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Middle name for Briar

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OvertiredAndUnderwhelmed · 19/09/2023 20:38

We’re having a little girl and are set on the first name of Briar but are struggling for middle names. We like quite unusual / Gaelic names - suggestions please!

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TomatoSandwiches · 19/09/2023 20:53

Carlin
Shea
Myrna
Roise

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 19/09/2023 21:16

Briar Niamh.
Briar Evelyn
Briar Meredith.
Briar Roisin. (Row-sheen)
Briar Chanel.
Brair Gwendolyn.
Briar Elowen.
Briar Rosalie.
Briar Melrose
Briar Elspeth.
Briar Elise.
Briar Fawn.
Briar Delphine.
Briar Marigold.

cherryassam · 19/09/2023 21:18

Gaelic / Celtic names:
Briar Aine
Briar Ailbhe
Briar Aisling
Briar Alistrina
Briar Aoife
Briar Catriona
Briar Dearbhla
Briar Duana
Briar Eithne
Briar Fianna
Briar Grainne
Briar Ismay
Briar Laoise
Briar Lilias
Briar Meriel
Briar Niamh
Briar Orlaith
Briar Roisin
Briar Una

Unusual names:

Briar Avalon
Briar Callista
Briar Celestia
Briar Clemency
Briar Christabel
Briar Coraline
Briar Corisande
Briar Crimson
Briar Danica
Briar Endellion
Briar Evadne
Briar Isabeau
Briar Iolanthe
Briar Lavinia
Briar Lilou
Briar Maelys
Briar Mavi
Briar Monroe
Briar Montana
Briar Morwenna
Briar Temperance
Briar Theodosia
Briar Thomasina
Briar Verona
Briar Yvaine

Lampzade · 19/09/2023 21:20

Joy

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 19/09/2023 21:20

Louise.

Yokaiwatch · 19/09/2023 21:24

I automatically think Briar Rose after sleeping beauty (which I actually think is quite nice). However that’s not what you asked for.

Briar Maura
Briar Willa
Briar Serena
Briar Ivy
Briar Gwendolyn
Briar Evangeline
Briar Niamh
Briar Catriona
Briar Skye
Briar November
Briar Callista
Briar Savannah
Briar Luna
Briar Tegan
Briar Lila
Briar June
Briar Vivienne

fairycupcakes · 19/09/2023 21:42

Briar is lovely 💕
Some gorgeous suggestions here!
My favourites from PPs are:

Briar Gwendolyn
Briar Vivienne
Briar Evangeline
Briar Evadne
and Briar Temperance.

Like PP I also automatically thought of Briar Rose which I think is beautiful.

Suggestions to add:

Briar Ariadne
Briar Isadora
Briar Saskia
Briar Calliope
Briar Mallory
Briar Fallon
Briar Sage
Briar Genevieve
Briar Serenity

GodDammitCecil · 19/09/2023 21:44

Briar is such a lovely name!

Loads of great suggestions on this thread - much more interesting than the default Rose (nothing against Rose, but it is a complete ‘filler’ middle name, along with Grace and May).

Startyabastard · 19/09/2023 21:52

That's a really nice name.

Poppity3 · 19/09/2023 22:00

Ah what a lovely name!

Briar Merryn
Briar Mabli
Briar Nerys
Briar Anouk
Briar Larkin

OzDownUnder · 19/09/2023 22:06

Briar Jay

Briar Iris

Briar Violet

Briar Wrenn

Briar Leigh

uncomfortablydumb53 · 19/09/2023 22:11

I love Briar
Briar Elspeth
Briar Fiona

GoodOldEmmaNess · 19/09/2023 22:33

Briar is a lovely name. The connotation it has of wild roses makes me think of other plants as a source of a middle name (Hebe for example), which would be beautiful but perhaps risk making her just too shrubby.

Would tree names work? Rowan perhaps.

OvertiredAndUnderwhelmed · 19/09/2023 22:47

Thanks for the suggestions!
I liked Fallon as a first name and I like Wren as well!
We also liked Adeline but I’m not 100% sure it goes as a middle name?
Evadne is very me but I’m not sure OH would like it!

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UsefulSmartPrettyHappy · 19/09/2023 22:59

Briar Carolina

Yokaiwatch · 20/09/2023 00:01

I think Adaline would go fine with Briar. Adaline is a beautiful name in its own right and flows well Briar.

Bbq1 · 20/09/2023 00:41

Briar Asterope
Briar Anne

sitcks · 20/09/2023 00:44

Briar lane, that's the name of some place I drove before 🤔

Asyousayit · 20/09/2023 01:16

I know it's not irish but this sounded sweet to me... Briar Fawn. And I thought a baby deer in roses x

mathanxiety · 20/09/2023 01:59

Briar Angharad
Briar Eloise
Briar Endellion
Briar Angelica
Briar Artemis

villamariavintrapp · 20/09/2023 07:10

I don't think Briar means rose? I think it means thorny bush? As a name it's often paired with Rose-like in sleeping beauty, as the full name Briar Rose means rose bush, Briar on its own means prickly thorn bush.

Ididivfama · 20/09/2023 20:21

Could there be two middle names like:
Briar Rose Elowen?
or
Briar Wren

I feel like one syllable works well after Briar

Mojodojocasahaus · 20/09/2023 20:24

Got to be rose surely? As in sleeping beauty

OvertiredAndUnderwhelmed · 20/09/2023 21:44

Our son has two middle names so I wouldn’t mind two but struggling for one to start with! 🤣

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