Middle name suggestions for Dagny

[uppity-heathen.livejournal.com]

I have wanted to name a little girl Dagny for so many years now. Finally, I am pregnant and having a little girl.

I cannot come up with any middle names that sound perfect to me though. I don't want a common name. Dagny Elizabeth is pretty but Elizabeth is so popular and it is meaningless to me.

I would love a name that has meaning. I like words for names and unusual names but I would also like it to sound pretty. I have considered several Indian words and several Japanese words but none have struck me as "the one."

If it helps, I love literature and got Dagny's name from a book. I am a feminist and a vegetarian. Compassion and strong women in history or literature are some of the things I am trying to keep in mind when looking for names.

Any suggestions?

Comments

[ollivander.livejournal.com]

How do you pronounce Dagny?

[uppity-heathen.livejournal.com]

Dag as in Dagger and Knee.

[ollivander.livejournal.com]

Interesting! I like it.

Going off the feminist thing, you could use the name of a famous feminist. If you really like Elizabeth, Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman doctor.

[luvmecuzimrach.livejournal.com]

Dagny (although I love it spelled Dagne) Lenore. Lenore is a form of Eleanor...Eleanor Roosevelt =).

[countesscain.livejournal.com]

I like the spelling suggestion and the middle name.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i was going to suggest dagny eleanor.

but if youre looking for names with meaning, strangers cant really pick out a name that will have meaning for you...

[uppity-heathen.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I understand that. I am just looking for names that sound good as something to start with. I have been trying to come up with something myself for months and have nothing. So I figured some suggestions might inspire me.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

My first suggestion is my favorite name. It means she who will not flee, inescapable, loyal, depending on where you look. There are two different pns -

Adrasteia

(pn ad ra STAY a)

or

Adrastea

(pn ah drah STAY ah or AD rah STEE ah)

[nandy-pandy.livejournal.com]

Dagny's such a frickin' awesome name, it'll be hard to follow up. Any particularly kickass women in your family line? Anyone you looked up to as a young girl?

[uppity-heathen.livejournal.com]

Nothing seems to go with it. hehe. I am going to have to think about who I looked up to as a young girl. That might lead me to something. Thank you.

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Dagny Kendra.
Dagny Zaylie.
Dagny Adelaide.
Dagny Alayah.
Dagny Carys.
Dagny Chiara.
Dagny Elena.
Dagny Elysia.
Dagny Felicity.
Dagny Isis.
Dagny Imogen.
Dagny Juliet.
Dagny Eliana.
Dagny Aurora.
Dagny Helena.
Dagny Lorelei.
Dagny Scarlett.
Dagny Skye.

[sifukatara.livejournal.com]

I LOVE Danielle Grace.

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

I like the spelling Dagne better (:

[823freckles.livejournal.com]

Seconded, on both suggestions.

[justuschickens.livejournal.com]

Artemisia, after Artemisia Gentileschi, the famous baroque painter.

[jordiss.livejournal.com]

I like the spelling Dagne better, as well.

Dagne Beth.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

This is pretty.

Don't do Lynore.. ick.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I like Dagne better to. You could always do Elizabeth for queen Elizabeth.

I would suggest using a family name, go back through your family and find something, or something important to you, rather than a famous name since you're already using a literary name for the first.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about what specific meaning you would like the name to have?
Or at least, what theme it should go along? (ie. nature, music, literature, etc)

[hoboheart.livejournal.com]

Dagny Maya
Dagny Angelou
Dagny Rosa
Dagny Parks
Dagny Susan
Dagny Clementina
Dagny Amelia
Dagny Marie or Dagny Therese
Dagny Cady
Dagny Emmeline
Dagny Leonora
Dagny Layne
Dagny Daly
Dagny Soujourner

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

A name that jumps out at me that you may like is Dagny Masua, it corresponds with the New Moon which is a feminine holiday in many cultures and faiths and I find rather nice against the new day meaning of Dagny.

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

Dagny Simone after Simone De Beauvoir?

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I like Simone!


I also like Dagny Eleanor, Dagny Sylvia, Dagny Margaret, Dagny Virginia, and Dagny Ruth. :)

[moshimoshi-13.livejournal.com]

All awesome writers/women. I'm assuming Margaret is Margaret Atwood? She was my mom's neighbour back in the 70s. I'm jealous of my mom's life.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

Dagny Orlando
Dagny Medusa
Dagny Salome
Dagny Cleopatra
Dagny Jezebel

[ollivander.livejournal.com]

ooh this is cool

[sxylilwitch.livejournal.com]

You could do a variation of Elizabeth that's less common, like Elise/Elysia/Elisa/Alise/Alice

I really like the suggestions of Eleanor/Lenore/Simone too :D

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Yes!! It was for Margaret Atwood. My first thought pertaining to "strong feminist women" was the The Blind Assassin. I adore Margaret Atwood---your mom was a lucky duck!

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Whoops, I meant to underline only the book title. :\

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

The more I think about it, the more perfect Dagny sounds. Excellent, awesome choice!