girls names to go with claudia

[silverfishlondon]

We have a claudia. Name was very well recieved by family and friends- or they are just polite!
We have cut down our list for second daughter to:
Poppy
Clementine
Roxanne
Phoebe
Emily

Any thoughts on these please?
Roxanne seems controversial/ unpopular from what i gather.
Is claudia ( nickname claudie ) and clemmie too similar that its stupid? Poppy i find a bit ..plain.
My favorites are phoebe and emily but husband dont agree

I like Roxanne, there's one (spelt Roxane) in my extended family, I find it beautiful and with a lovely meaning (dawn, daybreak).

I find Poppy a bit twee and don't much like either the sound or the look of Phoebe (bit harsh).

Yes I think Claudie and Clemmie is a bit too matchy.

How about Emmeline which sounds a bit like Emily and a bit like Clementine?

Or, along the lines of Roxanne: Roseanne, Rosalie, Rosalind.

Phoebe. I love it and it goes best with Claudia I reckon- classic, elegant, slightly unusual.

I think Phoebe is the best from your list.

I also think the following 'go': Margot, Eloise,

Phoebe in my favourite

Like Lydia with Claudia

Phoebe from your list.

How about Alexa?

Phoebe and Emily are lovely! Also like pp suggestion of emmeline.

I think phoebe goes well. I thought of Naomi and Leona when I saw the thread title.

Roxanne, I have one.
Claudia and Roxie, just lovely, and different.

I love Roxanne and Phoebe. Yes, clemmie is too much with Claudia and Poppy and Emily are quite dull imo.

What about Saskia or Anya?

I like phoebe and Emily. For some reason I feel like Abigail goes

Poppy - Lovely, but very popular.

Clementine - Too matchy with Claudia, plus I don't like Clemmie.

Roxanne - Awful. That god awful song by The Police, which is about prostitutes.

Phoebe - Lovely.

Emily - My favourite. A classic, will never date or fall out of favour.

I was going to suggest Saskia but Lestat beat me to it.

I also think these names would go with Claudia:
Juliet
Helena
Alice
Tamsin
Rowena
Jemima
Keziah
Matilda

I think Poppy and Emily are indeed dull, and Poppy is very lightweight (yy to 'twee') beside the classic Claudia. Phoebe is nice and also hearkens back to Latin and Greek but I think the ee ending makes it a bit insipid beside Claudia.

I like Clementine and Roxanne with Claudia. I wouldn't be bothered by the C initial in both names, and Clem or Clemmie wouldn't sound too much to me. Roxanne is a bit more Harley Davidson than Claudia but it has the same solidity. I would spell it with Roxane, with one N.

x-post with Yika wrt 'Roxane'.

Absolute love Clementine (Clemmie) and think they both go well together. I don't think Roxanne fits in.

Saskia is a good match.

Phoebe is lovely. But she wd have to get used to spelling it out for people. I like Saskia too.

I love roxanne
Don't understand the mumsnet issue with it
So what some cheesy 80s song your daughter will probably never hear it! And lots of names have cheesy songs from the past with them

It's an unusual feisty name I think it's great and also Roxanna

Phoebe or Emily.

Dont like the other two as much as Claudia. One is another c name and Poppy sounds like it was chosen by people with a different naming style.

All so subjective of course but id be unsurprised if the parents of a claudia chose Marianne, Eleanor, Susannah, Lydia, Annabel, Juliet. That kind of name goes more with Claudia imo

Louisa
Naomi

(2 more that popped into my head)

I love Claudia. I had cousins: Claudia & Cynthia (another name for goddess Diana) and I thought their names were just the coolest.

To continue the Classical direction, you could go with Roxanne (wife of Alexander the Great) or Phoebe (feminine form of Apollo, meaning shining light). You could also go with Julia (as in Caesar, best known Roman) or Lydia (Greek) or Helen/a - the most beautiful woman.

I don't think Emily or any other name starting with a vowel - too much of a mouthful with the "a" sound at the end of Claudia. Phoebe goes well, or maybe something like Louise or Marianne?

Misread the OP. I thought middle name...sorry. Got distracted as I was reading.

Still think Phoebe is the best from your list.

Thankyou for all the comments- really useful to see how names are seen by others. Due next week so i will let you know what we go with!