Unique Baby names

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-06-2007
Unique Baby names
9
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.
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-29-2005
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 6:17pm

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.

HTH


Powered by CGISpy.com
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-26-2006
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 6:36pm

I agree with the previous post.

good luck,
Brooke

iVillage Member
Registered: 01-15-2007
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 8:27pm
I *strongly* dislike smashed-together names with a capital letter in the middle - they look (just an opinion) silly to me because they remind of those corporate names, e.g., PricewaterhouseCoopers. Lots of people have so-called double first names; it's not that uncommon, and there's no need to smash the names together or even use a hyphen to get people to use the full double name! Just call her Mary Sarah: she will know that that is her name, your friends and family will know it, you'll tell her kindergarten teacher in advance to call her Mary Sarah, and all her little friends will learn that that is her name. (They may give her a nickname in the later grades, but you can't prevent that, no matter what you name her.) Long story short (I know, too late), I definitely cannot recommend MarySarah. It doesn't look pretty and looks like a typo. Mary Sarah, on the other hand, is a fine double name.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-24-2007
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 9:26pm

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

preston.jpg picture by lescliff

Avatar for prifti
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 10:14pm
I would use it as a double first name Mary Sarah and use a middle name I think that pushes the fact that it is a first name not a first and middle name kwim?
Photobucket 
iVillage Member
Registered: 09-29-2005
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 10:27pm
I know a young girl who is named after both her grandmothers, Mary and Sarah. Her name is Mara. This might be a nice option for you too.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-09-2005
In reply to: kathee3
Fri, 04-06-2007 - 11:16pm

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


                             
iVillage Member
Registered: 02-12-2006
In reply to: kathee3
Sat, 04-07-2007 - 1:18pm
I actually love the name you chose. Mary-Kate (if you are speaking about the Olsen twin) is spelled this way; maybe you could try to do Mary-Sarah with a middle name as well. I agree with an earlier post that a middle name would force people to see Mary Sarah or Mary-Sarah as a first name. I know this is completely different since I am going to talk about a cat and not a baby... One of my cats has a double first name and a middle name. Her name is Maxie Jane Alexis. Everyone thinks she has two middle names, Jane & Alexis, rather than a double first name as Maxie Jane with Alexis as her middle name. I would really go with Mary-Sarah and a middle name. Sorry this was so long. Good Luck.
Tracy
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-03-2007
In reply to: kathee3
Sat, 04-07-2007 - 4:55pm

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. :)

HTH


Powered by CGISpy.com