Help with middle names

**ktdancer** · June 24th, 2009, 11:14 AM

We have our favourite names picked out, but finding it hard to put middle names with a few of them.
So far we have for girls - Aaliyah Skye
Sienna ?
Laylah Rose or Laylah Grace
Ellianah ?
Lorelei ?
And for boys - Harrison James
Kaelan ?
Toby Bryce
Blake ?
Caleb ?
Any suggestions for names to go with the ones we don't know about and any other ideas for the other names would be great.

**JellyBean** · June 24th, 2009, 11:32 AM

I like all your girls names, But love Aaliyah and Laylah.
I love Jade as a middle name - Aaliyah Jade is pretty.
I prefer Laylah Rose - I know heaps of people love it but I'm not a fan of Grace.
I think Sienna Rose sounds beautiful too.
Ellianah needs a 1 syllable middle name IMO as its 4 syllables.
How do you pronouce Lorelei? (Lor-el-eye, or Lor-el-ee?)

I love Caleb and Kaelan/Caelan. And I love James as a middle name (its my DS's middle name).
I would put James with all of your boy names except for Blake - as its only 1 syllable, so I think would sound better with a 2 syllable middle name.

Goodluck deciding.

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**Bathsheba** · June 24th, 2009, 11:42 AM

Yep, JB is right about the syllable thing.... names with 3 syllables go better with single syllable middle names and visa versa etc. And don't follow a name ending in a vowel with another vowel eg Lorelei Amy... it becomes tongue twister. It would sound better being followed by a consonant eg Lorelie May.