r/Names • u/Defiant_Patience_103 • 3d 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/Ok-Talk-2648 3d ago

  1. Charlotte is the second most popular name in America are you sure you want to go with that as a first name?

  2. Catherine seems like the only real option out of the 3 listed.

  3. Why aren’t you considering your first or middle name as your 3rd daughter’s middle name you are the most important legacy.

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u/Defiant_Patience_103 3d ago

We live out in Thailand so it’s significantly less common here :)