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Sibling Name for Isabella

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MuffinMouse · 07/10/2010 20:57

We picked Isabella for DD in 2003 just before it boomed into popularity. I'd like to find a girls name that isn't quite so top ten, that goes with it. I think at least three syllables and mn suggestions too please?

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violethill · 07/10/2010 21:00

Alexandra

Josephine

Felicity

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 07/10/2010 21:09

Is she an 'Isabella' or an NN in day to day life?

Saskia

Marietta

Vivienne (or is this prn with 2 syllables in English?)

MentalFloss · 07/10/2010 21:09

With Isabella I quite like:
Abigail
Alexandra
Aurora
Beatrice
Camilla
Claudia
Emmaline
Francesca
Genevieve
Juliet
Meredith
Naomi
Rosalind
Violet

Maybe with a shorter middle name such as:
Jane
Joan
Anne
Mary

weejie · 07/10/2010 21:10

charlotte

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MuffinMouse · 07/10/2010 21:13

She keeps the full version.

FUB really like your suggestions. Marietta hadn't occurred to me. Had thought of Marianna, Mariella (too much?)

MentalFloss love Francesca - but cant cope with Fran
Genevieve and Juliet are on my list - but DH vetoed G
Can't use the others due to friends DC.

Any more very appreciated!

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forehead · 07/10/2010 21:18

Eloise

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 07/10/2010 21:21

Mariella and Isabella is too rhymey. Marianna is OK but Marietta works much better IMHO.

Liked Claudia too.

I think with longer names you need to sort of mirror (IYSWIM) rather than match.

(Can you tell this is something I've had to think about Wink)

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MuffinMouse · 07/10/2010 21:21

Is Mariella to much?
Or is Marietta better? I prefer the flow of the first..

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FerminaUrbinoDaza · 07/10/2010 22:22

Julietta

Tabitha

metromum · 07/10/2010 22:42

Josephine
Marianne
Catherine
Verity
Eloise
Annaliese
Madeleine
Nectarine
Meredith

Flossiebelle · 07/10/2010 23:44

Florence
Beatrice
Felicity
Rosalia
Elena
Eliana

AllThreeWays · 07/10/2010 23:46

Lucinda

SoMuchToBits · 07/10/2010 23:47

I'd also go for Alexandra or Francesca, or maybe Susanna. I do like Juliet too. Or Miranda.

74claire · 08/10/2010 00:06

Do you not wait till you meet your child to name it?

blue22 · 08/10/2010 13:23

Annalisa
Ariana
Christiana
Rosamund
Vanessa

laughalot · 08/10/2010 13:28

sofia, hannah, erin, nancy, poppy, mabel

Lonnie · 08/10/2010 13:36

Eloisa
Estella
Imogen
Caroline
Annemarie

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MuffinMouse · 08/10/2010 13:47

What about Zaria Marianna? (two syllable surname).

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FerminaUrbinoDaza · 08/10/2010 19:23

Not to my taste I'm afraid. Also it sounds a bit like sharia (law), if I'm pronouncing it right). That, rightly or wrongly, might not be such a positive association in the current climate.

5DollarShake · 08/10/2010 19:27

I know a Francesca who goes by Cesca/Ces, just to possibly throw that name back into the ring. :)

Conundrumish · 08/10/2010 19:40

Or Francesca = Frankie

ValiumSingleton · 08/10/2010 20:28

Claudia is a good suggestion, goes really well with Isabella but isn't as popular.

Giullia is also lovely.

mildsteeljoyce · 08/10/2010 21:13

Louisa
Lucia
Julia
Francesca
Alexa

BibiBelle · 08/10/2010 21:17

Cecilia
Celeste
Genevive
Alexandra
Cordelia
Saskia
Imogen
Arianne
Marianne
Susannah

apologies for repeats Smile

kailie · 08/10/2010 21:20

I know a Francesca who is known as Chessie - much nicer than Fran as a NN!

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