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A sister for Edith

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ItsNotATicklingCompetition · 31/07/2013 11:22

DD2 is due in December and DH and I can't find a name we both agree on which goes with Edith....

We would like a name like Edith i.e. more old fashioned and not really popular but not something really out-there like Myrtle or Gertrude! Smile

Surname is an awkward one and discounts anything with an 'L' or 'R' sound in the middle or at the end of the name and anything ending in 'N'! Surname is also a noun so names like 'Iona' sound like 'I own a...' when said with our surname...Blush

I love names like Elizabeth, Catherine and Charlotte but these are either incredibly popular or don't go with our surname....so, wise folks - what names can you suggest which meet these criteria??

TIA!

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chestnut100 · 01/08/2013 07:19

Emmie?

I have a great aunt Edith and a great aunt Emmie. I think they go nicely together

chestnut100 · 01/08/2013 07:20

Ethel was the third sister in the gang too!

Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 01/08/2013 07:22

I have an Edith and a Magdalen, not sure they 'go together', though.

Here is my now-discarded shortlist:

Josephine
Constance
Sylvia
Lydia
Alice
Odette

MoonHare · 01/08/2013 10:12

Thought of a couple more; Audrey and Mavis.

I think you should choose Audrey, very chic.

It's a hard one with your criteria - which many contributors keep forgetting.

MoonHare · 01/08/2013 10:13

Mind you, I've just done it myself with the 'r' in Audrey!! It's hard OP!

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