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Inspire me - girls' names from nature or literature...

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lurcherlover · 12/01/2013 20:10

Dd due in April and we're struggling for a name. But we both love reading and nature (especially birds) so perhaps there's something there...I've looked through Shakespeare, and love Emilia, but DH isn't keen. My other literary heroines don't have names I particularly like (Lydia, Josephine, Nell...) and we don't like flower names. So ruling those out, can anyone think of names with a literary connection or which link to nature?

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SVN · 13/01/2013 20:03

Oh yes, I like Sorrel as well.

telsa · 13/01/2013 19:21

Bird related names that I think pretty

Avila
Evelyn
Oriole
Philomena
Phoebe
Raven
Rima
Sirena
Zipporah

Willabywallaby · 13/01/2013 18:09

I think I like Sorrel.

LittleBoxes · 13/01/2013 16:32

My dd's name covers both - it's Sorrel. It's from Curtain Up by Noel Streatfeild, now annoyingly known as 'Theatre Shoes'.

OliviaPeacein2013Mumsnet · 13/01/2013 16:25

Friend has a middle name of Sage
Also Melissa has honey-roots.

schplappo · 13/01/2013 16:19

How about:
Flora
Laurel
Juniper
Starling
Linnet (Linnie for short)
Fern
Fawn(?)
Bea
Holly
Ivy
Rosemary
Sorrel
Plum
Hazel
iris (if not too flowery)

Or:
Rebecca
Jane
Emma
Elizabeth
Rosamund
Sara
Nancy
Peggy
Anne
Anna
Georgina
Charlotte
Emily
Bronte
Cressida
Viola
Dinah
Agatha

Sorry if these are repeats - haven't read all the other posts!

DebK2012 · 13/01/2013 10:19

What about April!

Bonsoir · 13/01/2013 09:43

My DD is Flora. I looked at all the Shakespearian names too, but for one reason or another none of them would do.

mumzy · 13/01/2013 09:42

Rosalind
Wren

Yika · 13/01/2013 09:39

Jay
Fern
Summer (etc)
Skye
Muriel (means shining sea)
Oceane
Raine
Jade

delilah88 · 13/01/2013 09:31

Sorry - saw you'd got Josephine down as a no-go after posting. I will retract it and give you Marianne instead. And Dorothea.

delilah88 · 13/01/2013 09:30

Josephine
Jane
Alice
Kate
Laura
?
Or on the wilder side:
Daphne
Viola
Ariadne
Isolde!!

willowstar · 13/01/2013 09:08

Wren

Willabywallaby · 13/01/2013 07:47

Heather
Fern

SVN · 13/01/2013 07:41

Lark
Wren
Jonquil
Robin
Paloma (means dove in Spanish apparently)
Raven
Aderyn
Teal
Jemima (means dove as well)

Cressida
Ottilie
Hero
Beatrice
Elfine
Fanny (snigger...snigger)
Lydia
Marianne
Daisy
Cassandra
Sabrina
Elinor
Esther
Harriet
Flora
Isolde
Bianca

metimeatlast · 13/01/2013 00:04

Beatrix, as in potter?

Cathycat · 12/01/2013 23:30

What about Emily? Emily Bronte, she loved nature, writer of Wuthering heights...?

FaceLikeAPickledOnion · 12/01/2013 23:16

Lake

lollydollydrop · 12/01/2013 23:14

Wren instantly came to mind as soon as I read your post!

elfycat · 12/01/2013 21:48

Elanor - Flower from Lorien in the lord of the rings (and Samwise Gamgee's daughter)

GoingtobeRuth · 12/01/2013 21:23

I love Fleur, if we are lucky to have another daughter, this is the name I have chosen. I just love the sound of it,the shape of your mouth when you say it and also what it means

and I would of course give her the nickname of 'petal' Grin

EvilTwins · 12/01/2013 21:21

My DDs both have literary names, though one has more positive connotations than the other. One is Daisy Ophelia (I know Ophelia doesn't have the nicest of stories but love the name) and the other is Emily Miranda (David Copperfield is one of my all time faves, though again, Little Em'ly doesn't have the best ending. Miranda fares better in The Tempest)

GetMeToAPunnery · 12/01/2013 21:18

Dorothea, heroine of Middlemarch
Melissa, meaning honeybee

GoldPlatedNineDoors · 12/01/2013 21:17

Will out.myself here but my DD is named for two female characters in books from.my childhood: Meg Alice.

I would love to use Matilda next but don't want two woth the same initials.

I would like to carry on the literary connection but not sure what names to go for.

TwllBach · 12/01/2013 21:17

Willa.

I can't remember why it's a literary name though... But it definitely is. And it's almost like willow, so it's a cross over!