new mn?

Foo572

We are team green again and sticking with the same girl's name that we had picked out for LO1. But I'm having second thoughts on the middle name. I mentioned it to DH, and I think he's still in the "it's what we would have done if DS was a girl, so why change it?" mindset.

allison iola... iola was my great-grandma's middle name. She passed away when I was a senior in college, so she was part of my life and DH knew her as well.

I am leaning towards changing it to Allison Mae. Mae is my mom's mn. 

When I brought it up to DH, I realized that I like the idea of iola a lot, but not sure how I actually like the name... I feel that Mae flows better. Thoughts?

CeCe8579

I like the idea of the name Iola but not the sound. I would go with Allison Mae!

JasmineCapri

Foo572:

We are team green again and sticking with the same girl's name that we had picked out for LO1. But I'm having second thoughts on the middle name. I mentioned it to DH, and I think he's still in the "it's what we would have done if DS was a girl, so why change it?" mindset.

allison iola... iola was my great-grandma's middle name. She passed away when I was a senior in college, so she was part of my life and DH knew her as well.

I am leaning towards changing it to Allison Mae. Mae is my mom's mn. 

When I brought it up to DH, I realized that I like the idea of iola a lot, but not sure how I actually like the name... I feel that Mae flows better. Thoughts?

My Grandma's name is Iola which we were going to try and fit in as a middle name. It is really hard to fit with anything it seems like! I like Allison Mae more than Allison Iola

AF9211

Allison Mae

sandraanddrew

Definitely Allison Mae. The flow of Allison Iola just seems off.

queenbone

I'm kind of indifferent, but I do like that Mae has none of the same letters that are in Allison. Graphically I don't like Iola with Allison, but the sound is fine to me.

Fletch82

sandraanddrew:

Definitely Allison Mae. The flow of Allison Iola just seems off.

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Foo572

MelRC117:

Iloveshanej:

I like the idea of the name Iola but not the sound. I would go with Allison Mae!

Exactly this.  I definitely have MNs that I like the idea of but the flow is completely off with every FN on my list.  What is your G-Gma's FN or maiden name?  Do those work?

EDIT: I wanted to add that I'm in the same boat with our girl name.  We immediately agreed on it before TTC (just not a MN) and then solidifed it when I first found out I was PG.  Now that I've had more time to think about it, and basically be more in tune with name popularity I don't think if LO #2 is a girl I want to use it.  DH said the SAME THING as your DH when I brought it up to him.  Oh well...I have a couple years to work on it!

 Her FN was Beatrice (went by Bea) and we just didn't really like that as a MN or FN for a DD. Her maiden name was Sather... maybe could work as a boy's MN?? Hadn't thought of that...

 There's almost a benefit to picking a name, not using it, and playing with it in your mind for a few years!

Thanks for everyone's input

beckymonster

I would go with Mae or Beatrice.  Interestingly, my DH's grandmother (who died the year after we were married) was named Iona Mae.  We wanted to honor her with our DD's name, but we would not have used Iona, so we used Mae and DD #1 is Madeleine Mae. 

 I think it's great to use family names but not at the expense of using a name you don't care for.  FIL passed away last year and his name was Donald... if it was something remotely ok to us, we would have used it in our boy name (we are team green) but we are not going to use it because we just don't like it. 

Helenahhandbasket

I think Allison Mae flows better, but I understand wanting to use your GG's name.  

 

Good luck!

blu-eyedwife

I'm in the minority, but I love Iola.  For me, it reminds me of one of my favorite musicals "Parade."  There's a character named Iola Stover - "her mama lets her do whatever she wants."