Sister for James

MatildaonMain · 2023-10-19T16:16:26+00:00

What do you think of any of these as a sister to James? Ledia Venetia Cora Flora Eirinn Tabitha thank you!

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Boiledfrogs1989 · 24/10/2023 00:40

I ADORE Cora. Was my grandma’s name.

James and Cora sounds awesome together. Really classic 🤍

JaneFarrier · 23/10/2023 01:48

Flora is the one I like best. Sweet, meaningful and easy to spell. I considered it for my daughter - and her brother's middle name is James.

toomuchfaff · 22/10/2023 20:54

Ledia - to similar to labia...
Venetia - blinds
Cora - Dora the explorer
Flora - margarine
Eirinn - spelled wrong
Tabitha - cat

Beatrice - nice

supadupapupascupa · 22/10/2023 11:26

Emily

DuchessOfSausage · 22/10/2023 11:04

Ledia - will be said as Lydia, Leed-ia, Lairdia etc. use as a middle name
Venetia - will be Nisha
Cora - not keen
Flora - lovely
Eirinn - not keen, will get misspelt and mispronounced
Tabitha - ok but a bit kitteny

Names don't need to go together, but don't choose something wildly different or too similar.

mumnosbest · 22/10/2023 10:54

I have a traditional boys name with an unusual/Albanian girls name then a third that's neutral. None of them could be said to go together but the kids have grown into them and I can't imagine them being anything else. Choose a name you love or with meaning.

Veggievic · 22/10/2023 07:13

Oh and Isobel!

Veggievic · 22/10/2023 07:09

I really like Louisa it’s a completely normal name but not many about.
I also like Emilia rather than Amelia (less popular), Charlotte and then going off theme entirely I like Ariadne and Leah.
Ariadne was my English teachers name back in the 90s!
Im a Victoria and again a completely normal name but not used that much these days for children.
Ive 2 boys so not going to get to use any girls names!!

WalkingOnSunshineYeahhhh · 22/10/2023 06:47

Lydia
Eloise
Paloma
Lucia
Gwen

Thewineisgone · 21/10/2023 23:34

That was my first thought too. Had to make sure someone flagged it!

I think I like Harriet (Hatty) best

(Grrr - am new to this - was trying to respond to Harry Potter poster)

Lostmumdotcom · 21/10/2023 23:19

My daughter is called Isobel James (James was after my grandad) but I thought they worked nicely together x

Itwasamemo1 · 21/10/2023 23:18

Juliette?

mathanxiety · 21/10/2023 23:16

ChlorrOfTheMask · 21/10/2023 21:00

Flora is my favourite of those names and I think it goes well with James 💗
Loads of negative, anglocentric comments here, for example I'm guessing Eirinn is the proper Irish spelling of Erin? and if folk get Ledia and Lydia mixed up that's their problem - it's manners to learn people's names correctly and it's a family name with heritage in another country, people would just need to get over their ignorance🤷 also don't get the comments saying none of these are classic names. Flora definitely is a classic name.

Edited

Wrt Eirinn - no, it's the dative case of the nominative Eire.

Nouns change according to case in Irish and also in Scots Gaelic (Hamish and Mhairi are examples of people mistaking the vocative case for the nominative in Gaelic).

Eire - nominative case
Eirinn - dative case (preceded by a preposition)
Eireann - genitive/ possessive case (eg. 'Ireland's rugby team').

sorry, can't do fadas on my phone.

The name Erin is 100% an Anglicised word and name and as such it doesnt follow the rules of the fifth declension of nouns in Irish.

shoopshoopdedoo · 21/10/2023 22:49

James is my favourite boys’ name. I would use Alice for a girl. From your choices, I prefer Harriet, Helena and Tabitha. I like the previous suggestions of Sophie and Elizabeth.

Slipslidinginthefray · 21/10/2023 22:09

Flora goes well
Tabitha does too but I don’t like it as much and I think flora sounds better with james

Harriet is a great fit also.

Palewildflower · 21/10/2023 22:05

Keep Lily on the Vito list. It’s a lovely name, but also the name of Harry Potters parents. So unless you’re die hard Harry Potter fans, I’d stay clear lol.

Cora is my personal favourite from your list. My niece is Cora and she’s such a wee character.

ChlorrOfTheMask · 21/10/2023 21:00

Flora is my favourite of those names and I think it goes well with James 💗
Loads of negative, anglocentric comments here, for example I'm guessing Eirinn is the proper Irish spelling of Erin? and if folk get Ledia and Lydia mixed up that's their problem - it's manners to learn people's names correctly and it's a family name with heritage in another country, people would just need to get over their ignorance🤷 also don't get the comments saying none of these are classic names. Flora definitely is a classic name.

OrdinaryGirl · 21/10/2023 19:19

I like all of those names. Have only 2 comments - firstly perhaps don’t give Ledia as a first name because everyone will mishear it as Lydia and your poor girl will be correcting them for life.

Secondly please just pick a name you love, without worrying whether it ‘goes’ with a sibling. Nobody now asks me (or indeed has ever asked me or my parents) what my brother’s name is, to assess whether our names ‘go’ together. It’s kind of weird to imagine isn’t it?

Unless you have a Jaxon and you are wondering about the name Iphigenia for your daughter (the incongruity of which would make me properly cackle) I genuinely, genuinely don’t understand sibling name complementarity being an issue.

So name away! (I really love Tabitha)

Sunshineclouds11 · 21/10/2023 14:41

Annabelle
Francesca
Georgie
Louisa
Isla
Grace
Eloise
Matilda

TheFormidableMrsC · 21/10/2023 13:15

Alice.

Twazique · 21/10/2023 12:59

James and Juliana

Rinkydinkydoodle · 21/10/2023 12:07

Cora. Love it.

Baba197 · 21/10/2023 12:06

None would be my choice- I like Martha, Mabel, Sophie/Sophia, evie, Grace, Maddie, Charlotte/Lottie, Alice to go with James

Underestimated4 · 21/10/2023 11:05

I wanted a Tabitha but my husband didn’t like it

Brightredtulips · 21/10/2023 09:52

James and Annabelle