Clorinda?

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Sorry - I feel like I've already leaned on your patience about 500 times so far but I'm still thrashing around with names (no DH/DP so I've got no-one but you lot to test things out before braving a wider crowd).

I've always said I wanted a name for DD2 that ends in an "ee" or really anything other than an "a". And I want something unusual but not awkward to pronounce or spell.

The middle name will definitely be Joy (family name)

To date, I'd narrowed it down to:

Xanthe Joy

Claudine Joy

Vivienne Joy

Fabienne Joy

And then last night.... I thought:

Clorinda Joy

Thoughts please???

Clorinda sounds like something you can get cream for. Claudine's OK.

Belinda?

Throat lozenges.

"Two I's, two E's, two N's, two V's" said in a sing-song voice = Vivienne. Lovely name, and by far the best spelling of it.

I don't like Fabienne (nickname Fab?) or Claudine (too cat-like) so much, Xanthe is cool.

Just take away the C and you get Lorinda, which isn't as chlorine-y.

Other names ending in "inda"... Belinda, Melinda, Lucinda.

Dorinda?

How about Clarissa then?

I think it sounds like medication, or medicated cream (possibly anti-fungal), sorry!

like Joy and Claudine though

Agree revthoughts of fungal cream.
How about - clarinda? Clarissa? Jacinta?

Before I opened the thread I also thought that Clorinda sounded like some kind of medicine for some nasty disease, or a cleaning product. Sorry!

How about a name ending in O? To get away from all the girls-names-ending-in-A. Eg Cleo. Or Chloe for another E name.

I'm outing myself here but may I suggest my name of Philippa Joy?

Think its rather nice

Thanks everyone for the sanity-restoring buckets of cold water, which have also given me a few chuckles. Bath-cleaning products and foot-fungus for my Precious Second Born indeed!

I'm now on Seraphina Joy. Please don't tell me you hate it (oh, go on then) because I think it might be "the one". Unless "the one" is actually Seraphine Joy..... But Seraphine: too much like the Maternity shop?

Whichever one it is ("ina" or "ine") I feel I'm onto something. It's the first name that has felt really right.

Seraphina Joy is a lovely name! :)

Seraphine doesn't flow quite as well, I think.

Claudine is my favourite on your list I also love Odette which I think fits your criteria?
And as for hormonal name choices... I was convinced I was going to name DD Zombie for months the look of relief on my poor DH's face when I changed my mind was spectacular!

Seraphina wouldn't be my first choice personally, but is much nicer than Clorinda/Florinda.

Seraphina Joy is lovely, it's unusual but not wierd. I think it's a fab name.

Vivienne is also very nice.