Eighth child, third girl, and for the first time I'm clueless....
We have a bunch of rules for our kids' names which before have always helped us and are now just causing problems.
We want the name to have some sort of personal meaning to us (but recognize we may have to fudge on this a bit.)
We don't want the first name to start with the same letter as anyone else in our family...that nixes J, C, P, A, S, R, M, and T.
We have an extremely common last name, so we prefer uncommon first names, but without "funky" spelling.
There are three people with six names between them that we would be interested in honoring with this daughter's name: Elizabeth Rae, Sharaze Rose, and Deborah Diane.
Her sister's names are Janessa and Anya, so I would like this name to fit sound-wise, ie I love the name Bridget but I don't think it works.
So....help? Any and all ideas would be welcome! Thank you!
Stormimay
Thu, 05/24/2012 - 7:29pm
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Rose is difficult since the only thing I can think of is a mashup such as Roseana, but R is already used. Maybe double barrel or mash it with something a little less common? Ellarose could be a namesake for Elizabeth and Rose.
I'm not sure how you would say Sharaze-is the start like Charlotte or more like Sharon? I like something like Sharla or Charla, but I see you don't want another C or S name. Working with the last syllable (which I assume rhymes with haze) I wonder if you'd like Hazel. Not sure if it's a good fit with Janessa and Anya though.
Diane seems like a good fit for you since the initial hasn't been used. I think I like Diana a little better with your other. Depending on how far away you are willing to get from the original name, a double barrel or mash-up using Ann could work. Leanne, Susanne, etc. The receptionist at my former doctor's office was named Raeanne (ray-ann). Don't know how you'd feel about something like that, but it would fit in 2 of your potential namesakes.
Deborah fits better spelled Debra I think, but it does seem a little dated.
From Elizabeth I immediatly thought of Eliza for the shared A ending with your other girls. Janessa, Anya & Eliza. Or, if you are willing, you could use another language variant of the name. Isabela, Bettina, Elise, Elsa, Liesel. There are so many-I think looking at variations of Elizabeth might be your best bet.
Sharaze is pronounced Sha like in Charlotte and raze as in Haze. We've even thought of Sharae as an option for a middle name, but we aren't thrilled with it. Hubby likes Raze, but I don't think it sound like a name, or a word we would want to be a name.
I hadn't thought of Diane as a variant of the name Ann, which unfortunately makes me like it less....Anya is our Ann, rather. I appreciate you bringing that up though.
If we did anything with Deborah it would have to be the long version, as it's my mother's name and she is emphatic about the "correct" spelling. lol We are considering using it as the saint's name, which doesn't have to be legal.
I really like Eliza and can't believe it never occurred to be before. Either Eliza Diane or Eliza Rose might work....hmmm.
Thank you!
Stormimay
Eliza Roseanne, perhaps?
Eliza was my first thought! :)
I'm impressed it's taken you until now to be stumped on a name; we had plenty of trouble with our first (and currently only) one! Good luck!
Ok, so I had a bunch of thoughts, but decided to put in all you requirements into the NameFinder. I added the -a ending as a requirement and a minimum of 2 syllables. This is what it came up with:
http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/advanced-name-finder/results?gender=F¬_start=c,%20s,%20j,%20m,%20p,%20a,%20r,%20t&end=a&min_syllables=2
I think a lot of those would work well with your daughters' names. If you use an Elizabeth variant (which could easily be done in the above--I do like the Eliza suggestion), then you could possibly use Bridget as a middle name.
Or you could use Brigitta which would fit, and I actually like better than Bridget. Improper pronunciation from others might get annoying with it though. Or you could use Britta, although that conjures up the water purifier.
Hopefully something on that list will spark an interest!
Thank you!
Above guest was me, and then when I went to look at that list it said nothing was found! Oops!
Oh! Annoying--the link worked earlier.
Ok--go to NameFinder. Click girl. Put in the first initials you don't want to use in the "CAN'T start with" box separated by commas and a space between them. Then I added "a" to the "MUST end with" box. Then I put a 2 in the Minimum syllables box. Then click SEARCH. :-) It should regenerate the list for you.
I really like Diana. The style might be a bit different from your other girls, but the sounds flow nicely.
Diana isn't a variant of Ann, so it doesn't compete with Anya. (Diana is the Roman name for the goddess of the hunt; it has a totally different derivation from Ann.)
How about Diana Rose?
That is a lot of rules! One thought I have is Zara, it takes the middle of Sharaze backwards... maybe a bit of stretch but I think it is a pretty name and fits your rules and sounds nice with the sisters. Zora is another idea, you could sort of call it a mashup from Sharaze and Deborah, I like the sound of it a little better than Zara with the sisters.
I do like a Eliza a lot too... it also fits. I'm somehow having trouble picturing Diana or Deborah or Bridget in the group.
i like one posters suggestion of Eliza Bridget or Bridgitta or even Eliza Birgitte, i may have misspelled the last one, but it is pronounced burr-zsheet unless it's Brigitte...
I like Elizabeth Rose, you can call her Elsa or Elsie, or Betsy. Maybe avoid Ella, although it is so beautiful, it has become very common.
Love Bridget....also Brigid, which is even more Irish sounding.
Another take on Bridgette is the Scandinavian Birgitta. Birgitta Rose, Birgitta Elizabeth, they're both special and beautiful.
We have similar rules for our kids.....each must have his or her own first initial, the names must be found in the Bible, and the middle name has to start with J. We're having Baby #5 and for the first time felt a little boxed in. Girl names were hardest, we finally settled on Selah.
I like Elizabeth Rose, you can call her Elsa or Elsie, or Betsy. Maybe avoid Ella, although it is so beautiful, it has become very common.
Love Bridget....also Brigid, which is even more Irish sounding.
Another take on Bridgette is the Scandinavian Birgitta. Birgitta Rose, Birgitta Elizabeth, they're both special and beautiful.
We have similar rules for our kids.....each must have his or her own first initial, the names must be found in the Bible, and the middle name has to start with J. We're having Baby #5 and for the first time felt a little boxed in. Girl names were hardest, we finally settled on Selah.
Selah is a beautiful choice! also to the main poster of this forum, there is one little girl in my daughter's 4 yr old class named Devorah. you could do Devra Elise perhaps. i think it has such a nice modern, but very relevant and will be understood by people, not oddball. wdyt?
Janessa, Anya & __________
Brígida
Davina
Eudora
Finola
Genevra
Kerensa
Latisha
Nereida
Otilia
Velma
Zafira
I'm liking the suggestions of Eliza and Zara. What about Daphne, which sounds nice with Janessa and Anya?
What about Dae (Day), with the D from Deborah/Diane, and the ae from Rae? You could do Eliza Dae, or Dae Rose.
I also like Daphne.