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Georgina/Georgiana...any other similar names?

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User45632874 · 30/11/2017 15:03

Hi
Looking for a girls name to go with sibling Eleanor plus another sister (don't want to give her name or might 'out' myself) but name is similar - relatively traditional.
Favourites are Georgina or Georgiana
Others include Marianna or Estella - but latter is probably too close to Eleanor/Ella
Any other similar names?

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MerryMarigold · 30/11/2017 19:52

Love Francesca! May be too many 'uh' endings though with Eleanor and another child with an 'a' ending, assuming 'uh'.

BillywigSting · 30/11/2017 19:46

I quite like Francesca with Eleanor (shortened to Frankie, but only because that was my nana's and her sisters names so they just naturally go together in my head)

Otherwise:

Rosaline/ Roisín
Jessica
Ada
Prudence
Henriette

crunched · 30/11/2017 19:46

The only Georgiana I know ( & parents pronounce it with four syllables, sorry Daisypond) has a sister called Gabriella, known as Gigi, quite sweet.
What about Persephone?

DumbledoresApprentice · 30/11/2017 19:46

I would pronounce Georgiana like daisy said, with 3 syllables.

Pemba · 30/11/2017 19:45

That's to Daisy.

Pemba · 30/11/2017 19:45

No it's not. This has been covered on here before. It was pronounced that way by a particular fashionable set of people in the period in which the film 'The Duchess' was set. They pronounced it that way to show their membership of the group.

Normal pronunciation is 'jorg-ee-ahna' as you expect by looking at the spelling.

MerryMarigold · 30/11/2017 19:44

Christina, Juliet, Rebecca, Emma, Mary

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User45632874 · 30/11/2017 19:43

Some great alternatives being suggested here too. Quite like the ana endings, my second daughter's name ends with 'a' but I think we have avoided being frilly as described. I like strong names I think - hadn't really considered the 'frilly' aspect. Thanks for all the suggestions so far x I'm finding this so difficult because we have used up two favourites already.

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daisypond · 30/11/2017 19:40

Georgiana is pronounced Jor-jane-a, as mentioned upthread. It only has three syllables.

Ttbb · 30/11/2017 19:37

Not a fan of Georgina (very popular when I was at school). I love Georgiana though. Other names that give me similar vibes are:
Henrietta
Alberta (although I wouldn't name a child that tbh)
Frances
Evangelina
Eugenia
Alexandra

SuperBeagle · 30/11/2017 19:32

Georgina is nicer than Georgiana, which is too OTT frilly and has pronunciation issues (George-ee-ah-nah, George-ee-anna, George-ayna).

SumAndSubstance · 30/11/2017 18:34

I prefer Georgina of the two. Josephine has a similar vibe in my mind!

Pemba · 30/11/2017 17:35

Or Julia/Juliet
Rosalind/Rosamund
Imogen
Susanna(h)
Miriam
Alexandra

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 30/11/2017 17:04

Georgina is lovely !

Iwantallthesleep · 30/11/2017 17:04

I love Georgette

Pemba · 30/11/2017 16:56

Georgina is lovely and flows nicely. Georgiana is a bit more of a mouthful. Also pronunciation difficulties, is it jorj-ee-ahna, jorj-ee-anna, or the weird version of jorj-ayna as in the film The Duchess with Keira Knightly?

Marianna is nice (although I prefer Marianne) but combined with Eleanor that is quite Jane Austeny!

Alice/Alicia?
Isabel/Isabella?
Lydia?
Louisa?
Christina?
Serena/Selina/Sabrina?
Madeleine?

TwigTheWonderKid · 30/11/2017 16:09

Cordelia, Augusta or Henrietta ?

Idratherhaveacupoftea · 30/11/2017 16:02

Don't forget the poor little child having to spell Georgianna. Georgina is lovely.

Thistledew · 30/11/2017 15:52

Julianna?

MikeUniformMike · 30/11/2017 15:30

I like Georgia, Georgina and Georgiana and Georgie and Gina.
Georgia was a bit too popular (and the Jorja speling is awful) for a while and Georgiana will cause confusion (she'll get Georgina, Georgie-Ana, etc - I think it's pronounced Jor-jane-a).

pallisers · 30/11/2017 15:29

DD knows a girl called Cordiana which I think is lovely.

Victoria is also great.

Eleanor of Aquitaine's sister was called Petronilla (and sometimes called Alix)

daisypond · 30/11/2017 15:24

Elinor and Marianne are characters in a Jane Austen novel. I like Georgina and Georgiana. Georgiana is a Jane Austen character, too (Pride and Prejudice) but both names are loads better than the ubiquitous Georgia. Frances? I really love this name. Julia? Harriet is the rather plodding and dim girl in Emma, so that really puts me off that name.

ovenchips · 30/11/2017 15:24

Harriet with adorable (IMHO) nn of Harry? Love George/ Georgina too though.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/11/2017 15:23

Eleanor and
Florence
Harriet
Violet
Charlotte
Ophelia
Claudia
Dorothy

Uumellmahaye · 30/11/2017 15:12

Honoria
Clemency
Feodorvana
Amelia
Matilda
Tanta