Baby Name Help!

Updated on July 25, 2007
R.H. asks from Kansas City, MO
24 answers

I am pregnant with my second girl and am struggling with a name! We feel confident that Julia will be the first name. It's the middle name we are struggling with. Each one has a beautiful meaning, which is why we chose them (we also like abbreviations and liked these combos-ie, JC, JR, JB). None are familial (on purpose) and all go well with our daughter's name and our last name.

Julia Clementine-merciful
Julia Roselle-rose
Julia Beatrice-voyager through life
Julia Belle-beautiful
Julia Claire-clear, bright and famous

TIA everyone!

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So What Happened?

Our first daughter's name was chosen before she was born and was a compilation of the two strongest women I have ever known. It's a hard name to run against for daughter #2. We decided to go the creative route and make her name something from our hearts--a creative choice her dad and I love. What a fun way to get some input! Thanks to everyone for responding. Now, I have a little better idea what to expect from the public from our name choice.

I will be sure to return the favor for any other name-struggling momma's out here!

Thanks again

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J.W.

answers from Kansas City on

Julia Belle or Julia Claire are both beautiful names my grandmother's middle name was Belle and my daughter's friend is named Belle,my cousin named is little girl's middle name Belle.

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M.B.

answers from Tulsa on

i love Julia claire and julia belle is my second choice! naming kids is hard! i wish they came like cabbage patch kids do already named LOL

~meg~

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J.D.

answers from Topeka on

My vote is Julia Claire...but, I'm personally biased...
my name is J. Clair and my husband calls me "JC". ;)

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S.K.

answers from Albuquerque on

I think I like Julia Belle the best.

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K.D.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I like Julia Belle, I just hear a mom yelling in a nice southern accent, "Julia Belle GET your little butt over hereeeee"

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W.B.

answers from Kansas City on

Hi R.,
It is so hard to pick a name for your child when you don't know them or can't see them or their personality.
I have 4 kids and each one of them have their own first name and then a family middle name. I like the old fashioned names for boys and unique names for girls.
So here are mine
Christopher Michael- first name my husband and I liked both and then Micheal is my husband first name.
Matthew Thomas- Here again my husband and I liked this name both and Thomas is my husbands dads middle name.
Jilliean Kathryne- When I picked this name for my daughter I wanted a name that was uncommen and unique (I was very addiment about her having this first name), for the spelling I didn't like how when you looked at it there was lots of i's and l's so thats why I added the E, also we call her "jillie" so it is in her name. The middle name comes from my mother in law and my middles name. My middle name is kaye so when I was choosing my daughters instead of going with the normal spelling I made it so my middle name would be spelt in it also.
Rhiannon Lucille- For my 4th and final I was so stumped on a name. I like "ann" but couldnt really find something that I liked. So one day my husband call and said how about the name Rhiannon and since I was so addiment about my first daughters I let him have this one, then it was time for the middle name we wanted to honor a grandparent or something like this so my SIL told me that my MIL mother's middle name was Lucille and that was it, we had found her name. Her first name is from The song Fleetwood Mac sings "Rhiannon" and for short we call her Rhicy first part of "rhiannon" and last pary of the shorten version of Lucy.

In my opinion I like the name Julia but I don't like the middle names. But here again it is just my opinion. I like names that have a ring that when you say it, it jumps out at you. But it is your child and you may like these names so you go with what you like no matter what I say or anybody else. I never did look at the meanings of the names for my kids I just thought of a name that I liked and went from there. But if I had to pick one I would go with Julia Rose, I like that one the best but leave of the "lle", but just my opinion. Goodluck W.

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C.G.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I like Julia Belle the best. Good luck in your decision and Congrats on the baby.

M.A.

answers from Kansas City on

Hi R.!

I vote for Claire! I always loved that name.

I like easy and short too, less of a hassle for the kids to learn how to write and spell:)

Mariana Abadie
www.MyKidsFirst.com

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A.B.

answers from Wichita on

I don't know how much help it is since we all have different opinions :) lol I personally love the way Julia Claire sounds. And JC sounds really cute as initials. I used a family name for my first two girls, but this time I am using my best friends middle name. I found after you use mother's and grandmother's there was just way to much compettition between all the rest of the family for a name.

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D.T.

answers from Kansas City on

I like Julia Claire. Julia has so many syllables that a single syllable middle name really goes.

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K.R.

answers from Lawton on

I like Julia Belle! When we had our daughter, I wanted to name her Miranda Belle, we went completely different though-Olivia Christine. Olivia because it's old fashion and Christine after my sister. Congrats on the baby and good luck with the name game!

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C.G.

answers from Oklahoma City on

I like Julia Belle and Julia Claire the best. But for abbreviation purposes, I like Julia Claire the best. Good luck w/ your decision. I know how hard it is, I have 3 daughters. I really struggled w/ their names b/c I wanted something pretty and unique.

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D.M.

answers from Oklahoma City on

My favorite is Julia Claire

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M.R.

answers from Wichita on

I really like Julia Claire. I often think about whether children will make fun of other children's names and I think Roselle and Belle would not be good because of that. Clementine and Beatrice are good also, I just happen to love the name Claire.

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J.V.

answers from Tulsa on

I think that Julia Roselle is beautiful!!

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H.C.

answers from Wichita on

i think that Julia Belle is a wonderful name it is so beautiful and rolls off the tongue easy. my mom always said that if you can't say there whole name like you would when they are in trouble you better keep picking for example when everi would get in trouble when i was little my mom would always yell H. christina and when i was in big trouble the last name would get thrown in with it.
good luck
H.

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T.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

Hi R.

Thanks for letting all of us help you decide on the name of your baby, its a big decision. I was kind of like you when I chose my sons name, I looked up the meanings and thought about initials as well. The name Julia is beautiful as far as a middle name I like Claire, and Julia Rose w/o the elle on the end. The name Roselle is relly pretty, it does not seem to work with Julia to me. The other thing my husband and I thought about was our family and if there was anyone we wanted to honor by using any part of their name for our son. I just like the idea of being able to tell my son now how we came up with his name, the thought we put behind it, and the reason we decided on what we did. There are lots of boy and girl names we like but there was no purpose behind them and I think every child askes some day why they where given the name they where given. Its nice to have a story to tell them, it makes tem feel special.

Anyway, thanks again for letting us help you. This, in and of itself makes a cool story to share with her. You could even print all of our responses to put in her baby book.

Congrats on the baby and please share with us what you decide.

Best wishes

T.

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B.V.

answers from Kansas City on

Hello,
I am moving to MO in a week so I thought I'd change my zipcode for this website and start meeting people.
As far as the names go, I love the last one! It rolls very easily when you say it and how much better could you get for the meaning to have all 3 in one?. Plus as far as abbreviations go, I think JC is very cute for a little girl.
Hope that helps.
B.

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L.K.

answers from Springfield on

All the names you have in mind are pretty. I had a friend named Julia Ann and her mom would call her Julie Ann when she was mad at her. Anyway, I thought you would find this funny: I have a brother-in-law with a baby boy on the way and he wants to name him Captain.
Good luck.

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J.W.

answers from Springfield on

I don't know... Do any of the middle names have a special meaning to you?

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J.S.

answers from Kansas City on

Hello, My name is Julia and I personally always loved my middle name Lindsay because while my first name was short I had a long middle name. I know it is not something on your list but its something to think about. Of the names that you have I like Claire the best.

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C.L.

answers from Kansas City on

I think Julia Claire or Julia Belle sounds the best. OR like somebody else had suggested, Julia Rose w/o the lle on the end... Julia Rose sounds pretty... But as for initals I like JC... Good luck!

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E.A.

answers from Lawton on

Julia Roselle, that's my favorite. I think it flows the best. Plus Roselle is unique.

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B.S.

answers from Kansas City on

Julia Belle is very cute!

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