You absolutely do not need a middle name (I never had one and it didn’t matter at all).

But if you must, my vote is Mary Indigo

Anonymous wrote:Mary Elliot
Mary Sloane
Mary Brynn
Mary Hazel
Mary Ellis
Mary Lyra
Mary Simone
Mary Dove
Mary True

Lots of good ideas, but I especially like these. And I love Mary!

I like Mary Catherine

Lyric, Harmony

A friend's daughter has Stormbreaker as her middle name, which is pretty wonderful.

Mary Prankster

I know several cool Mary’s.

Mary Rose
Mary Frances
Something similar to Mary Pierce (family last name)

Zebra

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What vibe are you into? Hesitant to recommend anything funky since Mary implies conservative catholic.

OP here. We are neither conservative nor Catholic! We’re art lovers but not artists; music lovers but not musicians. We’re both huge readers and athletic. City dwellers. Both PhD’s (different fields). And tall (not that that matters 😂).

Since your tall Bean, as in beanstalk.

Jeez, maybe the kid can just join a cult or a hair khrisna cult (the crazy ones in the U.S. not normal ones in India) based on these suggestions!

Mary Christmas.

Rockin!

Nyx

You could go with the muses Calliope, Clio, or Thalia. I’d avoid the others. You could also use Athena or Minerva, or one from a less familiar mythology. Here’s Wikipedia’s list of art deities from around the world, and the page for muses:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_deities
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muses
Nameberry has a list of names from mythology that you might like (Aurora, Chloe, Phoebe, Calypso, Ariadne, etc.)
https://nameberry.com/list/433/goddess-baby-names

I’ve always loved the name Eleanor. It reminds me of 2 amazing women: E. Roosevelt and E. of Aquitaine. It’s a pretty name, conventional enough to be easily pronounced and spelled, and has a lot of potential nicknames the child can choose from.

You could use Davi (for Da Vinci) or Renee/Renai for Renaissance.

Georgia (O’Keefe)

If you like blue, you could go with a specific shade - Azure, Cyan, Indigo, Sapphire, Periwinkle, or even Lavender (dilly, dilly)

Misc. names I like: Aiden, Linnet, Paloma

Mary Love
Mary Rain
Mary River
Mary Soleil
Mary Bird

Anonymous wrote:Have you thought about using your mother's or grandmother's maiden name? That would be meaningful while avoiding the cutesy Mary Jane/Mary Alice problem.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/981863.page