Guilty Pleasures for Middle Names

[alocin.livejournal.com]

Would you use that Tryndeee/guilty pleasure/stupidly spelt/foriegn name that you utterly love as a middle name, rather than bestowing it on the child as a first name?

I ask as I am completely loving Soleil (Sole-Ay) as a middle name. No way I'd give it as a first name, I don't think the kid will be able to spell it, let alone will most be able to pronounce it... but as a middle name *swoon*

I don't think husband will let me get away with it, so I'm not thinking TOO hard about it.. LOL

On another note (ie: not with same middle name) I've recently fallen in love with the name Laurelle, I went to school with one, wdyt? :)

Comments

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

i think soleil as a middle name would be lovely. &i've known people who have given their child a middle name that they like, but wouldn't necessarily want as a first name.

i'm kind of meh about laurelle, and i think laurelle soleil would just be...too much. but soleil could definitely work with some other names.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go Laurelle Soleil.. it's okay, I say names out loud before I decide LOL.

Thank you :)

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

That's the great thing about mns! It's a great place to show off a super cool name without dealing with the downfalls it has.

Soleil would be a great mn imo. It would be cute to use an affectionate nn like Sunny or Sunshine too.

[babyalligator.livejournal.com]

here in canada, soleil would be relatively easy to pronounce, since french is one of our two official languages. so i think it's great. problem is, depending on where you live (US??), you might get people who'd pronounce it SOLEEL or something. good call on using it as a middle name - that way you never have to worry about that.
i say go for it. it's a beautiful name.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

hehe Australia.. And before I realised it was the same word as in Cirque Du Soleil I thought it was a horrid name, pronounced Sole-ee-el.

Thank you :)

[alocin.livejournal.com]

hehe thanks :)

[lkw18.livejournal.com]

ah, sorry. i was a bit confused...i thought you were planning the two together..haha.

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

I actually like Soleil as a middle name quite a bit :) I'm in Canada like babyalligator so I agree, it wouldn't be that strange here.

I prefer Laurel. The -elle ending is a bit too frilly, and makes it look like the stress falls on the last syllable - LaurELLE. Does it? If not, then the extra letters are just unnecessary; Laurel is a much stronger name, while still very pretty and feminine.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

nah, i just threw that in, I didn't think that it would be seen as the same thing.. I think I'll edit my post :D

[imyourrapunzel.livejournal.com]

Haha, when I first saw this post I thought you wanted to use "Trinity" and spell it "Trynedee". Anyway, I like Soleil and I think it would be a great middle name! I kind of like Laurelle too.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

I contemplated as I wrote it down for the first time about spelling.. Laurel to me rhymes with Floral.. whereas I was thinking Law-Rel (which looks like floral., right? maybe floral is floor-l.. and i teach kids phonetics)

I'm even confusing myself here. LOL

[babyalligator.livejournal.com]

ah, australia! go for it! you won't have a worry in the world.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

Laurelle is nice.
I don't know what I think of Soleil, but I think putting a rarer name as a middle name is a great idea - you're using the name you love and if your kid doesn't like it won't come up very often anyway. Plus there's always the chance the kid will growing up loving their unique/trendy/different middle name more than their first name, who knows?

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

I have a character named Estella Soleil.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

but you char isn't going to have to grow up with the name :P

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Nice names :)

I do have a middle names list with categories...

Too weird
Aesara, Mariposa, Symphony, Vesna
Dadealus, Taliesin

Too normal [for my general taste]
Eve, Julia
Edward, Philip, Richard (all family names)

Just like them better that way ...
Hazel, Clara, Marina
Jude, Reid, Raphael

[the-theorist.livejournal.com]

seriously haha. I like it as a middle name, but other than that I wouldn't use it.

[magcnurserybaby.livejournal.com]

I love the names Starla and Fairia (fairy-uh) but I don't think I could ever do first name, middle name would be cute though.

I like Soliel, though it makes me think Punky Brewster, and I'm not really a fan of Laurel. Or Laurelle, however you spell it.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

haha I've heard Trinity waaaay too much since the Matrix LOL

[alocin.livejournal.com]

hehe I didn't know how Soleil was pronounced a while ago and wondered why the hell someone would name their kid Sole-ee-el Moon. Then when I found out it was Soleil, french for Sun it made me smile when I hear her name.

I loved Punky Brewster as a kid :D

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

I know a little girl named Vesna! But she lives somewhere in Europe, so in that country it's not so unusual.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like soleil a lot, and it would be great as a middle name. and even laurelle, with the right first name, would be really lovely.

[trissyd.livejournal.com]

I know someone with a 4-year old daughter named "Soleil", and she hasn't had too much problems with pronoucation and such. I think it's a beautiful name, first or middle.

[ladyofmoonlight.livejournal.com]

Soleil is beautiful. In the US, people might still associate it with Soleil Moon Frye (Punky Brewster), not like that matters. I think it would be fine as a first name, and a child with that name should have no problem learning to spell or pronounce it.

I totally understand the "this name is too uncommon, use it as a middle name" thing.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

I do to, she lives in Belguim (but has Serbian parents). Also know of another who is the cousin of my Slovenian friend.

Otherwise yes it's very unusual outside Slavic contries.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

yah as a middle name i think one of those names would be fine.

Laurelle is super cute!! She can always go by Laura or something if its too fancy or long for her tastes!

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

oh holy crap I love how you spelled Laurelle b/c I didn't even think of the name "Laurel" til I read this post. Laurel looks dumb and doesn't seem as pretty. I love Laurelle!

[semi-sweet.livejournal.com]

Hmm, that sounds a lot like the little Vesna that I know! Does she have a mother named Mia, brothers Marko and Filip? Are you the same Sage that posts in the Delphi baby names forum?

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's the one :)
LOL small world
I haven't posted there for ages, but yes used to as 'autumnfairy'.
Am going to have to go catch up with everyone there now.

[feelslike-2day.livejournal.com]

i think its a great idea! i lvoe french names...and ur taste in music :D

[miss--nikki.livejournal.com]

I think Soleil, and Laurelle are beautiful. :-)

[whisperthewords.livejournal.com]

I think Soleil is a beautiful name! The only downfall to it is that it'd get mispronounced a lot, but that wouldn't be a problem if it was a middle name.

Laurelle is not my style, but it's different without sounding tacky or weird.

[secret-x-stars.livejournal.com]

i have some names that just got too trendy and teenybopper for me to wanna use anymore...

Rowan (Rowen? fuck, i forgot)
Kennedy
Dante
Alexis (for girls)
Caleb

there's more... but i'm tired lol

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I think Soliel i gorgeous, i know a Soleil & it suits her beautifully. It has the wonderful meaning of Sun in French... it's a beautiful middle name!