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Ophira Sapphire

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Elambert83 · 11/03/2021 19:05

Hi

Thoughts on a girl called Ophira Sapphire. Ophira is pronounced o-feer-a.

I have a Freya already

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RichPetunia · 15/03/2021 19:06

Sorry, no keen on Ophira or Sapphire.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 15/03/2021 17:20

Ophira makes me think of gin, so I like it 😁 but not as a name for an actual person. Sapphire is just dreadful; Jordan Katie Price 'wrote' a book of that name which says it all really. I'd go back to the drawing board, if I were you. Sorry.

Edenember · 15/03/2021 17:08

Not keen. Where I live Ophira sounds like ‘oh fear her’ or ‘I fear her’. But regardless of whether that’s an issue for you or not, I think the two names together have too many similar sounds to sit comfortably.

tiredmum2468 · 15/03/2021 16:33

Sorry I think they sound like brands of gin
Wouldn't be my choice but if you were to use them I'd use one or the other and
Not both

PetraRabbit · 15/03/2021 15:05

They sound like versions of the same name. I don't think you can have both.

Daisy62 · 14/03/2021 17:34

Heidi, Hester, Delfina?

JanewaysBun · 13/03/2021 11:19

Too similar to your older DD. I would go with sapphire

StopSearching · 13/03/2021 11:17

What about Saffiya (Saffy for short)

queenofthenorthwest · 13/03/2021 11:13

I love both of them.

I love Ophelia also

SherlocksDeerstalker · 13/03/2021 11:07

Freya and Margot! That’s the winner.

MrsAmaretto · 12/03/2021 23:23

What about sticking with Norse/ Nordic names?
Ingrid
Astrid
Soley
Tuva
Sanna

BackforGood · 12/03/2021 22:56

Glad you've decided against. Definitely sounds like the name of a car to me.

From your list I quite like :
Margot
Martha
Eloise
Amelia
Zara
Stephanie

BunnyRuddington · 12/03/2021 22:48

We know sisters who are Freya and Scarlet.

Sh05 · 12/03/2021 22:46

Esmeralda Esme for short

MarthaJonesPhone · 12/03/2021 22:40

I think Martha goes really well with Freya.

BunnyRuddington · 12/03/2021 22:35

From your other names I'd go for Xanthe. It's not pretentious, it's a lovely name and very different from Freya.

LuluJakey1 · 12/03/2021 22:32

Hideous- both of them. Pretentious and ridiculous.

BunnyRuddington · 12/03/2021 22:31

If you have a Freya already, it might be too similar. Are you definitely having a girl?

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Elambert83 · 12/03/2021 22:23

My other names are
Davina
Margot
Dahlia
Martha
Audrey
Xanthe
Eden
Milena
Esme
Delaney
Eloise
Liara
Ailsa
Amelia
Skylar
Riona
Zara
Evelina
Stephanie
Elena
Takara
Pearl
Sakura
Ingrid

I don't think I have a particular style

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mathanxiety · 12/03/2021 21:34

What are some of the other names you have in mind?

Cam2020 · 12/03/2021 19:33

My first thought was gin too (the lovechild of Opihr and Bombay Sapphire).

Carolina24 · 12/03/2021 19:30

Terrible. They are both varieties of gin..?

WilsonMilson · 12/03/2021 08:27

Sorry, I think Ophira Sapphire sounds like a stripper name, but that’s possibly just the Sapphire part. Also, I made the gin connection too.

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Elambert83 · 12/03/2021 08:20

I never made the gin connection at all Shock

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Elambert83 · 12/03/2021 08:19

I do also have quite a few of these ones

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