Is this too much of a mouthful?

alandals · March 2011

We've decided on a name and now I'm searching for the perfect middle name.

Is Esme Mayenne too much of a mouthful? (Last name is Perez) I met a baby with Mayenne as her first name and loved it. I looked it up and it's actually a place in France. I can't decide if the whole name is a little too French for me (I'm American, DH is Mexican). It's not like we will be calling her by her full name all the time, if at all, ever.

Our other options are Rosaria and Daniela for middle names.

MiaNovember · March 2011

I really love Esme. How, in your mind, is Mayenne pronounced?

jiffy-pop · March 2011

I like Daniela the best out of your choices. I don't like Rosaria at all. Would Esme be pronounced Esmay in Spanish? And I'm not sure how to pronounce Mayenne either. May-ann?

COMomma81 · March 2011

I think it is sort of a tongue twister...not easy to say. I really like Esme Rosaria

alandals · March 2011

Es-may May-enn is how it's pronounced .

thatjessie · March 2011

I kinda like ...

lurkeyloo · March 2011

I don't like the double "may" sound. It's a little awkward.

Bubbalub · March 2011

Esme is lovely. I hate place names as first names and I find Mayenne to be reaching.

Blue1299 · March 2011

lurkeyloo:
I don't like the double "may" sound. It's a little awkward.

I agree. My favorite is Esme Rosaria.

UMwife · March 2011

What about Daniela Esme?

sugarpumpkin716 · March 2011

not at all Smile

magsugar13 · March 2011

Daniela

HAFranklin · March 2011

That "May May" in the middle throws me off.

I love Rosaria! How about Rosaria Esme?

Geauxmama11 · March 2011

Like pp, I don't care for the double "mae" sounds back to back...creates an awkward flow. Not too fond of Esme Rosario either...kind of a tongue twister to me. Of your choices, I prefer Esme Daniela.

inque223 · March 2011

lurkeyloo:
I don't like the double "may" sound. It's a little awkward.

This.

brideandbreve · March 2011

MrsBlue06:
Like pp, I don't care for the double "mae" sounds back to back...creates an awkward flow. Not too fond of Esme Rosario either...kind of a tongue twister to me. Of your choices, I prefer Esme Daniela.

Same here.

Good call on Esme, though. That name is beautiful.

anna7602 · March 2011

Too many m's running into each other for me.

FWIW, I prefer Rosario to Rosaria, but I guess it all depends on the origin you're going for/honoring. I had to look up Rosaria to find out it's the Italian form. I had never seen this name with an "a" on the end.