Keep, Toss, Add for DD

[seamonster]

I'd keep all your names except Hattie. Brenda is tough since it doesn't flow well as a middle name, except maybe with Eloise.

[Widget123]

All of them are great, except I'm not a fan of Hattie. I associate it very much with the deep South.

You can honor your mom in other ways other than her actual name such as her birth month, birth stone, favorite flower, etc. in the MN spot.

[jags8]

Take off Hattie. I love Eloise! But please don't call her Ellie. Too many Ellies out there right now.

[reginaphalange]

I love, love Eloise! I would do Eloise Brenda. I also love Charlotte. I love Hattie as a nickname and I don't love Harriet. I don't like Caroline or Claire very much. They are just blah for me.

What about: Hazel, Eliza, Greta, Eleanor, Norah, Valerie, Beatrice

[ottertails]

Claire and Eloise are by far my favorites. The others are good names and work with your son's, but they aren't my style.

Honoring Brenda with a B name:
Bridget
Bryony
Bronwen
Brynja (this one apparently means armour and I like the connection to Brenda, which is also Old Norse and can mean sword/swordblade)
Eta: Brenna

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Caroline- Keepish. It's not my favorite because of associations, and I'm bored with it because I hear it quite often. But it's not bad.
Charlotte- Keep. It's popular, but I love it anyway.
Claire- Toss. Add Clara.
Eloise- Keep, and use.
Hattie- Toss. This is a nickname, and I don't like any of the full names for it.

Add:
Alice
Alexandra
Anna
Eve
Eliza
Iris
Julia
Josephine
Rose
Simone
Violet

As for the mn, perhaps a name beginning with B, such as Bernadette? Or something that is special to her, such as a favorite flower?

[hangry]

Eloise is def my favorite. Followed by Charlotte but it's just a bit too popular.
I love the idea of a mn to honor important people, so I would still consider using a name that I didn't love. I would probably look at her mn or her maiden name too. From what you've said so far, I prefer Brenda to Kay. Is there something in her maiden name that can be used?

Other suggestions:
Vivian
Louisa
Genevieve

[reginaphalange]

Brenna?

[wibblywobbly]

Caroline - keep but NMS
Charlotte - keep
Claire - keep
Eloise - keep but please don't NN Ellie
Hattie - toss

Suggesting:
Nora
Eleanor
Alice

Variations on Brenda:
Brenna
Bren
Bryn
Wren

[helenahhandbasket]

I'm tired of Charlotte and Hattie is very nicknamey to me, so I'd toss those.

Add
Julia
Eve/ Eva
Nora
Clara
Vera
June
Gia
Lydia
Colette
Jacqueline


I don't love Brenda either but that's not really a name that there are multiple versions of - it's not a name like Mary where you could sub in Marie or Maria. So I think if you have to use the name, you just commit and use it.

[billyhorrible]

Jun 23, 2016 13:08:21 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

I hope it's okay to post here. I love names, but I struggle with names for my own kids. We used a family name for DS (Matthew PDQ), so there wasn't much discussion there. DD is due in December. We have just started talking names, so help me keep, toss, or add names. The only thing I want to stay away from is names ending in -son because it would rhyme with our last name. So far, we like:

Caroline
Charlotte
Claire
Eloise
Hattie

I would also like to (possibly) honor my mom in some way, but her name is Brenda, and I can't really think of any variations that I like.

I love everything but Claire, although I prefer Harriet with the nickname Hattie. Most names with the -ie sound very juvenile to me.

I also like Henrietta (Hettie/Etta) and Lucy. Eliza and Margaret.

I would just use Brenda as a middle name. I think it works best with Caroline.

[suelou18]

I like Caroline, Claire, and Eloise. I think they all go great with your son's name.

[macchiatto]

Caroline - keep
Charlotte - keep
Claire - keep, though I like Clara better
Eloise - keep (NN Elle rather than Ellie?)
Hattie - toss

Possible additions:
Eleanor
Clara
Cora

I like pp's ideas of other ways to honor your mom, or do same initials perhaps?

[queenbone]

Keep everything but Hattie, it is cute as a NN, but not a stand alone name. And you don't want to set yourself up for Matty and Hattie.

Cordelia
Adelaide
Beatrix
Della
Lucinda
Cecilia
Rebecca
Veronica
Victoria
Diana

[ugotstarbucked]

Well Eloise is my DD's name so clearly that's my favorite.

I'd cut Charlotte because It is super popular right now, and Hattie because it's a NN, not a full name.

[britab]

I'm in the minority and like Hattie but that's my DD after my grandma's (full name).

Your C names are all really popular if that matters to you.

Hadley?
Bridget?

Kay is an easy middle name that goes with most first names.

[Deleted]

The only one I would toss is Hattie. Claire and Eloise would be my faves.

Jane
Juliet
Naomi
Elodie
Eve
Livia

[Deleted]

I think that they are ok together as full names, but Maddie and Matt/Matty would be a no.

Is your original list still in contention? Eloise would be my first pick. Claire and Charlotte would be great as well.

[seamonster]

I think they'd be fine if they aren't nicknamed Matt and Maddie. Good names.

[lormor]

Agree with PP - they are both good names, and fine together, unless they are Matty and Maddie.

What do you call your son normally?

[reginaphalange]

They would be too close for my own kids but maybe not for other people.

[helenahhandbasket]

Way too similar.

Adeline maybe?

[billyhorrible]

Nov 21, 2016 21:58:10 GMT -5 seamonster said:

I think they'd be fine if they aren't nicknamed Matt and Maddie. Good names.

I fear this may be a given. There's no way to guarantee those won't become nicknames.

[hangry]

Both great names and sound good in their full form, but the nickname options as they age are just too much. Wouldn't chance it.
What other names are still on your list?

[macchiatto]

Keep:
Caroline
Charlotte
Claire
Eloise

Toss:
Hattie (unless it's as a nn)
Madeline (I do think they're a bit too similar)

Add:
Clara
Adeline (family name for me; I love it)
Isla

One other option for honoring your mom with the MN is by actually letting her choose it?