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The one name that came to mind is Alex (gender neutral/St. Alexander). I named my baby that I miscarried at 9 weeks and I think it helped me heal a lot. I had chromosomal testing done when I had the D&C, so we knew ours was a girl.

So sorry for your loss! Big hugs

So sorry for your loss. The first gender neutral name with Catholic/saint significance that popped into my head was Francis (Frances).

@yoursilverlining: Francis/es was my first thought, too.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

So sorry for your loss. Dh & I felt the same about our loss & choose to name it Gabriel after the messenger angel. We believe God was sending us a message & preparing us for the blessings yet to come. I posted a few threads about it a little over a year a go. Do what your family needs to help you grieve. Every night we pray for all our children's saint's (Gabriel, Michael, & Isabelle) to watch over us & to pray for us. It brings us such peace & happiness knowing our baby is watching over their brother & sister.

I'm so sorry for your loss... I really like the suggestion of Gabriel.

@MaryM: i am so sorry for your loss! We had a missed miscarriage in November at 12 weeks and decided to name the baby. I had a feeling it was a girl is we went with a girl name but there is no way to know. My MIL did a plaque for us at a similar site at our church. As far as names, my first thought was Julian partly because I love Julian of Norwich...I hope you find something that is a good fit for you.

So sorry for your loss! That seems really nice your church has something like that.

I am so sorry for your loss. I also thought about Jude and I particularly love the combination @Rainbow Sprinkles: suggested of Jude Frances.

I was going to say Frances as well.

I'm so sorry for your loss

We're Catholic, too, and we named both of our angel babies. Originally, we were looking at saints' names, but two other names appealed to us, neither of which were saints. We decided to use them (Elliot for the first baby, Payton for the second) along with family names for middle names. Our hospital gave us "Recognition of Life" certificates, and it's so nice to have something physical to remember our babies by.

You have some great suggestions here! I hope that whatever you choose, naming your angel helps to bring some peace to you and your SO.

I'm so sorry.

I was going to say Francis/es but I think it's even sweeter that it would include a piece of you. Does your DH have a patron saint for the middle name?

I'm so sorry for your loss.

We named both our miscarried babies very early on and we didn't know the gender, but we prayed for a while about what the names should be. In both cases we felt strongly they were girls, so we gave them girl names. The names were inspired by Bible verses that came to me during my mourning period. Ultimately, we sent announcement cards with their names and those verses to close friends and family.

Naming the girls helped us enormously during our grieving period because we could talk about them as people and memorialize them. It also helped us to know that although they were here very briefly, they were acknowledged by their parents as having fulfilled God-given purpose. I saved one of the cards from each announcement and intend to get them framed at one point.