Do the names Cordelia and Anastasia go together?

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I have one little girl called Cordelia and we are expecting her sister soon. I was wondering if everybody thought the name Anastasia would be nice for her sister.

They sound very regal together! Like you're announcing a pair of duchesses at a ball

Cordelia is beautiful but Anastasia is a bit of a mouthful. Arianna? Natasha?

I think they sound very princessy together.

Sounds like two princesses;-) very beautiful names and go together perfectly

Anastasia is a bit much. Unless you are Russian.

I love Anastasia. Goes fine with Cordelia.

Araminta?

Anastasia is lovely.

Anoushka if you like the Russian connection? Less of a mouthful than Anastasia.

Or could be Anastasia nn Ana?

Anastasia is one of my all time favourite names.
I would never shorten it and would enjoy calling it.
I have an Anastasia in my class in September-I hope she doesn't spoil the name for me.
I shall enjoy calling her neverless.....

Yes both very beautiful names

They are both lovely names.

I love Russian names.

No. Too much - sounds very flowery and ott.

Both very pretty. They are both uncommon and noticeably come from different cultural origins, but this may not be an issue for you.

Cordelia is probably Celtic in remote origin, re-worked by Shakespeare.
Anastasia is from the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition, especially Greece and Russia. In most countries, it's pronounced 'A-nah-STAH-see-ah'.

florascotia Thank you that is very interesting :)

Why do they have to 'go together' this is something on MN that I never understand surely u just choose names u like they don't have to 'match '

i have an Anastasia; I actually really love it - and she was quite a cool saint/martyr. It was a long neglected family name, but here it's usually pronounced 'Ana-Stay-see-ah'. Girl is very flowery xmas so kind of suits her

Dfg I get that in most circumstances but some names just don't 'go' or accidentally sound weird together. I mentioned on another thread that my friend had twins and called them Sam and Ella. Both names are fine on their own but whenever we talk about them I hear 'Salmonella'

Frill-tastic.

Don't see why these names are any more of a 'mouthful' than say, Isabella, which is so popular just now. It's the same number of syllables! Objections are a bit daft, IMO.

They are both established names, with history and very nice - and no longer than Elizabeth, for example. What I would call a 'frilly' name would be perhaps 'Annabelle' spelled like that, or something with a hyphen and 'Rose' or 'May/Mae' on the end.

I might be biased though ......

I don't think of either as frilly/flowery, but then I know two non frilly/flowery sisters with those names which I think are both lovely (as are they). They have another sister who also has a similar style of name, also lovely.