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Middle names-- long explanation with a clicky

AmyLaurel89AmyLaurel89
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Using some suggestions I got in the s/o about mn for Amelia I made a clicky.  

Meaning is important to me so let me explain some names....

 

Amelia -- "working/striving"  Derived from my father's nn for me

Kate/Katherine-- "Purity" 

Michelle -- "Who looks like the Lord?"  Sister's FN

Elizabeth -- "God's promise" Grandmother's MN

Lynn- "waters"  Mother's FN

Rosalynn -- "rose blossom" Derived from Mother's MN and Grandmother's only suggestion for a name

Grace -- "God's blessing" Sil's FN and GreatGran's FN

 

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Re: Middle names-- long explanation with a clicky

  • mama31mama31 member
    I voted Amelia Katherine. 
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  • Keri MarieKeri Marie member

    I love ALL your mn choices but voted for Rosalynn.

    Good luck!  


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  • sugarpumpkin716sugarpumpkin716 member
    i really love amelia kate and 2nd place goes to amelia katherine. amelia lynn is a bit much for me. the l's are too close for me.
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  • LeahRWLeahRW
    They're all pretty names, but I think Amelia sounds best with a one-syllable middle name.  I voted for Grace.
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  • Allie30Allie30 member

    If meaning is so important to you, perhaps you should go by ACTUAL meaning and not just whatever you happened upon in a baby book. Please read this essay, if meaning are actually important to you.

    https://www.namenerds.com/uucn/namebook.html

    For instance, Katherine does not mean: "purity." And Grace does not mean "God's blessing" any more than it means "not clumsy." In fact, hardly any of the "meanings" you are ascribing to the names on this list are anything other than pretty inventions meant to sell baby name books.

    For instance, Michelle does not mean "who looks like the Lord?" Michelle is a feminine of Michael, who was an archangel and, like all angels, had a name that was a rhetorical question of an aspect of the Hebrew God. Lynn means "lake" in Old Welsh. And so on.

    If meanings are important to you, pick the one that means the most to YOU, not to the manipulating editor of a baby name book. Pick the one that is your grandmother's name, or the name of your favorite saint, or the one that holds hte most meaning -- not dicitonary meaning, but emotional meaning -- to YOU.

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