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My daughter Elinora Katherine is a tot, and we are now looking for a name for #2. Help us, please! All the names that currenlty stick out to me are ones that look and sound like my current child's because she's perfect :) I can't really do Elinora and Eliza or Elijah or Elsa, alas!
We like:
Ophelia
Magdalen/Magdalena
Evangeline
Ulysses (too crazy?)
Arthur
Frederick
By LadyKitty
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 11:23am
Mon, 10/23/2017 - 11:23am
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I like Evangeline and Arthur from your list. For myself personally, I think Ulysses is a little too out there for my taste. The others are just not my style for various reasons.
I will throw in some suggestions for you:
Zelda
Ianthe
Millicent
Maxine
Imogen
Corrine/Corrina
Therese
Clyde
Russell
Leo
Benedict
Augustus (has the same kind of historical background/feel as Ulysses but is a little more up to date IMO)
Julian
thank you! I have a love/uncertainty for Ulysses, that I think is mostly due to appreciation for vowels. I totally see Augustus as a name with a similar feel but a bit more real-world usefulness.
I also really like Theresa & Leo :)
I probably wouldnt do another E name. I love Magdalena, sorry I dont like Ophelia
Frederick and Arthur are ok
others
Arabella
Carolina
Juliette
Genevieve
Helena
Josephine
Lillian
Marguerite
Lucinda
Theodore Robert Thomas Stewart Felix Hugo Charles Walterd Calvin Victor Vincent Rupert Lawrence Lenard Lionel Patrick Hugh
Albert Alfred James Jesse John Jonathan Benjamin Julian Malcolm Martin Rufus Stephen David Duncan Clarence Leopold Harold
Wallace Philip Alastair Sebastian Hugh Donald Franklin Francis Stanley Graham Jacob Joseph Milton Ronald Randall Lance Gordon
Douglas Desmond Angus Fergus Bernard Lincoln
thanks for the suggestions, and the Magdalena love- it's been on my list the longest
Eleanora was a top contender for both of our pregnancies, and it looks like we have some overlap in taste. We ended up with Juliet and Pippa. Other favorites were Verity, Coraline, Imogen, and Clara. Arthur was on our boy list, along with Theodore, Simon, Walter, and August.
We do seem to have similar picks- I'm def adding these to my list! Theodore is great; so much potential!
My husband & I went with the "i" variant of Elinora b/c it was easier for him to spell, and I love Jane Austen's Elinor.
I love Ophelia. I feel it is the underused Olivia. It fits right in with Sophia/Sofia.
There is...
Tate (boy or girl)
Amoree - means love (girl)
Adlyn - unique twist on Adyn (girl)
Adyn - popular but special spelling of Aiden or Aidan (Boy)
Caslin - unique twist of Catlyn or Caitlyn (girl)
Aspen (boy or girl but i would choose Boy because it kind of has a raspy tone to it)
Gaton - actor on Stranger Things and it’s just the cutest little name for a boy
Genevieve
Athena
Jocelyn
Calliope
Roslyn/Rosalind
Juliet
Cordelia
Katrina
Briony
Francesca
Magnolia
Martina
Bianca
Evander
Raphael
Sebastian
Alexander
Julian/Julius
Lawrence
Apollo
Dante
Gabriel
Nathaniel
Francis
Zachariah
I love Ophelia, but I think it has really spiked in popularity from the Lumineers song! Have you thought about Octavia or Odelia? I also like Rosalind (from Romeo and Juliet). My absolute favorite girl name has to be Agnatha or (derivative of Agafia).
As for boys names I actually really like Ulysses, and I think there's a lot to be said for having the same name as a president!
I really love Ulysses too.
Late to the game, but I know a baby named Odessa Jean--seems like Odessa fits your list!
I love the name Ophelia! Evangeline is nice and you have the opportunity to use Evie or Evan as a nickname. Arthur also has Artie and Art. Frederick has Freddie, Fred, and Rick. Ulysses is unusual, but I think it is due for a comeback and it's probably not too crazy - at least it's familiar to everyone!
GIRLS: Adelaide, Sylvie/Sylvia, Cressida, Josephine, Perdita, Theodora, Vera, Dulcie, Penelope, Octavia, Lina, Theresa, Willow, Evadne, Florence/Flora, Irena, Viola/Violet/Violetta, Amelia, Melody, Alethea, Adeline, Cora, Everly, Delilah, Vivienne/Vivian, Wilhelmina/Willa, Aurelia, Piper, Aurea, Emmeline, Aurora, Delphine, Angelica, Evelina, Rosaline, Alexandria, Valentina, Marceline, Tabitha, Seraphina, Winifred, Beatrix/Beatrice, Thalia, Ottilie, Oriana, Sylvia, Odessa, Helena, Marguerite/Margarita, Felicity, Genevieve, Evangelina/Evangelia, Henrietta, Sabina, Clementine, Madeline, Antonia, Mariana, Rosalind, Cordelia, Maialen/Mayalen, Clara, Evelyn, Abigail, Scarlett, Victoria, Phoebe, Celeste, Elizabeth (I don't think it's too close to Elinora, particularly not with the nicknames Betty, Beth, Liza, etc.)
BOYS: Freidrich, Horace, Edmund, Rupert, Hugo, Maxim/Maxmilian, Xavier, Angus, Lysander, Virgil, Theodore, George, Stamford, Octavian, Phineas, Leonard, James, Sebastian, Thomas, Marcel, Fyers, Clarence, Laurence, Atticus, Dominic/Dominick, Tobias, Artair, Maxwell, Benedict, Garton, Oliver, John, Scott, Ewan/Euan, Basil, Barnabas, Huxley, Matthias/Mattias, Wilfred, Asher, Wilbur, Orion, Nathaniel, Robert, Ernest, Hugh, Nicholas, Benjamin, Julian/Julius, Isaiah, Jasper, Ferdinand, Vincent, Micah, Henry, Judah, Edward, Leander, Finn/Finnegan/Fintan/Fionn, Francis, William, Harold, Charles, Augustus, Oscar, Odysseus, Alexander, Walter, Duncan
Here's a great link with a bunch of middle name options for Ophelia (from the 1911 British census!), which you might like as stand-alone names or as middle names: http://www.britishbabynames.com/blog/1911-census-ophelia.html
Hope this helps!
Celia
CamillE
Camilla
Nicole
Natalia
Lillian
Lilliana
Ana
Helen
Emily
Charity
Fiona
Melody
Vanessa
Sorry, I'm not sure if you already had the baby yet
but I've always liked v names
Vivian
Vanessa
Veronica (though it sounds a bit like a mean girls name)
Vicki
Victoria
Verne (I like to use it as a girl's name)
Victor
Vincent
Vince
and I heard a cute boy name
Everett
and if you had the baby yet, what did you name him/her?
Hello everyone, I don't have a baby and not pregnant but in the near future, I will. I want my husband to think about the girl name and I will think about the boy. But he is a gambler and it's just annoying me because of all the housework I do and even fixing some gadgets, I hate it and we always were arguing about this problem. He said that doesn't understand me and I said the same thing. And now we are trying to do all things together, Have a shower together, go to work, go shopping, tidying room, and even playing his games. *I can surely say that I love these games because they just relax me. As for my husband, the name for a boy is David, the name for a girl is Sara. Understand each other is really cool. Have a nice day and don't be afraid to change your minds about some things!!!
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