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2010  Middle Name Challenge: Deven Elise and Quinn _____?  Jen
writes: our second daughter, quinn, is scheduled to arrive 7/7
and we still need a middle name for her. both our girls will
have androgynous first names (she'll be little sister to deven)
with more feminine middle names so that, if they end up hating
the first, they'll have an option.  SO, middle name needs to be
stand-alone as a feminine name - and by stand-alone, i mean a
less unusual choice...deven's middle name is elise.  the other
complicating factor is that we have a long last name - something
that sounds like micon (hyphen) bonner - and so we think the
middle name shouldn't be more than 3 syllables...but not a
monosyllable because it kind of clunks after quinn.  i could be
persuaded to go longer for a name i really love but anything
beyond 3 syllables starts sounding very princess-y to me.
(alexandria, gabriela, etc)  lastly, while we love quinn as a
first name - and love deven