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Ophira Sapphire

60 replies

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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RedToothBrush · 12/03/2021 07:53

Ophir is a brand of gin.
Bombay Sapphire is a brand of gin.

Everyone will secretly think you have a gin problem.

HeadlessGummyBears · 12/03/2021 06:10

Freya is lovely. Here are some eclectic suggestions:

Alice
Alexandra
Amber
Anya
April
Athena
Aurora
Belle
Cassandra
Celeste
Dahlia
Daphne
Delilah
Eleanor
Francesca
Gemma
Harriet
Hazel
Hermione
Imogen
Isabelle
Jade
Jasmine
Juliet
June
Juniper
Luna
Madeleine
Maxine
Miriam
Olivia
Pearl
Rosa
Samantha
Sarah
Saskia
Scarlett
Sylvia
Tabitha
Viola
Violet
Vivienne
Willow

SleepingStandingUp · 11/03/2021 21:45

It is good gin though op, once baby is here of course.

Freya is lovely,,

ManxRhyme · 11/03/2021 21:43

Please not candida. No one deserves to be named after thrush.

Whatalottachocca · 11/03/2021 21:33

Ophir gin & Bombay Sapphire gin popped into my head too. I don’t think it’s a good idea. 😳

8dpwoah · 11/03/2021 21:32

What about Amira? It's a real name so that's a start 😂 similar vibe but different enough to Freya (which I think is lovely for what it's worth).

If you really love Ophira it could work as a middle name.

sweetnessnfight · 11/03/2021 21:26

@HardcoreParkour

Ophira is nice but Sapphire sounds a bit 'American stripper' to me.
I agree with this
sammylilac · 11/03/2021 21:15

Really not keen sorry!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 11/03/2021 21:01

Ophira is very unusual and a touch soundalike with popular Freya (and will likely be confused with more well known Ophelia too). Sapphire is a fun middle name though.

How about Lara, Cora, Iris, Thalia or Gaia? - all have mythological links like Freya.

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Elambert83 · 11/03/2021 20:25

Ok so thats a resounding No then 🤣. Back to the drawing board. I needed to hear it, sometimes it is blinding how many names are out there and trying to make them work.

I have some normalish names but also somr unusual ones on my list so feel quite clueless right now 😭

OP posts:
CatBiscuits · 11/03/2021 19:51

My first thought was Gin (Ophir- it's lush)

My second thought was there's too many Fs in the name and also with Freya.

user1493494961 · 11/03/2021 19:45

Freya is lovely, Ophira is too similar and Sapphire is awful.

3CCC · 11/03/2021 19:28

@SherlocksDeerstalker

Definitely a gin!
Another one who thinks this I'm afraid
YellowandGreenToBeSeen · 11/03/2021 19:22

Ophira is beautiful. But ‘I Fear Her’ would be the colloquial pronunciation. I wouldn’t put it with Freya either.

Ideas:

Melissa
Candida
Ophelia (but it’s a name of tragedy)
Magenta
Iris (lovely with Freya)
Melaina (not Melania!)

PatsyStone39 · 11/03/2021 19:21

Like Ophira a lot but not with Sapphire - it makes it sound like a brand of car.

What about Safira? A mix of both

niceupthedance · 11/03/2021 19:21

Sounds like a make of car!

GingerAndTheBiscuits · 11/03/2021 19:20

@RJnomore1

Sounds like gin
came to say this too!
HardcoreParkour · 11/03/2021 19:19

Ophira is nice but Sapphire sounds a bit 'American stripper' to me.

Greenmarmalade · 11/03/2021 19:18

A bit too princessy for my tastes, but nice nonetheless.

I’d probably choose one of those.

Ophira May
Ophira Jane
Ophira Rose
Ophira Clare

ZenNudist · 11/03/2021 19:17

Awful, sorry. Definitely dont use them together. Poor kid, imagine having to spell your name to everyone.

AliasGrape · 11/03/2021 19:17

My first thought was gin too, sorry!

SherlocksDeerstalker · 11/03/2021 19:16

Definitely a gin!

Bimblybomeyelash · 11/03/2021 19:16

Too much everything

FawnDrench · 11/03/2021 19:15

Too effie IMO.
Sounds like someone trying to say "Ophelia" with a mouth full of gob-stoppers.

StopGo · 11/03/2021 19:15

Sounds like the child would be named after two brands of gin.

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