Help with a middle name
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Help with a middle name
| Thu, 05-18-2006 - 1:29pm |
A friend is having a girl and wants to honor her mother with the middle name, but does not really care for either her mom's fn or mn. (Patricia Louise) Can you think of any way to honor the mother with some sort of combo of these to be used as a middle name?
Thanks,
Hope
Thanks,
Hope

Here are a few suggestions to change the mn a little but still honor her mom:
Trisha
Lucy
Trish
Patton
Patty
Patrice
Petra
Lucia
I have a very good friend named Patrice and I think it's beautiful. I even like it much better than Patricia. Have you thought about Louisa also? Louisa a very pretty.
I think it's really a case-by-case basis b/c, for example with this one her girl fn ends in "a" and her ln ends in "a" and she MUCH prefers Patricia over Louise, but that would be all 3 names ending in "a" and she thinks it sounds a little silly, so Patrice would be perfect.
Another prime example is honoring one gender when naming another. For example, naming a girl Angela for a father/grandfather named Angelo. Or giving a girl a father or grandfather's first name as her middle name but adding an "s", such as Michaels or Edwards.
While I agree that some people stretch it, I think there are definitely ways of honoring people by not having to use the exact name without being considered selfish...I think using selfish is a little harsh.
Edited 5/18/2006 10:37 pm ET by hopenfaith13104
I think your opinion is stated a bit harshly.