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Violet , Greta, Clemmie or Romilly?

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Cocodrillo · 20/09/2008 20:56

We have two girls already, and are struggling for a name for DC3 if a girl...

What do you think of these names? Any preferences? We're stuck.

Greta would be short for Marguerite.
Clemmie for Clementine, of course!
Violet as I love flower names.
Romilly - perhaps Lily for short.

Our possible middle names are Emmeline, Claudia and Ottilie.

Obviously Clementine Emmeline is one to avoid

DD1 one cries whenever we says the baby will have one of these names - she wants to call it Leaf Pie

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MoooCow · 30/01/2009 22:14

Greta is lovely, as is Clemantine. I thought of Greta a little too late for my LO.
Another which is of a simalar vain I think is Evangaline?? It's another of those names I keep seeing after the event and thinking hmmm if I had another baby(which I won't!)...
Mine are called Beth and Isla, which I LOVE, but would love another girlie

WinkyWinkola · 30/01/2009 21:58

Violet or Romilly. Such pretty names.

But Leaf Pie is great too!

My DS wanted to call DD Wom Pom. He still calls her Wom Pom. So cute!

rachels103 · 30/01/2009 21:30

I like Violet.
Leaf pie is cute though!

Lemontart · 30/01/2009 21:10

Has anyone mentioned the famous Violet Beauregarde... Would put me off an otherwise lovely name tbh

I love Emmeline and Edith though

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Cocodrillo · 30/01/2009 21:09

Just seen these replies! I started the thread in September, but I'm still pg and still undecided so this is great .

We're contemplating Iris or Edith now too:

Iris Emmeline
Edith (Edie) Emmeline

Baby arriving by CS on 20th Feb.
It may turn out to be a boy, mind.

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BonsoirAnna · 25/01/2009 11:29

Violaine is a French girls name.

seeker · 25/01/2009 10:18

What about Clemmie short for Clemency?

Don't like Greta or Romilly. Still ambivalent about Violet - not sure it passes my "kick-ass corporate lawyer" test.

ZZZen · 25/01/2009 10:11

Never come across Violene before

pamelat · 25/01/2009 09:42

I like Clementine and Violet but yes Violet is too close to Violene

castille · 25/01/2009 09:39

Mine is a ClemenTEEN, partly because she is half French but mostly because I prefer it to ClemenTYNE.

dinny · 24/01/2009 21:06

is it Clemen-TEEN or Clemen-TINE?

Rolf · 24/01/2009 21:06

I like Greta and Marguerite.

Like Clementine and had it on my list for DD2 but I have dodgy sinuses and kept thinking "Phlegmy Clemmy"

Like Violet, again it was on our list, but after dealing with my very feisty 3 year old, I couldn't help seeing it as "Violent".

Like Romilly, Like Lily but when I suggested it DH kept saying "Big Lil".

DH and I have big problems agreeing on girls' names

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 21:06

yes count me in on that! Only other thing I'd be doing is the ironing

Bluestocking · 24/01/2009 21:05

Oh yes, ZZZen, do you want to join me in founding a sinister Mitford cult?

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 21:01

I like that. Could be the Mitford Code and we could get rich predicting the future on it maybe

Bluestocking · 24/01/2009 21:00

I've just been reading the collected letters between the Mitford sisters and I am struck by the fact that Jessica Mitford (my favourite) was married to Esmond Romilly who was thought to be the natural son of Winston Churchill, whose wife was called Clementine.
Re the names on your list, I only really like Clementine as a first name.

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 20:54

ah yes we had yummy French pink Madeleines in a Chrsitmas hamper this year. Very nice.

castille · 24/01/2009 20:53

It's Madeleine, a French butter cake. Yum.

GrimbleTheResourceful · 24/01/2009 20:52

clementine and violet, both lovely.

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 20:51

argh I can spell, really I can

Still want to know the name though

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 20:49

ah come on now spill the beans - what is this other edible middle name?

devouring curiousity emoticon

castille · 24/01/2009 20:48

I love Clementine. It's DD1's middle name and sometimes I wish we'd put it first.

DD2 had an edible middle name too!

nkf · 24/01/2009 20:46

I think only Violet is nice. It seems to crop up a lot on MN. Is it a bit voguish?

ZZZen · 24/01/2009 20:44

Not sure why everyone likes Clementine so much. Mind you in German it is a fruit - tangerine, so maybe that's why I'm finding it such an odd choice, bit like calling your dc banana ...

branflake81 · 24/01/2009 12:25

None of them, to be honest but especially NOT Violet which I just find gross. Sorry.

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