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Rate my (girls) names please!

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Smurftastic · 06/09/2021 12:19

Which ones are your most/least favourite of those names? What comes to your mind when you see them?
Baby sister for Juliet. In alphabetical order. My favourite keeps changing daily!

Adeline
Bianca
Camilla
Cecilia
Celeste
Daphne
Felicity
Josephine
Serena
Sylvia

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frazzledfragglefromfragglerock · 12/09/2021 00:47

But I think Juliet and Daphne go well together and cecelia is another fave of mine.

Sorry not helped really lol

frazzledfragglefromfragglerock · 12/09/2021 00:46

Juliet is my current fave and I already have a Josephine so that gets my vote 👍

ThePunnyMonster · 12/09/2021 00:23

I like Celeste and Sylvia. Not keen on the others. Bianca is the worst.

Mamainthemaking · 12/09/2021 00:15

My name is Josephine and I despise it. Much to my Mother’s dismay I’ve always shortened it to Josie. Don’t know any Josephines that do not shorten their names, so perhaps bare that in mind.

Tulips15 · 11/09/2021 23:42

Felicity is the only one I would consider
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Bianca- Eastenders
Camilla- Married to Charles
Serena- Tennis player
The rest to me are ' old lady'

DramaAlpaca · 11/09/2021 23:08

All lovely names with the exception of Bianca.

I thought Cecilia with Juliet when I first saw the list.

bluetang7 · 11/09/2021 22:08

Lovely names! I've added a couple of thoughts, as seems you have lots of support for most names already Smile

Bianca - I haven't seen Eastenders so don't have that association. My first thought was she is also a Shakespeare heroine (Taming of the shrew - she's not the shrew!) so could be a lovely connection between sisters Smile

Josephine - agree with comments about two 'J's in one family. Only one I'd have a second thought on.

Good luck!

17caterpillars1mouse · 10/09/2021 09:37

Adeline - it's nice enough. I like Addie as a nn. I prefer Adelaide
Bianca - not a fan. I can't get passed the eastenders association
Camilla - not a fan, seems stuffy. I like Camille though
Cecilia - not a fan due to one I knew. Again feels a bit stuffy. I like Cecily
Celeste - it's OK
Daphne - not a fan
Felicity - I like it
Josephine - love it nn Effie or Joey
Serena - I like it
Sylvia - OK, I prefer Sylvie

TatianaBis · 09/09/2021 18:07

Camilla or Serena.

lanbro · 09/09/2021 16:17

Favourite is Adeline but prefer Adelaide

Cas112 · 09/09/2021 16:13

Celeste - Favourite
Josephine - Least Favourite

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Smurftastic · 09/09/2021 15:47

@IamnotwhouthinkIam Juliet is mostly just called Juliet, sometimes Juju (she's still little). I guess it's boiling it down to whether I prefer to give the baby nickname options
Cecilia nn Cece, Celia
Serena nn Reena

I think Serena edges it for me slightly, it has a nicer meaning and won't get called 'Sissy'! Let's just hope it'll suit the baby if she ever decides to join us Grin.

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/09/2021 18:20

If you truly can't decide, you might want to think about whether you want a nn or not - is Juliet a Jules/Letty or a Juliet? If you want nn options go for Cecilia (Cece seems standard but I suppose there's Cissy and Lia too). If you'd prefer no nn then Serena is probably best, with Selena in middle (possible nn Lena?). All work with Joyce.

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Smurftastic · 08/09/2021 18:12

haha... *Selena
I get the point about it being misspelled a lot!

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Smurftastic · 08/09/2021 18:11

That's a really tough one!
Husband's most keen on Cecilia. I'm not sure.
Due date tomorrow!

Serena Joyce
Selena Joyce
Cecilia Joyce

Juliet and Serena
Juliet and Selina
Juliet and Cecilia

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 08/09/2021 17:59

The couple of Serena's I've met don't get their names shortened. Serena Joyce is fine - I made the Serena Joy connection but most people won't even be aware of your DD's middle name.

Selena is equally lovely (with a nice meaning and mythology in the Greek Goddess Selene). But you might get the occasional person spelling it Selina instead. It's always "Seh -lee -na" as far as I know?

crossstitchcat · 08/09/2021 12:20

Love daphne
I like Josephine
The rest are ok except Bianca not keen.

Enko · 08/09/2021 11:51

Lovely name choices

Bianca
Cecilia
Celeste
Daphne
Serena
Sylvia

Are all great but yea i think Serena will get Ren/rennie

My favourite is Daphne It was on our short list for dd2 but she didn't feel like a Daphne

Amz6219 · 08/09/2021 10:33

Adeline - Lovely
Bianca - Eastenders
Camilla - Parker-Bowles
Cecilia - Lovely
Celeste - This with Daphne, the two girls from the 90s! But I do like it...
Daphne - as Celeste
Felicity - nice
Josephine - old lady
Serena - Williams
Sylvia - old lady

I really like Adeline, Cecilia and Felicity. Celeste is nice, but not keen on the rest

LanisHouseLot · 08/09/2021 02:28

And I think Reenie or Reena (even if spelled with one e) would be a more natural nickname than Rennie, so I wouldn't worry about the medicine association personally.

Serena Joyce sounds lovely to me. I like that the words serene and joy jump out as they sound so peaceful and happy.

LanisHouseLot · 08/09/2021 02:25

I would pronounce it Seh-lee-nuh.

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Smurftastic · 08/09/2021 00:42

The more I think about the more I'm leaning towards Serena.
Would it get shortened to Rennie? Not keen as it's a medicine!

Also not sure if it works with middle name though: Serena Joyce.
I noticed one of the characters in Handmaid's Tale is Serena Joy, which is not a pleasant association! Don't think it matters too much though.

What does everyone think about Selena and would you pronounce it Seh-le-na or Seh-lee-na?

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thamesk8 · 07/09/2021 23:53

Adeline - not keen.
Bianca - I really like the sound and idea of this. True, Eastenders ruined it but wasn’t that AGES ago. None of her classmates will know. And great aunt Ethel will grow tired of comparing her to Patsy Palmer! I actually really like Patsy too! 😂
Camilla- beautiful. Was on our list. I like Mills and Cami. Juliet and Camilla sound perfect!
Cecilia - gorgeous.
Celeste - really gorgeous. But annoyingly I reminded me of detest!
Daphne - so cute.
Felicity - can’t stand this name, or anyone with this name, sadly.
Josephine - never been a fan. To frumpy and clunky. And I’d avoid another J name.
Serena - gorgeous again.
Sylvia - as is this!

Tough but camilla, Celeste or Serena would win for me x

SoSoSoSleepy · 06/09/2021 19:59

Adeline - meh, I like Ada a lot
Bianca - horrible, Eastenders vibes
Camilla - bit royal / horsey - Camille is lovely, or Camelia
Cecilia - it's ok, reminds me of Francesca - a bit 'la de da', but basically fine
Celeste - prefer Selena
Daphne - love
Felicity - bit horsey, but lovely meaning
Josephine - nice
Serena - love
Sylvia - really love

Marlena1 · 06/09/2021 18:35

Adeline - 2
Bianca -4 (This would be higher if wasnt for EE)
Cecilia - 5
Celeste -3
Serena - 1

The would be joint 6th

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