The Baby Name Wizard

CFB is a starting point for me
Classic
Feminine
Beautifull

As i said upthread the anti "womanly" thing was/is crazy and i want to fight that

I didnt know that predictable was a bad thing - i didnt even know i was being predictable :(

I do like your other suggestions - Lydia Claire a lot

I'm still tossing around the others

Thanks to everybody who chimed in about Violet. I really appreciate the input. :)

Guest--

What about Charlotte Rose?
Nora Caroline?

I like Lydia Claire too. :)

hyz--

I do like the flow of Min-ah Hyacinth Soh when all three names are used. Hyacinth Soh is a little hard to say. And for some reason, Hyacinth Soh makes me think "I don't think so." Even though "don't" is stressed and the "uh" in Hyacinth is not, that's what my brain automatically goes to. Weird, huh?

Nora = snorer - wouldnt work

Charlotte Rose and Lydia Claire are good

If there is support for Harriet at the end of this i would use Harriet Rose

Guest –
I like Harriet. I, too, have the “hairy” concern, but I think that’s fairly minor. Others have suggested some great nickname possibilities. Harriet Tubman is another wonderful namesake who I don’t think has been mentioned – talk about a strong woman! I totally agree with you that giving boys’ names to girls (but rarely girls’ names to boys) is not consistent with the goals of feminism. On a somewhat related note, one of my (many, many) naming rules is “no feminized boys’ names” (e.g., Robert/Roberta, Thomas/Thomasina). To me this group of names seems like another example of a cultural preference for males, as if their names are standards after which girls’ names can be modeled (but again rarely the other way around) or that it is more important to pass them on (i.e., Michael wanted a junior, but didn’t have any sons, thus his daughter Michaela). I don’t know if that’s reasonable and I certainly wouldn’t expect others, even self-identified feminists, to feel similarly. I just thought I would bring it up given your previously mentioned concerns. I sometimes wish I could “get over” this rule because it means I can’t use some names that I otherwise really like (Josephine, Charlotte, Harriet).

Gee-I can't seem to get off this board today! Jennifer I came up with some longer boys names that may fit your style:
Anthony, Bartholemew, Barnaby, Benedict, Bernardo, Benjamin, Broderick, Demarcus, Demetrius, Dominic, Donovan, Duncan, Finnegan, Frederick, Garrison/Garrett, Gregory, Harrison, Jacoby, Jameson, Lorenzo, any "Mac" name, Nicholas, Oliver, Sebastian.

Guest-Maybe predictable wasn't quite the right choice of words but I don't know if I can find any other words to describe what I was thinking. Classic, feminine, and beautiful can cover many names but those characteristics are very subjective. That said, let's see if I can offer some more ideas. How about Audrey Rose, Miranda Celeste, Helena Diane, Theresa Michelle, Jacqueline Olivia,Camilla Nicole, Stella Caroline, Rachel Priscilla, Bridget Danielle, Bianca Giselle, Sarah Virginia,
Aimee Rhiannon,??

Jen PH

Would it help to think of a name as an adjective?

In French, the gender of an adjective changes to match the gender of the item that it's modifying. Blanc and blanche both mean "white," but the first applies only to masculine items whereas the second applies only to feminine items. (Well, there's some pronunciation things where you'd use the feminine, but that's really beside the point. :P) The only inherent value is to the meaning "white" not the gender.

So, the meaning of Charlotte is "free." When it's applied to a boy, its form is Charles. When it's applied to a girl, its form is Charlotte.

Jen PH

Would Harriet "work" in your opinion with the Rogers?

Last name Rogers that is

AK--that's funny about "I don't think so"--I can definitely see where you're coming from.

Guest,
if the "hairy" thing doesn't bother you (and I'm not saying it should), then I think Harriet Rose is lovely. Harriet Rose Rogers might be a few too many Rs depending on your taste, but I actually think it sounds fine, and I think Harriet Rogers sounds great. I also agree that Amy Anything is a little too plain for my ears, probably just because I grew up with so many Amys that the name itself doesn't jump out at me. I do like Caroline, though. I'm not such a fan of Amber--I've always thought of it as a "lightweight" name, kind of along the lines of Tiffany Amber Thiessen (a.k.a. Kelly from Saved by the Bell)--someone who values looks over character/intelligence.

Regarding your others:
Mary Margaret--this sounds adorably 1930s-60s Catholic to me, or like a Frank McCourt character, but if that's not what you're going for, I'd avoid this combination.

Maia Louise--I think this is fine, but not my style. As others have mentioned, Maia seems to be a pretty hot name right now (not sure if that bothers you). And I know many on here love Louise, but it sounds pretty frumpy to me--I prefer Eloise or even Louisa.

Charlotte Kimberly--I like Charlotte, but Kimberly is another one that sounds 60s/70s/80s dated to me, and doesn't really give me any good feelings.

For my personal tastes, I think you could mix and match a lot of your names to get even better ones, such as:
Caroline Margaret
Margaret Caroline
Margaret Rose
Caroline Rose
Charlotte Rose
Charlotte Maia
Mary Caroline
Mary Charlotte
etc.
etc.

You're lucky in your last name. Rogers goes with almost anything.

I like Lydia Claire best of the names you've suggested. But it sounds like you really want to go for Harriet and are afraid others will think it's too outlandish. It's a beautiful name and if it will make you happy, then choose it! I would pick the nickname you want to go with concurrently and start using it early to avoid the "Harry" problem, but that's just me.

I don't like Harriet much with Rose as the mn, it just hits my ears wrong. Some other combinations I like better are:

Harriet Louise
Harriet Rebecca
Harriet Claire
and for some reason, Harriet Elaine sounds very pretty, even though I don't much like the name Elaine ordinarily.

I think hyz's suggestions of Margaret Rose, Margaret Caroline, and Caroline Rose are all beautiful. Margaret Caroline Rogers has a lovely rhythm, and a host of fun nn possibilities.

I'm not set in stone on Harriet i just liked it when i thought about it

Mary Margaret - my mother is devoutly Catholic and suggested it to me - i don't feel comfortable with her pushing a name on me to be honest - i had to almost fight to grow up cause of her

AK--I disagree...I believe that Charlotte is the diminutive of Charles. I can see where giving a girl a name that derives from a boy's name with a diminutive suffix could be seen as antifeminist. I see the Latin names, like Julia/Julius or Antonia/Anthony, ,as more "free." Ah, the subtleties of languages. I'm still very upset that my dad didn't teach me French when I was a baby.
Imagine...a whole wonderful linguistic world I would've had all this time...;_;.

Just to chime in - some names that are right-out, off my list, because they're coming up too fast: Lucy (seems to be in every Hollywood movie these days), Lila[h], Madolyn (or any variant). I know way too many 1-to-3 year-olds with these names.

It also seems like Madeleine seems overdone because it has the same basic sound as Madison, which has been so popular for so long. They're just not different enough so they end up in the same bucket.

You say you like the name Hyacinth but it doesn't go well with Soh, so how about Jacinda or Jacynda? It means the same as Hyacinth and I think it fits very well with Soh.

Jen PH said that she has a personal rule regarding “no feminized boys’ names”
and

I sometimes wish I could “get over” this rule because it means I can’t use some names that I otherwise really like (Josephine, Charlotte, Harriet).

I wasn't saying that the viewpoint I offered was right or wrong. It was just another way to look at things--that maybe it would help to consider the names according to their meanings. The meaning of Charlotte, as listed in baby name books is "free." Like Violet means "purple flower."

Regarding the Latin names:

Roman women during the Republic had even less variation in their names, with every daughter in the same household being limited to the feminine form of her father's nomen gentilicium, which might be enhanced with "Prima", "Secunda", Tertia" ("First", "Second", "Third"), etc. merely to indicate a daughter's position of birth among her sisters.

Does anyone have an impression of the name Sabina? What kind of girl/woman do you think of?

I like the sound of it but have some concerns... would love to hear opinions if you'll humor me.

For angelina jolie's twins:
Anouk
Amile
Clemintine
Florence
Isla
Lucia
Pascale
Sasha
Xavier
Theodore
Sebastain
Vladimir
Dominique
xoxoxomadeleine

I didn't choose Aylin because when I was pregnant, one of the contestants on American Idol had the same name. I'm named after a soap opera character, and didn't want to straddle my children with the same popular name problem.

I saw that episode of Dr. Phil, and I loved the name as well. It's probably been about two years since it aired (maybe a little less?) but the name stuck with me and I've been seriously considering it. But I think I would spell it Tecoah, just because I don't want it to look too much like "taco" (Tacoa), which would be the first thing a group of nasty middle school bullies would come up with.

As far as girls names, I've come up with so many in the past few months that I love, and I can't decide what I want to go with. I want to name her something uncommon. Growing up, I was one of about fifty in my school with the same name, and I always wished I had something to set me a little apart. So I need something different, but not...weird.

These are some of my favorite names I've found. Can be used for either first or middle names. Feel free to add anything you think would sound nice :)

- Cambria (one of my students was named Cambria and I thought it was beautiful)
- Karisma
- Vienna (friend's sister's name, love it)
- Shannon (more common now a days, potential middle name)
- Tecoah
- Rachelle/Rochelle (also becoming more popular, middle name perhaps?)
- Berlin/Berlyn
- Tatiana (pronounced Tot-tee-on-ah)
- Samara (pronounced Sa-mar-a)