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Middle name for Aurora?

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EllieFox11 · 03/04/2026 21:30

Hello!

Pregnant with our first baby girl due in May!!

We have decided to call her Aurora. My husband is Italian and it’s his grandmothers name so we love it.

We just need to decide on a middle name…

The names we have are:

Aurora Imogen
Aurora Violet

Which one do you think flows better? We adore them both so we are hoping for some opinions to help us decide?

Any alternative suggestions are welcome.

TYIA❤️

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FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 04/04/2026 09:49

Louise.

Zippidydoodah · 04/04/2026 09:50

Aurora violet for sure

springdaffodils26 · 04/04/2026 10:11

Aurora Emily
Aurora Luna
Aurora Ava
Aurora Rose
Aurora Louise
Aurora Olive
Aurora Athena
Aurora Scarlett
Aurora Skye

StationJack · 04/04/2026 11:15

Australis

Branleuse · 04/04/2026 11:20

Aurora Louise flows nicely

Denim4ever · 04/04/2026 11:23

Screamingabdabz · 03/04/2026 21:39

You don’t have to have a middle name. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Whilst you don't have to have one, it is best to. Most kids will reach an age where they wonder why they don't have one and not be happy about that. I have an unusual first name and surname but no middle name, it still bothers me sometimes, especially since my DB has one.

StationJack · 04/04/2026 11:26

I don't have a middle name and never wanted one.

PissOffJeffrey · 04/04/2026 11:36

I don’t think Imogen goes well with Aurora at all - quite difficult to say but maybe that’s just my accent?

Aurora Violet is fine.

I get to see the names of newborn babies through my work & every second little girl is called Aurora Grace at the moment, so I would avoid Grace for that reason.

My middle name is Louise & it feels almost the same as if my parents hadn’t bothered with a middle name at all 😂. I can see Grace & May being the Louise & Jane of this generation.

DalmationalAnthem · 04/04/2026 11:39

Mumzoo5070 · 04/04/2026 09:48

Aurora Sky

Aurora-in-the-sky?

Either name is fine, middle names are for forms and passports (unless you're my mother who has never used my first name in my life. I wonder why she gave me two names)

luckylavender · 04/04/2026 11:44

TheCurious0range · 03/04/2026 21:32

Borealis

🙄

luckylavender · 04/04/2026 11:45

Violet definitely. Please don’t use someone’s Luna suggestion.

StationJack · 04/04/2026 12:26

Alba or Lucia

Calliopespa · 04/04/2026 20:38

I really like Violet usually, but somehow with Aurora the V sound sounds really harsh.

ETA I've worked out what it is. It's because when you say the two together it sounds like Aurore Revile It.

I don;t like the sound of the word "revile" in there. It has such an ugly meaning too

HoppityBun · 04/04/2026 20:39

Pandora

Calliopespa · 04/04/2026 20:50

RosesAndHellebores · 03/04/2026 22:31

Violet works better with Aurora.
Sophia does too.

I don't think Violet does actually work with Aurora because as it runs together you get:

Aurore Revile It.

The Revile sounds awful and has such a horrible meaning.

RosesAndHellebores · 04/04/2026 20:55

Calliopespa · 04/04/2026 20:50

I don't think Violet does actually work with Aurora because as it runs together you get:

Aurore Revile It.

The Revile sounds awful and has such a horrible meaning.

Eh! Only with deplorable diction.

Calliopespa · 04/04/2026 20:57

RosesAndHellebores · 04/04/2026 20:55

Eh! Only with deplorable diction.

I don't think the diction needs to be too bad tbh.

Try saying Aurora Violet fast ...

It's now putting me off the name Violet altogether, as I can't unhear the "vile." I previously loved it.

midlifeattheoasis · 04/04/2026 20:58

EvolvingDoor · 03/04/2026 22:11

Nora

or Dora

Or better still, "Aurora Nora Dora . . . "

This

RosesAndHellebores · 04/04/2026 21:11

Better be Daphne then!

Unexpectedlysinglemum · 04/04/2026 21:17

Estelle? Skye? Belle? To keep with the theme.

LeafyGreenSalad · 04/04/2026 21:25

Belle, Skye is also nice.

Snugglemonkey · 04/04/2026 21:28

I think Rose is really overdone as a middle name. Yet it is a beautiful one and actually really goes so well with Aurora to me.

EllieFox11 · 05/04/2026 12:09

We also have considered

Aurora Isabelle
Aurora Genevieve
Aurora Rosalie

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ThisSunnyBee · 05/04/2026 12:11

TheVeloursImgonnaChangeNsoul · 03/04/2026 21:34

You beat me to it.

There's always one

EllieFox11 · 05/04/2026 12:11

We like Aurora Esme too

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