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No name for DD2; on the verge of calling her Stephen

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PennilynLott · 20/04/2015 10:03

DD1 has the perfect name for us - a choice of good nicknames, well out of the top hundred, family connection.

Here are other names we like. Please someone name her for us. We like quite long names generally, and ideally the nickname/shortening would begin with the same letter as the name itself.

Alexandra - love this but it doesn't go with the surname
Beatrice - current favourite?
Evelyn - literally every second girl is called Evie where we live
Clementine - DH hates it, I love it
Corinne - no nickname?
Leah - makes a comedy pairing with DD1's first name but would love it as a middle name
Juliet - makes a comedy pairing with my first name
Penelope - DH loves it, I don't like Penny

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Threesoundslikealot · 20/04/2015 10:42

How about Clemency instead of Clementine?

Aurelia? But nickname Rory possibly which doesn't meet your brief. Or Antonia but same nn issue.

SylvaniansAtEase · 20/04/2015 10:41

Beatrice, definitely.

Perfect, lovely, excellent nn. Well known but not really popular.

Minnie means vagina to me, yes. Although still love Minerva and know a couple of Minnies, and don't make the connection once it's a child you know.

Beatrice Leah
Beatrice Juliet
Beatrice Caroline

all great.

OhNoNotMyBaby · 20/04/2015 10:41

Hermione
Madeleine
Henrietta
Letitia
Tabitha

Allthatnonsense · 20/04/2015 10:37

Stephen as in The Well of Loneliness?

Corrine is lovely. Unusual, but not weird. She could be Cory?

MagentaOeuflon · 20/04/2015 10:33

Love Beatrice and Bea for short. Stevie is also a great girls' name, if you like Stephen!

matchingmoll · 20/04/2015 10:32

Mimi as a nickname instead?
I'm not sure if Caroline is coming back, but it seems reasonably classic. It's not overused at the moment, but it feels the same as Alexandra or Beatrice - pretty timeless.

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 20/04/2015 10:30

Vivienne? Hermione? Camille?

CaptainFabulous · 20/04/2015 10:29

Juliette/Julianna
Eleonora - Nora as nn
Georgina
Anastasia

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PennilynLott · 20/04/2015 10:28

I really like Caroline, it's been on my head-only list for a while but DH hates it! Do you not think its too 70s/80s or is it coming back?

Love Margaret and Elizabeth too but DH doesn't like those either. Maybe finding the name isn't the problem, it's just DH?

I like Miriam and DH loves the nickname Minnie but MN thinks it means vagina, is that universal?

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SanityClause · 20/04/2015 10:27

Penelope, but using the nickname Nell?

AuntieStella · 20/04/2015 10:27

Stephanie?

I don't like the name Clementine, but love Clementina - worth seeing if your DH finds the small change makes a big difference too?

Pity about the surname as Alexandra is lovely. Other longish names: Georgina, Adelaide, Victoria, Kimberley, Jemima, Leonora, Susannah, Francesca.

GnocchiGnocchiWhosThere · 20/04/2015 10:25

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momb · 20/04/2015 10:25

Stephanie?

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 20/04/2015 10:24

Beatrice is nice, but very popular round here. Smile

PenguinsandtheTantrumofDoom · 20/04/2015 10:23

Is just this list or do you want others?

I vote Penelope with nickname Nell Smile

matchingmoll · 20/04/2015 10:21

Beatrice is lovely. Beatrice Leah? Beatrice Corinne? Nice.
Don't know if you want other suggestions, but how about Susannah, Caroline, Josephine, Margaret, Elizabeth, Rosamund/lind, Serafina, Miranda, Miriam?