We are expecting our first child - a baby girl! I am due May 1. We want to use Hank as the middle name in honor of my father-in-law who recently passed away. Choosing such a masculine middle name has made it difficult. Our choices are...
Berkley
Nora
Esme (not sure if we would include the accent mark or not)
Matilda
Elyse
PLEASE give me some guidance!!!
Hank is a particularly difficult middle name to work with even if you were naming a boy. With a girl's name, it is nearly impossible. Was Hank your father-in-law's given name, or was it short for Henry? The name Henry would be significantly easier to work with, especially since it sounds like a surname: Nora Henry DeYoung works just fine.
If you must use Hank (if, for example, it WAS your father-in-law's given name), I suggest using it as one of two middle names. Not only will this improve the rhythm and make the name easier to incorporate, it gives your daughter an option later if she would prefer not to have the middle name Hank.
