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A sister for Martha

84 replies

Marthasmum2020 · 27/11/2021 12:19

DD2 is due in less than two weeks and we still haven’t picked a name. I am getting really stressed as DD1 was over a week early and I really don’t want the baby to be born before we’ve chosen something! Really different this time around as we picked DD1’s name straight away and both loved it.

We have gone back and forth on names a lot but just can’t find anything we really love. Lots that are nice and we both like, but nothing that’s stuck. We like classic, elegant, strong, old fashioned names, which will suit a grown woman as well as a little girl.

Please hit me with your suggestions! Thanks so much!

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Personwithrage · 01/12/2021 21:21

Martha and Rosa sound great together

jessilovesmarvel · 01/12/2021 21:16

Clara
Sierra
Eloise
Moira
Noelle
Ruth
Matilda
Rose
Vivian
Genevieve
Miriam
Bethany
Astrid
Camille
Adele
Audrey
Esther
Eva
Celeste
Samantha
Mabel
Thalia
Shelby
Felicity
Vera
Rosalie
Fiona
Viola
Maeve

mostlylovinglife · 01/12/2021 18:20

Bronwen

MerryMarigold · 01/12/2021 18:11

Any progress OP?

MerryMarigold · 30/11/2021 17:07

I really like Lydia. Damaris? Phoebe? Anna? Priscilla? All nice NT names.

SoapySnowflake · 30/11/2021 17:03

I really like Rosa, as suggested in a previous post. It flows nicely after Martha and it’s pretty without being twee. Do let us know!

WhenZoomWasJustAnIceLolly · 29/11/2021 12:28

The Martha I know has sisters called Kitty and Iris.

Nancy
Florence
Dorothy
Hannah
Doris
Nell
Alice
Beatrice
Mabel
Hetty

ArtfulScreamer · 29/11/2021 12:21

6 month old DS would've been Iris with older sister Florence

wizzler · 29/11/2021 12:11

Eleanor
Charlotte
Suzanne

Crunchymum · 29/11/2021 10:54

I know a few Martha's (of varying ages) and some of their sisters are:

Amelia
Alice
Tabitha
Beatrix

daisypond · 29/11/2021 10:32

I like Lydia. How about Rose or Claire? They have the simplicity of Martha without the matching Continental -a endings in Rosa and Clara?

Nellesbelles · 29/11/2021 10:29

Charlotte
Eliza
Kate
Alice
Eleanor
Penelope
Ada
Iris
Edith
Harriet
Holly
Molly
Lily
Anna
Cora
Phoebe
Eloise
Lois
Lori
Sienna

Marthasmum2020 · 29/11/2021 10:23

Thanks for the advice. Back to the drawing board then!

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AnFiadhRua · 29/11/2021 09:27

Yeh too much arr arr there

daisypond · 29/11/2021 08:48

I think Martha and Clara sound odd together - they sound very similar.

Marthasmum2020 · 28/11/2021 22:15

@marthasmum

I don’t like Clarissa much. It has a different feel to me and seems a bit fussy? But I think the main worry I have about Martha and Clara is that they sound quite similar. But maybe no one would really think too much about it unless I mention it.

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saywhatwhatnow · 28/11/2021 22:03

Alice

marthasmum · 28/11/2021 21:03

What about Martha and Clarissa? Sound well together and she could be Clarrie or Clara or Lissy for short

Celynfour · 28/11/2021 20:20

I loved Clara if no. 3 baby had been a girl after Martha . I did worry about Martha and Clara sounding similar but wld have shortened to Clarrie possibly

SalsaLove · 28/11/2021 19:42

Beatrice

MrsBertBibby · 28/11/2021 19:22

Rosa, by a mile. Hate Lydia and Clara is quite stuffy, and has the same vowel sounds as Martha.

Theoldwoman · 28/11/2021 14:03

Estelle
Celeste
Olive
Genevieve
Hazel
Alice

Arethechildreninbedyet · 28/11/2021 13:46

Grace?
Sarah?
Eva/Evie?
Lucy?
Emily?
Emma?
Charlotte?
Georgia?
Poppy?
Abbie?
Hallie?
Thea?
Edie?
Elsie?
Olivia?
Bobbie?
Billie?

cherrypie66 · 28/11/2021 13:44

Tilly

TatianaBis · 28/11/2021 13:44

Rosa out of those, Clara is ok but a bit meh, really dislike Lydia.

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