together I don't think.
Please no negativity on Indigo, we feel really happy about it and have been going round in circles for ages!

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DebbieHarrysCheekbones · 05/02/2022 19:02

Indigo Mary Kate /Ruth / Pearl / Anne /

ThatPosterIsSoRight · 05/02/2022 19:04

Indigo Mary Joy

AnotherPoster · 05/02/2022 19:04

Well, for your comment that Mary and Rose dont go together, one way they make a perfectly acceptable name (Rosemary) and the other, they make the name of a famous ship (Henry VIII's Mary Rose) so I think they go together fine, in either combination!

I dont normally contribute to name threads as it is all so individual. I do think though that with Indigo and Mary you might opt for something with one syllable for the third name. Just so it is not too much of a mouthful.

mrwalkensir · 05/02/2022 19:05

Could you do Marie instead of Mary? If it ends up being shortened to Indy, Indy Marie flows....

Maireas · 05/02/2022 19:06

Indigo Violet

Maireas · 05/02/2022 19:07

Indigo Amethyst
Indigo Lilac

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 05/02/2022 19:08

Montoya?

Mary Rose just makes me think of prawn cocktails I'm afraid!

AliceW89 · 05/02/2022 19:09

I personally wouldn’t use a name that is also a noun (eg Lily, River, Fern) straight after a colour hence I wouldn’t go for Indigo Rose - sounds like you are describing the colour of the rose! Indigo Mary is pretty and Rose would work as the second middle name.

MerryMarigold · 05/02/2022 19:12

I wouldn't put Rose as it's another colour, and you're right, it doesn't go with Mary. Mary is lovely btw and sounds great next to Indigo. Trips off the tongue.

Indigo Mary Faith
Indigo Mary Liv
Indigo Mary Pearl

I like the idea of 3 syllables, 2 then 1 syllable name.

Happenchance · 05/02/2022 19:14

I would put the second middle name in-between Indigo and Mary. Mary is slang for vagina, so Indigo Mary makes me think of Blue Waffle disease.

RoseMartha · 05/02/2022 19:15

Indigo Mary Louise
Indigo Mary Caitlin
Indigo Mary Eve
Indigo Joyce Mary

User48751490 · 05/02/2022 19:16

Indigo blue

Plump82 · 05/02/2022 19:16

Indigo Mary Rae

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 06/02/2022 15:24

Indigo Mary Frances
Indigo Mary Jasmine
Indigo Mary Florence
Indigo Mary Jane
Indigo Mary Grace
Indigo Mary Elise
Although Indigo Mary Rose flows perfectly, IMO.

Buddhabowl · 06/02/2022 16:57

The only thing that put me off indigo Mary Rose was the ship the Mary Rose, but maybe that's not an issue!

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Mumofgirls2017 · 06/02/2022 18:24

Indigo Charlotte Mary
Indigo Florence Mary
Indigo Juliet mary
Indigo Aurora Mary
Indigo Penelope Mary
Indigo Harriet Mary
Indigo adeline Mary
Indigo Delilah mart
Indigo Rosalind Mary
Indigo Olivia Mary
Indigo Amelia Mary
Indigo Tallulah Mary
Indigo Tabitha Mary
Indigo Sophia Mary

ANameChangeAgain · 06/02/2022 18:33

Indigo is quite a spiritual name/ colour, and has meanings such as intuituon, wisdom, healing. What about going full hippy and calling her something like Indigo Moon, rather than marry it up with something mainstream?

MerryMarigold · 06/02/2022 19:43

@Buddhabowl

The only thing that put me off indigo Mary Rose was the ship the Mary Rose, but maybe that's not an issue!
That's the first thing I thought of! But I'm old enough to have watched it being brought to the surface, at school on an ancient TV! It was obviously a very novel experience because I don't remember much of my childhood but I remember that.
PurplePizzaCake · 06/02/2022 20:14

Indigo is lovely

How about
Indigo Mary Joy
Indigo Mary Skye
Indigo Claudia Mary
Indigo Rosalind Mary
Indigo Rosemarie
Indigo Mary

Mushypeasandchipstogo · 06/02/2022 22:15

Ha ha someone has beaten me to it Indigo Violet. Grin

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