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Long frilly girls name to go with lysander

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Dixy30 · 01/12/2013 19:57

Hello
I am new so please be nice!
If you don't like long or fancy names stop reading now!!

My daughter has an unusual frilly girls name like Arabella (don't want this to be google able)and my son is called Lysander.

Pregnant with a girl. Always loved Cassandra - wanted similarly classic/ faux arisocratic/ Shakespearian/ Greek themed name. Then realised the 'sand' sound is exactly like Lysander. Also love Ariadne but too close to daughters name.

Husband likes Genevieve but the 'Jen' nickname isn't very exciting.

Any ideas? Also like perdita but don't love it enough.

Thanks ! Grin

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diplodocus · 02/12/2013 15:10

Henrietta

kreecherlivesupstairs · 02/12/2013 15:17

Aurelia or Alethea are pretty.

CuntyBunty · 02/12/2013 18:07

Cordelia, Yes to Felicity or I do like Verity too.

Thanks OP, I never had a girl and am living vicariously through you choosing virtual girls names.

ClaraBarton · 02/12/2013 18:37

Claudia?

brokenhearted55a · 02/12/2013 20:25

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Dixy30 · 02/12/2013 22:04

Wow so many replies and lots of wonderful choices, thank you!

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PatriciaHolm · 02/12/2013 22:12

Melisande, tzipora?

TheRaniOfYawn · 02/12/2013 22:37

If DS had been a girl, he would have been Ginevera, shortened to Juno, which would probably work for Genevieve, too.

Other names I liked were Persis, Persephone, Beatrice, Allegra, Magdalene and Isobel.

JimmieBimmie · 03/12/2013 09:11

Hermia

Beastofburden · 03/12/2013 09:17

You might just want to check out the name for the associations. A lot of the frilliest names are from classical myth and the original owners may have had rather sad or gruesome stories.

Be aware that any child called Persephone will get called Percy at school...

Alexandra would be my pick.

AbiRoad · 03/12/2013 09:18

I bizarrely know a number of Genevieves. None of the parents wanted the Gen/Jenny nicknames, so they have the following nicknames (all concidentally different) which seem to be sticking at school (although the middle 2 are just as often called by their full name)
Evie
Vivi
Ginny
Genie (which "looks" like an appropriate nn written down but obviously sounds completely different from the first syllable of the name, although still sweet).

DuPanettoneDuVinDuFromage · 03/12/2013 09:40

I love almost all of these names!

There's another one I really like - Felicia

Spaghettinetti · 03/12/2013 10:07

Tzipora is an alcoholic beverage..

PatriciaHolm · 03/12/2013 10:17

Do you mean Tsipouro, Spag?

Tzipora is a biblical name (can also be spelt Zipporah, which us how it's pronounced)

17leftfeet · 03/12/2013 10:35

I love Persephone

Couldn't persuade exdp though as we have a long surname

Littlemisstax · 03/12/2013 17:06

I love Hermia, but possibly a bit too Midsummer Night's Dream as you've got a Lysander

CuntyBunty · 03/12/2013 18:35

Andromache?

Lebkuchenlover · 03/12/2013 18:41

Love Lysander!

Aurelia
Antonia
Helena
Seraphina
Persephone
Cordelia

everythinghippie29 · 03/12/2013 18:48

Love Lysander!

Think the only two Shakespeare related names not mentioned yet are Desdemona (Dessie, Dee or Mona for short) or Portia, but it might be a bit 'car' like...

sausageandorangepickle · 03/12/2013 20:50

Might have missed it being mentioned already - but Hermione?

girliefriend · 03/12/2013 20:56

Aurelie

Emily

Rosemary

Evaline

Ariella

Maisy

looki · 05/12/2013 09:29

I adore Allegra but wouldn't consider it a frilly name. Same with Theodora and many of the others listed.

I think a frilly name has go have an unnecessary long spelling such as Isabelle rather than Isabel/Isobel but that is just my own take on it.

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