Middle name for Nell

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We are due our second little girl in spring and love the name Nell, just really struggling for a middle name. Any suggestions?

I like the use of family names for middle names. How does your own name sound with Nell? Or a female version of the father's name?

I like Nell as it's a derivative form of Helen and my name is Helen 😁. My sister calls me Nelly 🥰

Good idea using a family name. If none suitable something like Nell Louise?

As Nell is short a longer name seems nice . I like Nell😀

As a one syllable name, I think 3 syllables with the stress on the middle syllable would sound good.

Emilia (Amelia)
Rebecca
Chiara
Eliza
Matilda
Sophia
Aurora
Maria
Savannah
Leilani
Alexis
Vanessa

If you can find a family name with that rhythm then all the better.

Thanks both! My name is actually Amy Louise 😆 I think I will rule out Amy!

We do have a Dorothy, so maybe

Nell Dorothy
Nell Dotty/Dottie

I love the name Nell.

I agree, Nell Dorothy sounds nice.

I also like
Nell Victoria
Nell Sofia
Nell Rosanna

I love the name Nell! Nell Dorothy is nice. Or do you like-

Nell Matilda
Nell Jemima
Nell Sienna
Nell Amelia
Nell Susannah
Nell Georgina
Nell Francesca
Nell Juliette
Nell Savannah
Nell Sophia

Why not give her the full name - Helen or Helena - using Nell as the diminutive? The longer name would run far more elegantly with any middle name.

Nell Louise sounds like one name, Neloise

I think Nell Dorothy is a little staid. Also the stress is on the first syllable not the middle one. Georgina or Jemimah is lovely though from PPs.

What's your mum's name? DH mum? Your grandmother? Perhaps your maiden name or mum's maiden name?

Nell is lovely. Some I like the cadence of with it - Elizabeth, Harriet, Marie, Julianne, April, Summer, Margaret, Marianne, Sarah, Catherine, Alicia, Alethea, Felicity.

BlanklyMyDear that's always risky if you don't like the full name as much though. I'd agree with many names but I don't love Helen and it has such different vibes from Nell.

The baby.

Down?

My gorgeous ddog is Nell... She gets Nelly Jane!!

My Granny's name was Nell Daisy May, she always said she sounded like a herd of cows, so maybe not that
😂
I was soooo tempted to use it for DD, but I strongly dislike Nelly so decided against.

Nell is a bit of a dead-end name. I think it just works well on its own.

For some reason the name Cassidy or Jessica or Melody popped into my head though!

i think a name that has the meter “thump-thumpety” is good.

Nell aurora
nell violet
nell marigold
nell Harriet
nell rosalie
nell juniper
Nell abigail
nell jemima
nell tabitha
nell theodora
Nell iris
nell imogen
nell beatrix
nell ottilie
nell ophelia
nell dorothy

Nell Dorothy is gorgeous!
more suggestions:
Nell Juliet
Nell Sophia
Nell Alice
Nell Calliope
Nell Emma
Nell Amber
Nell Jasmine
Nell Ivy
Nell Poppy
Nell Georgia
Nell Eliana
Nell Amelia
Nell Delilah
Nell Laura
Nell Henrietta
Nell Elowen
Nell Octavia
Nell Bronwyn
Nell Daisy
Nell Evie
Nell Maeve
Nell Florence

But it’s such a clunky first name, @Aberentian. As someone else said - a bit of a dead end. And rhythmically too heavy for pretty much any name that follows it.

Nell Allegra

Definitely a 3 or even 4 syllable middle name. With the emphasis on the second syllable.

Nell Georgina.
Nell Cordelia
Nell Winona.
Nell Perdita

I really like Nell.

Nell Rose sounds lovely

All of these would sound a million times better with first and middle name reversed.

I like Nell and don't see the point of a longer birth certificate name.
I prefer Dorothy to Nell but it's close.

Does Nell go with the surname? Nell Snell or Nell Kelly might not work. Not many people use their middle names.

Don't use the middle name as the known as name, it's a PITA.

So that it flows, it shouldn’t start with a vowel and should be more than one syllable.

Nell Guinevere
Nell Theodora
Nell Madeleine
Nell Alexandra
Nell Rosina
Nell Emmeline
Nell Isabella
Nell Katharina
Nell Araminta
Nell Anastasia
Nell Adelaide
Nell Ariana
Nell Evangeline
Nell Francesca
Nell Beatrix
Nell Victoria
Nell Ariadne
Nell Marguerite
Nell Primrose
Nell Meredith