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Clorinda?

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NotChristmasCarol · 04/10/2012 09:27

Sorry - I feel like I've already leaned on your patience about 500 times so far but I'm still thrashing around with names (no DH/DP so I've got no-one but you lot to test things out before braving a wider crowd).

I've always said I wanted a name for DD2 that ends in an "ee" or really anything other than an "a". And I want something unusual but not awkward to pronounce or spell.

The middle name will definitely be Joy (family name)

To date, I'd narrowed it down to:

Xanthe Joy

Claudine Joy

Vivienne Joy

Fabienne Joy

And then last night.... I thought:

Clorinda Joy

Thoughts please???

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LadyPlainJane · 06/10/2012 21:48

Seraphina Joy is lovely, it's unusual but not wierd. I think it's a fab name.

Vivienne is also very nice.

Ephiny · 06/10/2012 21:05

Seraphina wouldn't be my first choice personally, but is much nicer than Clorinda/Florinda.

Toughasoldboots · 06/10/2012 18:27

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scentednappyhag · 06/10/2012 17:41

Claudine is my favourite on your list Smile I also love Odette which I think fits your criteria?
And as for hormonal name choices... I was convinced I was going to name DD Zombie for months Grin the look of relief on my poor DH's face when I changed my mind was spectacular!

YouMayLogOut · 06/10/2012 17:39

Seraphina Joy is a lovely name! :)

Seraphine doesn't flow quite as well, I think.

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NotChristmasCarol · 06/10/2012 17:31

Thanks everyone for the sanity-restoring buckets of cold water, which have also given me a few chuckles. Bath-cleaning products and foot-fungus for my Precious Second Born indeed!

I'm now on Seraphina Joy. Please don't tell me you hate it (oh, go on then) because I think it might be "the one". Unless "the one" is actually Seraphine Joy..... But Seraphine: too much like the Maternity shop?

Whichever one it is ("ina" or "ine") I feel I'm onto something. It's the first name that has felt really right.

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Elvisrules · 05/10/2012 17:13

I'm outing myself here but may I suggest my name of Philippa Joy?

Think its rather nice

Wigeon · 04/10/2012 20:35

Before I opened the thread I also thought that Clorinda sounded like some kind of medicine for some nasty disease, or a cleaning product. Sorry!

How about a name ending in O? To get away from all the girls-names-ending-in-A. Eg Cleo. Or Chloe for another E name.

puffylovett · 04/10/2012 20:26

Agree revthoughts of fungal cream.
How about - clarinda? Clarissa? Jacinta?

halloweeneyqueeney · 04/10/2012 20:05

I think it sounds like medication, or medicated cream (possibly anti-fungal), sorry!

like Joy and Claudine though

Anonymumous · 04/10/2012 20:00

How about Clarissa then?

picnicbasketcase · 04/10/2012 16:03

Dorinda?

YouMayLogOut · 04/10/2012 15:56

Just take away the C and you get Lorinda, which isn't as chlorine-y.

Other names ending in "inda"... Belinda, Melinda, Lucinda.

Stateofplay · 04/10/2012 15:51

"Two I's, two E's, two N's, two V's" said in a sing-song voice = Vivienne. Lovely name, and by far the best spelling of it.

I don't like Fabienne (nickname Fab?) or Claudine (too cat-like) so much, Xanthe is cool.

picnicbasketcase · 04/10/2012 15:50

Throat lozenges.

Ephiny · 04/10/2012 15:50

Belinda?

clippityclop · 04/10/2012 15:49

Clorinda sounds like something you can get cream for. Claudine's OK.

Ephiny · 04/10/2012 15:40

I like Claudine best.

Clorinda is a bit cleaning-product to me as well, and Florinda is awful, sorry. Clarissa or Miranda, maybe.

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GoSakuramachi · 04/10/2012 15:16

Florinda is also hideous, sounds like a skin growth you get between your toes.

Narked · 04/10/2012 15:15

'I will consign Clorinda to "strange-hormone-induced-thoughts-at-3am-not-to-be-taken-further-during-daylight-hours"

We should have a thread of those Grin

lucysnowe · 04/10/2012 14:34

Clorinda sounds a bit like a Saki character, if that's what you're going for :-)

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NotChristmasCarol · 04/10/2012 14:27

Oh Smize I really like Florinda! Thank you! (or rather, grrrr - that's another one for the short list Smile)

Whimsy - I like Emmeline but the "did you say Emily" would drive me crazy. I also like Marianna and Georgianna, but they're not quite for me

MummyPig - Joy is my (very much alive) DGMs name so I prefer it as a middle name

Thanks to everyone

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DontCallMeMummyPig · 04/10/2012 14:20

What about Joy as a first name? Beautiful!

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