Girl name (due 25 March)

BriDaily

My husband and I are expecting our second child, first daughter in 8 weeks

Our first child is a boy named Lee Andrew. 

We have chosen the first name "Eryana" for our daughter (pronounced airy-ana, not Ariana). Trust me, it is already confusing some people! I am already used to name questions - "Is Lee spelled L-E-E or L-E-I-G-H?" 

Now for the middle name, or names! Sooo I am really feeling Eryana Vesper Orianthe Daily (initials are DOVE backwards). I asked one of my super Catholic friends and she loved it! Other friends are a bit iffy on it. They don't understand or care much for the meaning of names! 

Vesper means "Evening Star" in Latin, while Orianthe means "Flower" in Greek. I believe there may be an Enya song entitled "Orianthe" ???  

What do you think about the name? My DH and I still haven't spent time discussing the middle name(s). I really like uncommon or not very used names (Lee has been in the 100s, I think). 

grangerize

I think that the four, very uncommon names together do not make a good sibset for the more plain name of Lee Andrew. I'm all for unique names, and my own dd has two middle names, but I feel like if you use multiple names that they should be shorter syllables otherwise the entire name together just sounds kind of ridiculous. I would suggest cutting out one or two of the middle names. Having them spell dove backwards just reminds me of Nevaeh and no one needs that.

Manderlin923

Well....I would personally pronounce Ariana the same as the spelling you came up with, so not sure why you need to fancy it up so much.

I think the whole name together is just too much. It reminds me of the movie Cinderella with Brandy

"Son of Her Majesty Queen Constantina Charlotte Ermingrude Guinevere Maisie Margarita!"

Just way too many names for one person, imo. Sorry. I'd pick one middle name. Out of your choices i guess Orianthe, though I've never heard it before.

scbedi

grangerize:

I think that the four, very uncommon names together do not make a good sibset for the more plain name of Lee Andrew. I'm all for unique names, and my own dd has two middle names, but I feel like if you use multiple names that they should be shorter syllables otherwise the entire name together just sounds kind of ridiculous. I would suggest cutting out one or two of the middle names. Having them spell dove backwards just reminds me of Nevaeh and no one needs that.

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lightgetsin

Name her Ariana.

kayjay10

I am not feeling this name at all.  It's too much.  Especially with brother's name so plain and common (in a good way).  And the initials that spell DOVE backwards is pushing it.  Ariana is pretty, but spell it this way.  I agree with PP that if you must use two middle names, make them shorter and more common, especially if you use a unique first name. 

Mochadoodle

Eryana is NMS. Honestly, it's an awful name. I prefer Ariana.

As for MNs, I would just choose one or the other. It's too much.

My suggestion would be Ariana Vesper. I'm assuming that your LN is Daily...

strawberrytree

That is way too much name for me. Lee is a very straightforward name, and Andrew is another traditional classic. It is a stark contrast to not one, but three, unusual and elaborate names chosen for a sibling.

Eryana will be a nightmare for everyone to spell and pronounce. Ariana will have a much easier time than Eryana with...well, every situation where someone needs to say or spell your name. I would choose one middle name and leave it at that [I think Ariana Vesper sounds better, so that would be my pick].

I get loving these fancy, elaborate names, I do. But three of them slapped next to each other makes them all sort of cancel each other out. Instead of thinking "oh, that's a really pretty and unique name", I'm thinking "what, they couldn't cram Xanthe and Coppelia and Hildegarde in there too?" It's overkill. The three names detract from each other, rather than complement each other.

Zimger

Wow...that's alot of name!

I would pronounce Ariana as airy-ana. I don't think it needs to be misspelled. That will just be confusing for the child.

As for the MN's names...I would just pick one. Think of all the difficulties she will have in learning to spell that and in filling out forms for the rest of her life.

Mrs.G123

Wait. WTH? No. Don't saddle a little girl with all those names. Edit!!!

1covejack

I'd pronounce Eryana as "Eerie-Anna".

BC&LM

Quite honestly, I don't like it one bit, and I think having four names will be very confusing to a young child.

Chelscole

It's way to much. I also pronounced it Ariana so I think you should stick with that spelling. Also you said you like uncommon names but that name is like number 45. I would go with Ariana Vesper. One more thing the Dove thing is very ridiculous and if you must do it at least pick two shorter names.

FakeFinn

Mochadoodle:

Eryana is NMS. Honestly, it's an awful name. I prefer Ariana.

As for MNs, I would just choose one or the other. It's too much.

My suggestion would be Ariana Vesper. I'm assuming that your LN is Daily...

All of this. 

noslen2005

strawberrytree:

That is way too much name for me. Lee is a very straightforward name, and Andrew is another traditional classic. It is a stark contrast to not one, but three, unusual and elaborate names chosen for a sibling. Eryana will be a nightmare for everyone to spell and pronounce. Ariana will have a much easier time than Eryana with...well, every situation where someone needs to say or spell your name. I would choose one middle name and leave it at that [I think Ariana Vesper sounds better, so that would be my pick]. I get loving these fancy, elaborate names, I do. But three of them slapped next to each other makes them all sort of cancel each other out. Instead of thinking "oh, that's a really pretty and unique name", I'm thinking "what, they couldn't cram Xanthe and Coppelia and Hildegarde in there too?" It's overkill. The three names detract from each other, rather than complement each other.

This is all so true!  

I think Ariana Vesper is very nice and goes well with Lee Andrew

PinkLillyLover

Chelscole:

It's way to much. I also pronounced it Ariana so I think you should stick with that spelling. Also you said you like uncommon names but that name is like number 45. I would go with Ariana Vesper. One more thing the Dove thing is very ridiculous and if you must do it at least pick two shorter names.

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catahoulatte

yeah, my cousin is Arianna and we pronounce it Ar-ee-ana. Airy-ana/Ar-ee-ana are  so similar sounding that people will say it either way, regardless of the spelling. I thint the Eryana just doesn't look as nice as Ariana.

And your poor son is going to feel shortchanged (or lucky?!) if you give her 4 names like that. Lee Andrew and Ariana/Eryana Onemiddlename is plenty.

QueenHalloween

First of all ... we are naming our daughter with four long names ... so that I don't mind. And I don't understand people's arguments against it. I have four names. I survived. It's more common than people think.

However, the spelling for the first name is atrocious. It looks very lowbrow to me. Just spell it the way it is meant to be spelled. Ariana is a beautiful name. I recently saw a post where a girl named her son Ellyxsandyrr Alexander? ... so tacky.

With ours, we chose a very unique first name but "anchored" it with two more classic names which worked well altogether. I think giving her three really "out there" names will make it have the "too much" feel that people are talking about.

And the dovebackwards thing is relatively meaningless unless she will be signing documents with her initials ... backwards.

lisamoe

It's a little much IMO.  Can you narrow it down to one middle name or are they both equally as meaningful to you?