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Please help me name a sister for Rosalind!

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SkaterGrrrrl · 07/03/2012 20:48

As you can tell from DD1s name we like old fashioned, feminine, and looking for a longer name as our surname is very short. Pregnant again and need something that goes with Rosalind.

Please suggest away! Oh and please comment on our initial list.

Miranda (my undoubted first choice. DH unconvinced Hmm )
Elizabeth
Jemima
Marianne
Felicity
Jessica

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fridakahlo · 10/03/2012 01:21

The name which jumped into my head (and is yet to be suggested afaics) is Franchesca, but Marianne is very pretty too.

PercyFilth · 10/03/2012 01:02

You can simplify to Mirabel - sounds the same but looks less frilly!

Mrsmonkfish · 09/03/2012 21:22

there are some great suggestions here but i'd avoid any of the shakespearean ones - too much of a theme! marianne gets my vote, but i do rather like sylvia too ... liking genevieve, gabriella and leonora too tho so glad i'm not making the choice!

CheerfulYank · 09/03/2012 19:50

Oh, and Plum. I've heard of a little Mirabelle called Plum before. :)

CheerfulYank · 09/03/2012 19:47

I love Mirabelle! It is a bit sweet, but no more so than Isabelle IMO. Plus has lots of nn potential: Mira, Miri, Belle/Bella, Elle, Ellie... :)

baskingseals · 09/03/2012 18:05

i love Miranda and Marianne

what about Christabel?

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SkaterGrrrrl · 09/03/2012 18:02

Rosie and Josie is a potential pitfall, thanks!

I like the meaning of Felicity (happiness) and the variety of nicknames (Flick, Fliss, Cici etc).

Eloise is lovely too. Really appreciate the suggestions. Where the baby books let you down is not suggesting names with a similar vibe, and this thread has nailed it.

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GavisonandOn · 09/03/2012 18:00

Helena is a wonderful name. Classic, simple, feminine, suits any age. I wouldn't worry about alliteration, personally.

Not Mirabelle, though. Sugary sweet and increasingly popular in yummy mummy circles.

Miriam is better.

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SkaterGrrrrl · 09/03/2012 17:54

What a lovely lot of responses :)

Much as I love Helena, our surname beings with H. Does too much alliteration start to sound like a founder of Hogwarts?

Stellan that Shakespeare list is awesome, thank you!

I think Mirabelle is lovely too, like Isabelle but not as popular.

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saffronwblue · 09/03/2012 05:06

Clementine
Violet

StealthNinja · 09/03/2012 05:01

Whoops, I see that Gav beat me to the punch with Eloise. Turns out I have nothing original to add, but good luck choosing!

mathanxiety · 09/03/2012 04:39

Elfrieda

mathanxiety · 09/03/2012 04:23

Tamsin
Penelope
Cecelia
Laurel
Daphne
Vanessa
Leonora
Gabriella

I love Juliet, Beatrice, Phillipa, Alice, Helena, Sylvia, Miranda and Josephine with Rosalind.

StealthNinja · 09/03/2012 02:33

When I saw your thread title I came on to suggest Josephine, one of my all time favourites. I also love Susannah and Louisa. Throwing Eloise into the ring.

CheerfulYank · 08/03/2012 22:12

Verity is also pretty :)

CheerfulYank · 08/03/2012 22:12

Was going to suggest Constance or Eleanor/a. :)

Victoria? Araminta? Aurelia? (I love Aurelia :)) Susannah? Jessamine? Mirabelle? Octavia?

greenandcabbagelooking · 08/03/2012 17:03

Emilia
Caroline
Lara
Katherine

GavisonandOn · 08/03/2012 16:57

Marianne is beautiful and my favourite by a mile from your list.

I also like Felicity.

Jemima and Jessica are my least favourite.

Rosalind and...

Mary
Maria (love love love)
Lillian
Lillith
Louisa
Estelle
Frances
Marguerite
Helena
Cassia
Susannah (love
Adelaide
Miriam (love)
Harriet
Sylvia (love)
Celia (love)
Eloise
Lydia
Catherine
Agatha
Virginia (due a comeback, surely? Grin)

squoosh · 08/03/2012 14:00

I think Marianne is head and shoulders above the other names on your list.

It's elegant but simple, plus great song by Leonard Cohen.

Hedwig3 · 08/03/2012 13:59

I quite like Felicity and Jemima.

Or how about

Evangeline
Cornelia
Mariella
Penelope
Marigold

Stellan · 08/03/2012 13:58

Other Shakespearean names include:
Alice (Henry IV)
Beatrice (Much Ado About Nothing)
Cassandra (Troilus & Cressida)
Celia (As You Like It)
Constance (King John)
Cordelia (King Lear)
Diana (All's Well that Ends Well, Pericles)
Emilia (Winter's Tale, Othello)
Helen (Troilus & Cressida, Cymbeline)
Helena (Midsummer Night's Dream, All's Well that Ends Well)
Hermione (Winter's Tale)
Imogen (Cymbeline)
Iris (The Tempest)
Isabella (Measure for Measure)
Jessica (Merchant of Venice)
Julia (Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Juliet (Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure)
Juno (The Tempest)
Katharina (Taming of the Shrew)
Luciana (Comedy of Errors)
Margaret (Much Ado About Nothing)
Mariana (All's Well that Ends Well, Measure for Measure)
Marina (Pericles)
Nerissa (Merchant of Venice)
Olivia (Twelfth Night)
Ophelia (Hamlet)
Silvia (Two Gentlemen of Verona)
Ursula (Much Ado About Nothing)
Viola (Twelfth Night)

zumm · 08/03/2012 13:49

Or what about cordelia for the Shakesp.

StarterForTen · 07/03/2012 21:41

Juliet for the Shakesperean theme, Genevieve for loveliness,

bramblina · 07/03/2012 21:29

Ooooh what lovely names!! I love them all, though thought Rosalynd and Elizabeth are difficult to say together- or is that just me?!

Also love Stephanie
Phillippa
Alexandra/dria

You mentioned mail being awkward if you go for Rowena, my sister and I have the same initial and though it's not that important when you're 14 it is a PITA and so with our dc, dh and I have avoided anyone in the house sharing initials, it really annoyed me!!

NoNoNoMYDoIt · 07/03/2012 21:21

I was also going to suggest Jocelyn

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