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Sister for Astrid

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Shazafied · 10/12/2018 20:51

Hello all,

I’d be really grateful for opinions on the following as names for Astrid Iona’s wee sister !

We love old names. I’m Scottish and DH has Norwegian heritage (distant), we have a Norwegian surname starting with an “Oar” sound.... first names ending in consonants are much easier to say when running into our surname...

Here are our ideas!

Brianna
Arwen
Ramona (DH not fully sold on this...)
Corinne/Coryn
Yvaine
Merryn
Marnie

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MikeUniformMike · 25/12/2018 18:59

Elin is nice.

AppleDragon · 25/12/2018 17:58

Iseult
Eleri
Heulwen

BikeRunSki · 25/12/2018 17:43

Ursula came straight to mind egg. I saw the OP, but Elin and Merryn are 2 of my most favourite girls names.

MikeUniformMike · 25/12/2018 17:39

I think Corinne is the nicest. Corin is a boy's name.

JanetWeb2812 · 23/12/2018 19:27

My niece is Synnøve: it means gift of the sun.

MumUnderTheMoon · 22/12/2018 09:20

Tabitha Fae would be lovely. Tabitha means "graceful" while Fae means "from the faeries".

grayindie · 22/12/2018 00:37

Nova? Sticking with the theme

IHopeThisIsAGoodIdea · 20/12/2018 14:10

Brianna: Bitchy name
Arwen: Pretty
Ramona (DH not fully sold on this...): Ugh
Corinne/Coryn: Pretty
Yvaine: Seriously???
Merryn: O_o
Marnie: Dog's name.

IrisStar · 20/12/2018 13:26

I love Astrid!! dh not for it though! wee have a Maggie here and looking for girls names that go with it, and I really like reading these suggestions.

AmICrazyorWhat2 · 17/12/2018 01:04

I like Arwen and Merryn as well. I was also going to suggest Ingrid - although I went to school with a nasty one! I met a nice one later in life Smile

user1479487725 · 17/12/2018 00:59

What about Cora?

Original poster
Shazafied · 12/12/2018 21:20

Thanks all. Such lovely suggestions. DH has picked Arwen and Brianna as his top two. I love Arwen and just can’t choose between the rest, so I think she may be Arwen Brianna! Still a while yet to change our minds though x

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FaceLikeAPairOfTits · 12/12/2018 17:36

Morven
Juliet
Miriam
Beatrix

Flamingosnbears · 12/12/2018 17:32

Edith and Ingrid came to mind instantly good luck

starkid · 12/12/2018 17:05

Lovely list :)

From your list and the ones that have been suggested that you like, my favourites are:

Ramona
Corinne
Ishbel

loochery · 12/12/2018 13:23

Gwen?

FartnissEverbeans · 12/12/2018 12:41

*doesn’t

FartnissEverbeans · 12/12/2018 12:41

Anwen is lovely, or Arianwen. Anwen does t suffer the the LotR association to the same extent as Arwen.

Ishbel
Roslyn

SemperIdem · 12/12/2018 08:37

Greta

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 12/12/2018 08:36

(I'm a little obsessed with numbers and my above suggestions are particularly pleasing in that the 5th letter of each first name is the first letter of their corresponding middle name!)Blush

AnotherRoadsideAttraction · 12/12/2018 08:28

Agree, re. Ingrid - the only one I've known was a horrid, selfish woman!

Astrid Iona and Merryn Yvaine

Gorgeous!

Snog · 12/12/2018 08:22

Myrtle or Willow

HabbyHadno · 11/12/2018 21:30

We're expecting a girl in the Spring and we love the name Astrid. We also have Ottilie and Eleanor as frontrunners, so maybe one of those?

Tabbytwitchet · 11/12/2018 21:15

Tabitha
Eliza
Imogen
Elowen
Bronwen
Luna
Juno
Penelope
Freida
Wren
Thea
Martha
Freya
Ottilie
Matilde

loubeylou68smellsofreindeerpoo · 11/12/2018 21:03

Alba