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Girl sibling for Henrietta

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FrogsLegs14 · 15/11/2013 19:26

Wondering if anyone has any ideas...

DD1 is Henrietta (we call her by a shortened version mostly). She was named after a loved one, it's not really a name that is totally our 'style' but we 100% love it now. So now we need a girl's name that goes with it - in the very least I'd like a name that has a shortened version, or nickname opportunities! The MN will be Joy.

Names we like but can't use for various reasons are:
Margaret
Florence
Beatrice
Matilda

I'm also keen to avoid other names that are feminizations of male names (like Georgina, for example).

Any suggestions welcome!

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cantthinkofagoodone · 21/11/2013 19:55

Francesca
Yvette
Susannah
Olivia
Christina
Daniella
Nicolette
Colette

I think a few syllables to match Henrietta and it also works better with joy.

curiousgeorgie · 21/11/2013 19:48

Perdita sprung to mind!

daughterofafarmer · 20/11/2013 14:14

Unless you think that falls into the 'male' camp?

Personally I don't think it does.

daughterofafarmer · 20/11/2013 14:13

Philippa?

Love Matilda

sandfrog · 20/11/2013 14:01

Emmeline
Anastasia (Annie)
Belinda (Bella)
Larissa
Rowena
Olivia
Delilah
Joanna
Jennifer
Stephanie
Natasha

Frikadellen · 19/11/2013 23:54

Elsbeth

Rhubarbgarden · 17/11/2013 10:22

I would go for something shorter than Henrietta but similarly elegant and classic, e.g.

Frances
Sybil
Dinah
Charlotte
Clara
Lara

sleepingbeautiful · 16/11/2013 15:16

Constance
Mary
Lydia
Lucy
Caroline
Felicity
Arabella
Adelaide
Margot
Susannah
Meredith
Iris
Violet
Sylvie
Genevieve
Dorothy/Dorothea

YoDiggity · 16/11/2013 06:01

Rosamund

Marguerite is much prettier and more elegant that Margaret.

Hebe

Cordelia

Cecelia

Penelope

Diana (I am feeling a revival of this is imminent - don;t know why!)

HoneyandRum · 16/11/2013 05:44

Julia

RegularVoltaire · 15/11/2013 22:24

Not Harriet ...Harriet is essentially a shortened form of Henrietta, isn't it?

Cassandra
Edith
Louisa
Lucia
Juliet

I also like the suggestion of Hermione

AbiRoad · 15/11/2013 22:15

Penelope would work well. Could be penny, Nell, poppy etc

Ikeameatballs · 15/11/2013 22:10

Matilda
Susannah
Loveday
Cordelia
Rebecca

Ohmydarlin · 15/11/2013 22:04

Christabel or Clementine go nicely with Henrietta and both fit well with your middle name Joy.

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 15/11/2013 21:22

My first thought was Josephine, which is obviously a feminisation, but I take it you are trying to avoid two 'boyish' nicknames? Well, Josephine would be Josie which isn't boyish.

soontobeslendergirl · 15/11/2013 21:22

Evelyn
Rita
Alice
Emily

CoffeeChocolateWine · 15/11/2013 21:02

I saw Henrietta and thought Isobel/Isabelle (Izzy or Belle). Don't know why, but I think they sound nice together. Isobel Joy works too.

WestmorlandSausage · 15/11/2013 20:55

Harriet.

But they will become known as Hattie and Henny... .not that that is a bad thing!

BikeRunSki · 15/11/2013 20:54

Martha
Jessica
Louise/a
Laura
Marla
Caroline
Niamh
Hannah
Anna
Eleanor
Rachel

MrsOakenshield · 15/11/2013 20:53

Rosamund is lovely!

SoftSheen · 15/11/2013 20:52

Arabella
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Isabel
Cressida

Cutteduppumpkin · 15/11/2013 20:49

I only meant the last one was like Margaret Shock

Cutteduppumpkin · 15/11/2013 20:48

I know it's close to Margaret, but what about:
Eleanor? Isabelle? Juliette? Marguerite?

CountingStars · 15/11/2013 20:39

Elizabeth comes to mind.

pinkthechaffinch · 15/11/2013 20:38

Deborah