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HelpRe: Middle name for Juliana? Sisters for her?
in reply to a message by bopperlynn
I love Juliana! It's one of my favorites.
Of your ideas I like:
Juliana Calliope
Juliana Beatrix
Juliana Caroline
The main problem with some of your lineup is that the flow would just be "off" with them as a middle name. Juliana Lena just sounds incredibly clunky for instance. Still a nice name but they don't flow well together and a good combo needs good flow. One of the ways to achieve this is to select an iambic middle name. An iambic name means that the stress is on the second syllable. Which is why Marie is such a common US female middle because the average person doesn't know as many iambic names let alone consciously aware of the phenomenon of its usage. When in doubt other French names cover the bases for this. Some examples of iambic middle names include:
Juliana Celine
Juliana Cosette
Juliana Colette
Juliana Odette
Juliana Nadine
Juliana Yvette
Juliana Adele
Juliana Celeste
Juliana Rochelle
Juliana Brigitte
Juliana Clarisse
Juliana Roxanne
Juliana Suzanne
Etc.
Sometimes it doesn't have to be iambic it & it just has to have the right cadence. Sometimes this is achieved by having a different sounding suffix to the middle name. Which is why Elizabeth is another very common middle.
Juliana Elizabeth
Juliana Naomi
Juliana Christine
Juliana Nicolette
Juliana Bernadette
Juliana Dominique
Juliana Rosalie
Juliana Rosemarie
Juliana Isabelle
Juliana Winifred
Etc.
Other ideas I hadn't mentioned yet:
Juliana Charmaine
Juliana Olivia
Juliana Rose
Juliana Rosaline
Juliana Leanne
Juliana Margery
Juliana Madeline
Juliana Cathleen
Juliana Estelle
Juliana Noelle
Juliana Marguerite
Juliana Vanessa
Also I'm sorry I thought you were just a mom that came onto this site I hadn't realized you were someone that had been a user for a while sorry if I was explaining stuff you already knew ha
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https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473
Of your ideas I like:
Juliana Calliope
Juliana Beatrix
Juliana Caroline
The main problem with some of your lineup is that the flow would just be "off" with them as a middle name. Juliana Lena just sounds incredibly clunky for instance. Still a nice name but they don't flow well together and a good combo needs good flow. One of the ways to achieve this is to select an iambic middle name. An iambic name means that the stress is on the second syllable. Which is why Marie is such a common US female middle because the average person doesn't know as many iambic names let alone consciously aware of the phenomenon of its usage. When in doubt other French names cover the bases for this. Some examples of iambic middle names include:
Juliana Celine
Juliana Cosette
Juliana Colette
Juliana Odette
Juliana Nadine
Juliana Yvette
Juliana Adele
Juliana Celeste
Juliana Rochelle
Juliana Brigitte
Juliana Clarisse
Juliana Roxanne
Juliana Suzanne
Etc.
Sometimes it doesn't have to be iambic it & it just has to have the right cadence. Sometimes this is achieved by having a different sounding suffix to the middle name. Which is why Elizabeth is another very common middle.
Juliana Elizabeth
Juliana Naomi
Juliana Christine
Juliana Nicolette
Juliana Bernadette
Juliana Dominique
Juliana Rosalie
Juliana Rosemarie
Juliana Isabelle
Juliana Winifred
Etc.
Other ideas I hadn't mentioned yet:
Juliana Charmaine
Juliana Olivia
Juliana Rose
Juliana Rosaline
Juliana Leanne
Juliana Margery
Juliana Madeline
Juliana Cathleen
Juliana Estelle
Juliana Noelle
Juliana Marguerite
Juliana Vanessa
Also I'm sorry I thought you were just a mom that came onto this site I hadn't realized you were someone that had been a user for a while sorry if I was explaining stuff you already knew ha
Please rate my "Names I would Use" list & "Backup Favorites" list. Feel free to rate some of my other lists too if you have the time.
https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/223226/138473
This message was edited 2/12/2022, 8:17 AM
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Thank you so much for your insightful answer. What you said makes SO much sense!
I like:
Juliana Cosette
Juliana Odette
Juliana Celeste
Juliana Christine
Juliana Winifred
Thank you again so much. This will help me have an easier time searching for a MN.
I like:
Juliana Cosette
Juliana Odette
Juliana Celeste
Juliana Christine
Juliana Winifred
Thank you again so much. This will help me have an easier time searching for a MN.
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Okay, this makes me feel better, because so many names I like for girls end in -a but I wasn’t sure if it was “too much”. Thank you!
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Well and none of these are really hard-hitting rules or anything either. Some combos break all of the "rules" and still sounds alright as a set. Sometimes you find something that you really like and if it's slightly off it doesn't matter in the end because that was just the right combination.
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You're welcome. Let me know if you need more ideas. Middle name brainstorming is my cup of tea in naming.
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I might take you up on this through PMs at some point! And maybe run some boy names by you too haha.
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That would be fine, I'd be happy to help
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