Baby Name Poll Results

give elizabeth as her middle name because after all that’s what middle names are supposed to be used for,(for honoring relatives) and give the baby her own name like Rachael Elizabeth or something like that

It’s your child and you should name her what you want. A good way to honour your sister is to have Elizabeth as the middle name, or even a double middle name of Elizabeth Anne, but she can have her own first name.

Katherine Elizabeth would be beautiful!

I Love the name Elizabethe Anne but you are right. She won’t have her own identity. Honoring your sister would be great but I would go with a different name besides Anne
My favorite is:

Mary Elizabeth (MaryBeth) that way she would be named after your sister and honor her but still have her own identity also. GL!

Please don’t! Remembering her by using one of the names is a beautiful idea, but giving her the same name seems to hijack her identity at birth! Mom should understand that this is your decision.

I believe that Elizabeth should be used as a middle name and....you must name your baby what YOU desire, not what your mom or other people tell you to name it. Of course, I’m known on these polls to "push" the name Olivia as it is a name I’m completely obsessed with. My favorite combo from your list is Rachael Elizabeth. Or-big smile-if open to suggestions, how about Olivia Elizabeth? Best wishes to you. BTW the poster who said about hijacking identity--you’re 100% right!!!!

This is your baby, not your mothers. Not to be harsh, but she really doesn’t have a say, being that this is your baby and your decision. If you do want to honor your sister, than use Elizabeth as the middle name. I agree that she will not have her own identity, especially to your mother, who seems stuck on her lost child.

This is your decision. Make sure you think it through. You will always resent your mother if you don’t name it on your own terms

Use Elizabeth as the middle name if you want. Don’t feel pressured to name her after your sister. If she wanted that she should of had another baby or named you Elizabeth Anne.

I would use Elizabeth as the mn. Its still honoring your sister without negatively affecting your daughter. Rachel Elizabeth is gorgeous!

Not to be off topic, but I have to bring this up. There was a poll on this site a while back and was asking if she should name her twin daughters after her twin sons that died. She wanted to give her girls, the boys names to honor them. Most people thought it was a great idea. she said she wasn’t trying to replace her son’s but I felt that she was. No one else was really in agreeance with me. They all thought it was a wonderful idea. So I find it odd that everyone on this poll thinks that she would be replacing her sister.

Anyways, I agree. I was very adamant in the previous poll that the child needs to have there own identity. They need to be different. Honoring your child and giving them the same name are two different things. so Elizabeth would be a great mn or just Anne. Or like another poster said do Elizabeth Anne as the mn, but do what you want. Your mother can’t make the decision for you. You don’t want your daughter to have to live up to your sister (or what your mother wanted her to become or do with her life)

Elizabeth-Ann as a middle is a great idea.

Kaitlyn Elizabeth-Ann
Brooklyn Elizabeth-Ann
Rachel Elizabeth-Ann
Maria Elizabeth-Ann
Katherine Elizabeth-Ann

Poster CNW, you are 100% right!!! The best way to honor a deceased child and/or relative is to give your child said person’s middle name. Children need to be born with a chance of developing their own identities, not be a memorial for the deceased relative. Please forgive me for sounding harsh, but I believe that it would not be what the deceased child/relative would want for new baby. Thanks for listening