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Middle name for Daisy

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:30

Not sure if Daisy is a bit too twee - though I do love it

Any ideas for nice middle names to go with it?

I love nature related names but another one in the mn slot might be a bit much (also love slightly hippy names like Skye, Summer, Lark, Rain but don't know that I'd be brave enough to use them)

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MinkyChunky · 07/07/2008 23:32

What about something not as girlie?

Anne
Maria
Eve

gigglewitch · 07/07/2008 23:33

Lou
louise
May ?

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avenanap · 07/07/2008 23:34

May
Jane

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:38

Daisy Lou - exactly the sort of name that floats my boat but is it a bit, ahem, bovine? Brings to mind images of a pet cow...

Daisy May is rather sweet

I love the name Jane but Daisy Jane sounds a bit like Daisy Chain - or am I just being picky?

I agree something not so girly is probably best

Does April Daisy sound better?

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:39

Plum! God, I love it - but would never get it past Dh

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gigglewitch · 07/07/2008 23:40

nope. love teh daisy lou, it was one of my faves. we also liked Daisy Grace.

zippitippitoes · 07/07/2008 23:40

well thats interesting i immediately thought daisy lou/louise

i have a holly laura

i think daisy laura would go

gigglewitch · 07/07/2008 23:42

see? we all have such good taste don't we zippi?

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:43

o, i'll join you then in the Daisy Lou corner, it is lovely

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MrsMacaroon · 07/07/2008 23:44

Rose?

MrsMacaroon · 07/07/2008 23:45

mmm actually, i retract it- too many flowers.

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Mavornia · 07/07/2008 23:46

I love Rose - dh is insisting that we call any dd this as first name (my fault, I convinced him of how pretty it is years ago and now he won't budge)

Daisy is my back up - or potential name for potential dd2 (I have too much time on my hands tonight...)

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madmarriedNika · 07/07/2008 23:58

Leigh/Lee
Bree
Kate/Cait/Caitlin
Grace
Mae
Amber
Aoife

Love Rose but it's getting VERY popular now (3 in our toddler group!)- just to warn you!

MrsMacaroon · 08/07/2008 00:01

oh bugger, i just called my dd (3 months old) Rose...hence my suggestion.

LilRedWG · 08/07/2008 00:03

Louise - not nature based but it sprang to mind.

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:11

Some of your suggestions are very fitting, madmarriedNika - my own name contains "Lee" and I'm Irish so Aoife is a nice idea

lots to obsess mull over

oh bugger indeed re Rose - don't want it becoming the next Tilly/Milly/Grace/Isabella bonanza (nice as all those names are)

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DRAGON30 · 08/07/2008 00:15

Daisy May - or then again, she may not! It's a bit too 'cute', IMO. After all, your daughter will (hopefully) spend 60+ years as an adult, but only a short time as a child. Names like that don't really pass the High Court Judge/ Captain of Industry test, do they? If you like Rose, how about Rosalind - nice for an adult, and she can be Rose/Rosie as well!!

zippitippitoes · 08/07/2008 00:18

omg do people project captain of industry and pm into their choice

i dont think it makes a jot

MrsMacaroon · 08/07/2008 00:19

we also liked Coral and Betsy...

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:19

I know DRAGON30 - that's what makes me pause about the name Daisy, much as I love it

The problem with Rosalind is that it's pronounced roz-a-lind and I rather like the "rose" sound. I think I would go with simple but classic Rose or maybe Rosalie if Daisy didn't make it through

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Mavornia · 08/07/2008 00:21

Holly Laura is lovely btw

my mum is Ivy though - I can imagine the endless family jokes now should I even consider Holly

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zippitippitoes · 08/07/2008 00:23

lol my bro insists on referring to my dds as holly and ivy...she is actualklky rebecca naomi

DRAGON30 · 08/07/2008 00:32

Of course it matters!! I only used the Captain of Industry thing as an example. Having a really childish name is bloody embarrassing when you are an adult, particularly when you work in the more 'white collar' jobs. I know of 2 women who changed their names, because they felt that they were just silly, and they didn't want to spend their working lives with names that suited 3yr olds, not professional women. ( They were both formally called Posy, by the way)