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Fight over names.. Whose are better, mine or his? Juniper or Jane...

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 15:20

Ok, my top 3 girls names:
Juniper
Evangeline
Lilias

DP's:
Jane
Violetta
Constance

Confused Compromise seems hard

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SuperBeagle · 11/05/2017 09:18

Magdalena is much nicer than Magdalene, and it has none of the connotations.

CricketRuntAndRashers · 11/05/2017 09:12

Tbh, I have to second Fenella.

I personally can't imagined using Magdalene for a little girl. Maybe Madeleine or Magdalena?

Twoevils · 11/05/2017 09:07

It's the 'nip' in Juniper I'm struggling with I think. And Lily/Lili--- type names are 10 a penny round here so Lilias would just get lost in the noise.

Constance and Jane are inoffensive enough.

I love Sorrel and Linnet though.

I'd throw Selva and Alma out there too.

SuperFlyHigh · 11/05/2017 08:30

Tanith which someone suggested a few pages back is lovely I did also know a lovely Irish wolfhound named Tanith though

Not Clover that's too countryside for me!

spacecowboy99 · 11/05/2017 08:11

Just to clarify a point you complained about some time ago. I didn't say "they're all dreadful". I said "they are equally dreadful". In my opinion. Which was in direct response to your thread title wanting to know our opinions on the relative merit of the two lists. Usually with these sort of threads I much prefer one option or the other, it's unusual not to be able to pick.

GinIsIn · 11/05/2017 08:08

Please not Magadlene - it's synonymous with some of the most widespread and horrific abuse ever perpetrated. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalene_asylum

BertrandRussell · 11/05/2017 07:56

Magdalen without the -e is much better........

Reow · 11/05/2017 07:55

Connie Jane?

mathanxiety · 11/05/2017 07:50

x-post - Magdalene is fab.

mathanxiety · 11/05/2017 07:50

I like his better but I like Lilias from your list too.

Jane Constance would be gorgeous. Jane is very hip where I am. It is most definitely not middle name material any more.

Juniper sounds like a sidekick of Twangy Pearl the Elastic Girl.
Jumping Juniper... Jumpin' Juniper Jane (Yeehah!)

Martha is the name of a hen. I can't hear the name without getting a mental image of feathers and clucking and pecking.

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CoralieConfused · 11/05/2017 07:42

Brilliant - DP suggested Magdalene last night! I was very surprised Grin Or perhaps I'm just pressing him too much for names now and he's getting confused...I rather like it! Glad you enjoyed the thread

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PyjamasBySeven · 11/05/2017 07:21

Thanks for this thread, OP. Unlike certain a certain other PP I was delighted to stumble across it on the 'Active' board while pulling my hair out trying to get my dd back to sleep in the early hours last night!

I have taught both a Constance (always called Connie) and an Evangeline (known as Evie). Both were lovely girls (probably now in their 20s), so the names have very positive associations for me. It is a bit of a shame though, IMHO, that the abbreviated forms are becoming so popular.

How about Florence? Seems to fit with the nature names you like, but in the same style of names your dh likes.

Or, I wondered about Magdalene - seems of a similar ilk to Evangeline and, while not a virtue name, has religious associations that might please your puritan DH (though perhaps the wrong denomination WinkCould be abbreviated to Maggie or Lena.

FWIW, I also think Mildred and Millicent might be due revivals.

lrliml · 11/05/2017 02:07

Really can't picture a baby Jane...plain Jane...just not a name for a baby imo! Works as a middle name though, maybe a compromise?
January a bit 'out there', and as you seem a bit annoyed when people don't agree with your choices you might have a lifetime of justifying this choice to relatives etc with more traditional views?
Hadn't heard of it before but Lilias is nice, would be shortened to Lilly?

toffee1000 · 11/05/2017 00:29

He suggested February? Oh dear. Month names are always a bit debated on MN. April/May/June are ok. January is pushing it. But February is just daft.

MarilynWhirlwindRocks · 10/05/2017 23:57

^^ Fair enough!

Some totally random ones (I have RTFT, but apologies if anyone's already suggested any):

  • Raphaella/ Raphaela
  • Cecilia
  • Niamh
  • Elise
  • Ophelia

Anyway, good luck with her entry into the world, whatever name you end up choosing (afraid can't remember when she's due?) Flowers

HeadFullofSteam · 10/05/2017 23:46

Lilleth?
I think Juniper Jane is awesome.

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 23:31

He should start his own thread

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 23:29

Marilyn I rather like Lydia, but DP and I seem to know loads of our own age so it just seems too linked to them.
He's suggested Alexandra which I'm afraid I don't like. And February...

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MarilynWhirlwindRocks · 10/05/2017 23:23

OP,

What are your thoughts on Lydia?

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 23:21

Ah, understood! Grin

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CricketRuntAndRashers · 10/05/2017 23:19

Coralie
It would be adorable, wouldn't it...? But my grandmother doesn't speak English and my mother's English is a bit wonky as well. Bramble would lead to "Brrrrrumbluh"! ;)

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 23:16

Cricket Would you consider it for a middle name? It is really sweet!

Lilias is TOO a Scottish name Grin

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elephantscansing · 10/05/2017 23:15

Lilias is never a Scottish name. Never heard it in my life.

Jane is lovely.

CricketRuntAndRashers · 10/05/2017 23:14

Coralie

Too bad. Bramble would be a lovely middle name imo :)

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CoralieConfused · 10/05/2017 23:13

No really, I'm not actually considering Bramble 🤡

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