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Unique Baby names
| Fri, 04-06-2007 - 6:03pm |
I am expecting in about 8 weeks and am having trouble finding names. We are expecting our third child and it was quite a surprise since our youngest is 10. We want a truly special name either girl or boy. For girl's names I really like the name Mary and Sarah since Mary Lennox from the Secret Garden is a favorite book as well as Sara from The Little Princess. What I was thinking was pretty was MarySarah, a combination of both names or should they be split with no middle name? I really want it to be a first name and not have people think the name is just Mary with a middle name of Sarah.. kind of like MaryKate.

The Mary Sarah combo is actually a bit loopy. Not *crazy* LOL ... I just mean the repeated "ar" sounds in the same spot in each two-syllable name makes it seem like it should be looped. Every time I tried to say it I ended up with Mary SarEE instead (and we won't even get into the ridiculous cartoon voice now repeating Mar-EE Sar-EE Mar-EE Sar-EE over and over in my head ROFL). Kind of reminds me of Harry Caray (the name, not the voice). ;)
Still, if this is absolutely the name for you, I'd just use Mary Sarah as a double name. Smushed together combos with random mid-name capitalization (or puncutation) never manage to look quite right, I'm sorry to say.
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I agree with the previous post.
good luck,
Brooke
I think it would be best if you hyphenate the name- Mary-Sarah. I have several friends who have given their children double names . . . Anna-Kate, Ann-Marie, and Sarah-Kate. They have also learned that when someone asks the babies name, you should respond with, "Her first name is Mary-Sarah." That way no one calls her Mary. Congrats and best wishes!
Leslie
I love the idea behind the name, both of those books are wonderful :) Such a sweet, thoughtful choice. Great job! Out of curiosity, what is your other kids' names?
-Nikki
Tracy
I love the idea and sentiment behind Mary Sarah. I would think of it as Mary Sarah as the first name and give her a separate middle name. That way, on every form you fill out, you write "Mary Sarah" as first name, "______" as middle name, and "YourLastName" for last name. That will help with confusion.
From my experience as a teacher, you'll get teachers to say her full name if you fill out the forms Mary Sarah middlenameinitial lastname.
For example "Anderson, Mary Sarah L." is what would show up on my class list if you filled out the form that way. :)
BTW, avoid a's and r's in the middle name. :)
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