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Help[Opinions] Nora or Maeve
Hello! Been a member for a long time and a life-long lover of names. My DH and I are expecting and we already have a boy’s name picked out; Basil.
We’ve narrowed down our girl’s list to Maeve (his choice) and Nora (mine) though we both like the other name as well. I’m curious to your thoughts on both and which you prefer.
Here are some middle name ideas - we’re going to go with two. One of the middle names needs to be a Russian Orthodox Saint name as well; we are open to other suggestions that may or may not fit that. Last name is three syllables and starts with an S.
Juniper
Sabrina
Olive
Aurora
Sophia
Anna
Holly
Marion
Petra
Marina
Elsa (Honoring for Elsie, a family name. DH only likes Elsa though)
Wilhelmina (Honoring for William, a family name on both sides)
Thank you!
We’ve narrowed down our girl’s list to Maeve (his choice) and Nora (mine) though we both like the other name as well. I’m curious to your thoughts on both and which you prefer.
Here are some middle name ideas - we’re going to go with two. One of the middle names needs to be a Russian Orthodox Saint name as well; we are open to other suggestions that may or may not fit that. Last name is three syllables and starts with an S.
Juniper
Sabrina
Olive
Aurora
Sophia
Anna
Holly
Marion
Petra
Marina
Elsa (Honoring for Elsie, a family name. DH only likes Elsa though)
Wilhelmina (Honoring for William, a family name on both sides)
Thank you!
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Maeve is a bit trendy now, but I like it. It sounds sharp and clear
Nora feels a bit dusty and rough to me, especially since it means den, hole, or burrow in Polish.
Ideas for saints name:
Adelaide
Agatha
Anna
Ariadne
Aurelia
Beatrix
Catherine
Cecilia
Emilia
Felicity
Gwen
Hermione
Irene
Lucy
Lydia
Magdalene
Mary
Miriam
Sophia
Susanna
Theodora
Xenia
Nora feels a bit dusty and rough to me, especially since it means den, hole, or burrow in Polish.
Ideas for saints name:
Adelaide
Agatha
Anna
Ariadne
Aurelia
Beatrix
Catherine
Cecilia
Emilia
Felicity
Gwen
Hermione
Irene
Lucy
Lydia
Magdalene
Mary
Miriam
Sophia
Susanna
Theodora
Xenia
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I prefer Maeve, mainly just because it seems more pleasant to say out loud, for me. Or it's more jaunty sounding?
These are the Russian Orthodox saints' names that I saw
Anna
Sophia
Barbara
Eudoxia
Juliana
Maria
Xenia
Olga
Some with Nora & Maeve together -
Nora Maeve Xenia
Nora Maeve Juliana
Nora Maeve Eudoxia
Maeve Nora Juliana
Maeve Nora Maria
Maeve Nora Xenia
I think I prefer the middle two.
Also I did a long list of combinations; here's 10 I liked -
Nora Juliana Holly
Nora Juniper Sophia
Maeve Olga Sabrina
Maeve Olive Eudoxia
Maeve Olive Maria
Maeve Olive Juliana
Maeve Olga Holly
Maeve Barbara Holly
These are the Russian Orthodox saints' names that I saw
Anna
Sophia
Barbara
Eudoxia
Juliana
Maria
Xenia
Olga
Some with Nora & Maeve together -
Nora Maeve Xenia
Nora Maeve Juliana
Nora Maeve Eudoxia
Maeve Nora Juliana
Maeve Nora Maria
Maeve Nora Xenia
I think I prefer the middle two.
Also I did a long list of combinations; here's 10 I liked -
Nora Juliana Holly
Nora Juniper Sophia
Maeve Olga Sabrina
Maeve Olive Eudoxia
Maeve Olive Maria
Maeve Olive Juliana
Maeve Olga Holly
Maeve Barbara Holly
This message was edited 4/17/2020, 10:22 PM
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Congrats!!
I love Maeve and think its much lovelier than Nora. Juniper and Petra are gorgeous and my favorites for middle names, and I also like Elsa and the fact that it honors. I don't know anything about Russian Orthodox saint names, so I cant be much help there, but its a solid list of names so you can't go wrong. Good luck!
I love Maeve and think its much lovelier than Nora. Juniper and Petra are gorgeous and my favorites for middle names, and I also like Elsa and the fact that it honors. I don't know anything about Russian Orthodox saint names, so I cant be much help there, but its a solid list of names so you can't go wrong. Good luck!
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I love both names - we recently named our baby Nora Maeve!!
From your list my favourite combos are
Nora Wilhelmina
Nora Sabrina - I prefer Sabine
Maeve Elsa
Maeve Marion (This sounds a little bit like Maid Marion. With the second middle flow might be better?)
Although not very familiar with Russian Orthodox saints, I did a quick search and I really like:
Xenia
Barbara
Eudoxia
I adore and would definitely use Nora Xenia Sabine
From your list my favourite combos are
Nora Wilhelmina
Nora Sabrina - I prefer Sabine
Maeve Elsa
Maeve Marion (This sounds a little bit like Maid Marion. With the second middle flow might be better?)
Although not very familiar with Russian Orthodox saints, I did a quick search and I really like:
Xenia
Barbara
Eudoxia
I adore and would definitely use Nora Xenia Sabine
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I love both Nora and Maeve and actually think “Nora Maeve” works really well as a combo.
I’m not well versed in Russian Orthodox saint names so I don’t really have anything to add there, but since both you and your husband like both Nora and Maeve, why not just call her
Nora Maeve Middlename S...
That sounds beautiful to me, anyway :)
(BTW. Basil is an amazing name too. And congratulations with the baby.)
I’m not well versed in Russian Orthodox saint names so I don’t really have anything to add there, but since both you and your husband like both Nora and Maeve, why not just call her
Nora Maeve Middlename S...
That sounds beautiful to me, anyway :)
(BTW. Basil is an amazing name too. And congratulations with the baby.)
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Nora Maeve does sound good together and I didn't even think of that! The Russian Saint thing is more important to his family and their traditions so I will continue to brainstorm that one. A few of the middle name possibilities we have can honor a Saint with a similar sounding name (who knew?) so we might go with another from the list to satisfy that requirement.
Thank you so much! And I'm glad you like Basil as well! I get more negative reactions than positive but we love it so much.
Thank you so much! And I'm glad you like Basil as well! I get more negative reactions than positive but we love it so much.
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I love Maeve Wilhelmina! Thank you for the suggestion.
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Congrats!
I’m growing to like Basil, would love to hear it used in real life.
I love the combo Maeve Juniper.
ETA more comments:
Nora is fine, but I also find it a little nicknamey.
I prefer Maeve - it’s fresher and has more spunk imo. And Maeve seems easier to pair with most of your middle name choices. Although I don’t mind Nora Sophia and Nora Sabrina.
I’m growing to like Basil, would love to hear it used in real life.
I love the combo Maeve Juniper.
ETA more comments:
Nora is fine, but I also find it a little nicknamey.
I prefer Maeve - it’s fresher and has more spunk imo. And Maeve seems easier to pair with most of your middle name choices. Although I don’t mind Nora Sophia and Nora Sabrina.
This message was edited 4/17/2020, 12:29 AM
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