Name help

spedi

My mother passed away on May 1.  I never thought I'd want to name a child after my living mom, but her tragic sudden death has made me think more about some how naming a girl after her.That is a big IF I have a girl. We don't know at this point.

Her name was Shirley Frances.  I've contemplated Frances and calling her Frannie. Or Fran and calling her Frannie. Otherwise, I can't come up with anything. Our son is Wade. We chose that because we didn't like nicknames. I still feel that way.

Help?

ames71

I love Frances (and the nn Franny). Francine and Francesca are other options.

beazbadazme2

If you don't like nicknames, maybe you could honor her by using same initials or just making one a MN.

Ali1b1g+1

My mom passed away awhile back, but when my son was born I knew that I wanted something to be connected with her. Her name was Judy and we named our son Joseph. My brother named one of his daughters Vienna Jude to also have a connection.

So you don't necessarily have to do the official name, but a variation or initials.

 

spedi

My middle name is Diane, and I've also thought I would like to use that.

Diana Shirley
Shirley Diane--can't do that...too familiar.

Birthstone: March--aquamarine

She LOVED flowers. Lilies, daffodils, hostas...One of my best friends has a Lilly. I love Lily Diane for a name. 

 

Thanks for the ideas girls.  I'm still pretty sad so it is foremost in my mind.

 

starlight8323

spedi:

My middle name is Diane, and I've also thought I would like to use that.

Diana Shirley
Shirley Diane--can't do that...too familiar.

Birthstone: March--aquamarine

She LOVED flowers. Lilies, daffodils, hostas...One of my best friends has a Lilly. I love Lily Diane for a name. 

 

Thanks for the ideas girls.  I'm still pretty sad so it is foremost in my mind.

I'm sorry to hear about your mom.

I'm trying to think of some ideas, but the only thing I've thought of so far is to warn you against a specific combo:

Diana Frances seems like a likely combo, given the options, but Frances was Princess Diana's middle name.

Most people probably wouldn't know this, but it would be a dealbreaker for me personally. It's your choice whether it would be a dealbreaker for you.

Blue1299

So sorry about your mom's passing.

Here are my suggestions:

Francesca Diane

Francesca Lily (or Lillian)

Lillian Frances

Lillian Diane

 

Ceridwen21

I'm sorry for your loss.

I'd use Shirley as a first or middle name.  So beautiful and totally underused, and I think it sounds great with Wade.

tcline

use Frances as her middle name. I love that mn and it goes with so many first names.

zaramarie81

So sorry for your loss. I love some of the suggestions here. Lily Diane sounds gorgeous to me. I also love the name Shirley. Francesca is my favorite "Frances" variation.

manda326

I love Frances and it would be fine, in my opinion, to use it by itself. Another nn I have heard for Frances was Franci. I thought it was cute. I am sorry to hear about your mom. Best of luck to you and your growing family.

Amanda&EricB

I LOVE Frances! I definitely think you should use that, and then either Fran or Frannie if you want to. It's nice to have a full name to go by as an adult if she chose.

saham07

Ceridwen21:

I'm sorry for your loss.

I'd use Shirley as a first or middle name.  So beautiful and totally underused, and I think it sounds great with Wade.

I agree

jlhook0

I like Francesca nn Fran or Frannie best.