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Looking forward to the newsletter! Thanks Laura. Wasn't sure if now that there is a new blog post we're supposed to start posting here on threads from last time instead of the last one so I'm posting to both. My apologies if that is a faux pas! @ another laura - I didn't realize how difficult mns ending in a were to work with until i tried to pick a fn w/mn Lisa. Lisa is not a name I am crazy about, but one my husband wants it in honor of his sister. a general question for the board... has anyone ever heard of the name Alise? I'm not one for "made up" names, but this one feels like it should be a name, yet it doesn't show up in Namipidia, though I've seen it's been used twice in the two years in the province where I live. It would be pronounced like Uh-Leese... so distinct from Elise, Alice, Alissa/Alyssa. I thought of it as an alternative to Lisa for a mn. I like Lise, but feel a two-syllable name works better in my case. Any thoughts on Alise? Would people just assume I'd misspelled it? And to the question, why not Elise... my sister used that as a mn for her daughter and I'd hate to do an exact copy. @ momtoalmost4 - it sounds like you've made up your mind on Amelia so congratulations! I still have eight weeks to go - but I so wish I was settled on a name.
@ another laura - I didn't realize how difficult mns ending in a were to work with until i tried to pick a fn w/mn Lisa. Lisa is not a name I am crazy about, but one my husband wants it in honor of his sister. a general question for the board... has anyone ever heard of the name Alise? I'm not one for "made up" names, but this one feels like it should be a name, yet it doesn't show up in Namipidia, though I've seen it's been used twice in the two years in the province where I live. It would be pronounced like Uh-Leese... so distinct from Elise, Alice, Alissa/Alyssa. I thought of it as an alternative to Lisa for a mn. I like Lise, but feel a two-syllable name works better in my case. Any thoughts on Alise? Would people just assume I'd misspelled it? And to the question, why not Elise... my sister used that as a mn for her daughter and I'd hate to do an exact copy. @ momtoalmost4 - it sounds like you've made up your mind on Amelia so congratulations! I still have eight weeks to go - but I so wish I was settled on a name.
Anne with an e - fun game. We play this in my family too - except that as the time approaches we get extra clues! Maybe you can get us another clue before the four weeks are up! :) Anyway, my guess is Orla - since it is so pretty and one I've always liked. I like Ophelia too, but it's just too tragic for my taste. Momtoalmost4 - I don't think Amelia is too much as a sibset though with the all vowel beginnings and @ endings I would probably mix them up. As for popularity, I know several friends with recent Amelias, but none with Carolines so I suppose it depends where you are. According to NameVoyager Amelia and Caroline are almost equally popular but when you look at NameMapper you see the Caroline's are restricted to the SE US where the Amelias are more distributed. I love family names and think a family connection trumps any worries about sounding like two states. I think Georgia works with either fn. It's my general feeling that mn ending with @ are harder to match up with a fn but that they often go best with fn ending in @. Another nn option - Linny.
First off thanks to all for your input regarding my Lisa mn dilemma. I'm still going through the possibilities, but will come back with an update/questions when I make some progress! RE - Laura's post - I fall in the camp of thinking different spellings are the same name though I definitely see exceptions. If I am looking through a name book, I don't want to see all the different spellings as different names. I want things streamlined! One of my favorite names, Sonia has several variants (Sonya, Sonja) which like most names vary depending where in the world you are or the feeling/association you want to bring to it. But the name is the same. RE "Kloey", the mash-up trend is not for me, but I wonder if it will have staying power? Will it be embarrassing when you are in your 30s explaining how your parents picked your name or a source of pride? Several people commented on the name Katherine. I just wanted to add my two cents that Kathryn was the name of both my great grandmother and grandmother so don't think it is a modern spelling. Perhaps it is a German variant. RE JoyMerry - Chase is a beautiful combo with your first son's name and your ln. I completely understand being "protective" of your son's name and wanting to follow some pattern (in your case, no family names). Chase sounds preppy to me so I like the more "traditional" mn choices, and find Parker preppy. To me it needs a masculine mn so Nicholas, Alexander and Ronan fit the bill though I prefer when the mn and ln don't both end in an "n" sound. Aziraphale - how about Graeme or Ellis? I also like Elliot which was suggested. Clairejall - Daisy and Fiona are lovely together. I only know one Fiona and she is in her 30's, of Filipino descent and a stunning beauty. She has never had a nn. Fiona of Shrek doesn't come to mind because I think of my friend, but I suppose that both Daisy and Fiona are cartoon character names. What about Daisy inspired you? Maybe pick something for #2 that follows that inspiration.... Daisy to me could be simple beauty/nature... and thus inspire Sierra, Lucia, Gemma, etc. etc.
I'm 29 weeks pg, expecting a second girl and looking for feedback from all of you name aficionados! As has been discussed on this blog/board naming #2 is so much harder! We named our first daughter after her two grandmothers Louise and Frances. Her name is Eloise Frances. We liked Eloise because it was unique and fit in where we live (a French-speaking country). For the second I feel compelled to continue with family names and would like something that works in both french and english and isn't too popular. My dh wants the middle name to be after his sister who has passed away. She had a troubled life so I worry it could be a negative burden. He thinks it won't be as a middle name but seems most interested in doing it because it will make his mother happy. Overall, I am not keen on the idea, but feel bad to say no. I have one sister Amy Marie so the first name could be a variant of hers with his sister's name as mn: Lisa Carrie (he prefers Lisa). Amelie is a good french name, but I think it will be hard for our US relatives to say correctly with the long A sound in the second syllable. I imagine that the way they'll say it, it'll rhyme with anomaly - and that would bother me! Can anyone think of any nice combos of an "Amy Lisa" name? I like Amelia, but so many people I know have chosen that name recently. "Marie Carrie", "Amy Carrie", "Marie Lisa" variants are also possibilities. Alternately, here is my slate of female family names: Adelaide, Marianne, Mary, Kathryn, Miriam, Vera, Marie, Anna, Susan, Margaret and Amy, Lisa, Carrie My favorite of all is Margaux Susana (after two of my aunts), but Margaux Lisa doesn't sound great to me. TIA for any suggestions!