Middle name for Briar

[OvertiredAndUnderwhelmed]

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!

Just a bit too ‘obvious’ / traditional for our tastes!

Briar Mirren Rose surname

Briar Alba (it's a real name, Gaelic word for Scotland, also means white/bright, also means dawn in Spanish, also the name of a type of rose,).

Rose. It’s obvious. Rose 🌹

Lovely name.

I would probably avoid a middle name starting with N as running the first and middle name together may sound like Brian

Briar Nerys

sounds like

Brian Erys

You could do a variant of Rose:

Rosabel
Rosalie
Rosalia
Rosamel
Rosanna
Roselore

I really like Briar Siobhan.

Hay. My childhood home was called Briar Hay!

my middle name is Nerys, excellent name!

If you like Evadne you might like some of the other Greek names I love:

Althea
Amara
Andromeda
Anemone
Anthea
Ariadne
Asta
Astraea
Athena
Calantha
Calista
Cassandra
Corisande
Cosima
Damara
Danae
Demetria
Diantha
Eirene
Electra
Eliana
Evanthe
Helena
Ianthe
Iola
Iolande
Iolanthe
Ione
Melissa
Melora
Olympia
Persephone
Philomena
Stefania
Theodosia
Theora
Xanthe
Xanthippe
Zoila

Bryher pronounced the same as Briar is an island off Cornwall. One of the Scilly Isles.

It's a girls name and means 'place of hills'. It is where Michael Morpurgo's book When the Whales Came is set.

Briar Gwendoline

Briar Rose

Rabbit?

Briar Blossom

That’s lovely!

I agree, maybe Briar Roisin?

You mean Brer rabbit - he was born in a briar patch. Briar means bush with prickly stems.
Personally I'd go for Bryher which I think is a prettier spelling and has a nicer meaning. It's quite a stand along name for me though, I don't think it really runs well with a middle name. If it was me I'd keep it as a first name but not have a middle name, people don't tend to use them anyway unless they hate their first name.

Briar Evelyn
Briar Elvie
Briar Eloise
Briar Elodie

If it was me I'd keep it as a first name but not have a middle name, people don't tend to use them anyway unless they hate their first name.m

I don't have a middle name @itsmyp4rty and I still hear a grudge. 😁
Always, always wanted one and felt very hard done by. It's not just a practical thing.

I think that was a nice play-on-words joke!

Briar Caitlín (Kathleen)
Briar Eabha (Ava)
Briar Maeve
Briar Aideen

Briar is so cute! Personal favorite ...

Briar Octavia - I love both names and I think the optional nickname, Bo would be so cute

Maybe:

Briar Cassidy
Briar Anya
Briar Austen (as in Jane Austen)
Briar Selah
Briar Eden
Briar Talia
Briar Blaine
Briar Kelly
Briar Lilith
Briar Teagan
Briar Leia
Briar Alix
Briar Bailey
Briar Sutton
Briar Senna

2 middle names -

Briar Annika Wren
Briar Shay Laurent
Briar Eve Harlow
Briar Anna Quinn
Briar Mae Murphy
Briar Elle Kennedy
Briar Kit Cassia
Briar Lily Kenna
Briar Demi Luna
Briar Maisie Jane
Briar Sloane Ivy
Briar Evie James
Briar Anna Spencer
Briar Baye Violet
Briar Stella Maeve
Briar Emma Reed
Briar Noa Vallie
Briar Hayden Snow

Wow that was more than I thought, but once I see the word 'unusual' or 'uncommon' my brain just gets happy lol

Briar Miriam

Miriam means "wished for child", which is a beautiful meaning.

Daphne
Felicity
Melody