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A sister for Edith

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ItsNotATicklingCompetition · 31/07/2013 11:22

DD2 is due in December and DH and I can't find a name we both agree on which goes with Edith....

We would like a name like Edith i.e. more old fashioned and not really popular but not something really out-there like Myrtle or Gertrude! Smile

Surname is an awkward one and discounts anything with an 'L' or 'R' sound in the middle or at the end of the name and anything ending in 'N'! Surname is also a noun so names like 'Iona' sound like 'I own a...' when said with our surname...Blush

I love names like Elizabeth, Catherine and Charlotte but these are either incredibly popular or don't go with our surname....so, wise folks - what names can you suggest which meet these criteria??

TIA!

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MoonHare · 01/08/2013 10:13

Mind you, I've just done it myself with the 'r' in Audrey!! It's hard OP!

MoonHare · 01/08/2013 10:12

Thought of a couple more; Audrey and Mavis.

I think you should choose Audrey, very chic.

It's a hard one with your criteria - which many contributors keep forgetting.

Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 01/08/2013 07:22

I have an Edith and a Magdalen, not sure they 'go together', though.

Here is my now-discarded shortlist:

Josephine
Constance
Sylvia
Lydia
Alice
Odette

chestnut100 · 01/08/2013 07:20

Ethel was the third sister in the gang too!

chestnut100 · 01/08/2013 07:19

Emmie?

I have a great aunt Edith and a great aunt Emmie. I think they go nicely together

WhyMeWhyNot · 01/08/2013 07:12

It's got to be Ethel.

Snog · 01/08/2013 07:05

ninette or nanette or nancy

OhSoVintage · 01/08/2013 00:13

We have an Edith! I love the name

It wasn't really chosen to go with my eldest dds name as they were born 7 years apart.

But if I was choosing to go with Edith I really like Ida or Alice

MoonHare · 31/07/2013 23:16

Agatha
Heidi
Kate
Betsy
Ivy
May

soontobeslendergirl · 31/07/2013 22:38

Joy
Deanna
Faye
Rose
Rita

Rhubarbgarden · 31/07/2013 22:19

Dinah

Rhubarbgarden · 31/07/2013 22:17

Jane

Mumsnut · 31/07/2013 22:11

Mary
Sybil

Shiraztastic · 31/07/2013 22:10

Agnes
Margot

soontobeslendergirl · 31/07/2013 22:07

Edith & Judy
Edith & Joyce
Edith & Janet
Edith & Thelma
Edith & Vilma

TheRealFellatio · 31/07/2013 21:59

sorry I meant Clementine

TheRealFellatio · 31/07/2013 21:58

Rosamund
Daphne
Cecelia
Sybill (if it's not too Downton with Edith)
Ursula
Esther
Lucia (pronouned Loo-chee-a)
Ramona
Paloma
Evangeline
Clematine

CloudOfStarlings · 31/07/2013 21:54

Right, then we need to know the surname! Grin

Only kidding op...but I do sympathise...we have a surname that is really difficult to match names to too!

soontobeslendergirl · 31/07/2013 21:48

np cloud :o

I think everyone is forgetting the specific criteria here and now just firing in any old lady-ish type names - this one is just too hard :(

Surname is an awkward one and discounts anything with an 'L' or 'R' sound in the middle or at the end of the name and anything ending in 'N'! Surname is also a noun so names like 'Iona' sound like 'I own a...' when said with our surname

That discounts 90% of what we have all come up with :(

CloudOfStarlings · 31/07/2013 21:35

Haha slender sorry Grin I realised after posting what you meant but I didn't have time to come back! Blush

Ooh, I love Ingrid, Sylvie and Odette...and Clara actually. What about Claudia?

lisbapalea · 31/07/2013 21:21

Mary is the first name that springs to my mind

Rhubarbgarden · 31/07/2013 21:13

Odette - French old lady name

surroundedbyblondes · 31/07/2013 21:12

Oh, I was about to say Agnes as we know an Edith with little sister Agnes. But then I saw the Despicable Me reference! Mind you, we have neighbours who have Simon, Albin & Theo. Makes me think of the Chipmunks every time Smile

Rhubarbgarden · 31/07/2013 21:07

Margot
Ingrid

exoticfruits · 31/07/2013 19:13

Louisa
Victoria

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