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Esmerelda,Sybilla or Sylvia?

32 replies

Puffykins · 20/04/2012 18:14

Sybilla is my favourite, Esmerelda DH's, Sylvia we both like though not as much as the others.

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MrsBovary · 21/04/2012 12:38

I'd spell it Esmeralda. Esmerelda looks odd.

MamaLazarou · 20/04/2012 20:46

Esmerelda! I love it.

BBQJuly · 20/04/2012 20:14

Sylvia is nice :)

Sybilla sounds too similar to Cedilla to me! How about Sybil? I think the emphasis on Syb sounds nicer than the emphasis on Bill, which you'd get with Sy-BILL-a.

Don't like Esmerelda at all.

DottieRose · 20/04/2012 20:02

I actually really like Esmerelda, its unusual without being too out there

gazzalw · 20/04/2012 18:26

Well as Twilight is very much a hit at the moment and there's an Esme therein it would be a very contemporary name....think it's a pretty name actually but is there a risk that it might catch on and in a few years time there will be lots of Esmes around - popular culture tends to do this to names don't you think?

Puffykins · 20/04/2012 18:21

If we go with Esmerelda, we'd call her Esme. The full Esmerelda is a bit much, I know, but DH OBSESSED.

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Northernlurker · 20/04/2012 18:17

Esmeralda is pretty awful tbh. I have a sneaking liking for Emerald though.... Of the others - Sylvia is pretty and quite popular now together with Sylvie. I think Sybilla is the best actually - pretty and unusual.

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