Help, please!?! Middle name needed v...

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Registered: 08-22-2005
Help, please!?! Middle name needed v...
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Sat, 08-27-2005 - 2:48pm

Help, please!?! Middle name needed very soon!



  • PFM Paloma Frances (from France--we got engaged in Paris...)
  • PCM Paloma Chantal (means song or sing)
  • PCM Paloma Claire (like Claire de Lune, the song)
  • PCM Paloma Celeste (means heaven)
  • PAM Paloma Allison (sister)
  • PAM Paloma Alice (grandmother)
  • PLM Paloma Lourdes (aunt)
  • PLM Paloma Lynn (several family members)
  • PJM Paloma Joy (obvious meaning... does it sound like a candy bar?)
  • EEM Ella Esperanza (I like the e.e. cummings feel)


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Registered: 05-09-2004
Sat, 08-27-2005 - 4:18pm



Please don't go with Ella! Paloma is so refreshing! What does it mean?




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Registered: 07-06-2005
Sat, 08-27-2005 - 7:03pm
I LOVE Paloma Frances! Paloma means Dove and Frances means Free, so overall I love the meaning too. I also like the link to where you and DH got engaged. :) Hands down winner to me!
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Registered: 08-22-2005
Sun, 08-28-2005 - 7:50pm
Thanks, it's definitely one I keep coming back to!!
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Registered: 08-22-2005
Sun, 08-28-2005 - 7:54pm

Paloma means "dove", or as my 5 year old says, "white bird of peace". Picasso named his daughter Paloma. It's a well-known but not common name in Spanish (and half of the family is in or from Mexico). Also, the nickname in Spanish, Palomita, means little dove or popcorn, and it's a song covered by Linda Ronstadt on one of her "Canciones di mi Padre" cds.

But to me, it means the famous Picasso painting of the white dove holding a multi-colored bouquet. Last Christmas I bought Xmas cards with this image on the front; the inside said simply, "Peace on Earth".

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Registered: 08-20-2001
Sun, 08-28-2005 - 9:40pm
Wow, you got some really beautiful choices! I voted on Paloma Celeste, but I love Paloma Chantal too... I also like the idea of honoring a family member by using that person's name as a middle name...but I'm not a fan of names where the first name ends with the same letter that the middle name begins with... I do LOVE the name Alice, though... what about varying that a little bit? Paloma Elyse? Paloma Lynn sounds pretty, and it's nice since it would be honoring several family members...I just don't think it looks as pretty as it sounds, and also- Paloma is so different and exotic and Lynn just sounds like a filler, in a way...and it's kind of common. But still, it sounds very pretty!
Lastly, I love the idea of Paloma Frances, since you got engaged in Paris, but I don't really care for the name Frances, I think it's kind of frumpy- especially next to a name like Paloma! I dont' know about using an alternate name for Frances, though, I mean- Paloma Francesca might sound too much... anyway, great choices! Best wishes to you!
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Registered: 04-04-2004
Mon, 08-29-2005 - 4:32pm
Like Paloma Elyse-very pretty.
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Tue, 08-30-2005 - 12:07am
I agree!