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[maisieblue17]

I think we already have a shortlist of Fiona, Aveline, Rhiannon, and Elowen. Some of them I like more than others, but we've been discussing more options.

 

Matilda "Tilly". My issue with this is that I don't like Mattie/Maddie, only Tilly.

Adelina "Ada". Also like Addie but there's an Abby in our close family. The A in Ada is not pronounced like Ava, but like cat. 

Serena/Sarina. Not sure which spelling. 

 

Thanks! I'm really liking the idea of Fable or Parker as a middle name. Both would honor.

[Laney]

I love Matilda and Serena (Sarina reminds me of sarin gas, and the Serena spelling is easier to remember).   I'm with you on Mattie/Maddie.  Not a fan of Tilly either, but it's a lot better than Maddie.

 

I like the idea of using middle names to honor someone, but Parker is all boy to me.  I could never picture it for a little girl. I'm not crazy about word "names", so Fable is a huge miss.  Sorry if this is too harsh.

[pinkmonkey23]

I think we already have a shortlist of Fiona, Aveline, Rhiannon, and Elowen. Some of them I like more than others, but we've been discussing more options.

 

Matilda "Tilly". My issue with this is that I don't like Mattie/Maddie, only Tilly.

Adelina "Ada". Also like Addie but there's an Abby in our close family. The A in Ada is not pronounced like Ava, but like cat. 

Serena/Sarina. Not sure which spelling. 

 

Thanks! I'm really liking the idea of Fable or Parker as a middle name. Both would honor.

 

 

i think tilly is the only name for matilda that i would use personally..

 

Ada also for adelina.. 

 

serena/sarina.. have you thought about Cyrenna? i know a little girl who is called serena but its slightly tweaked and her mum says is Sir-Enna but others have said it the same as serena x have you thought about Soraya? 

 

and i love fable.. and parker is nice!! 

[maisieblue17]

Thank you! The middle names are not everyone's style, I realize. Parker is all boy to me as well, but it honors a young girl in my community with cancer so I feel like it would lose its honor if I used it for a boy. Fable honors myself and my great-grandmother since we both are/were writers, and I'd honestly use it as a first name if I could convince my husband.

 

I don't really like Cyrenna, sorry. It seems like it would be hard to spell and pronounce (I said it SY-rehna in my head at first). I think I like the Sarina spelling because it reminds me of Sabrina which I love. I'd be worried about misspellings though, so that's why I also have Serena.