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Original poster

If you had a Sophia, what would her siblings be called?

58 replies

JoBaloney · 15/06/2010 19:40

High long time lurker, first time poster. We are expecting our first baby, which we've just found out is a girl and I'm on a baby high so bare with me...

We love the name Sophia, but looking forward we hope to have 4 kids in total (mother nature/finances/reality willing).

So what would you call the siblings of a Sophia?

We are drawn to established /classic/traditional names, but not necessarily top 100.

Surname begins with I, and we're not keen on alliteration.

Thanks.

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Aldred · 16/06/2010 17:20

Helena
Frederick

vess · 16/06/2010 15:39

I have a Sophia with a younger sister Elena. And an older brother Aiden (I know, I know - it doesn't match and goes against all rules of baby-naming. But it suits him.)

tortoiseonthehalfshell · 16/06/2010 12:49

Oh I do love Clara and Clarissa. I wish I hadn't given mine Clare as a middle name now, because I can't use it again.

GOML, how do you pronounce Oenone?

coffeefestival · 16/06/2010 12:42

Marianne
Clara
Amelia
Penelope

Miles
Edmund
Charles
David

GladioliBuckets · 16/06/2010 12:39

LOL the reason you like Cecilia is because it sounds like Sophia.

GetOrfMoiLand · 16/06/2010 12:39

OOH OOh OOH what a great thread. I have an only child called Sophia - I can live vicariously through you and name the fantasy otehr children I will never have.

I would go Greek with the girls names:

Hera
Iris
Oenone (wouldn't get past DP, that one)
Penelope

And classical with the boys names:

Inigo (Ha! another one for DP top veto)
Gabriel
Benedict

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sophiesmummie · 16/06/2010 12:27

I know siblings Sophia, Elena and Quentin.

gladders · 16/06/2010 12:23

know 2 Sophias amd they have one brother each:

Frankie

and William

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JoBaloney · 16/06/2010 11:34

GladioliBuckets - I like the Greek theme, the names would sit well together.

Love Cecilia too, but would have thought a Sophia and Cecilia in the same family would be too much. Maybe that's just me as I wouldn't want to double up on initials or similar sounds.

Also I like the idea of each child's name ending differently e.g. Sophia, Phoebe, Alexander and Dominic.

Because our surname begins with I names ending in ie/y don't go so well together.

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Cortina · 16/06/2010 11:02

Sophia siblings I know:

Max

Francesca
Julia
Tabitha
Isabella

GladioliBuckets · 16/06/2010 10:51

I'd go Greek.

Penelope
Chryssa (means gold)
Phoebe
Helena

Alexander
Theodore
Gregory
Christopher

Unless you pronounce it Soph-eye-a? In which case old school Victorian names would suit it best.

skymonkey · 15/06/2010 21:40

Ooh I love the name Sophia and our younger son would have been called this if he'd been a girl. Would have been sister to Lucas.

CuppaTeaJanice · 15/06/2010 21:19

DD2 would be Allegra, then a boy called Marcus and lastly, little Xanthe.

BikeRunSki · 15/06/2010 21:17

I know a Sophia and Suzanna.

Wanderingsheep · 15/06/2010 21:13

I love Sophia. It's my DD's middle name and sometimes I wish I had kept it incase we ever have another DD.

Names I like are Emily, Annabelle, Charlotte, Aimee, Lucy, Amelie and Gabriella.

ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 15/06/2010 21:04

Cecilia. I know of a couple of Sophia/Cecilia pairings.

Possibly also Matilda, Lydia, Lucy, Charlotte, Emily, Isabel...

Lilyloo · 15/06/2010 21:02

I know one with siblings Reece and Rubi
and another with a Jacob

ByThePowerOfGreyskull · 15/06/2010 20:59

sophia would have a sister called emily and another called Charlotte

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JoBaloney · 15/06/2010 20:57

Congratulations Lisalisa! You are a star! Did you find naming your babies hard? Is this thread helping you too?! DH and I both came from biggish families, 4 & 5, and loved it. However with so many names 'used' by siblings and nieces and nephews it means having to think a little harder.

Congratulations Wigglesrock too!

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NiceCuppaT · 15/06/2010 20:49

Rosa, Ella, Benjamin, Amelie, Joseph

wigglesrock · 15/06/2010 20:36

I have a Sofia and an Olivia and another one arriving shortly- bit lost on boys names but Dominic is a definite maybe! Not sure about girls names, may just subliminally choose footballers name- world cup cabin fever!!

rosieposey · 15/06/2010 20:32

I have a Sofia, and her siblings are called, Faith, Grace and Milo - They all sort of go

lisalisa · 15/06/2010 20:29

JoBaloney - no I didn't and now I'm pregnant with number 6!! But this will definitely be my last

Magalyxyz · 15/06/2010 20:17

Names that go imo

Lydia
Oliva
Annabel
Lucia
Flora

Dominic
Benjamin
Marcus
Charlie
Peter