thinking of names

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i'm trying to think of a good middle name for a girl. we already have a boys name picked out and we used to have a girls, madison elisabeth. but its become very popular recently so i decided against it. a few days ago i came up with maelynn. although, my boyfriend doesnt like it with 2 n's so now it will be just one so, maelyn. i really love the name mae but it just seemed incomplete so i went through names in my family and liked my middle name with it! i just need a good middle name for it. i had a couple suggestions of names from my family but my boyfriend didnt seem to like any of them. they were maelyn genevieve, maelyn adeline, maelyn kelly or maelyn elisabeth...i dont really like any of them either, they're just family names and i wanted to give her a middle name from my family but i really dont like how any of those go so whatever, i guess she wont have any names from my family! anyone have any suggestions for a middle name. i want something that flows...but doesnt rhyme. i want it to easily roll off your tongue and be a little unique!! <3

Comments

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to spoil it for you, but doesn't it sound just like " mailin' " ?

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Ah, you beat me to it! I posted the same thing...too late ;) Sorry for the double comment, OP!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

it doesnt spoil it for me! but yes, it sounds just like mailin....unless that sounds different! like "may-lin"?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Yes, like MAY-lin. Unless you're pronouncing it May-LIN

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Since you liked Madison, have you considered Madelyn? You could always use Mae as a nickname!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

yeah, i was between madison and madelyn when i was first thinking about madison but for some reason i just dont like it much anymore!

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

lol...its like MAY-lin, yes. like may and lynn put together. i just dont like how maylynn looks, i like maelynn better!

[perfectcherry.livejournal.com]

I keep reading it with a somewhat Asian pronunciation, which I think makes it go poorly with Genevieve and Adeline. If it's just pronounced like "mailin'," then I think that's even worse. Why not just May Lynn as a first and middle name? I think May is a lovely name, but Maelyn/Maelynn just looks mispelled and sounds dull.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i dont really like may as a first name, i mean, i love may but it just doesnt sound complete to me. i really love how maelyn looks and sounds for some reason, i think its adorable. you're right about it going with genevieve or adeline though, i dont like it with either of those names.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I love the name Mae too, but 'Maelynn' reminds me too much of mailin' (as in: mailing).
How about Madeleine? Or Maeve? Just some suggestions.

Anyway, middle names for Maelynn...

Maelynn Sofia
Maelynn Elyse
Maelynn Celine
Maelynn Cecilia
Maelynn Giselle
Maelynn Anouk
Maelynn Lilia
Maelynn Justine
Maelynn Christine
Maelynn Joelle
Maelynn Lucille
Maelynn Lenore
Maelynn Adele
Maelynn Annika

[fangirlism]

Ha we had two of the same ideas (Elyse and Adele), except I spelled it Elise. XD

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Hahah. I actually think Elise is even prettier!

[fangirlism]

XD

I first spelled it Alise (I have an RP character whose mn is Alise, so that's what I default to), but changed it.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i think i like elise a lot more than elyse too! maelynn elise...me likieee. thank youuu!!!! :D

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

my boyfriend said the same thing! but some how i convinced him otherwise! it does though, you're right. but for some reason i really love it!

wow, thank you! i really like maelynn elyse! and maelynn lenore is sticking out at me for some reason...!

[sleepy-tears7.livejournal.com]

I agree with Maelynn Lenore for sure.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

yeah? the more i say it and see it the more i like it!

[sleepy-tears7.livejournal.com]

The way it flows, and sounds.. IDK to me it just sounds really beautiful.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i agree! now we just have to see if the boyfriend approves! lol :]

[fangirlism]

Maelyn Adele?
Maelyn Nicole?
Maelyn Elise?

Any name that flows like Marie (two syllable, accent on the second syllable) would work.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i'm really likin maelyn elise...i'm not sure if my boyfriend would but we'll see. i really like adele too but i already suggested that a while ago as a first name and he didnt like it so thats out, i guess. lol. and nicole is a little too common for me

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Maelyn isn't unique. It's a made up two syllable sound that fits right in with the trend..

Why not Madeleine/Madeline? You can still go with the nickname Maddie like you might have used for Madison, and it's way way way classier than Maelyn.

Madeleine Aurelia or Madeleine Aurora would be pick picks.

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

i'm not feelin madeline or madison anymore. i'm off the maddie nickname which, you're right, was one of the reasons why i liked madison so much. i just love the name mae and my middle name and i really love how it sounds together. thanks though!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Fair enough, as long as you love it..
I just think those kind of names are really unoriginal and mush into one another.. there seems to be a forumla around at the moment.

For girls it's 1) take a sound (may,kay,ja,brae..etc) 2) Add a lynn/elle/lee 3) hoorah you have a name! (Maylin, Braylee, Jaella)

For boys you do the same but add an -aden (Caden, Jayden, Haiden)

You can vary the spellings for uniqueness of course.

Anyway, you see what I'm getting at!

I'd use a name with a bit of pizzaz with a name like that: Anastasia, Felicity, Alessandra..etc

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

you're right, i've been looking on like baby name websites and there are a lot of those like jaelle names which are weird but for some reason i really like maelyn!

i dont necessarily like very long names, i'm not sure why and i hate any name that starts with a F for some reason...thanks though! :]

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

I think Maelynn/Maelyn sounds pretty, but it *looks* tacky (no offense, that's just my personal opinion, and I really do like the sound of the name).

I think Maelin looks prettier.

Middle name suggestions:
Maelyn Jean
Maelyn Elizabeth
Maelyn Leona
Maelyn Christine
Maelyn Olivia
Maelyn Irene
Maelyn Juliet
Maelyn Eve

[platomapus.livejournal.com]

thank you! really though? it looks weird, i give you that, but i like it mostly because lynn is my middle name and i really love that name...my boyfriend has already chopped off the extra n so i dont want to change the y to an i! ;]

IRENE! omggg. i like it AND its a name from my family!!! maelyn irene. i really love olivia but my boyfriend doesnt for some reason...i like how maelyn jean sounds but i dont really like jean...it reminds me of my sister's boyfriend's dad who named their little girl DENIM! =/ lol. thanks though! i really like irene!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Maelyn is pretty trendy. Just the make-up of it. Nice sound (may) plus 'lyn' = trendy. It fits right in with Kaelyn, Jaylyn, Aylin, etc. So if you don't like Madison because it's too trendy, and you want something unique, I wouldn't use Maelyn...

[azelmaroark.livejournal.com]

I think all "-lyn" names look incredibly trashy, tbh. I think I dislike it even more than Jaden/Hayden/etc, and I dislike that trend a whole heck of a lot. Seriously, it's nice that this name has special meaning to you, but think about it on a grown woman, a brain surgeon, an attorney, a senator, the president of the United States. Maelyn sounds like a five-year-old.

If you're absolutely stuck on the -lyn:

Evelyn
Jocelyn
Kaitlyn

These are legit names that don't sound made up and would age better on a grown woman than Maelyn.

Names that might incorporate "Lynn":

Lydia
Lynette
Ellen
Eleanor

Names you could get "Mae" out of:

Maeve
Maya
Matilda
Mara
Marlene
Macy
Margaret

Other names you might like:

Sadie
Vanessa
Ava
Sophie
Eliza
Jacqueline
Gabrielle

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Don't do that to a kid. Maelyn is awful and tacky and just plain trendy. Name her Mae Lynn or Maelle or Mae somemiddlename and just nickname her at home Maelyn. She will thank you for Mae, not Maelyn.