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.

[~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!!

[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!

[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

[Tuesday's Child]

I love Emily Joy.

Would DH go for Emmaline? Emmaline Joy sounds nice too.

[mollycat]

How about Amelie, sounds the same, but spelt very different, Joy is a beautiful choice as a middle name, not too common and has family meaning for you.