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Similar names to Linnea?

83 replies

Whippetmama · 24/08/2023 07:40

Hello

We're due with our second girl in a few months, I've been through so many thousands of name lists and I just can't find "the one". My top favourite is Linnea but we have an unusual last name so I'm worried about giving her two names she has to spell and tell people how to pronounce for her entire life. My husband loves Clara but it's not sitting right with me. I've tried all the obvious variations I can think of like Lara, Cara, Lily of etc but again none of them feel right. Any suggestions would be gratefully received! We did tend to lean towards the old classics like Victoria and Charlotte before those two floated to the front if that helps! Many thanks!

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Riverlee · 24/08/2023 20:50

Lucinda
Henrietta
Louisa
Felicity
Harriet
Pollyanna

Alternatives?

SlippySarah · 24/08/2023 20:48

I know a Linnea - she gets called Nea, which is much nicer than Lynn. My daughter has an unusual names and this also gets shortened to just the last part.

LilyLemonade · 24/08/2023 20:47

Linnea is lovely.

Clara's nice but very current - I think it will pass out of fashion.

Some other lovely classics with a Scandi feel like Linnea are
Emma
Ingrid
Annika
Caroline
Ellen

favouriteyellowsocks · 24/08/2023 20:40

I really like 'Linnhe' as in Loch Linnhe.
Pronounced Linny

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 20:39

A bit closer to home @JudasPriest . There could well be posters on here with DDs with the name.

Clue

JudasPriest · 24/08/2023 20:30

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 19:55

@JudasPriest , don't be fooled by Lili Mai. It's two perfectly acceptable names and nouns if you speak that language.

I’ve just put it through Google translate and it’s Hawaiian for ‘I’m jealous’ - not sure I’d want to go to Hawaii with that name!

Similar names to Linnea?
Cactuslove · 24/08/2023 19:56

Liana
Liliana

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 19:55

@JudasPriest , don't be fooled by Lili Mai. It's two perfectly acceptable names and nouns if you speak that language.

Whippetmama · 24/08/2023 16:05

Thank you everyone for your replies! I'm sorry I'm not adept enough with technology to figure out how to reply individually but thank you to everyone! Some good names here for me to think about, none have leapt out immediately to me like my first little girl's name did (Phoebe - Good shout MumofGirls!) But maybe that's not to be with this one and I need to let them stew! I did love Lily but my friends Frenchie is called it and I'm afraid once you've seen that cute but wrinkled little snout with that name it's really hard to unsee haha! X

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Ezra93 · 24/08/2023 13:15

Linnet?

JudasPriest · 24/08/2023 13:13

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 10:10

@CurlewKate , because Lily is very popular, and Lilly is a little bit different.
Make it stand out a bit more by spelling it Lili or Lillie, and possibly adding -Mai/-Mae

** Those are valid names and spellings.

Surely that just sets her up for a life of misspelling and being judged for having a ‘chav name.’

MirandaBlu · 24/08/2023 10:27

Alana/Alannah
Anthea
Antonia
Helena
Linden
Marina
Melinda
Melina
Minna
Nadia
Nia
Nina
Oona/Una
Pomona
Sabrina
Selena
Susanna(h)
Zinnia

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 10:10

@CurlewKate , because Lily is very popular, and Lilly is a little bit different.
Make it stand out a bit more by spelling it Lili or Lillie, and possibly adding -Mai/-Mae

** Those are valid names and spellings.

yogasaurus · 24/08/2023 10:09

Marin
Mara

HundredYearOldMan · 24/08/2023 10:07

Lena

JudasPriest · 24/08/2023 10:03

Thalia
Aster
Azaria

TotalOverhaul · 24/08/2023 09:19

Lyra
Lyria
Lillia
Leonora
Lilianne
Eliana
Liana
Leonie is pretty and not very widely used

CurlewKate · 24/08/2023 09:14

Why would you spell Lily as Lilly?

ThickSkinnedSoWhat · 24/08/2023 09:08

Lavinia?

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 09:06

@Nannyfannybanny , she mentioned Lily in the OP, and the Lilly spelling of the name is making Lily more complicated.

I'd suggest Linnet, but there will be some who'll say it as Lynette

Nannyfannybanny · 24/08/2023 08:54

Just reminds me of school mathematics. What about Lilly

CurlewKate · 24/08/2023 08:52

She will be Linn the minute she starts school-you really need to factor that in.

DuchessOfSausage · 24/08/2023 08:50

@lululongdog , llyn isn't pronounced Lyn, waterfall is rhaeadr. Llyn is also a masculine noun.

violetcuriosity · 24/08/2023 08:48

Lilia, Lyndall

lululongdog · 24/08/2023 08:46

Ummm, llyn is Welsh for lake @DuchessOfSausage , so it's perfectly true 😉