Name help!! Honoring my dad with baby girl <3

cee_marie · November 2022

Hi everyone,
Having my third girl! Looking for a middle name to honor my dad who passed about a year and a half ago. His name was
David (Dave) Wayne Scholl.
Any ideas?? Husband doesn’t love Davey - any spelling.
Thank you!!

makenzie_e · December 2022

What about Dayne?

vizmama · December 2022

Could you do the month your father was born in as her middle name? Or something astrology-related?

irisamethyst · December 2022

Davida or Vida? There’s not really much to go off of with just his name… possibly Dayne or Layne?

turtletaylor0522 · December 2022

Davin may be an option for you. It’s typically more masculine but seems to work for a girl better than David. Vidya or Vidia could also be options as they use the -vid of David.

mb0112 · December 2022

I don't really like any attempts to feminize David or Wayne. Have you considered using Scholl as the middle name? I've seen family surnames used in the middle before as a way of passing them down from the mothers side and although it's not "beautiful" it is a stronger connection to your dad and your family.

harpseal135 · December 2022

Use Wayne as her middle name. If you have a strong feminin name, a masculin name is no big deal.

knottieffbfadb3c2545272 · December 2022

What about Daviah?

maddymama23 · December 2022

Sorry for your loss, my Dad was also named David and passed away a few years ago. The honor names I like are Davyn (dav-in with the a sounding like the a in Apple) or Devyn.

KStar21 · December 2022

How about Amy, which has a similar meaning ("beloved") as David?

augustbutterfly2 · December 2022

We honored other family by mainly using the first letter but added in 2-3 letters from another name. So looking at the full name maybe take a few letters and even if it makes more sense scrambled you will always know the meaning behind it. It worked with our girl names honoring family but now needed a boy name it wasn't working taking the letters straight from the name so we are using just a few letters to work from and trying different combinations. Hope you find something that feels just right.