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Birdiboo · 21/08/2023 17:59

Back again for opinions on these first and middle name combos -

I am liking Emma or Carrie for a first name and I like Beth for a Middle name -

Emma Beth
Carrie Beth
Katie Beth (partner likes Katie, I prefer Kate but with a different middle name?)

or I love Emma Kate

What do you think? Any other suggestions of middle names to go wit these first names?

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Neverseenbefore · 21/08/2023 18:05

Emma Beth sounds a bit odd.
Carrie Beth is two short-form names, which hardly seems fair.
same with Katie Beth.

Emma Beth is the only usable one to me, though it’d be different if you said Caroline and Katherine.

Neverseenbefore · 21/08/2023 18:06

Actually Emma Kate is OK. Just saw that one.

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Birdiboo · 21/08/2023 18:29

I know they can be shortened forms of longer names but they have been in use as stand alone names for a long time now and I prefer them to the longer versions.

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Birdiboo · 21/08/2023 18:30

Oh I also like Carrie Hannah. I like Hannah as a full name but it’s the name of one of my partners close friends and he doesn’t want to use it for a first name for that reason

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Kaceeee · 21/08/2023 18:33

Emma Beth - It’s okay
Carrie Beth - No
Katie Beth (partner likes Katie, I prefer Kate but with a different middle name?) - As someone who is a Katelyn nn Katie in childhood it’s not very nice and you definitely grow out of it very fast, id say Kate with a different middle name

or I love Emma Kate - really like this one

caringcarer · 21/08/2023 18:42

I like Hannah Kate

KirstenBlest · 21/08/2023 18:46

I'm not keen on Beth.
Carrie is OK but I think it's better as a diminutive of Caroline.

Kate and Emma are both great. Would happily name my daughter either name.

ladygindiva · 21/08/2023 19:19

Beth to me is an abbreviation of Elizabeth . Which is fabulous. Beth leaves off the best parts of the name. Katie, although gorgeous I think, is short for Katherine. Katherine Elizabeth nn Katie Beth would be a wonderful choice. I'm a stickler for full names.

ladygindiva · 21/08/2023 19:20

Oh and contrary to popular MN opinion I think Emma is the dullest name in existence, sorry.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 21/08/2023 20:15

Emilia Beth fits better than Emma Beth. I'm not kean on Carrie. Katie Beth is gorgeous, she could be Katherine Elizabeth on her BC.
Other names where Beth would fit well as a middle name.
Anna Beth
Chloe Beth.
Clara Beth
Molly Beth.
Nina Beth
Sara Beth
Nancy Beth
Kiera Beth

continentallentil · 21/08/2023 21:09

Emma Kate is nice

Carrie Beth sounds like a travel cot or a piece of camping equipment. Emma Beth and Katie Beth don’t work either - just sounds like you can’t be arsed

Sometimes full names just sound better - and while Carrie is a nice nn, I do think she will thank you if you call her Caroline

Emma Elsbeth
Emma Caitlin

Emma Caroline
Emma Gwyneth
Emma Meredith
Emma Beatrice
Emma Catherine
Emma Susannah

Caroline Elizabeth
Caroline Bethany
Caroline Emily
Carolyn Gwyneth
Caroline Elsbeth

Barleysugar86 · 21/08/2023 21:12

Emma Kate is lovely- sort of fresh. I don't think Katie on a birth certificate sounds right.

Carrie I wouldn't expect to be the legal birth cert name.

Mumofgirls2017 · 21/08/2023 22:35

i like Emma Kate.

emma grace
emma rose
emma ruby
emma violet
emma harriet
emma sophie
emma charlotte
emma pearl

carrie olivia
carrie hope
carrie tess
carrie phoebe
carrie jane
carrie sophia
carrie isabelle

Katie abigail
katie alice
katie rebecca
katie josephine
katie neve
katie amelia
katie belle
katie alexandra
katie diana

Theoldwoman · 22/08/2023 01:44

I love love love Kate.

Not fussed on the rest, sorry.

Kate is timeless, elegant and simple. Not overdone.

user1492757084 · 23/08/2023 01:37

My opinion ..
Carrie Johanna 10/10
Carrie Elsbeth 10/10
Carrie Beth 9/10
Carrie Mary-Ellen 9/10
Emma Beth 8/10
Emma Elizabeth 10/10
Emma Eliza 10/10
Emma Kate 9/10
Emma Katherine 10/10

DramaAlpaca · 23/08/2023 01:42

A big Yes to Emma Kate.

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