{"id":6543,"date":"2010-12-15T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T12:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2010\/12\/15\/middle-name-challenge-reese-______-ogle\/"},"modified":"2010-12-15T08:39:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T12:39:00","slug":"middle-name-challenge-reese-______-ogle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2010\/12\/15\/middle-name-challenge-reese-______-ogle\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle Name Challenge: Reese ______ Ogle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nicole writes:<\/p>\n

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We’re expecting our first child, a girl, on 1\/11\/11, and cannot decide on a middle name. Our last name is Ogle. Her first name will be Reese, but can’t settle on a middle name that we both like and that flows nicely with our last name. The middle names we’ve considered are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Elizabeth – don’t want to use because of a family dispute<\/div>\n
Irene – my grandmothers’ names, but don’t think it sounds right<\/div>\n
Nicole – my name<\/div>\n
Renee – my middle name<\/div>\n
Isabelle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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We’re not attached to using a family name but kind of liked the idea of honoring both great-grandmothers. We mostly just want a middle name that sounds good between Reese and Ogle.<\/div>\n
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Any suggestions?<\/div>\n
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Thanks!!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Similar in rhythm and sound to Elizabeth (but without the family dispute) is Felicity: Reese Felicity Ogle.<\/p>\n

Another name with the rhythm of Elizabeth is Olivia: Reese Olivia Ogle.<\/p>\n

I also like Reese Miranda Ogle.<\/p>\n

Another possibility is a hybrid I saw recently: Elizabelle. It gives you Elizabeth and Isabelle, and it sounds very pretty with the other names: Reese Elizabelle Ogle. This does give the initials REO (as in REO Speedwagon<\/a>), but I’m guessing a ’70s\/’80s band isn’t going to be the kind of thing elementary school students will be familiar with. I mention it only because that’s the sort of thing I like to think through and accept in advance, rather than suddenly realizing it after the baby has been named.<\/p>\n

The name Irene isn’t perfect as a middle name for Reese, but it’s good—and in fact, the more I think of it, the more I like it. I think if you don’t have a strong feeling about a particular middle name, you might feel pleased later on if you used a name that reminded you of both of your grandmothers. Then if anyone ELSE didn’t think the flow was perfect, they’d think, “Well, but it’s a FAMILY name”—an explanation that covers a great deal of imperfection. And it’s so rare for a name to be said in full. Yes, I think if I were you I’d use Irene.<\/p>\n

Name update!<\/span> Nicole writes:<\/p>\n

We went with Reese Nicole. We just thought it sounds better together. But we’re planning on using Irene for our next girl’s middle name (assuming we have another girl, that is) :)<\/p>\n

Thanks!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicole writes: We’re expecting our first child, a girl, on 1\/11\/11, and cannot decide on a middle name. Our last name is Ogle. Her first name will be Reese, but can’t settle on a middle name that we both like and that flows nicely with our last name. The middle names we’ve considered are: Elizabeth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1Hx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}