Opinions on middle names...?

In Greek tradition, we name the our children after grandparents. In my case if its a boy, he will be named Nicholas after my father n law. If its a girl, she will be named Joanna after my mother. I'm leaning towards Nicholas Alexander which I love for a boy, but I'm having a hard time finding a middle name for Joanna...I don't really like the name that much, but I have no choice, I want to honor my mother. The only thing I can think of is Joanna Marie. I can't think of anything that flows nicely. Unfortunately, we have a really loooong Greek last name that starts with an S and ends with an S and is 4 syllables. LOL. Anybody have any ideas on something that flows nicely? Please, no trendy names like Madison or Kaylee. It has to be a biblical name that can be translated to Greek for her baptism. Thanks!

anna2008-08-26T11:09:01Z

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It's very special that you want to continue the tradition of your family and culture. Joanna is actually a very lovely name and has the advantage of working well in many different languages.

Some names that might work well as middle names are:

Joanna Helen
Joanna Chloe
Joanna Grace
Joanna Faith
Joanna May
Joanna Charis

Best wishes!

kbrdzmom2008-08-26T18:17:10Z

Here are a few suggestions

Joanna Celine
Joanna Karissa
Joanna Rhea
Joanna Yvonne

All have a good ring to them and you could call her by the middle name. All of these lend themselves to cute nicknames.

Another suggestion is to pick a name that start with a constanstant letter or a long vowel sound. The vowel sound at the end of Joanna makes it hard not to make it sound funny by saying Joanna Alexis or Joanna Echo.

?2008-08-26T17:50:42Z

Joanna Eve "to breathe"
Joanna Joel "YAHWEH is God"
Joanna Rebekah "a snare"
Joanna Ruth "friend"

I don't really know if I did that right for you. I tried to look some up. I'm not familiar with Greek tradition. I do like the name Joanna tho. It's pretty. Anyway, hope it helped... like I said I don't know if you can even use those names. If not sorry. GOOD LUCK

Tracey - Mom to O, N & S2008-08-26T18:13:59Z

Joanna Elizabeth
Joanna Evelyn
Joanna Marie is good

Will I Ever???2008-08-26T17:50:13Z

Joanna Michelle

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