Middle Name for Emily

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Thu, 12-07-2006 - 3:13pm

Middle Name for Emily



  • Emily Rose
  • Emily Helena
  • Emily Roseabelle


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Registered: 11-29-2006
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Thu, 12-07-2006 - 3:20pm

Emily Rose does sound pretty. Emily has been the #1 name for about 20 years so maybe you could do a middle name that could be part of a double name, to set her apart from other Emilies. Then again there is a movie called the Exorcism of Emily Rose...
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Registered: 10-27-2005
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Thu, 12-07-2006 - 3:58pm
I voted for Emily Roseabelle, but only if the spelling were to be Rosebelle, Rosabelle, Rosibelle... I see no reason for the -ea-, it looks awkward and wrong to me. I love Helena, but it doesn't have the right rhythm after Emily to my ear (Helen would flow better). And while Emily and Rose are both nice, the combination of the most popular first name and one of the most popular middle names is just too much. While I tend to prefer more unusual names myself, I do think popularity should not be a barrier to using a name you love; still, I would definitely recommend pairing a beloved, frequently-used first name with a more distinctive middle name. Other possibilities might be Roselind (my favourite), Rosaleen, Rosemary, Rosalie, or one of the many names ending in -belle... Annabelle is slightly trendy just now, though I'd probably choose one starting with a consonant after the long E of Emily, perhaps Mirabelle.
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Registered: 10-19-1999
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Thu, 12-07-2006 - 9:38pm
I have a 9 year old Emily Elizabeth. When she was little we were in a lot of Mommy and Me classes. There always seemed to be 2 or 3 Emily's. Once she started school she has never had another Emily in her class. There are at least 80 children in her grade and she is the only Emily. There only seem to be 1 or maybe 2 per grade. I like the name Rose. And even if a lot of people are using it for a mn you are really never going to call her by both names. The only time people will even know her mn is when you send out birth announcements. I think it is very nice to use both grandmothers names. Nobody has said anything about my dd having the same name as the little girl in Clifford the Big Red Dog, so I don't think anybody would say much about Emily Rose and the movie with the same name.
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Registered: 08-20-2001
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Fri, 12-08-2006 - 12:56pm
i love the name Helena, but it didn't sound quite right with Emily, and I think I know why- both Emily and Helena have the "lee" sound in the name...
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Registered: 05-11-2004
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Fri, 12-08-2006 - 4:30pm

Emily Rose is the prettiest...but there is that stupid movie....Emily Helena is my second favorite.

And just to let you know, I'm an Emily (I'm 25) and even though it has been a super-popular name, I have literally only known OF 4 or 5 other Emily's in my entire life. I can only think of 1 other Emily that was even in my school from kindergarten to graduation. I don't even know any from college. I know it's true, but it seems weird that it's supposedly so popular.

~Emily

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Registered: 09-29-2005
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Fri, 12-08-2006 - 8:30pm

Emily's been the most popular name in the nation for the past ten years, so many of the little girls named Emily would be ten and under at the moment. Back in 1980 or so, it was around number 30, so akin to the popularity of Destiny, Sydney or Victoria last year. ;)

FWIW, I don't think I actually know any little girls named Emily, although my 5-year-old has run across quite a few and I've seen it in lots of birth announcements. Sophia and Isabella (and their variants) seem to be more popular in my area.

~Kelli


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Registered: 09-29-2005
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Fri, 12-08-2006 - 8:54pm

Emily Rose certainly sounds the best, and I think you said in a later post that it was for both grandmothers, but I'd avoid that exact combo because of the horror film association and the popularity of that very combo. I don't mind a common or filler mn with a less familiar fn, or a top ten fn with a less-common mn, but I wouldn't pair two names that are so popular, KWIM?

I think that was your thinking with "Roseabelle," but that spelling is just confusing. I believe Rosabel is the name you were going for here. You might also like another variation of Rose.

Rosa
Rosalind
Rosamund
Rosalba
Rosalia
Rosanne/a
Raisa (Rose in Yiddish)
Rhoda (from the Greek word for Rose)
Rhosyn (Welsh)
Roisin (rosh-een; Irish for little rose)

HTH

~Kelli


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