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Original poster

Look, I know this is pathetic, but we're really stuck for a name for DD3 (she's 2 weeks old already, poor thing). We have a Benedict, a Felicity and a Cecilia. Suggestions please.

110 replies

duchesse · 16/09/2009 14:30

I was convinced throughout the pregnancy that she was a boy, in which event she would have been Theodore.

Criteria:

Very short surname so has to have 3 or 4 syllables.

Not too many Ls as would be silly with surname

Early Roman saint would be perfect but we can't find one that's "right" iyswim

Thank you for any ideas you could throw into the naming hat.

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TheFallenMadonna · 16/09/2009 22:18

Helena

I know it's been suggested already - I'm supporting it

LynetteScavo · 16/09/2009 22:18

My first thought was Aurelia.

My second thought was Hermione.

choosyfloosy · 16/09/2009 22:17

This is the most beautiful name thread ever.

Ponders · 16/09/2009 22:16

If you wanted Theodore for a boy, why not Theodora for a girl? Equally fabulous name & lots of possible pet names

daffodill6 · 16/09/2009 22:16

What do you think of Viviana - early saints name?

treacletart · 16/09/2009 22:12

Agatha

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Penthesileia · 16/09/2009 22:07

Eulalia

Thecla

Perpetua

Emerita

Euodia

Syntyche

Prisca/Priscilla

Anastasia

H elena

Crispina

Eudicia

Rhipsime

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seeker · 16/09/2009 21:38

PLEASE don't use it, but I've just remembered a name I heard on the radio last year that would go perfectly - Parthenope!

lumnag · 16/09/2009 21:32

Theodora is beautiful and goes so well with your other DC. Xanthe, Clemency, Leonora and Antonia are all gorgeous names too
Congratulations on your new DD. Please let us know what you decide. Good Luck and Best Wishes.

floaty · 16/09/2009 20:49

Oooh yes Persephone,I have just read a book with a Persephone in it,known as Percy for short

cyteen · 16/09/2009 20:35

Katarina

Romanarama · 16/09/2009 20:34

Domiziana, Ludovica, Flaminia, Fiammetta, Aurora, Aurelia, Eleonora, Benedetta, Anastasia, Beatrice, Rebecca, Miranda, Valentina, Valeria, Maddalena, Arianna

forehead · 16/09/2009 20:31

Eucharia

sausagerolemodel · 16/09/2009 20:28

Antigone (tiggy)
Dominica
Columba
Tatiana
Genevieve

or why not try Brythonic pagan as an alternative...
Arianrhod (welsh goddess)
cyhyraethb
gwenhwyfach (sister of guinevere)

Ponders · 16/09/2009 20:10

Greek is the language for 4-syllable names

FattipuffsandThinnifers · 16/09/2009 20:07

Persephone
Ariadne
Ismene

(Not Roman but Greek but that's splitting hairs.)

Btw I love all your dcs' names!

TheBalladofGayTony · 16/09/2009 19:27

ok seeker you are right

QueenOfFuckingEverything · 16/09/2009 19:26

Alethea?

seeker · 16/09/2009 19:24

Damn. You can't really have a Felicity and a Clemency, can you.

seeker · 16/09/2009 19:16

Dorothea. Imogen. Clemency. Theodora.

Please go for Clemency!

RnB · 16/09/2009 19:09

We must have very similar taste duchese as I have a Benedict, and Cecilia was a definite favorite for a girl

I know it's short but how about Juno?

Dorothea is also lovely.

I find girls names hard...

pasturesnew · 16/09/2009 17:58

Monica / Monnica

dogonpoints · 16/09/2009 17:54

lol @ early roman saint would be perfect