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Greta, Juno or Fleur?

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JanuaryJuniper · 07/06/2015 22:48

Which would you prefer as a sister to Eli and Aphra?

Not pregnant yet but not doing anything to stop it happening (bar still breastfeeding) so thought it would be fun to start letting myself dream about a third!

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MamaLazarou · 14/06/2015 09:01

'Fleur' sounds like someone being sick.

ipsofactocollapso · 14/06/2015 07:15

Juno - it's gorgeous

DressMeHeadToFootInTommy · 11/06/2015 08:28

sean o'casey is what I think of!

DressMeHeadToFootInTommy · 11/06/2015 08:27

I hate the name fleur. It just doesn't work in English in my humble opinion. If you're french and you livein france then, je ne sais pas. But if you live in an english speaking country Fleur is horrible.

Greta I find attractive rather than pretty. But I like that. It's strong.

Juno I love with the OP's names. They are all unusual names, but not crazy and they are different but work well together too.

SycamoreMum · 11/06/2015 08:16

Thats one of the (many) names of my next daughter; Fleur Pippin

Juno is cute too.

BeautifulStars93 · 11/06/2015 08:14

I love Juno and think it goes great.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 11/06/2015 08:11

Love greta. Considered it for my own...still might if I have another.

Juno just makes me think of that fil, and fleur makes me think 'fleur de lys'

nooka · 11/06/2015 08:05

I think both Fleur and Greta are quite unattractive sounding names. I prefer Juno and think it would work quite well with your other children's names although they are very old testament while Juno is a Roman goddess.

Rhubarbgarden · 11/06/2015 07:31

Fleur. Love Fleur.

mrschatty · 10/06/2015 15:16

I love Juno! I'm really thinking of this as a name for a girl as I've started to go off my original girls choice!

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 22:57

DressMeHead I agree with you re having a contrasting ending, that would be the ideal and it would be one of the reservations with Greta!

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DressMeHeadToFootInTommy · 08/06/2015 22:39

I was going to say Greta, but with Aphra I think Juno would contrast better. Not be matchy. It'd be different and unusual in a different way.

I think two names ending in 'a' would take away from the unusualness of the choices.

TempsPerdu · 08/06/2015 22:05

Love Greta but not sure how well it goes with Eli and Aphra - Juno (even though it's a bit faddy) fits much better for me. Really dislike Fleur - sounds too much like 'bleurgh' and feels a little stuck up. Rumer could grow on me...

fionadal · 08/06/2015 21:48

Juno- or even Juniper nn June?

I much prefer Flora to Fleur

Don't really like Greta

Aphra is a great name!

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 20:42

Yay a vote for Rumer....I'm afraid of doing a thread on Rumer as it will probably get slated. It's actually my favourite!

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Oly4 · 08/06/2015 20:16

Rumer is hands down the best name from this bunch, love it

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 14:38

Possibly a spy love this

I also love the name Rumer but I think it may be a bit difficult to live with!

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squoosh · 08/06/2015 14:35

Greta is great. Grown up, 1940's glam. Possibly a spy.

Chchchchanging · 08/06/2015 13:56

Greta

CruCru · 08/06/2015 13:56

Greta.

Smugnogplease · 08/06/2015 12:39

Love great, not keen on others

Slavetominidictator · 08/06/2015 12:23

Prefer Fleur but I think Juno goes best with your other names and it's a gorgeous name too.

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 12:20

I do like the previous suggestion of Juniper but would prefer two or one syllable names!

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JanuaryJuniper · 08/06/2015 12:08

Wow lots of comments and lots to mull over. It took over three years to conceive Aphra so it's possible that I will have plenty of time to consider names for another dc.....however it took all that time to come up with the name Aphra.

For the poster who was asking Aphra is pronounced Af rah, it is a place name in the bible in the book of Micah and means either dust or young deer, was brought into use as a name by the Puritans and as another poster mentioned Aphra Behn is a famous wearer of the name and a great feminist role model being the first professional female writer!

I'm open to suggestions on other names, if any if you have ideas

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SunnyBaudelaire · 08/06/2015 11:46

damn so much for that theory then.....

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