Girl Middle Name Ideas/Opinions!

[rafaswrld]

Soon to be dad here! I’m looking for suggestions on cute/pretty middle names names for my little girl.
My wife and I plan to have her first name as Ira (Eye-rah).
Ideas for middle names I have right now are LaFrance, Lottie, LaLune, and Violet, Citrus, or Maple. You can give me your opinion on those or other ideas!

My daughters middle name is Aurora.
Our other second name options was Poppy, Luna, Fern and Beatrix

I love Ira Maple

I love Ira Violet. The rest I’m not very keen on at all, especially the “la” ones. Unless you’re French it comes across as a bit chavvy 🙈

Ira is a boy’s name, isn’t it? In any case it makes me think of the IRA so I’m not keen. What about Ida or Isla instead?

How about middle name for someone you admire. Sports - Jessica, Venus, Serena, Mary? Computing - Ada. Activism - Emma, Malala, Greta

Ira (Eye-rah). - it's a boy's name.
LaFrance - no, Francine?
Lottie - yes, Lotta?
LaLune - no, Luna?
Violet - yes
Citrus - no, Clementine?
Maple - not sure. Mabel?

Ira Violet or Ira Maple would be nice. Not keen on the others at all.

Ira is usually a male name, though.

I had no idea Ira was a “boys” name. It’s so pretty! I still say go for it. It’s gender neutral if you say so :D it’s not like you’re calling her Dave 😂

Ira Lottie and Ira Violet are lovely.
How about

Ira Willow
Ira Daisy
Ira Jade
Ira Maisie
Ira Molly
Ira Lorelei
Ira Penny
Ira Phoebe
Ira Florence
Ira Mabel
Ira Hallie
Ira Darcey
Ira Nellie
Ira Tilly
Ira Carys

I love ira maple!

ira eloise
ira juliet
ira marigold
ira clementine
ira theodora
ira Penelope
ira maeve
ira ottilie
ira frances
ira lilian
ira quinn
Ira juniper

Ira is a man’s name. What about Eia, after the Cornish Saint? Or Isa?

Ira is a male name as far as I know (Jewish).

Unless there's co-incidentally also a female name of a different origin?

The only Ira’s I know are male. I didn’t realise it was a girls name too. I like Violet but none of your others so far. Anything with ‘La’ before it sounds try-hard Z lister. How about -
Ira Kate
Ira May
Ira Rose
Ira Faye
Ira Charlotte
Ira Noa

It actually sounds much worse when you're french, believe me 😂

OP, I would strongly advise against any "La" name.

Francine or Françoise are fine
Lottie is a diminutive, Charlotte is okay, I like Charline though.
Luna is okay but extremely common these days. How about Selene, since that means moon in Greek.
Violet is okay I suppose but viol means rape in French and I can't get past that
Citrus is a no from me, it's not commonly used as a name and it just reminds me of washing products (every toilet cleanser is advertised as smelling of citrus !)
Maple is less problematic than Citrus but still not a name.

You seem keen on nature names so how about Wren, Robin, Willow, Summer, Estelle ?

From your list I prefer..
Ira Maple
Ira LaFrance
Do you like..

Ira Lilou
Ida Pomeline

Or Irene?

I agree with the IRA observation.

Could you spell it Eyra?

I d then go for Eyra Jane as it has nice Jane Eyre vibes!

It also looks like it comes from Ire which isn’t a nice meaning.

But I agree the sound is pretty. I’d go for Eyra.

Ira is a very male name of Jewish origin. It doesn’t work for a girl. You could have Irena or Irina? Aria? Irene? Isla?

I know a few Welsh Eira’s said eye-ra (I know it’s pronounced differently in different parts of Wales). That might be an alternative spelling if you prefer?

There's a Swedish/Finnish/Norwegian name Eira, which actually isn't pronounced Eye-ra.
(The Welsh one is just the Welsh word for Snow, which isn't pronounced Eye-ra.)

Whichever way you do it op - and there’s been a few suggestions - I think I’d get an “E” in the front of her name for all the reasons tabled.

Eira seems like a good compromise.
I know a female Ira , short for Irina( Irr-eena) but she says it as Ee-ra.

I take back my liking for Ira Violet.
I can hear the word "revile" in there.

Oh yes! Good point.