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PLEASE help with name!

My husband and I are really having a hard time with names. We decided on Noah if its a boy, and Emily Grace if its a girl. I like Emily Grace as a first name. Do you hyphenate it, or just write 'Emily Grace' and then the middle name? I don't know what people usually do. I have all boys, so this girl thing is foreign to me! LOL! Please help with any suggestions!

Re: PLEASE help with name!

  • Emily Grace Middle Name.

    Hyphens are silly.

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  • Why are you giving her 2 first names?

    I know a guy named "Michael Paul *mn* *ln*" and his whole life everyone called him Michael Paul and he hated it.

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  • I hate double first names. Why not have Grace as the MN?

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  • I agree with the PP, Grace should be her MN. It would be way too long otherwise. Emily Grace MN LN? Yikes...
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    I agree with the PP, Grace should be her MN. It would be way too long otherwise. Emily Grace MN LN?

    This for me too.  But if you do decide to do 2 first names, definitely no hyphen!

  • I don't think there is anything wrong with two first names.  It used to be much more popular than it is now, so you can think of it as more traditional.  It's just not some people's style.  Although, you can't always control what the child will be called, even if you intend for the two first names to stick. I had a teacher that only called students by the "first" first name (and only by the formal name at that) and we were too young too complain to our parents about the teacher not using our nicknames or "real" names, so some of those names stuck.  I always went by Mandi before that but some of my friends from that age group still call me Amanda.  I would agree to go without the hyphen.
  • I don't mind double first names at all but I realize that it is not everyone's style. Definitely don't use a hyphen. That will allow your DD more flexibility if she ever wants to drop the Grace (as part of her first name) in the future.
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  • Definitely no hyphen
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  • I would give her Grace as a middle name. You can still call her Emily Grace, and have others do the same. Everyone I've known with a double name has had their second name as their middle name. It involves some correction, but it's not a big deal. 
  • I agree with it being more old fashioned. I guess no hyphen would be best. I forgot to mention our last name starts with a 'G', so I didn't want her initials to be EGG! Plus, I just really liked the idea of two names for her first name!
  • If you are having a hard time coming up with a MN, why not just name her Emily Grace LN.

    Then you can call her Emily Grace. It's really common from where I am from. Everybody in the nursery I work at is called by there FN/MN .... just a thought! GL

    examples: (all FN/MN but go by both)

    Emma Jane

    Mary Katherine

    Elleigh Mae

     

     

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