Sister to Edward (Teddy)

[Ellizardo]

Due a little girl in July and thinking about names. Big brother is Edward (Teddy) Gregory....

Currently on the shortlist are. Unsurprisingly Helene (with accents!) is my french family name which I would like to use.

Zoe Helene
Rose (Rosie) Helene
Blythe Helene

preference and alternatives appreciated!

Gnat - I believe 'Aunt' Jemima has Confederate/Deep South racist connotations..

Ah, I see. Thank you! Perhaps Jemima Puddleduck would offset that. Hmm.

Not helping here as my favourite is Blythe. Gorgeous name, gorgeous meaning, very unusual. I like Rose but it's very popular, and I'm not keen on Zoe (or Chloe or any oh-ee names.)

Love Laurie for a boy (dd1 would have been a Laurie) but not for a girl.

Catherine Helene as per PP is nice.

Going to throw some completely random ones in, although I may be way off the mark!

Clara Helene
Posy Helene (love this but suspect it won't be popular!)
Claudia Helene
Isobel Helene
Miranda Helene

Teddy & Matilda

Matilda Helene Rose YourSurname

Teddy & Tilly

Much prefer Rosa to Rose and Helena to Helene.
Zoe is ok. Not keen on Blythe.
I like Cassie. What about Beatrice (Bea)? Iris is lovely.

Helene is gorgeous - I'd go with that tbh. Failing that, Rose Helene is also lovely

Other suggestions -

Fleur
Delphine
Aurelia (DH vetoed those 3 )
Flora
Daphne
Beatrice
Elise
Maisie
Mabel
Iris

I love Clara Helene - think Clara and Teddy would go well together, nice old-fashioned names.

Isobel/Isabel/Isabelle/Isabella all very popular at the moment according to various lists.

Yes, Clara is pretty. Added that to my girls list!

I know 2 Teddys. One has a brother, Zach and a sister, Sybil. The other has a baby sister, Connie. Constance Helene sounds rather grand.

I think Betsy and Teddy go well ..
Elizabeth Helene and Edward Gregory.

Thanks for all these! Really helpful. Clara is a bit Nutcracker sweet for me, ditto Posy. I've loved Claudia and Miranda since I was a little girl but much as I like her as a person, the comedienne has kind of spoiled Miranda for me.
I'm Elizabeth and my best friend is Isobel.
Argh, such a mine field!

Natasha helene?

I'd actually go with Hélène and choose either Violette or Inès as middle names. Or any combination really.

Oh please call her Bear.

I have a Teddy (short for Edward Douglas) and his sister is Pippa (Philippa). Also on our short list were Hattie (Harriet), Charlotte and Francesca

Hey Elliz!

I think Rose and Zoe are both lovely and work nicely with Helene (and Edward/Teddy). I don't like Blythe so much, sorry.

I also like Cassandra (Cassie) and Catherine (Kitty). I think Catherine works really well with Edward, enough that you can overlook the cuddly animal issue!

Thanks Julfin - I guess quite a lot of it will be who we feel she 'is' when she arrives...

Esme?
Tallulah?
Tilly?

Edward Gregory is a fabulous name.
Hélène is also fabulous. Would be tempted to use that as a first name.
Rose would be my choice from your list. Zoe is a bit anticlimactic after such great names, and Blythe is not to my taste at all.
Agree with whoever suggested Cassandra nn Cassie- now we are back in the realms of fabulous.

Hi Raines - thanks for navigating us back to Fab! I'm afraid Cassie won't work due to various personal connotations.

Is Tilly short for anything?

Tilly is normally short for Matilda. Extremely popular name at the moment, I think.

I like rose as a middle name.

What about Beatrice, Beatrix.
I loved Beatrice (bea for short) to go with Teddy but had we been having a girl it wouldn't have fit with our other names.

I came on to say Matilda (Tilly). That's two of my children names though Matilda is much older and my Teddy is two. Nice formal names for whenever they want (Tilly now goes by Matilda at school) but good nicknames too.