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Name help/advice
| Wed, 05-04-2011 - 9:55am |
So my df and I finally agreed on a girls name but I need some help/advice on the middle names. Her name would be Harlow (which also happens to be MIL's last name, which is cool) but we would like to honour 2 other relatives with middle names. Name choices being : Barbara, Lisa, kathleen, Nancy. I only want two middle names at most and I'm not sure which names sound best together. Please help! " Harlow_______ ________ Cooper"

I like the middle name of Kathleen.
How about Harlow Kathleen Nancy Cooper?
No good at name advice! but have you considered maybe not duplicating the name exactly?
I just don't feel that Barbara, Lisa, Kathleen or Nancy go well with Harlow. Harlow has a much cooler vibe, and even your last name does, but Barbara, Lisa, Kathleen and Nancy, just sound like children of the 50 and 60's to me.
Maybe like Analiese, instead of Lisa
Katherine/Catherine or Kate instead of Kathleen
etc.
For example, my grandmother was named Zeida (pronounced Sayda) and it just so happens we liked the name Sadie, so we named our daughter Sadie in her honor, even though she wasn't named exactly after her. My husband wouldn't agree but I had long liked the name Eden and wanted to name her in honor of an aunt name Edna.
If you are open to variations, Nameberry has some really prolific namers there and could you alternatives to honor these family members but flow a bit better with Harlow Cooper.
Thanks for your input. I really love the idea of having middle names that are more modern and sound better however my DF will not go for it! He feels that if your honouring your family (which is an absolute must in his opinion) it would be insulting to not use their actual name.... *sigh*
Being that you limited, I would definitely use kathleen first.