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I thought I'd post because I'm having sort of an ongoing dilemma. I'm not pregnant, nor will I be for a while, but this is sort of preparing for the day I do have another.

(My only kid is named Trey. Not that it's relevant to the story, but it's a baby name community, so I thought I'd throw it out there).

Anyways, on to the point. It's a tradition in my family to have at least one kid "namesake"'d after someone. The other ones, doesn't matter, free game, but one kid has always been named after someone else in the family.

For the last while, there's only been 2 slots open. My mother, and my grandmother. My sister went in and had a child before me, and she stole my mothers, Susan. Easy to put as a middle name and match with something. So she's off the hook.

That only leaves the grandmother. There's a REASON why she was chosen last of the namesakes. (Well for now, until our babies have babies and our names go up for grabs). Her name?

Erma.

How do you fit that into a name AT ALL?

Is there a way you can add it INTO a name and still have a pretty nice name?

I'm at a loss. I'm sitting here with nightmares of "Ermaline", or "Ermalique"!

I don't want to just forego the tradition, or go with her middle name, May, which would be SO much easier, because that's basically letting my grandma know that I don't like her name. I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I also don't want a kid named Ermalique.

Any suggestions on how to incorporate it? (Can be a first name, or middle name)

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[arbus.livejournal.com]

i would use may (my maternal grandmothers nickname, her name was mary but was called "mae" her whole life), itll go well with anything you choose for a first name. heres what i would do: pick out a first name and then talk to your grandmother and tell her youve picked out this great first name and you think it sounds fabulous with may as a middle name, and that youd like to use her middle name as your daughters, and dont even bring up the fact that youre not using erma. go into it excited about the name and dont act as though you have NO CHOICE but to use her name but instead that you WANT to incorporate her name/legacy into your daughters name because she is your grandmother and love/respect her. be excited about it and im sure she will be too.