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Elizabeth, Catherine and...?

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knittedgoldfish · 10/09/2019 22:27

We've found out we're expecting a third girl (!!) and we are really struggling for a name this time.

I like Constance but DH has vetoed. He wants Mary or Madeleine but I hate both.

Help us please!

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Greyhound22 · 11/09/2019 09:59

Anne or Alice

alessandrae83 · 11/09/2019 09:25

Beatrice
Isabella
Margaret
Sarah
Victoria
Alice
Anna
Charlotte
Frances
Eleanor
Dorothy
Lydia
Lucy
Nancy
Juliet
Alexandra
Florence
Fleur
Harriet
Henrietta
Edith
Agatha
Adelaide
Adeline
Agnes
Evelyn
Louisa
Jessica
Genevieve
Samantha
Emmeline
Sophie

Cobblersandhogwash · 11/09/2019 09:23

Thomasina
Clementine
Cassandra

MissHenty · 11/09/2019 09:20

Gorgeous names you have for your current adds

I’d suggest another classic that will fit in
Violet
Emma
Lucy

SleepyHiraeth · 11/09/2019 09:16

Why is the correct pronunciation of Sophia "so-fye-ah" and Maria "mar-eye-uh"? Are they completely unrelated to Sophie and Marie?

allabouteve1 · 11/09/2019 09:14

Hannah
Rebekah
Bethany
Evelyne

Oopsinamechangedagain2020 · 11/09/2019 09:00

Elizabeth, Catherine and Georgina

Pcosmama · 11/09/2019 08:55

@daisypond I had no idea!

Jellycat00 · 11/09/2019 08:54

Sophia is lovely, but so popular now!

Abigail or Rebecca would be my choice.
Otherwise Genevieve or Laura.

daisypond · 11/09/2019 08:51

Pcosmama - no, so-fee-a isn’t traditionally right in the UK, though it’s taking over as a pronunciation. Just like Maria shouldn’t be pronounced Ma-ree-a but Ma-rye-a.

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knittedgoldfish · 11/09/2019 08:46

It was previously commonly So-fy-a (and some people do still pronounce it this way eg Sophia Money-Coutts). These days I think So-fee-a is far more usual and so we would go with that. I prefer Sophia to Sophie with either pronunciation.

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MikeUniformMike · 11/09/2019 08:45

I would pronounce Sophia Soff-eye-ah, and Sofia Soff-ee-ah. I know lots of people with little Sophias/Sofias (all Soff-ee-ah).
I prefer Sophie.

SleepyHiraeth · 11/09/2019 08:45

Victoria
Josephine
Alexandra
Adeline
Magdalene
Henrietta

MikeUniformMike · 11/09/2019 08:43

Ruth

Pcosmama · 11/09/2019 08:34

Isn't Sophia always pronounced so-fee-a 🤔

How about Harriet, Isobel, Charlotte, Hannah, Alice, Annie, Jessica?

daisypond · 11/09/2019 08:16

Anna was my first thought.
Sophia is nice but how are you going to pronounce it- So-fire? It annoys me when people say So-fee-a. You could have Sophie.

Emmapeeler · 11/09/2019 08:02

I have a girl with one of your names and considered Rose, Matilda, Emma, Lucy or Alice for another. (We had a boy!).

Twisique · 11/09/2019 08:00

Antonia Dorothea Henrietta Josephine

Astronica · 11/09/2019 07:57

Tabitha
Florence

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knittedgoldfish · 11/09/2019 07:50

Current front runner is Sophia. DH also keen on Matilda. We both like Philippa but hadn't considered the strong Middleton connection given we already have Catherine.

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Pantheon · 11/09/2019 06:18

Charlotte
Eleanor
Sarah

DandyLyon · 11/09/2019 06:11

Helena?

WanderingAimlessly · 11/09/2019 06:05

Elizabeth, Catherine and Rebecca
Elizabeth, Catherine and Helen

Poppins2016 · 11/09/2019 05:59

Meredith

Genevieve

Miranda

BunchMunch · 11/09/2019 05:52

Mary
Esther
Dorothy
Bridget
Anna
Lilian
Clementine
Edith

Love Constance BTW.

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