Sister for Clarissa. Please rate them :)

[ClaryIsTheBest]

DD1 is Clarissa "scandi flower" virtue name"

So, like Clarissa Akleja Temperance (for example!).

If DC 2 is a girl... I really like these:

Gemma (my favourite name tbh. It's Italian, which is great and means there will not be pronunciation issues...)
Natalia (after my favourite cousin. One of my favourite cousins. But he will be the godparent)
Antonia
Carlotta (can we have a Clarissa and a Carlotta?)

The middle names will probably Erika and an other virtue name.
Or Mirabelle Ingrid :) Maybe. Or Olympia? OR Dorothea, my mother's favourite name. We're still working on that tbh.

Thanks :)

Mumsnetters really seem to like Carlotta. :)

You don't think it sounds like Carlot? (mentioned on mumsnet when I was on this board for DC1)...

And isn't it too cutesy/twee considering we already have a Clarissa?

Gemma is kinda plain and very 80's not in a good way. Sorry

Antonia Mirabelle Ingrid.

I think Clarissa and Carlotta are much too similar to use the latter.

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I know. That's probably one of the reasons I actually regret living in the UK. (not that I dislike living in London. Just.. I really like that name!!)

navy I don't like Jemima. It's the wrong kind of fussy imo. And has some bad associations, tbh...

Sugar You're right, that does sound pretty. thanks :)

loopy I kind of feared that might be the case. I mean, both start with a C, both contain an L, to As...

Maybe Charlottta.... But I think that's a slightly unfortunate mix between Carlotta and Charlotte, tbh.

Don't be put off Gemma just from just the people who reply on here

My name is Gemma and i love it. I've only ever had compliments on it. I really don't understand how people prefer names like Dorothea over Gemma! Dorothea is pretty hideous in my opinion! Sorry!

Also i know several little Gemmas so I think it's gaining in popularity again.

It also has lots of great nicknames!

Navy that's really interesting :)!!

Odette was actually on my list.

Odette, Ottilie and Arielle all were. But then I thought they were so... "whimsy/princessy" compared to Clarissa?

Henrietta is too much like Heinrich (elderly family member. A grouchy old man, tbh).

Madeleine is a name I somehow associate with tragedy... (actually, I know why I do)

India. I know, it's a name in the UK. There's this horrible woman that has a child called India, I think? But to me personally it's a country. A bit like calling a child America. It may end in an "a" and sound like a name. but still...

Don't be put off Gemma! It sounds as though you really love it. It was very popular in the 80s but so what. I know a 6 year old Gemma and it doesn't seem weird, it's just her name, if that makes sense.

Yes. Yes I am.
DH could write books about it

But I think I'll include Odette and Arielle again.

WHo knows... I mean, if two people independetly think of the same name... Maybe Odette isn't too "soft" compared to Clarissa? plus, Odette Hallowes was a ww2 hero.

I love Natalia

Agree Gemma is 80s.

Think Carlotta and Clarissa are twee together though I love them both (they are also both characters in Malory Towers which makes it worse).

Antonia is ok.

The last trainee I said no too - on behalf of my dad who is a very private person and was seriously ill - gave me a filthy look when the consultant asked her to go outside.

Aargh - wrong thread, sorry!!

Anything but Gemma (sorry!)

pinkish... That's ok. Happens to the best of us ;=)

Navy

I'm not laughing. DH didn't even veto it for DC1 (I'm pretty sure he was slighlty disappointed when I scratched it off the list).

But according to my DH I could call our child Ignatius.Or Clemens. Or Thomasina. Not as a middle name (which I, quite sensibly imo! am thinking about) but as a first name... So, I suspect you both may like similar names?

Arielle is lovely, I agree.

And our child is very unlikely to have red hair, so it won't be too mermaid-ish, I think :)

Clarissa is beautiful

I really don't think Gamma goes with Clarissa. I find Gamma dates and a bit meh (probably from going to school with alot of them, and Jemma's)

I like Natalia and I like Antonia (also love Antoinette) but Clarissa and Carlotta seem too close for siblings to me

Mirabelle Ingrid is stunningly beautiful though I slightly prefer Mirabel. Also love Dorothea

Gemma seems to be disliked with a passion.

Hm... :( It honestly kind of rankles. Like, I understand. I feel the same way about some names (Léonie, Vanessa and Jessica...)

But it's just kind of sad for me personally, I guess. Plus, the name is easy to spell, travels well and isn't even in the top 500 currently...

Arielle sounds like a character from a disney ...

definitely not Charlotta - it does sound indecisive

I know some lovely Gemma's but not sure it goes with Clarissa

Tabitha, Tatiana , Victoria ?

Right. I agree. Charlotta doesn't work at all. Charlotte would probably work, but it's slightly boring (and now that there's a princess...? Nothing against the royals. But it would be slightly weird imo).

I do have to google what the Malory Towers thing is. Probably something primarily British?

I think I'm proving again how picky I am.

But Tabitha is a cat imo (I wonder why?).
Tatiana is... not my thing.
Victoria is ok. I really do like Victoire. But I don't know how somebody with an English accent would pronounce that.

But thank you so much for taking the time to make these suggestions :)

Sometimes DH is probably thankful he has only limited veto rights (makes his life easier). Don't worry, I didn't just decide that.

But he refused to categorically consider a triple-barelled surname or giving up one of his two names (I initially wanted to combine our surnames...) So I got the naming rights and he got veto rights. (we wrote down the instances he'd have veto powers to prevent arguments)

I like gemma. Retro.

go on tell me you don't like any No. I'm not thaaaat horrible. Really ;) Thank you for making so many suggestions!!! :)

Florence: Know several Florences. Had a tutor in law school called Florence, was a ... choire girl with a Florence. Was conceived in a similarly named city... eh.
Genevieve: I dislike the English pronunciation
Lucinda: Too much like Lucia
Cordelia: Maybe
Persephone: No. Too heavy. Too much underworld.
Allessandra: Alexandra. Nope. Plus, know a most horrible Sasha.
Seraphina: Nope
Delphine: Too oracle-ish
Clemency: No. Doesn't work well in Italian or German im
Vivienne: Hm...I do genuinely love Vivia?
Saskia: Saskia is nice.
Valentina: nope.