Baby Girl Names: More little middles

Nov 21, 2024 1:19 PM

　　By Linda Rosenkrantz

　　We recently provided a slew of single-syllable middle possibilities for boys, but actually it’s the girl namers who might need this more. After all, it was earlier generations who felt locked into the Ann–Beth–Lee–Lou–Sue trap.

　　Many parents now are exploring the fresh-feeling nature world options, so we start off with those.

　　NATURE

　　Bay

　　Bird

　　Breeze

　　Briar

　　Brook

　　Clove

　　Cloud

　　Dawn

　　Day

　　Dell

　　Dove

　　Dune

　　Dusk

　　Fawn

　　Fern

　　Lake

　　Lark

　　Leaf

　　Maize

　　Moon

　　Plum

　　Rain

　　Sage

　　Shell

　　Sky

　　Snow

　　Star

　　Storm

　　Swan

　　Vale

　　Wren

　　NICKNAMES

　　And some short nicknames—many of them vintage—are sounding really cute. A couple of celebs have used their namesakes’ nicknames in the middle spot.

　　Bea/Bee

　　Beck

　　Bess

　　Cass

　　Cat/Kat

　　Ceil

　　Dell

　　Dot

　　Dree

　　Dru

　　Fan

　　Fay

　　Flo

　　Gwen

　　Jaz

　　Kay

　　Kick

　　Kit

　　Lil

　　Liv

　　Mame

　　Marge

　　May/Mae

　　Midge

　　Min

　　Nan

　　Nell

　　Peg

　　Rae

　　Sam

　　Suze

　　Syd

　　Tess

　　Viv

　　FULL NAMES

　　More conventional but still more imaginative than the old standbys are these one-syllable full names.

　　Ayn

　　Belle

　　Blair

　　Blanche

　　Bree

　　Brooke

　　Bryn

　　Claire

　　Eve

　　Greer

　　Jade

　　Jill

　　June

　　Maude

　　Merle

　　Neve

　　Paige

　　Pearl

　　Quinn

　　Rue

　　Sloane

　　Tyne

　　WORD NAMES

　　Nature appellations aren’t the only word name possibilities.

　　Air

　　Bell

　　Bliss

　　Blythe

　　Flame

　　Hope

　　Jinx

　　Joy

　　Lane

　　Love

　　Muse

　　North

　　Scout

　　Spring

　　True

　　Verve

　　West

　　COLORS

　　There’s Blue, Blu, Bleu…and also…..

　　Gray/Grey

　　Green

　　Mauve

　　Pink

　　Rose

　　Teal

　　BOYISH

　　James has become a hot middle name for girls, especially among starbabies, but here are some other options from out of the blue column…

　　Blaine

　　Blake

　　Brett

　　Brooks

　　Burl

　　Clay

　　Cole

　　Drew

　　Gene

　　George

　　Glenn

　　Gus

　　Jake

　　James

　　Jax

　　Jay

　　Jude

　　Jules

　　Kyle

　　Lou

　　Lyle

　　Max

　　Miles

　　Moe

　　Neil

　　Pete

　　Roy

　　Sam

　　Sean

　　Seth

　　Xan

　　INTERNATIONAL

　　Irish, French and other nationality name possibilities:

　　Bleu

　　Britt

　　Bryn

　　Chan

　　Cher

　　Claude

　　Douce

　　Elle

　　Fleur

　　Flor

　　Gwynn

　　Luz

　　Maeve

　　Mai

　　Maire

　　Pax

　　Paz

　　Shea

　　Vrai

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