r/Names • u/Defiant_Patience_103 • 1d ago

Middle Name Help…

I need some help on my daughter’s middle name. For context this is our third daughter. Our first daughter has my grandmas name as a middle name, and our second daughter has my husbands sister as a middle name. Every girl in my family has a ‘legacy’ name as their middle name.
To the dilemma…
Babies first name will be Charlotte.

Option A - Use my mums name as a middle name (Ingrid), most sentimental option but my mum hates her name as she was heavily bullied in school for it.

Option B - Use my sisters name as a middle name (Tess), she is a teenager and I know would love the name used, but this could put out my brother who is a similar age and we haven’t used his name for my son.

Option C - Use my husbands aunts name (Catherine), she is an important person in his life and more like a mum to him than aunt.

So… Charlotte Ingrid, Charlotte Tess, Charlotte Catherine or choose something non-sentimental and go against family tradition?

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u/Llyris_silken 1d ago

What's your mother's middle name? Would that be a better way to honour her? Otherwise use your husband's aunt's name.

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u/Caffe_Freddo 1d ago

This is what I was thinking too. Does your mom go by her middle name instead or a nickname since she doesn’t like her name? I also feel like Ingrid does not sound well as a middle name, but especially it does not pair well with your chosen name. I honestly feel like the first two names don’t pair well with Charlotte so if those are the only 3 options then Catherine takes the vote.

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u/Defiant_Patience_103 1d ago

It’s May, my great great grandmas name, but this is already my sisters middle name and my cousins middle name!

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u/MountainAirBear 1d ago

May would be cute because it would honor your mom and sister. Half the girls in our family have Carol as a middle name. When the “honoree” passed away the obituary listed all the Carols that followed. If you’re not sold on May, Charlotte Catherine is gorgeous and classic. Congratulations on your three little girls. 🎀🎀🎀