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Find me the perfect name?

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popsicle1984 · 14/05/2012 18:47

I've realised that most girls names I like fall in to 2 categories:

Old fashioned nature names - Pearl, Clementine, Iris
European girls names ending in A - Athena, Flavia, Valentina

I thought that maybe if I could find a name that fitted in to both categories it might be the perfect name!

can you think of any that fit in to both? I did think of Flora (old fashioned, nature, Roman goddess of flowers and spring and ends in A!) but... well the margarine thing holds me back!

So there's your challenge!

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BringBack1996 · 14/05/2012 20:09

Percy that's so obvious now you mention it, didn't know that! I was just thinking they weren't so much Southern European.

I'm being a bit slow tonight!

PestoPenguin · 14/05/2012 20:09

Bianca is European, ending in a and means white (like snow?) -according to one crap baby name site it has something to do with nature anyway!

Calla is Greek and is also the name of a flower

Dahlia is Swedish/Scandinavian and a flower

Eira is Welsh (are you counting the UK as part of Europe?), something to do with snow

Isla is Scottish (island)

Lilliana

Luna

Neva is Spanish (snow)

Rosa
Rowena

Sierra Spanish (mountain)

Viola

SwedishEdith · 14/05/2012 20:08

Oo, birds - Robina?

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 20:05

Of course Dahlia is European, the flower was named after a Swedish botanist called Dahl.

PestoPenguin · 14/05/2012 20:02

Ava is latin for bird

PestoPenguin · 14/05/2012 20:01

Fauna
Gaia
Magnolia

None particulaly European though, sorry. You're right your criteria are v tight Grin

BringBack1996 · 14/05/2012 19:59

Dahlia
Zinnia

End in an 'a' but not exactly european!

SwedishEdith · 14/05/2012 19:56

Nigella is a flower.

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 19:53

OK, I'll explain my suggestions.

Marina - the sea
Margarita - daisy OR pearl
Rosanna, Rosalba, Rosetta - all derived from rose, a flower
Sylvia, Silvia - woods/forest
Dahlia - a flower
Prunella - a flower and also means 'little plum' or 'sloe'
Nerissa - sea sprite
Selina - the moon

Janoschi · 14/05/2012 19:44

Rhea. Greek goddess, one of the really ancient ones. Mother Earth, basically.

LicoriceComfit · 14/05/2012 19:42

Sorry, that shold read Erica.

LicoriceComfit · 14/05/2012 19:42

Ercia, it is the latin name for the Scottish flower Heather.

LaGuerta · 14/05/2012 19:29

Veronica: is a flower, ends in "a", is European (you get lots of Veronikas for example in C Europe). However I suspect you won't like it because its not pretty or Mediterranean sounding. Is my MILs name
which may be clouding my judgement though Smile

Violetta also fits your criteria and has a more Latin feel.

Will return if I think of others.

Tannhauser · 14/05/2012 19:28

Clytemnestra

tethersend · 14/05/2012 19:27

Flora

AngiBolen · 14/05/2012 19:20

Anna.

It's the perfect name, but there are more than two catagories. Don't get me started.

Foreign For example.....Chloe. French. Neither old fashioned or ending in a.

Modern such as Courtney.

I could go on.

Tannhauser · 14/05/2012 19:20

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popsicle1984 · 14/05/2012 19:19

Still not seeing many obvious nature names! I realise a lot ARE nature names, just not that clear!

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Tannhauser · 14/05/2012 19:17

Rowena (is it from rowan?)
Delphina
Marguerita
Selena

AWomanCalledHorse · 14/05/2012 19:16

Rosa?

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 19:14

Selina

PercyFilth · 14/05/2012 19:12

Veronica is good.

Marina
Margarita
Rosanna, Rosalba, Rosetta
Sylvia, Silvia
Dahlia
Prunella
Nerissa

MarySA · 14/05/2012 19:10

Pandora

SquishyCinnamonSwirls · 14/05/2012 19:08

Lilliana

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popsicle1984 · 14/05/2012 19:07

Juniper and Willow aren't old fahioned, European or ending in A! It's hard to fins names that fit all the categories!

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