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We can’t agree on a middle name for Violet!

77 replies

MiddleNameHelp23 · 15/06/2023 15:41

DD due very soon and we cannot agree on a middle name for her.

Names I like but dad doesn’t:

  • Violet Florence
  • Violet Grace
  • Violet Daisy
  • Violet Olivia
  • Violet Amelia
  • Violet Mabel

Names he likes but I don’t:

  • Violet Ava
  • Violet Arabella
  • Violet Alexandria
  • Violet Mira
  • Violet Frances (I did like this but have gone off it)
  • Violet Sigrid
  • Violet Beatrice
  • Violet Ella
  • Violet Evie

Her surname will begin with “I” so any of the middle names beginning with i that we like sound a bit strange all together

Can anyone suggest something that we might both like?

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OrchidFlakes · 15/06/2023 20:40

Violet Gwendoline
Violet Clara
Violet Amelia
Violet Seraphine
Violet Melissa

TomatoSandwiches · 15/06/2023 20:41

Violet Francesca
Violet Mirabelle
Violet Winnifred
Violet Genivieve
Violet Mina
Violet Sylvie
Violet Dulcie
Violet Sadie
Violet Henrietta
Violet Constance
Violet Juliana
Violet Marcelline
Violet Alanis
Violet Darcy

OMGitsnotgood · 15/06/2023 20:43

Elizabeth goes with most combinations

lostat · 15/06/2023 20:49

I think you need a 3 syllable name like
Francesca, Emily, Dorothy, Eleanor, Jemima, Jessica, Amelie, Maria, Isabelle, etc.

Wotsitface · 15/06/2023 20:50

Violet Hazel
Violet Sienna
Violet Monet (mon-ayy)
Violet Eliza
Violet Aniela

Violet Saskia
Violet Wren
Violet Sage
Violet Cara
Violet Daisy
Violet Cleo
Violet Jolie
Violet Jessica
Violet Alice
Violet Aoise
Violet Georgie
Violet Rosa
Violet Louise
Violet Rose
Violet Rae

TeamSleep · 15/06/2023 20:54

Violet Audrey
Violet Isabelle
Violet Elizabeth

Viviennemary · 15/06/2023 21:20

Violet Grace and Violet rRose are the nicest.Violet Mary?

JeandeServiette · 15/06/2023 22:06

Maude? Alix? Lara?

user1492757084 · 16/06/2023 05:03

Inspired from you list I prefer - Violet ..
May
Maisie
Mary
Maybelle
Arabella
Sigrid
Mira
Francesca

Do you like Viola or Violette?
Both are pronounced Vee rather than Veye

oldnorsesaga · 16/06/2023 08:32

I like Violet Beatrice, Violet Mabel, Violet Florence and Violet Matilda (from other posters)
my main problem with Violet Beatrice is that many parents might actually have Violet Beatrice at home - both names are similar in style and loved by same people. It also very similar to Violet Baudelaire from popular children series.
That said, Violet Beatrice is my favorite because names compliment each other very nicely. Maybe Violet Beatrix or Violet Romilly?

Winnerturkeydinner · 16/06/2023 08:37

Violet Ellen

Fandabedodgy · 16/06/2023 08:38

Pick your favourite and give her two middle names.

Apart from birth, marriage and death no one ever knows middle names anyway so no point sweating it.

Twazique · 16/06/2023 10:56

Violet Delphine
Violet Audrey

KirstenBlest · 16/06/2023 11:03
  • Violet Florence - ok
  • Violet Grace - meh middle name
  • Violet Daisy - two flowers and daisies are not violet normally
  • Violet Olivia - ok
  • Violet Amelia - not keen on Amelia
  • Violet Mabel - don't like Mabel

Names he likes but I don’t:

  • Violet Ava - don't like Ava
  • Violet Arabella - OK but very long
  • Violet Alexandria - OK but very long
  • Violet Mira - my shower is stainless steel
  • Violet Frances (I did like this but have gone off it)
  • Violet Sigrid - nice
  • Violet Beatrice - ok
  • Violet Ella - sounds like a fever
  • Violet Evie - - no, evie too common and nicknamey
KirstenBlest · 16/06/2023 11:14

Violet Frances would be my choice
Violet Mary is much nicer than May/Rose/Grace, they're filler middle names

Pick a family name, or use your maiden name.

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 17/06/2023 00:45

Rose or May

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 17/06/2023 00:46

I think it's nice to use May your middle name, it sounds pretty and it can be a new family tradition I'm sure your daughter will love to share a name with you

RoseMartha · 17/06/2023 01:14

Lilian

RosaCaramella · 17/06/2023 02:18

Some nice suggestions above. What about these?

Violet Leigh
Violet Kate
Violet Niamh
Violet Meg
Violet Jess
Violet Jude
Violet Louisa

continentallentil · 17/06/2023 08:18

I like Beatrice best, Frances also v nice

Avoid another flower or nature name and the May / Grace cliche

Evelyn
Astrid
Edith
Katharine
Ellen
Jocelyn
Rosalind
Eleanor
Margot
Emmeline
Maryam
Lucia
Francesca
Susannah
Sanchia
Adela
Abigail

Agree two middle names is fine

KirstenBlest · 17/06/2023 10:49

Violet Leigh -> Violently

ShandaLear · 17/06/2023 11:11

I keep reading it as Violent too!!

Wigggggly · 17/06/2023 17:47

Violet Adelaide

Daisybuttercup12345 · 19/06/2023 22:03

Elizabeth. As in Just William.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 19/06/2023 22:58

Violet Hope