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Have I accidentally started a theme?

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user1487804542 · 21/03/2017 19:57

I have two DDs, Miranda and Imogen and we have just found out we are expecting DD3. By accident, my girls' names are both from Shakespeare plays. Our favourite name this time is Cecilia, but I worry that her name doesn't 'match' her sisters (especially because there's a Shakespearean Celia, but I don't love it!).

Will DD3 feel left out of the Shakespearean theme or am I overthinking this?

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eternalopt · 27/03/2017 01:39

You're overthinking it. I wouldn't have spotted a theme, and like you say, the theme was an accident anyway. If you did want to keep it going, Cordelia is lovely and not a million miles away, but then the theme would be very obvious.

PetalMettle · 26/03/2017 22:13

Thanks @drabbyyates and a bonus bit of trivia

DrAbbyYates · 26/03/2017 21:29

Imogen is in Cymbeline.

It's widely proposed that Shakespeare actually used the name 'Innogen', and that 'Imogen' came from a mistake made by a copyist.

buttercup54321 · 23/03/2017 20:17

Juliet?

MrsHathaway · 23/03/2017 15:51

Well done squoosh !

squoosh · 23/03/2017 15:15

St Cecilia having a bit of a lie down and Miranda having a look out to sea.

Imogen brandishing her sword.

squoosh · 23/03/2017 15:07

Herbert Gustave Schmalz!

squoosh · 23/03/2017 15:06

You overthinking it but if by chance anyone points it out just loftily tell them that the theme is ‘Pre-Raphaelite paintings’ instead of ‘Shakespeare’. I’m sure John William Waterhouse has paintings of both St Cecilia and Shakespeare's Miranda, and there's a painting of Imogen by another Pre- Raphaelite whose name escapes me at the moment.

ScarlettFreestone · 23/03/2017 13:02

^^daily? Fairly

ScarlettFreestone · 23/03/2017 13:01

I love Shakespeare and wouldn't have identified it as a theme, Miranda and Imogen are daily commonly used names anyway.

You could just go with it and call DD3 Viola.

(Cecilia is lovely though!)

GinAndTunic · 23/03/2017 12:58

I love Faith, Hope and Kevin. Thank you for the much-needed laugh.

LittleIda · 23/03/2017 12:55

I should say I didn't make up Faith Hope and Kevin. Someone is supposed to have called their children that, although it could be an urban myth!

AutumnalLeaves38 · 23/03/2017 11:50

"Faith, Hope and Kevin"

Any Indie bands out there looking for the perfect name?!

You win Mumsnet quote of the day, Littlelda.

OP,

Cecilia is beautiful. And, IMO, blends very well with your elder DDs' names.

RJnomore1 · 22/03/2017 06:30

I want to have three more kids now so I can call them faith hope and Kevin!

Scribblegirl · 22/03/2017 06:24

Faith, Hope and Kevin

PetalMettle · 22/03/2017 06:22

I can't even think which play Imogen is from and I've read them all many many years ago so I don't think it's over obvious and agree that cecilia goes nicely

highinthesky · 22/03/2017 01:07

Have you considered Portia?

LittleIda · 22/03/2017 00:43

I think it's fine. It's not obviously breaking away from a theme like Faith, Hope and Kevin

Sophronia · 21/03/2017 23:51

Overthinking. Cecilia is a lovely name.

harderandharder2breathe · 21/03/2017 22:57

Overthinking! It's not obvious to most people that there is a theme and it's accidental anyway so if on the off chance she grows up to be a Shakespeare buff and queries it you can pretend not to have known

SuperBeagle · 21/03/2017 20:47

It's not an obvious theme.

As a PP said, it's not as though it's Juliet and Ophelia.

Go with the name you love. If you'd intentionally chosen Shakespearean names for the first two, but not for the third, then I could see her being "left out" but since there was no intention there, it's fine.

Neverknowing · 21/03/2017 20:23

You're over thinking! My neice is Cecilia I love the name so much. Be prepared to have everyone sing Cecilia to you though.

lazycrazyhazy · 21/03/2017 20:21

I'm into my Shakespeare too but wouldn't have thought of it. If you wanted a C name though from Shakespeare I know a lovely Cressida and also a Cordelia... Cecilia is love though!

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user1487804542 · 21/03/2017 20:11

That's what I was hoping to hear Thank you!

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cementedminds · 21/03/2017 20:05

Overthinking! I like a bit of Shakespeare but it wouldn't have been the first thing that sprang to mind. However if you did want to stick with the theme how about Cecily (from Richard III)?

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