Name this baby because we can't!!

[FromageFrog]

We don't know the gender of dc3. We have two names; Charlotte and Edward.

The more time goes on, the more I get a little bored by these names.

We have a tricky surname, rhymes with Pea, is also letters and starts with an 'L'. This means names like Rosa are out because when said with surname it would sound like rosalie.

I'm not really keen on modern names but like traditional, classic but not boring or overused.

Any ideas???

Thats it curlew

I'm sleep deprived!

If you intend to use the nickname on a day to day basis (ie introduce them as their nickname) then obviously people may use the nickname and the surname together and therefore you will need to consider how the nn and surname sound with each other. I have only ever introduced the DC using their full names. Those that use nicknames for my DC would be close friends and family and therefore the surname would never be said with it (I must also add that some of the nicknames that the DC go by with their friends could have never have been predicted!)

I really like:

Elliot
Alicia

But do they go?

Yes.

Yes.

I love Alicia have you considered Helena? Victoria? Elizabeth?

I can't use Helena because of family.

I'm not keen on the nn's Vicky and Liz with the other two names VBisme.

So no one thinks the 'lee' sound in Alicia would be a problem?

Minerva (Minnie)
Anastasia

Rufus
Josaih

Harriet

Margaret

I love Harriet esp nn Hattie but dh not keen

I definitely think Alicia goes well with your surname.

No, I'd pronounce the Li in Alicia as li as in liberty, not lee as in leeway so I think it goes very well.

Olivia? I think long names work well with a short surname. If you shorten the name informally they can still use the long version introducing themselves.

VBisme that is how I would pronounce it too. I think it goes really well with the surname.

Olivia is lovely too. I agree long names go well with a short surname, and vice versa.

Olivia goes brilliantly with my surname but my closest friend has a dd called Olivia so would feel weird using it.