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[an1840sgirl.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I'm having trouble with some names. I really really like

Isabella
Zara
Zora

I loooove these as first names, but I can't think of any good middle names. I'm not sure that

Jane
Amanda
Beatriz

fit any of the first names. Can anyone help??

Comments

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Common misconception: Adding 'Z' to the end of a name will make it look 'cool' or 'unique'. Beatrix can be cute, as can Beatrice. Beatriz looks a little silly. I love Zora and Isabelle, any combination of the two would be lovely.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Beatriz is listed on behindthename.com as a Spanish form of Beatrice. So I figure it's legit (behindthename is the most reliable name site I've found).
Not all variants are just random creation, and there can be very good reasons behind the them.

[morphinae.livejournal.com]

Eh, I don't like it. Whether or not it has a website devoted to it or not, it still looks like a butchered version of Beatrice. I prefer Beatrix much more anyway, I dunno why, but it's so cute.

[an1840sgirl.livejournal.com]

Beatriz is how my great aunt, my great grandmother, my grandmother, my aunt and I spell our middle names (it's an Argentine spelling, and a name passed down through generations--I believe since the 1890s, but I'm not sure. I do love the spelling with an X. And Beatrice is very Victoriana, but I'm so used to the Z that I haven't bee able to switch.