Help pick a family middle name for Noelle: List included

elizhope

I am also taking non-family names as suggestions for a middle name

We are really having a hard time for a middle name. Our last name rhymes with "Gray". So it would be Noelle ____ "Gray". We usually use a family name, but seems to be limited on prettiness. My first daughter has my first name as a middle..... Here is a list of some family names (and some are really hickish because we are from the plains of Texas):

Hope - is a family option

Barbara Beatrice - my mom

Tina Faye - my grandmother

Anna Lou - my grandmother

Bessie Lee - my great grandmother

Emma Ermine - my great grandmother

Lilly May - my great grandmother

Allie Beatrice - my great grandmother

Emma and Anna are great names, but I really dont feel they fit with Noelle... Noelle Anna, Noelle Emma. I just cant imagine screaming that up the stairs when they are teens, it doesn't just roll off the tongue smoothly...

May and Faye rhyme with our last name, so thats a big NO.....Ermine and Bessie are just..ick...

My mom is heavily pushing for Noelle Beatrice....

Do any of these names work with Noelle? Any of them? This is all from my side. We feel since our babies have my husbands last name, the middle names should come from my family's side....

kayjay10

Would the family name as a first name be an option and move Noelle to middle?  I love Emma Noelle or Anna Noelle.

elizhope

We are open to not using a family name if yall can think of a good one. I know, these are just awful.

My husband is dead set on using Noelle as a first name, and calling her that. He goes by his middle name and hates it. Also, my daughters name is Charlotte Elizabeth (after me) so Elizabeth is out...

 

NicoleRich105

Love Noelle. Based only on the name choices you've given, I vote for Noelle Lilly May. No offense to your grandmothers, but I feel like your daughter will never live down having Beatrice or Bessie anywhere in her name! Noelle is also one of those names that would be a really pretty MN and fit nicely as a MN, if you would consider it..

granolaok

I am a fan of Noelle Beatrice.  Only if you like it though, not because you feel obligated! Honoring family is a nice gesture, but not the most important thing to consider IMO.

ETA what about Katharine, Alexandra or Amelia for MNs? 

 

queenbone

I actually don't mind Noelle Ermine, but maybe I am pronouncing it wrong. I am pronouncing it like the coat/animal with an -een sound rather than a hard -INE.

Noelle Beatrice/x (I think it still honors the person if you freshen it up with a more modern -x ending.)

Noelle Barbara (I just like Barbara a lot)

If you are open to some variant on Tina I like:

Noelle Constantina

Noelle Augustina

Noelle Christina

ETA: The more I think about two generations already having Beatrice in the name, the more I like the idea of Noelle Beatrix.

Manderlin923

Beatrice

kaitlin925

I think Noelle Lilly sounds great! Both beautiful names!

If it helps, I used to nanny for a little girl with the MN Lily and a very similar FN to Noelle, and her parents and I had to frequently use her full name. It flowed very easily off the tongue! haha

Zimger

Have you considered Noela? The vowel at the end would help the names flow better.

NicoleWI

What about Hope? Noelle Hope is great!

swoodso464

My favorite is Beatrice.  I think that sounds the best with both Noelle and your last name. 

kayjay10

elizhope:

We are open to not using a family name if yall can think of a good one. I know, these are just awful.

My husband is dead set on using Noelle as a first name, and calling her that. He goes by his middle name and hates it. Also, my daughters name is Charlotte Elizabeth (after me) so Elizabeth is out...

 

I love Noelle and it pairs really well with Charlotte.  Instead of feeling obligated to use a family name that I don't love, I would choose a non-family name.  What about:

Noelle Caroline

Noelle Camilla

Noelle Katherine or Noelle Kate

Noelle Audrey

Noelle Claire

Noelle Carys

Noelle Margaret

Noelle Lauren

Noelle Louise

Noelle Juliet

Noelle Evelyn

Noelle Olivia

jmay4

I would choose Noelle Beatrice of the family names - I think it's cute.  Some other suggestions would be ... Noelle Alexandra, Noelle Genevieve, Noelle Felicity, Noelle Claire, Noelle Scarlett, Noelle Violet, Noelle Olivia ...

 Love Noelle - great choice!

persephonerose

NicoleWI:

What about Hope? Noelle Hope is great!

I agree with Noelle Hope. I also think it matters how you pronounce Beatrice. I know some ladies with the name who pronounce it as Be At Ris while others pronounce it Be A trice. If that makes sense. 

elizhope

persephonerose:

NicoleWI:

What about Hope? Noelle Hope is great!

I agree with Noelle Hope. I also think it matters how you pronounce Beatrice. I know some ladies with the name who pronounce it as Be At Ris while others pronounce it Be A trice. If that makes sense. 

Hope is my middle name. It was always planned if we had another daughter we would use it, as our first daughter has my first name as her middle. But I wondered if it sounded too harsh next to our very short,one syllable last name...

Noelle Hope "Gray" ?

Noellle Beatrice "Gray" ?

 

My mom says Beatrice is pronounced Be A trice....

Anne22202

We are also close to settling on Noelle.  May use Noelle Juliet, which I think is beautiful!

kayjay10

Noelle Hope Gray sounds much better than Noelle Beatrice Gray IMO.

persephonerose

elizhope:

persephonerose:

NicoleWI:

What about Hope? Noelle Hope is great!

I agree with Noelle Hope. I also think it matters how you pronounce Beatrice. I know some ladies with the name who pronounce it as Be At Ris while others pronounce it Be A trice. If that makes sense. 

Hope is my middle name. It was always planned if we had another daughter we would use it, as our first daughter has my first name as her middle. But I wondered if it sounded too harsh next to our very short,one syllable last name...

Noelle Hope "Gray" ?

Noellle Beatrice "Gray" ?

 

My mom says Beatrice is pronounced Be A trice....

While I like the Be A trice pronunciation better with Noelle, I still prefer Hope even with the short last name.   Maybe yell both versions around the house for a day or so and see which feels better? I did that for a while with our boy name.

kleigh926

I really like Hope the best out of all your family names, and I think it's fine with a short last name. Don't forget, people will not often be calling her by her full name anyway (first, middle, last). Noelle Beatrice sounds okay, but I strongly dislike the name Beatrice so that would not be my personal choice.

shellybird101

I like Noelle Barbara the best. Some of the others seem odd with the first, middle and last name together.

psychgirl33

I like Noelle Lee the best.  I think that most of those names don't flow that well with Noelle, though.

led2009

I would go with Beatrice. That way you can continue the nae to a third generation, which I think is cool. Lilly is ok but none of the others sound good to me.

LaurelBee

Are there any names from your husband's family? I love the name Noelle btw

TripMomma

I love Lily, Hope and Emma. Actually I would use one of these as the first name and Noelle as the mn...but I have never been fond of Noelle. If you are set on Noelle as the fn, I like Noelle Lily the most.

blu-eyedwife

I actually like Noelle Allie, but I pronounce it more like "Noelle Ali" with the emphasis on the second syllable as opposed to the first.

Notwifezilla7

I love Beatrice as a stand alone FN so immediately I go there. 

With family names, I believe you should use a name of a person you have some special relationship or reason to use. Were you closer to one of these ladies than another?

DD2's middle name is Kathleen after my friend who passed not soon after I found out I was PG w/her. It was my way of remembering and honoring her.

With this PG, if we have a boy, he's middle name will be Joseph for both my dad and my late fil (His MN was Joseph) and if it's a girl, we have a roundabout way of honoring my late FIL with the first name choice. 

elizhope

Thanks everyone for the input. It seems I may have to pick a non-family name, but even looking at the SSN name lists, nothing seems to fit. Noelle flows awesome as a middle name. But we are set on not having her go by her middle name. My husband does, and he always says he wishes he didnt have to go through the trouble it causes. I wonder what people use for a middle name if they name their daughter Elle?

MrsBigTime

I'm not crazy about Noelle Beatrice, but I do like Noelle Bea. That may be a bit more out there than you are going for, but I like quirky, cute, kind of funky middle names like that!