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Marissa's brother or sister would be called...

36 replies

LittlePandaBear · 05/08/2013 21:34

Looking for some inspiration! TIA Flowers

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NarkyNamechanger · 05/08/2013 21:35

Clara

Toby

MerryMarigold · 05/08/2013 21:37

I have one. Brothers are Jude and Oliver.

GetStuffezd · 05/08/2013 21:38

My cousin is a Maurisa, so quite close. Her sister is Rebekah.

GetStuffezd · 05/08/2013 21:39

I LOVE Jude, Merry. I'm not having kids but if I had a boy, Jude would be his name.

LittlePandaBear · 05/08/2013 21:46

Good taste Merry!

I like Jude but there is an oo sound in our surname so it wouldn't sound right. Keep 'em coming Smile

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Alphabetsy · 05/08/2013 22:13

Lucas

Anna

Pumpkinsquid · 05/08/2013 22:16

Mirabelle

Gregory

devonsmummy · 05/08/2013 22:23

Claudia
Luca

BeyonceCastle · 05/08/2013 22:33

Clarissa! Grin I am of course joking.

I don't mind alliterative matching though some find it twee

Marissa and Milena
Marissa and Michaela
Marissa and Matthew
Marissa and Michael

Marissa and Lenaya
Marissa and Savannah
Marissa and Luca
Marissa and Joshua

trockodile · 05/08/2013 22:36

The Marissa I know has a sister named Vanessa and a brother named Marco!

BeyonceCastle · 05/08/2013 22:49

Or you could have another name to do with the sea/water (just looked up meaning of Marissa)

Arielle Brooke Daria Dylan Kai Meredith Morgan Niamh

Sadly Marina is probably too close to Merissa although as long as it did not rhyme like Nerissa i would probably do it but i am twee

soontobeslendergirl · 05/08/2013 23:38

Marissa and Joel
Marissa and Miles
Marissa and Hayden

Marissa and Eleanor
Marissa and Annabel
Marissa and Amelie

Gruntfuttocks · 05/08/2013 23:48

Jessica? Similar but different?

Does Marissa have a particular short form / nickname?

Gruntfuttocks · 05/08/2013 23:48

Isabel
Elisha

DebK2012 · 06/08/2013 01:51

Alicia, Jasmine, Lillian,

WafflyVersatile · 06/08/2013 02:39

Anya

Cassia

Chloe

Charlotte

Ariella

BlueChampagne · 06/08/2013 12:43

Tamsin or Robin

night1971 · 06/08/2013 13:02

Marissa and Frances

Marissa and Francesca

Marissa and Gregory

Marissa and Vincent

MerryMarigold · 06/08/2013 17:52

Bluechampagne, I nearly called my dd Tamsin and changed to Marissa at the last minute!

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/08/2013 18:55

Aaron
Adrian
Austen
Jared
Orlando
Peter

LittlePandaBear · 06/08/2013 18:58

Thank you everyone for your suggestions.

It's interesting to see that lots of different types of names 'go' with Marissa. I think because Marissa is relatively uncommon and quite frilly, I'm conscious of ensuring that the next name is as special and not seen as more boring/common. (Speaking as a younger sister with the more common/boring name!)

I do like lots of the suggestions, her Daddy's name has already been mentioned, and some other names I like are used by friends/family which puts me off. I'm afraid I have a bad association with a Tamsin I knew when I was younger which has stuck with me!

I like Lucas/Luke but not sure it sounds right with my surname. Also like Hayden and Dylan but also doesn't work with surname because of the n (my surname ends in an n)! Claudia is really pretty but the meaning puts me off. Love Jasmine. I used to like Annabel but my DD's baby Annabel doll puts me off now!

I'm also thinking Leo, Rory or Zachary for a boy, but DH doesn't like Zachary. I think I like more popular boys name than girls names for some reason.

Any more suggestions are welcome, I have plenty of time to decide!

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thegreylady · 06/08/2013 19:14

The only Marissa I have ever known [years ago] had a brther named Finbar who was known as Baz!

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/08/2013 19:15

Katrina
Romy
Willow

thesaurusgirl · 06/08/2013 19:58

Julian
Oliver
Alexander

Leonora
Cordelia
Angelica

Littlecherublegs · 06/08/2013 20:20

Lila / Lilia
Coraline
Seraphine
Georgiana
Julianna
Lavinia
Evangeline
Ayanna
Hermione
Katriona
Savannah
Rosalie
Dominique
Sienna
Merryn
Jocelyn