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A name to go with Isobel, Alice and Kit?

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SummerMonths · 01/01/2016 08:30

Apologies if you have seen my other thread. Only starting a new one as want to focus on which name fits with the sibling names.

So which goes best?

Matilda
Nina
Ella
Jemima (new entry since last thread)
Rose (another new entry)

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SummerMonths · 03/01/2016 19:59

I adore there name Dorothea (Dora or Thea). Was my first choose name for each girl. I have a deep personal connection to that name as my much missed late mother was an academic who wrote a lot about the character Dorothea in Middlemarch.

DH won't have it though.

I dream of overruling him.

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ExBallerina · 03/01/2016 14:42

Jemima

SolsburyHell · 03/01/2016 14:35

Nina

JenniferAnistonsHair · 03/01/2016 14:33

I think Scarlett, Maeve & Rosa all sound good with your other children's names though, just to move away from your list a bit...

JenniferAnistonsHair · 03/01/2016 14:31

If you like Beth, what about Bethan or Bethany??

Robertaquimby · 03/01/2016 14:07

Rosamund
Jessica
Verity
Cecily
Lucy
Flora
Dorothea (Dora)

FrancisdeSales · 02/01/2016 22:10

Love Jemima

Also
Tabitha
Tamsin
Charlotta (Lottie)
Helena
Carolina
Garnet
Silvia
Riva
Ruth
Celeste

Finallyonboard · 02/01/2016 21:58

Or Maude.

Finallyonboard · 02/01/2016 21:58

Martha.

Cookiesandcoffee · 02/01/2016 21:49

Oops sorry, I had no idea, I think if DC3 is a DD we may well use Elizabeth as a middle name. Florence is also nice (my DH says definite no)

Matilda or Jemima for sure. I like that Matilda has different shortenings and I like them all.

I personally don't like Nina, and my Isabelle often gets called Belle/Bella so IMO Ella would be rather similar.

R00tat00tt00t · 02/01/2016 21:02

Maybe Matilda? What about Evelyn, Elspeth or Ottilie (?sp)?

Hellofromtheotherside7 · 02/01/2016 20:51

Love the name Matilda. What about Stella, Eleanor or Florence?

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SummerMonths · 02/01/2016 20:46

Cookies - we have v similar taste in names! Unfortunately I think Elizabeth and Isobel/Isabelle are too close because Isabelle is the Spanish for Elizabeth and they have the same root and same meaning. It would be like having a Mary and a Maria. Shame as I really like Beth.

I do like Beatrice but DH says he could never choose the same name that Sarah Ferguson chose!

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Cookiesandcoffee · 02/01/2016 19:07

Jemima, Matilda and Elizabeth are my top 3 names In that order (also have an Isabelle already) I don't think Elizabeth is too similar. My DH hates hates hates Jemima Sad though so watching with interest. Beatrice is also on my list if that helps? I used Rose as a middle name rather than a first name?

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SummerMonths · 02/01/2016 08:12

I do sort of agree that none of my list are as good as my existing three. I just knew what to call them. This time it's much harder. I'm leaning toward Matilda but just not sure.

Thanks for the other suggestions. I'm not keen on Harriet but Phoebe is nice. I'm not sure it's THE one though.

I really like Beth but I would want to give the full name of Elizabeth and I can't because it's so closely related to Isobel.

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dontpokethebear · 02/01/2016 00:00

I would have loved a Jemima! But it was the only name my husband said absolutely not to (no idea why). As pp has already said, Harriet or Phoebe would go really well too.

BestIsWest · 01/01/2016 23:57

I like Hetty.

sofato5miles · 01/01/2016 23:46

There are a fair few Matildas about now. We gave it as a middle name, which we agonised over at the time but it worked out.

sofato5miles · 01/01/2016 23:43

Jemima or Harriet

TrappedInAWitchesCurse · 01/01/2016 23:41

Matilda from your list, but when I read your thread title I immediately thought Hetty.

Pobspits · 01/01/2016 23:39

Jemima but Harriet or Phoebe would be better

DramaAlpaca · 01/01/2016 23:25

Jemima or Matilda go best IMO.

BestIsWest · 01/01/2016 23:22

You have a very Victorian/Edwardian feel to your names. Jemima goes well. Beatrice? Not Ella.

IamSantaClaus · 01/01/2016 23:07

I think Nina and Rose go the best

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 01/01/2016 23:06

Not Ella. Isobel often gets stretched to Isabella ime, even if she isn't. I love all of your dc's names and am not convinced that any of the ones you've listed are as nice as the three you've got already, tbh.