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Struggling on middle name

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Roxy2801 · 06/05/2022 21:44

We are due our 3rd baby girl in August we have settled on the name Nancy. For her middle name my husband really wants to have something that has his dad's name as we lost him in October his name was James so looking for ideas on middle name

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Apricote · 06/05/2022 21:59

Nancy Jane? They go together to me and it sounds a bit like?

Jamesina is a cool victorian-sounding name but a bit marmite probably. I like it though :-)

crabette · 06/05/2022 22:01

James could be used as a girls name now? I think Nancy James is actually really cool.

Otherwise maybe something with the initial? Like Jean?

Or, the meaning of the name James is 'supplanter', so you could find another name with the same meaning? I think Jacqueline is one. Nancy Jacqueline.

RuthW · 06/05/2022 22:01

I'd use James

SpaceJamtart · 06/05/2022 22:06

I'd use James on its own as Nancy is a feminine name and it balances it out or maybe Jaime pronounced like James without the s?
Nancy Jamie is a bit rhymey unless you split it up with another middle name like Nancy Beth Jamie Surname

WeasilyPleased · 06/05/2022 22:27

Nancy Jamelia?

JedEye · 06/05/2022 22:30

Nancy Jay?

But as PP said I like Nancy Jaime

HSKAT · 06/05/2022 22:39

I would just use James

Moosh18 · 07/05/2022 06:42

I also would use James, Blake livelys daughter is James and I love it x

ButterRose · 07/05/2022 07:55

Use James it's a great name and as it's a middle name you won't have to worry about it being mostly male (it's starting to become more common in the female sector anyway) Nancy James sounds great

Mumofgirls2017 · 07/05/2022 07:56

James can be used on a girl so could have Nancy James

otherwise

nancy Jane
nancy Jaime
nancy jade
nancy jasmine
nancy jessamine

(last 2 use all the letters in james)

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 01/02/2023 09:43

Sydney Elise
Sydney Terese
Sydney Ray
Sydney Beth
Sydney Paige
Sydney Aurora
Sydney Rose

SwedishEdith · 01/02/2023 09:45

Jemima

Reindear · 01/02/2023 09:48

I know a girl with the middle name James after her dad. She loves it

sanityisamyth · 01/02/2023 09:49

Zombie!! I think she's probably figured it out by now!

user1492757084 · 03/02/2023 06:11

Nancy Jamima - a feminine form of James.

plumduck · 03/02/2023 06:15

If she gets married it will likely be read out on her wedding day and people will think "James? How unusual".

But thats not a big deal. I'd personally go for two middle names Nancy Somethingelse James Lastname.

Or go for Samje?

cunderthunt1 · 03/02/2023 06:16

Yh Nancy James sounds cool

WestBridgewater · 03/02/2023 06:17

Nancy James is lovely, I’d go with that.
It’s no different than someone giving a family name for a middle name. One of my friends at school, her middle name was Campbell, her mother’s maiden name.

IWillBeWaxingAnOwl · 05/02/2023 09:37

I agree with others that Nancy James is cool and really balances out Nancy feeling perhaps a bit old fashioned to some 😊

OneGoodThing · 05/02/2023 09:39

Where did all those Sydneys come from? Also, Sydney Ray is definitely someone's grandad's friend from the bowls club.

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