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Sister name for Elliot & Arthur

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:20

No E or A names
Scottish nod (both Elliot & Arthur are also clan names)
Needs to be a saint name
Agnes for a middle name

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diavlo · 01/02/2021 21:28

Mary
Martha
Cecilia
Catherine

SomethingOnce · 01/02/2021 21:29

Beatrice was my first thought.

I’m neither Scottish nor religious, sorry.

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:34

Beatrice is lovely actually- is it too much like Betty? My evil step-mother lol

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OverByYer · 01/02/2021 21:34

Margot was my first thought no idea why.
Is there a Margot in the bible?

Graymare · 01/02/2021 21:35

Margaret, Queen of Scotland in 11th century, later canonised.

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:36

I love all of these names. Martha maybe too much like Arthur? Mary and Catherine are family names ... Cecilia is beautiful, I name I’d forgotten about.

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Wyntersdiary · 01/02/2021 21:36

Bah I came to say I have an Arthur and his sister is called Evelyn haha

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:37

Yes and my late mil’s name! Husband don’t think likes it. I do though. Wee Maggie ...

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MissyB1 · 01/02/2021 21:39

Catherine
Caitlin
Mary
Bridget
Brigid
Claire
Fiona

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:39

Lovely- I have to avoid all E name bc of Elliot. Really like Eleanor and Eloise ... a cousin of mine has a daughter Evelyn- 1 of 8!
Abigail, Grace, Evelyn, Lucille, Estelle, Jacob, Henry & Luke

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milleniumhandandprawn · 01/02/2021 21:40

Monica, Dorothea, Theodora, Ursula, lucy, bridgid

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:41

Like all of these apart from Caitlin & Fiona. I do like Iona?

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:42

Monica is nice- classic but modern

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:43

Brigette is a cousin’s name ...

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SomethingOnce · 01/02/2021 21:44

I don’t think Beatrice is too much like Betty, no.

Though it might be fun to have MIL think you named baby after her when you totally didn’t Grin

EachandEveryone · 01/02/2021 21:46

Bea is beautiful

SomethingOnce · 01/02/2021 21:46

Sorry, SM not MIL!

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:46

Flora is my favourite but can’t convince husband it’s not a margarine. I love it though as after a Scottish heroine, a beautiful meaning and a saints name. Plus sounds classic but contemporary ... it hurts how much I love this name!

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:47

Isabella is beautiful too ... although a cousin has a daughter named Isabel so kind of ruins it.

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Outdoorsywithgin · 01/02/2021 21:48

Non
Enyd

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:48

Betty my stepmother and wouldn’t want her to think was for her- plus my mum would flip!

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:49

Just saw next post lol

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floristowen · 01/02/2021 21:53

There is one name we both like, wee nod to my grandmother as is a variation. Don’t like any of the nicknames but increasingly I think it’s ‘the name’. A bit dated but perhaps due a comeback? Christina

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