Help Honoring A Name?

HollyGolightly09 · October 2016

If baby is a boy, I would really like to honor my husband's father who passed away a few years ago. Unfortunately, the name isn't exactly easy to work with. I'm hoping you guys will have some creative ideas... His name was Lonnie Dale. I would really prefer to use Lonnie, since Dale is also my husband'a middle name and he feels like that would be naming the baby after him and not his dad.

thatcma · October 2016

Lonnie is NN for Alonzo
Could use Lon as a MN (IE: Michael Lon)

Bringmemylongswordho · October 2016

What pp said. There are multiple variants you could go with.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/lonnie

saham07 · October 2016

Lonnie for the middle name? You are right....tough to work with. The middle name is a beautiful thing in cases like this.

TheMcC3 · October 2016

What would you think of using the initials instead of the actual name? When I was born, my parents gave me the same initials as my father, and his mother (married name). It carried tradition while maintaining my own identity and allowing my parents to choose a name they preferred.

kimikimi · October 2016

I agree that picking a first name with initial L and then using Dale as a family tradition for the middle name is a lovely way to honor your FIL. Suggesting Landon Dale, Logan Dale, Leonard Dale, Lyle Dale. I know you didn't want to use Dale but I think using an L name really clearly links it to his father.