Middle names

[grub17]

Hi all, I posted last month about possible girls names... well seems DH is extremely unmoveable away from EMILY as a first name.

We have our boys name sorted. We already have a little boy called Ashton James.

Anyhoo, i'm not a huge fan of emily mainly because it's so awfully common but am trying to be flexible for my husband... however I have laid claim to sole decision on the middle name (seeing he won't even consider any of my suggestions - not even Emmy ggrrrr).

Dh really likes Emily Grace - but i do suspect grace is very common middle name to go with emily (it is my Great grannies name tho and i've always loved it)

Other possibilities i've come up with are:

EMILY JOY (joy is a family name and i love that it means delight so this is my fave so far)
EMILY ELIZABETH
EMILY ALICE
What else sounds good with Emily and may provide a little point of difference for a child. Also our surname starts with O ... so emily grace with be EGO etc

HELP

thanks in advance for any replies.

[black_rose]

Dh wanted to have Emily Jessica, but if you both like Emily Grace dont worry if it's too common.

[Arimeh]

I know Emily Elizabeth is a character off a kids show if that would put you off? What about a form of Emily, like emiliana?

[grub17]

arimeh - nope, no variations. E-M-I-L-Y emily. I love Emmy - nup; Emmylou- definitely nup; Amity - 'what kind of name is that,' he scoffs ggrrrhhh I could just about snot him sometimes... i didn't realise that about the kids character hhmmm DS is only 14 months old so TV isn't really rating for him yet lol

Thanks BR - jessica is my cousin's name, so probably wouldn't use it (not close but close enough iykwim).

[Rowellen]

We are considering Emily for our Hatchlet. Middle names under consideration are:
Hazel
Claire
June
Paige

From the choices you've put forward though, I like Joy.

DH's are so painful when it comes to choosing names aren't they!! Good luck.

[beansbeans!]

Emily Jane/Jayne?

Sorry thats all that comes to mind at the moment... Will think some more to hopefully ad.

[Soph28]

I love Emily Joy! I think Joy is a perfect middle name, it sums up what having a little girl is all about!!

[MrsBexie]

I LOVE Emily Joy!!!!!!!!

It is a gorgeous name!

[~Lashes~]

Amity - 'what kind of name is that,' he scoffs .

i realy like Amity, but df has the same responce to it as yours! MEN!!!
sorry i dont have any sugestions.
hope you can sort it out soon.

[mummydreamer]

i think Emily Joy is a lovely name, it flows well, and sounds beautiful. and i agree, it is such a joy having a girl, so its well suited. hope you can sway DH a little bit, men are sooooo frustrating when it comes to baby names!!

[Lily Dust]

I know an Emily Rose, you could go longer with something like....Emily Charlotte?

[grub17]

thanks girls. yeah I think Emily Joy is in the lead atm. I love that it means 'delight', which this new baby will be... (boy or girl!).

yeah sarah i love Amity and thought it's a little different and so pretty.

yeah lilydust and i like Rose as well.

thanks for the posts ladies

[Tiff+2]

I think Emily Joy is a pretty name and I do love a family names for the middles name. My girls have my grandmother and mother's middle names.

[Faithful Mumma]

Would he go for Emilia? (Amelia)

What about Emily Mia or Emily Tara?

[grub17]

hey faithful mumma - he probably would but my bestie just named her little girl amelia so i just wouldn't feel right also using the name iykwim. he doesn't 'mind" emma but i used to work with an emma who was a bit of a nit wit so really tarnished the name for me.

joy is my aunty's middle name... the fact my grandmother gave it to her means so much to me... my grandma was a dorothy, so not real keen to use ... she was always called dot though but i reckon that'd make my baby sound like a website lol emily dot smith!

[Catherine]

Before our DD was born Dh was fixated on Madeleine. I had liked it at the beginning, but by the end of pregnancy had decided against it - because SIL would have made it maddy, and that really put me off. I liked Elanor. The day she was born, he looked at her, and said "hello Elanor"...so maybe plant a seed with an alternate first name, and see what happens.

That said Emily Joy is a lovely name.

[PollyA]

Emily Joy is gorgeous

Other suggestions

Emily Jane
Emily Jade
Emily May
Emily Paige
Emily jude
Emily Greer


Good luck

Love Millie as the nickname, is DH open to that?

[grub17]

thanks polly, yeah i've already told DH I'll be calling her Millie cos it's too cute. He was cool with that.

thanks for the suggestions all