Third time around

[modilla]

Hey everyone! Hope you don't mind a newbie posting. I've lurked for awhile and it's helped give me some name inspiration but I think we've finally narrowed it down to a manageable list. Input would be greatly appreciated! We already have a John Patrick and an Eleanor Claire (Nora). Here's the names we've come up with:
Lillian
Julia 
Anna/nn Annie (family significance)
Rosemary (nod to Dh's mom, Mary, which I though was nice since she was a single mom)/nn Rosie
Amelia
Olivia

We also have some middle names picked out. All have family significance:
Elizabeth
Margaret
Mae
Anna/Anne
Maureen (my name so I feel kind of weird using but was also a grandmother's name)

Input on the names we have? Any that would fit with our sibset that I'm not thinking of? Good fn/mn combos? Thanks!

[joy]

Lillian - love. I would not nickname this Lily; keep it Lillian.
Julia - lovely
Anna/nn Annie (family significance) - really really love this name with the nickname Annie.
Rosemary (nod to Dh's mom, Mary, which I though was nice since she was a single mom)/nn Rosie - loooove!!!
Amelia - meh, popular at this point
Olivia - no, way too trendy

We also have some middle names picked out. All have family significance:
Elizabeth
Margaret
Mae
Anna/Anne
Maureen (my name so I feel kind of weird using but was also a grandmother's name)

All these middle names are a yawn (as middle names) because they are so predictable...aside from Maureen.

My choices in order:

Rosemary Maureen
Anna Maureen
Lillian Maureen
Julia Maureen

[reginaphalange]

I love Julia and Anna. I like Rosemary and love the nn Rosie. I don't like Lillian. Amelia and Olivia are good but very popular. I wouldn't knock them off the list if you really love them but I think you have much better options.

My top three in order:
Anna Margaret
Julia Maureen
Rosemary Anne

I don't really mind the flow of middle names that much. I personally would choose the one that has the most significance/the person you want to honor the most.

[Stormtroopooper]

I love Anna. I think Anna Rosemary and Anna Elizabeth are lovely.

[honeylemon]

I love Anna and LOVE Rosemary. The rest are fine but not my favorites.

Anna Margaret
Anna Maureen

Rosemary Anne
Rosemary Elizabeth

[helenahhandbasket]

I like Anna, Rosemary andAmelia best from your list, but I think any of the names you chose would sound great with your sibset.

I will suggest:
Colleen
Beatrice
Martha (I have such a crush on this name lately)
Jane
Sarah NN Sadie
Theresa NN Tessa

[cabbagecabbage]

I love:
Julia 
Anna/nn Annie (family significance)
Rosemary (nod to Dh's mom, Mary, which I though was nice since she was a single mom)/nn Rosie
Your other picks are just so incredibly over saturated that I can't get excited for them.

I think Anna Margaret or Rosemary Elizabeth would be beautiful.

[Stormtroopooper]

I like Margaret, but Anna Margaret makes me think of the actress Ann Margaret.

...and then I get Bye Bye Birdie songs stuck in my head.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Lillian- Toss. It's nms, and you have much better names on this list.
Julia- KEEP! And use!!
Anna/nn Annie- Keep.
Rosemary (nod to Dh's mom, Mary, which I though was nice since she was a single mom)/nn Rosie- Keep.
Amelia- Toss. I love it, and used it for my own daughter, but it's mega popular.
Olivia- Toss. So over it.

The only middles I don't like are Mae and Maureen.

[modilla]

Jun 13, 2016 15:12:20 GMT -5 Stormtroopooper said:

I love Anna. I think Anna Rosemary and Anna Elizabeth are lovely.

Ooh! I really like Anna Rosemary. Will have to think of it for the middle name spot as well.

[modilla]

Jun 13, 2016 15:50:43 GMT -5 helenahhandbasket said:

I like Anna, Rosemary andAmelia best from your list, but I think any of the names you chose would sound great with your sibset.

I will suggest:
Colleen
Beatrice
Martha (I have such a crush on this name lately)
Jane
Sarah NN Sadie
Theresa NN Tessa

I really like Beatrice but dh has already vetoed it.
I also like Jane but didn't know if I could use that since I already have a John?

[modilla]

Jun 13, 2016 14:43:49 GMT -5 joy said:

Lillian - love. I would not nickname this Lily; keep it Lillian.
Julia - lovely
Anna/nn Annie (family significance) - really really love this name with the nickname Annie.
Rosemary (nod to Dh's mom, Mary, which I though was nice since she was a single mom)/nn Rosie - loooove!!!
Amelia - meh, popular at this point
Olivia - no, way too trendy

We also have some middle names picked out. All have family significance:
Elizabeth
Margaret
Mae
Anna/Anne
Maureen (my name so I feel kind of weird using but was also a grandmother's name)

All these middle names are a yawn (as middle names) because they are so predictable...aside from Maureen.

My choices in order:

Rosemary Maureen
Anna Maureen
Lillian Maureen
Julia Maureen

I do really like my name (Maureen) so I wouldn't mind passing it down. Plus it was a grandmother's and then my mom's middle name. So it's not completely after me. Plus, guys do that all the time anyways, right?

[modilla]

Jun 13, 2016 16:56:58 GMT -5 Stormtroopooper said:

I like Margaret, but Anna Margaret makes me think of the actress Ann Margaret.

...and then I get Bye Bye Birdie songs stuck in my head.

Hah! I didn't think of that. Plus one of my grandmother's was Anna Margaret and I don't know that I would want to use the exact name.

[modilla]

Thanks everyone for all your help! Definitely giving me more to think about. I think I might have to cut Olivia and Amelia from the list (although I'm so sad that Amelia has gotten so popular!) I have a feeling that I'm going to be walking into the hospital with a list of names this time around. Hopefully this baby will look like one of them!

[bromios]

Keep, toss, add:

Lillian - Toss, maybe add Lily

Julia - KEEP AND USE!!!

Anna - A distant second to Julia

Rosemary - Toss

Amelia - Toss

Olivia - Toss, add Livia

Really, I see no reason to look beyond Julia. It's one of those perfect names that has both a delicate beauty to it and a high degree of elegance. Using the mns on your list, I would pair it in the following order:

Julia Margaret

Julia Anne

Julia Maureen (sons get their father's name as a mn all the time, so nothing weird about this unless you don't like it)

Julia Elizabeth (prefer Elisabeth)

Julia Mae

[seamonster]

I like all your names, especially Lillian and Olivia. I would use your first name as the middle because it seems traditional at this point. And Maureen is a lovely name.

[Widget123]

John and Eleanor are so classic and timeless. Amelia, Olivia, and Lillian are nice but so, so popular right now. Therefore I favor Julia, Anna, or Rosemary for you. Any of the middle name picks would be lovely but I really like Elizabeth and Margaret.

[catahoulatte]

My favorites are Julia, Lillian, and Anna. I think Anna Maureen is refreshing and classic. Julia Margaret is also awesome.

[Unknown]

Good lists. I like:
Anna Margaret
Julia Elizabeth

[queenbone]

I love Rosemary best with your sibset, so classic! Anna is my second choice, then they would all have an N in their name as a common thread, but it is pretty subtle.

Rosemary Anne
Anna Maureen

Maureen is my MN pick for all but Lillian and Rosemary.

[jollywife]

I live Rosemary and Anna with Elizabeth or Maureen as middle names.