Help! Girls name that goes with a difficult surname

[Goldfitch]

Our surname is Fitchie and DH and I are really struggling to find a girl's name because we don't want it to end with an ie or an "ee" sound and rhyme.

I would also ideally like a name with a family connection. Our family is a mix of Scottish, English and Danish so have considered the following:

Alexandra
Cora
Elspeth
Elizabeth
Penelope
Catherine/Katherine
Catriona/Katrina/Karina
Ruth

Do you like any of these? Any other suggestions?

[ConsideringReconsidering]

Alexandra, Elizabeth and Cora are all lovely.

Elizabeth was my first thought when I read your surname.

Alexandra and Elizabeth are good because they both offer nn that don't end in 'ee' e.g. Alex, Sasha, Eliza, Beth.

Penelope will probably end up as Penny.

[florascotia]

I like Elspeth - pretty and under-used.
Catriona(etc) is nice, too - a classic.

A few other Scottish possibilities: Ailsa, Ishbel, Alannah, Davina...

[IvyBeagle]

Great names. Also how about Imogen? Quite like Kate Fitchie, sounds good.

[Legionofboom]

Lovely list of names.

Catriona/Katrina is an underused classic and I agree that Kate Fitchie is lovely but you wouldn't go wrong with any of the names on your list.

[Goldfitch]

Thanks for the suggestions. I hadn't thought of Imogen but I like that too. Also made me wonder about Isobel or Isabelle.

Is Katherine (nn Kate) too pretentious? Kate always makes me think of Kate Adie so a good role model there!!

[ConsideringReconsidering]

katherine/Kate is nice, but you are running the risk of it becoming Katie. Depends how averse you are to the 'ie' ending.

[florascotia]

I don't think it would be pretentious. Katherine/Catriona and other variations of the name are 'democratic' as well as classic, used by people from all walks of life.

And a baby Kate would have the lovely 'Katie Morag' Scottish picture-story books (by Mairi Hedderwick) to look forward to when she got older.

[Goldfitch]

Definitely not keen on a rhyming "ie" ending!

Thinking about how it would look written all over school books etc later in life makes me cringe already

[ConsideringReconsidering]

You should probably avoid names where the nn/abbreviation has an ie/ee/y then.

Penelope/Penny
Isobel/Izzy
Imogen/Immy
Eleanor/Elly
Charlotte/Charlie or Lottie
Victoria/Vicky

also ones like Kate, Rose or Grace which become Katie, Rosie and Gracie very easily.

What about

Bella
Rowan
Robyn
Isla
Anna

[DramaAlpaca]

Alexandra has English/Scottish/Danish connections and is a beautiful name.

Katherine/Kate would also work really well.

[HypodeemicNerdle]

Love Alexandra

How about Rachel?

[BlueChampagne]

Like Catriona; how about Corinna?

[weatherall]

Heather

[Goldfitch]

Rachel and Heather are both nice but are already taken in my family so not an option!

Alexandra was my favourite initially but DH a bit meh about it. He likes Elspeth though. He also likes Veronica but I'm not so sure...

[Surf25]

I like Alexandra and Elizabeth, and like the nn potentials. Not convinced re Veronica - the only ones I have known have gone by Ronnie so you might want to bear that in mind if wanting to avoid 'ie/ee' endings...

[fififolle]

How about Eleanor?

[Heels99]

Like Alexandra and Elizabeth. Your surname is great!

[gymboywalton]

all your name choices are beautiful
perticularly love elizabeth and alexandra

[BlueChampagne]

Fiona

[MsBug]

Like all of your choices.

I like Elizabeth but with the nn Beth not Liz(zie)

Elspeth could easily be shortened to Elsie.

How about

Louisa
Anna
Frances (if you don't mind alliteration)

[Guin1]

My favourite from your list is Elspeth, but I'm not sure how to avoid the 'ie' nn (Ellie, Elsie). I also like Catriona and Cora.

[Rtfairy]

I think Isobel would work really well and is a lovely name.

[Gingerjv]

Penelope is one of my fav names;-)

[TravellingToad]

Laura or Lauren?

[BikeRunSki]

Iona ?

Isobel has the potential to become Izzie Fitchie, which sounds rather uncomfortable.