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Girl sibling for Henrietta

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FrogsLegs14 · 15/11/2013 19:26

Wondering if anyone has any ideas...

DD1 is Henrietta (we call her by a shortened version mostly). She was named after a loved one, it's not really a name that is totally our 'style' but we 100% love it now. So now we need a girl's name that goes with it - in the very least I'd like a name that has a shortened version, or nickname opportunities! The MN will be Joy.

Names we like but can't use for various reasons are:
Margaret
Florence
Beatrice
Matilda

I'm also keen to avoid other names that are feminizations of male names (like Georgina, for example).

Any suggestions welcome!

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OlyRoller · 15/11/2013 19:34

I know two Henriettas. One with a sister called Esther and the other with sisters, Josephine, Geraldine, and Margaret.

I don't think that was too helpful, sorry.

Seekingsense · 15/11/2013 19:35

Alexandra?
Elizabeth?
Annabelle?

Are any of these along the right lines?

fruitpastille · 15/11/2013 19:46

Rosamund, Rosa
Hermione (surely there is a nn?)
Esme
Alexandra or Phillipa but too masculine?

shootingstar1234 · 15/11/2013 20:25

Eleanor? Harriet?

mydoorisalwaysopen · 15/11/2013 20:28

Was going to say Edwina but doesn't fit your criteria. Sarah? Emma?

cece · 15/11/2013 20:32

Thomasina

pmgkt · 15/11/2013 20:38

When I was little I always wanted 3 girls. To be called Harriet, Henrietta and Roberta. Roberta joy sound nice I think.

pinkthechaffinch · 15/11/2013 20:38

Deborah

CountingStars · 15/11/2013 20:39

Elizabeth comes to mind.

Cutteduppumpkin · 15/11/2013 20:48

I know it's close to Margaret, but what about:
Eleanor? Isabelle? Juliette? Marguerite?

Cutteduppumpkin · 15/11/2013 20:49

I only meant the last one was like Margaret Shock

SoftSheen · 15/11/2013 20:52

Arabella
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Isabel
Cressida

MrsOakenshield · 15/11/2013 20:53

Rosamund is lovely!

BikeRunSki · 15/11/2013 20:54

Martha
Jessica
Louise/a
Laura
Marla
Caroline
Niamh
Hannah
Anna
Eleanor
Rachel

WestmorlandSausage · 15/11/2013 20:55

Harriet.

But they will become known as Hattie and Henny... .not that that is a bad thing!

CoffeeChocolateWine · 15/11/2013 21:02

I saw Henrietta and thought Isobel/Isabelle (Izzy or Belle). Don't know why, but I think they sound nice together. Isobel Joy works too.

soontobeslendergirl · 15/11/2013 21:22

Evelyn
Rita
Alice
Emily

PsammeadPaintedTheLion · 15/11/2013 21:22

My first thought was Josephine, which is obviously a feminisation, but I take it you are trying to avoid two 'boyish' nicknames? Well, Josephine would be Josie which isn't boyish.

Ohmydarlin · 15/11/2013 22:04

Christabel or Clementine go nicely with Henrietta and both fit well with your middle name Joy.

Ikeameatballs · 15/11/2013 22:10

Matilda
Susannah
Loveday
Cordelia
Rebecca

AbiRoad · 15/11/2013 22:15

Penelope would work well. Could be penny, Nell, poppy etc

RegularVoltaire · 15/11/2013 22:24

Not Harriet ...Harriet is essentially a shortened form of Henrietta, isn't it?

Cassandra
Edith
Louisa
Lucia
Juliet

I also like the suggestion of Hermione

HoneyandRum · 16/11/2013 05:44

Julia

YoDiggity · 16/11/2013 06:01

Rosamund

Marguerite is much prettier and more elegant that Margaret.

Hebe

Cordelia

Cecelia

Penelope

Diana (I am feeling a revival of this is imminent - don;t know why!)

sleepingbeautiful · 16/11/2013 15:16

Constance
Mary
Lydia
Lucy
Caroline
Felicity
Arabella
Adelaide
Margot
Susannah
Meredith
Iris
Violet
Sylvie
Genevieve
Dorothy/Dorothea

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