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Help needed naming a sister for Cordelia

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RhiKemp · 06/03/2012 04:10

HELP: Sibling name for Cordelia
Please help we are running out of time to name our second daughter.

Cordelia will be 14 months when her sister is born. We love her name, it suits her perfectly, my husband and I both chose it, and the response we have had to it has been lovely. She has no middle name and so her initials are CK.

We have gone through thousands of baby names. Many we have liked we have turned down because of family connections or not working with Cordelia.

There are a few still we like but not 100% on - please help by giving your opinions and suggestions:
Beatrix or Beatrice
Harriet or Harrietta
Felicity (have concerns about initial FK)
Matilda (rather popular in Australia)
Clementine
Jemima

Thanks for your help!

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fi51 · 29/05/2012 09:45

Isabella

MoonHare · 25/05/2012 21:03

Duh! Missed that!

MoonHare · 25/05/2012 21:02

Lovely shortlist.

Beatrix or Beatrice - prefer Beatrice and like this a lot
Harriet or Harrietta - Love Harriet, do not like Harrietta, why make it fussy?
Felicity - Hmmm, see your point about the initials, how about Verity?
Matilda - Lovely name but not as 'sophisticated' as Cordelia, or your other name ideas
Clementine - really don't like this, amazed it's so popular
Jemima - this is growing on me but again not a sophisticated name
Meredith - love this, goes really well with Cordelia
Alexandra - love this but think it's a more 'no nonsense' name than Cordelia, especially if shortened to Alex

Think my favourites from your list are Harriet and Meredith.

Someone else has already suggested two other good ones; Eleanor and Miranda. How about Rosalind, Ursula, Jocelyn, Charlotte?

Trestle · 25/05/2012 19:50

Congratulations! :)

MacaroniPie · 25/05/2012 09:15

Duh!

Harriet is lovely. Congrats!

MacaroniPie · 25/05/2012 09:14

I like your names. Felicity is my fave from your list.

Anya
Gwendoline
Penelope
Loretta
Ida
Sylvia
Esther
Lydia
Francesca or Francisca
Otillie
Aphra
Ursula
Georiana
Arabella
Livia
Aurelia
Aurora
Thea
Anastasia
Reba

I think Ophelia is a bit much with Cordelia, though, sorry!

Clara, Camille, Celeste too similar?

PlayEatSleep · 24/05/2012 20:18

Clementine is lovely.

CruCru · 24/05/2012 19:54

If your surname begins with K, I might avoid Beatrix, it's a bit difficult to end the first name with x and then move onto the K surname (unless it is a silent K like Knight). Perhaps a name ending with "a" would flow well with the strong K surname. I rather like Jemima - it's not one I hear very often and is not often brought up here so is unlikely to be very common (unless it is in Australia).

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sashh · 24/05/2012 05:14

Buffy
Willow
Drusilla
Darla
Harmony

OK I'll get my coat now

SodoffBaldrick · 24/05/2012 02:40

Congratulations! :)

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RhiKemp · 24/05/2012 02:08

We went with Harriet and it works well suiting her. Although we have already had some people spelling it wrong!

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StealthNinja · 07/03/2012 02:14

I like Harriet and Beatrice best from your list. I also like Felicity but initials not great.

Suggesting
Louisa
Eloise
Josephine
Susanna/h
Margot
Delphine

agreetodisagree · 07/03/2012 01:31

Nowt wrong with matchy matchy. Looks great on xmas cards Grin
Seriously different folks different strokes but i have two sets of friends who have matchy matchy names.
It sounds nice and they are linked esp nice if smaller age gap like in this case.
I also like siblings starting with the same letter but alliterative names is a bit of a tradition in my family.

Cordelia and Cressida
Cordelia and Cecilia
Cordelia and Ophelia

Love Ophelia.
Do like Rosalind Smile
Harriette nicer than Harriet.

SlinkingOutsideInFrocks · 07/03/2012 01:22

If you're in the market for Harriet, I recently meet a really lovely, early 30s Henriette. Not Henrietta, but Henriette. I think it's really chic.

I would avoid Beatrice. It's popular now, and will date. Cordelia, on the other hand, won't - so I think you need another timeless sort of name. Same goes for Florence - over-used and boring now. Not fair for her sister to have a nice name, while she gets the dull and dated (well, it will definitely be by the time they're adults) one.

I like Jemima from your list.

Other than that, I would avoid names which end in 'ia' like Celia/Cecilia, Ophelia, as they're too matchy-matchy.

Rosalind?

agreetodisagree · 07/03/2012 01:10

or Ophelia

agreetodisagree · 07/03/2012 01:09

Cecilia

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RhiKemp · 07/03/2012 00:40

Hubby also likes Meredith and Alexandra but I'm not so sure.

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Greenwing · 06/03/2012 22:10

I know one Cordelia.

Her sister is called Isadora which goes with it well IMO.

LadyCressida · 06/03/2012 19:53

My sister's name is Cordelia :)

(And Cressida is my real name)

nomorecake · 06/03/2012 14:24

i went to school with a Cordelia, her sister is Alice.
i think they work together quite well because the names are quite different.

Cakestall · 06/03/2012 13:34

Beatrix and Beatrice are ugly imho.

Harriet is beautiful. Harrietta is a bit much.

Felicity is lovely. I don't think FK will be a problem.

Matilda is very nice.

Clementine is horrid.

Jemima is ok.

And I know you've already named her,but Cordelia is truly beautiful,yet strong.A perfect choice.

skinmysunshine · 06/03/2012 13:31

What about Clemency which I think is a lovely variation on Clementine? I like Beatrix and Jemima from your list. Also like Rosamond that someone mentioned up-thread.

Psammead · 06/03/2012 13:23

Cordelia is wonderful!

I like all of your list, preferring Beatrice to Beatrix.

Tabitha?

welovesausagedogs · 06/03/2012 13:19

Love Cordelia and Matilda and Cordelia and Felicity

What about:
Cordelia and Florence
Cordelia and Ophelia
Cordelia and Cecelia - or sesilia (if you want different initials)
Cordelia and Delila
Cordelia and Cecilie

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