Middle Names for Carolyn

jennylynn103

Hey, everyone!

My husband and I are currently thinking Carolyn as a first name for our baby girl, but we are stuck on middle names. I proposed Carolyn Diana, but he didn't seem too keen on that. We both like Carolyn Grace, but Grace is such a common middle name. Any suggestions (or pros/cons on Carolyn)?

Thanks!

Hanniez89

I think Carolyn is pretty!

Carolyn Elizabeth
Carolyn Margaret
Carolyn Isabel
Carolyn Pearl
Carolyn Hope
Carolyn Olivia
Carolyn Faith

gonetothesea

Carolyn is very pretty. It's my gram's name! Her middle name is Sylvia.

Other suggestions:
Jane
Pearl
June
Susanna
Jade
Mae
Rae
Frances
Prue
Marie

dancingmatilda

My grandmother's name is Essie Carolyn, though she goes by Carolyn. It's lovely. I like Carolyn Grace, but I understand you don't want to give her a "filler" middle name. I'm one of the 80's kids with the middle name Lynn, so when I got married I had no problem dropping that generic middle name. Do you have any family names that you'd be interested in using?

Carolyn Elizabeth was the first name that popped into my head. Seems classic.

Carolyn Eleanor
Carolyn Patrice
Carolyn Joyce
Carolyn Mae
Carolyn Abigail
Carolyn Jeanette
Carolyn Ruth
Carolyn Amelia
Carolyn Lucille
Carolyn Marguerite
Carolyn Brooke
Carolyn Eve
Carolyn Gail

eliztheforrizz

Grace is so overplayed. Unless it is a family name, I would not use.

Carolyn Faye

Carolyn Jean

Carolyn Ruth

Carolyn Brooke

Carolyn Marie

Carolyn Jane

Carolyn Pearl

jennylynn103

dancingmatilda said:

My grandmother's name is Essie Carolyn, though she goes by Carolyn. It's lovely. I like Carolyn Grace, but I understand you don't want to give her a "filler" middle name. I'm one of the 80's kids with the middle name Lynn, so when I got married I had no problem dropping that generic middle name. Do you have any family names that you'd be interested in using?

Carolyn Elizabeth was the first name that popped into my head. Seems classic.

Carolyn Eleanor
Carolyn Patrice
Carolyn Joyce
Carolyn Mae
Carolyn Abigail
Carolyn Jeanette
Carolyn Ruth
Carolyn Amelia
Carolyn Lucille
Carolyn Marguerite
Carolyn Brooke
Carolyn Eve
Carolyn Gail

Love your suggestions! Re: family names - I thought of Carolyn Esther (after my grandmother) or Carolyn Elaine (his mother's middle name), but my husband wasn't jumping up and down about those... We don't have any traditional names for girls in my family, unfortunately. Several boy names that are irrelevant now...

jennylynn103

@eliztheforrizz My thoughts exactly about Grace. Beautiful name, but it just feels like one of those names you stick in when you have no idea what else to put.

LNic5

Carolyn Eliza
Carolyn Audra
Carolyn Renee
Carolyn Adele
Carolyn Vera
Carolyn Noelle
Carolyn June
Carolyn Eden
Carolyn Rosa
Carolyn Faye
Carolyn Ivy
Carolyn Nora
Carolyn Pearl
Carolyn Celeste
Carolyn Juliet
Carolyn Amelie
Carolyn Emilia
Carolyn Helena

susanb15

I like like Grace as a middle name because it is one of the virtue words that I love. It's more subtle in a middle name for me than as a first name, which sets the bar high for the kid (like the older name Patience)