8 letter baby girl names with a one syllable middle name.

VeritoD · September 2013

I am expecting my 4th baby and I currently have 3 girls who have 8 letter names with double letters. They also have one syllable middle names. They are Scarlett Rose, Maddison Grace and Isabelle May. We didn't plan this, it just so happened to be, but now if we were to have a girl it would be nice to follow the pattern. The middle names have been taken from grandmothers on each side taking turns and this time it's my turn again, however there aren't any one syllable names which I can pass on. I would love to pass on something from my side so I was thinking of modifying the spelling of my grandma's name Alicia to Aleesha, which has only 7 letters, so now I'm considering spelling it as Aleeysia (but who wants to have a name they have to spell to everyone?) I like the name Eve as a middle name but not a necessity. Has anyone got any suggestions as my husband is adamant that he'd like to follow the pattern? If we were to have a boy we won't be so particular so at the moment we are only concerned about girls names.

TikiTurtle · September 2013

Please don't butcher a name and saddle your child with it just to follow a pattern that only you will notice. If you want to continue your pattern, pick another legitimate 8 letter name. Some ideas:

Annabeth
Maryanne
Kathleen

Scarlett&Gatsby · September 2013

Don't misspell your grandmother's name. You are absolutely spot-on with the question, "Who wants to have a name they have to spell out to everyone?" The answer is no one. The original spelling of the name looks much nicer; I wouldn't modify it to have 8 letters or repeating letters. Use it as is or ditch it.

I honestly think this pattern is so subtle that you shouldn't feel obligated to follow it. I would have never noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.

As far as suggestions that meet your criteria...DD2 is Tallulah.

There's also:

Vivienne

Marianne

Collette

Ellison

Arabella

Juliette

...I got nothing. This is a hard pattern to follow. If you didn't mean to do it with the first three, I wouldn't make a point to do it with #3. Just my two cents.

talanswife · September 2013

Adelaide

Clarissa

Cordelia

Emmeline

Lilianna

Madeline

Susannah

Victoria

ETA: If you want to use Alicia, what about Lee/Leigh as the middle name?

FakeFinn · September 2013

Alicia is NMS, but a good name. Aleeysia is a spelling nightmare.

Suggestions (all 8 letters): Adelaide, Beatrice, Caroline, Felicitiy, Florence, Francine Georgina, Hadassah, Lavinia, Magnolia, Rosalind, Rosamund, Vivienne

I like Eve. I also like Pearl, June, Jane, Anne, Claire, Blanche, Lark and Wren.

thetheisens · September 2013

I don't think anyone will notice that you are not following your unintentional pattern. I would just pick a name you love.

NerdyLucy · September 2013

Don't change Alicia!

If you like Alicia, spell it as Alicia.

Honestly, I wouldn't have known the pattern existed until you pointed it out. If you want to keep the pattern, the pps above have given great suggestions, like Juliette, Allison. There's also Julianna.

ETA: Sorry...Allison is just 7 letters. I forgot all the rules.

Helenahhandbasket · September 2013

Don't use a misspelled version of your gmas name.

Either break the "pattern" or use different names

Carmella Leigh

Callista Gale

Daniella Hope

Susannah Eve

NerdyLucy · September 2013

Camilla or Camille is another.

ETA: Nevermind. I forgot about the 8 letter rule. I was just hung up on the double letter thing. I promise I CAN count, ladies!

jnnfrrose6 · September 2013

Pretty sure NO ONE is going to notice a pattern like that. "Oh, I just saw all of your kid's names written down, and you know what, they all have 8 letters in them. Did you do that on purpose?" Yeah, not likely.

If you like Alicia, use it, although as a first name it also doesn't fit your system of using grandmother's names as MNs, so not sure why you're trying to make it fit as an 8 letter FN somehow instead.

Soap1 · September 2013

I'm going to answer as if this were a real post and not MUD.

No, do not change the name of an existing name like Alicia to make it into an 8 letter name. That's ridiculous. Aleeysia is a TERRIBLE NAME.

There are plenty of real 8 letter names if you'd like to continue that pattern: Jennifer, Caroline, Kristina, and Coraline come to mind. There are others. Either use a real name with a legitimate spelling, or forget the 8 letter thing.

Eve is fine for a middle name for almost any first name.

VeritoD · September 2013

I agree that the name shouldn't be butchered and yes if it wasn't intentional then why follow it? I'd rather Alicia as a middle name if anything, as that's where all if our passed on names have been placed. My dad would be honored to have his mum's name passed on. I like the name Felicity but felicity Alicia is a mouthful, and I don't like the thought of the name being shortened to Flea or flick.

VeritoD · September 2013

LMvW85 what is NMS?

VeritoD · September 2013

Thethesans, that's been the best response so far however still haven't got any favorites as we've used them all with the first three girls. Hoping a baby in blue will solve the problem....names for boys, Lucas James or Dylan Luis (spelt Luis after my dad's name)

VeritoD · September 2013

#-o

VeritoD · September 2013

Soap1 what do u mean MUD? Our girls have such beautiful names, we just want another one as nice as the first 3. It's a legitimate question.

VeritoD · September 2013

Jnnfrrose6 I know my husband doesn't think it would be fair to used my gmas name as a FN as no one else did.

VeritoD · September 2013

I just realized that we couldn't use Leigh or lee as our last name end in 'ley' sounding as lee... I like Mikayla /Mikaylah Eve

allardr · September 2013

I understand you want a name to fit, I wouldn't be so strict like 8 letters & double letter. But I understand wanting a long beautiful name to go with that sibset.

Here's a few I like, loosely following your pattern:

Lillian or Lilliana

Madeline

Gracelyn

Evelyn

Maryanne

Arabella

Ariella

Raelynn