StaceyinLA Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) Dd wants to use my mom's name (Beverly) for her baby if it's a girl. She doesn't want to call her Beverly, but a lot of the names she likes don't go well with it, especially as a first name. Dd's last name starts with a B as well, and it is 2 syllables. She likes Clara, Jude, and possibly Clair. She's been looking for other ideas, especially ones that might flow INTO Beverly so she could use Beverly as a middle name. Any suggestions?? Edited May 21, 2012 by StaceyinLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuniMom Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I would use Beverly as the first name, and just call the child by her middle name. I think Beverly Claire sounds the nicest out of all the options, and also flows better than Claire Beverly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 She prefers Clara, but I told her she could do Beverly Claire and just call her Clara if she wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) I would use Beverly as the first name, and just call the child by her middle name. UGH, no -- don't do this. It's a huge PITA. My husband's parents did this and he's had some major headaches with it. I like Clara Beverly quite a lot actually. How about Nina Beverly? Mia Beverly? Those have been the girls names in my thoughts these days ... ETA -- If you do ANYTHING ending in the -y sound with Clair as the middle name, you're going to have the "eclair" thing going on. Have you seen natalieclare's avatar here? :001_smile: Edited May 21, 2012 by milovaný Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Claire Beverly sounds nice :) And yup about using the middle name... my dad had to do that his whole life... :( It wasn't fun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Out of those, I think Clara Beverly sounds best. I don't like one syllable followed by three, it sounds too stilted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Out of those, I think Clara Beverly sounds best. I don't like one syllable followed by three, it sounds too stilted. The way I read it, it's almost southern... ClaireBeverly :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 The way I read it, it's almost southern... ClaireBeverly :) Hmm. I can see that. :001_smile: So, southern or stilted, her choice. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 I have always been called my middle name. It is a slight pain, but not horrible. I would probably choose it over having my name not flow the way I'd like it to. What I am hoping for are some other name suggestions that yall think would sound good with Beverly, either as first or middle names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I think Clara, Clair(e) and Jude all flow okay. Although, to me Jude sounds like a boy's name...and as someone who grew up with a "boy's name" I wanted my dds to have feminine names. But now I call my dd by a boy's nickname derived from her lovely girl's name...which is completely different from the nickname she uses for herself! Some more ideas in ABC order: Aria Beverly Arielle Beverly Clarissa Beverly Gabrielle Beverly Judith Beverly (call her Jude!) Leah Beverly Megan Beverly Sharon Beverly Congrats on the new grand baby! Do they have a boy's name picked already? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowWhite Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sarah Beverly Andrea Beverly Alisa Beverly Laura Beverly Tabitha Beverly Christina Beverly I think anything that ends in an a sound would flow well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Has she tried Nymbler? http://www.nymbler.com/ You type in the names you like, and it gives suggestions based on them maybe she'll find something that sounds better to her. For me, I think I would pick my favorite first name and use Beverly as a mn no matter how it sounded. She's not using Beverly for how it sounds, she's using it because it's an important name to her. Even if it sounds a little bit off, she'll still smile when she says it because it's after someone she loves. She's going to be called her first name only 99% of the time, so it may as well be a name she really loves regardless of how it flows.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Beverly Anne or Anne Beverly Beverly Louise Sophia Beverly Beverly Rose or Rose Beverly Lilian Beverly Beverly Ellen Beverly Romelia Beverly Amelia/Emelia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daffodil Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I like Clara Beverly. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 How about Elaine Beverly or Marcia Beverly? They seem to be of the same vintage. :) Personally, I love the name Beverly and think it would be a pretty first name! It's a name I haven't heard in a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 I actually like Judith Beverly nn Jude. With the accented first syllable in Beverly, I like a first name with the accent on the second syllable. Ju-DITH BEV-er-lee. And with such a tomboyish name of "Jude", I think it works better as a nickname. That way if she decides she hates having a masculine sounding name, she can always use the full Judith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 (edited) I'm gonna pass on the suggestions. (Pass on to dd, not pass on as in ignore - ;-p) She has a couple of boy names picked - not sure of middle names, but I know she likes Flynn and Seth. Edited May 22, 2012 by StaceyinLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 In reality, you almost never say a person's first and middle name together, so I think putting any two names together would be okay. But also I think strangely a longer name seems to go better with Beverly.... so maybe Clarissa Beverly or Clarise Beverly or Charlotte Beverly. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lab1 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I like multiple sylable names with Beverly. My kids all have long names though! Clara Beverly is beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 In reality, you almost never say a person's first and middle name together, so I think putting any two names together would be okay. But also I think strangely a longer name seems to go better with Beverly.... so maybe Clarissa Beverly or Clarise Beverly or Charlotte Beverly. Just a thought. I like the way Clarissa Beverly sounds... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope in God Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I really like the name Aria as a pp mentioned and it was a contender for our last child but in the end I couldn't do it because even though I would pronounce it Air-e-ah I think it is too close to diarrhea.:001_unsure: I do agree that I would be better to have the name that the child goes by to be the first name rather than the middle name. I like Arabella Beverly. Besides loving the name Arabella I think it would sort of seem like the alliteration was intended and it does flow nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglei Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 You've received some wonderful suggestions! Here's the name that popped into my mind -- Beverly Renee. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFwife Claire Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 UGH, no -- don't do this. It's a huge PITA. :001_smile: Oh, I AGREE!!! And I can comment because I have almost the same name. My parents named me Barbara Claire, and the "Barbara" was after my dad's sister who passed away in a car accident at the age of 18 But neither of my parents really liked the name Barbara, and I was never called that. Ever. I have always been Claire. But I was so embarrassed as a child to have teachers call "Barbara", and everyone turn and stare at me, since they all knew full well I wasn't a Barbara. Or, since we moved frequently (my dad was Air Force too), trying to make sure people in a new school knew my name really was Claire, not Barbara. So now I loathe the name Barbara, and in fact, after I got married, I had my name legally changed to "Claire Maidenname Lastname". I was still in college, and my college was very patookie about insisting on have Barbara be on correspondence, class rosters, etc. But now I am rid of that albatross!! I was never so happy, LOL! So if you want your daughter wants her daughter to think highly of this relative, then I would advise her to not use that name as an unused first name! P.S. I have a very dear friend just a few years younger than me (mid-30s) named Beverly. Her name always makes me think of a 70 year old woman though. Sort of like Gladys or Phyllis or Edith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 Beverly is after my mother, so dd's grandmother, who is 83. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If she does Beverly as a first name, Bebe is a cute nickname. She could do two first names... something like Clara-Rose Beverly. Sophia Beverly Amelia Beverly Annabella Beverly Melissa Beverly Fiona Beverly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomandlorih Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I actually like Judith Beverly nn Jude. With the accented first syllable in Beverly, I like a first name with the accent on the second syllable. Ju-DITH BEV-er-lee. And with such a tomboyish name of "Jude", I think it works better as a nickname. That way if she decides she hates having a masculine sounding name, she can always use the full Judith. :iagree:Ooh, I like this idea. And I agree too that they should name her what they are going to call her.. I had a friend going back and forth on names.. named her the one.. legally but call her the other...:confused: Why?? Don't be different.. be practical.. Your kids will thank you later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 UGH, no -- don't do this. It's a huge PITA. My husband's parents did this and he's had some major headaches with it. I like Clara Beverly quite a lot actually. How about Nina Beverly? Mia Beverly? Those have been the girls names in my thoughts these days ... ETA -- If you do ANYTHING ending in the -y sound with Clair as the middle name, you're going to have the "eclair" thing going on. Have you seen natalieclare's avatar here? :001_smile: My dad hates the whole "call him by his middle name" thing as well. He went so far as to legally change his first name to just the initial. I don't know why he didn't go all the way and just remove it completely. Maybe he thought it would be less confusing identity-wise. Anyway. I think Clara Beverly sounds very nice. One of my dds is Clara. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I think the 3-syllable, ending with -a names flow best with Beverly as a middle name, and a 2 syllable last name. Dianna Beverly Ilona Beverly Linnea Beverly * Amanda Beverly Selena Beverly * Andrea Beverly Melinda Beverly Olanthe Beverly (pronounced a-LAN-tha) Samantha Beverly The starred ones are my personal faves. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHASRADA Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If she does Beverly as a first name, Bebe is a cute nickname. She could do two first names... something like Clara-Rose Beverly. Sophia Beverly Amelia Beverly Annabella Beverly Melissa Beverly Fiona Beverly :iagree: LOVE Clara-Rose Beverly! I also agree with those suggesting not to choose a 1st name with no intention of using it as such. In your case, you haven't found it to be a huge inconvenience, but it certainly can be, and is likely to cause issues and confusion, so why set a kid up for that all their lives? In dh's family, everyone has the same prefix before their name (different prefix for males and females), but they don't have middle names in their culture. It would be like all the men being John David, John Paul, John Mark, and all the girls Mary Beth, Mary Sue, etc., but with no middle name, it is assumed the prefix is their first name! Of course, everyone goes by their "real" (second) name, but in every official situation it must be explained that the first name isn't used. It's a giant pain. Unfortunately, in my postpartum stupor, I chose to continue this annoying tradition with my dc :tongue_smilie: After my 2 eldest were born, DBIL chose to flip the order and use the prefix as a middle name for his kids to avoid this situation. Duh! So, this is what we did for baby dd. It is not a daily issue for them, but comes up whenever they go to the Dr., present their passports at the border, etc. and it is uncomfortable/embarrassing for them. Who wants to explain his name to every stranger who has his legal name in front of them, but the person doesn't go by that name? I say, keep it simple ;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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