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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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Alaaya · 10/12/2018 21:07

Marnie and Brianna are my favourites. Also, I LOVE Astrid. It was one of my favourite names and I'm still sad DH vetoed for DD.

wildewillow · 10/12/2018 21:01

Merryn is my favorite from your list. Though I have a very soft spot for Yvaine as well!

TheLurkingOne · 10/12/2018 20:58

Petra in spite of the vowel sound at the end!

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Shazafied · 10/12/2018 20:57

Oooh yes I LOVE Imelda too ... it’s just you have to actively pause a bit between first name and surname... almost do a little glottal stop, to prevent it running into one long blurry word.
Sadly this probably means Brianna won’t really work.

I do love Arwen... I’m a bit worried that it might smack of Tolkien .... I’m not even a Tolkien fan really . But do love how old and magical it sounds.

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Alwaysdrama · 10/12/2018 20:56

I vote Marnie from that list.

MsSquiz · 10/12/2018 20:54

The first thing that came into my head as Astrid's sister was Imelda, but that may not work with your surname. I do love Iris too

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Shazafied · 10/12/2018 20:53

Arwen Yvaine ?

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Shazafied · 10/12/2018 20:53

“Ee” sounds as in Marnie are also easy to say with the surname. Can’t bring self to remove Brianna just cos it’s a bit harder work to say the full name though !

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BertramKibbler · 10/12/2018 20:52

I think Arwen goes nicely with your daughter’s name

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