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Sibset name to go with Alice

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Bridge9484 · 03/08/2017 18:00

I haven't got any ideas for a baby girls name that goes with sister's name Alice. Help please :)

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Threeandabit · 03/08/2017 20:43

Madeline (by Ludwig Bemelmans)
Fern (main character in Charlotte's Web)
Lotta (Books by Astrid Lindgren, or Character in Charlie and Lola books)

A previous poster mentioned Amy. I found out this means "Loved", and I think this is so lovely.

NapQueen · 03/08/2017 20:45

Dds middle name is Alice, for the literary connection. Her first is Meg (Little Women), and had ds been a boy he would have had Juliet as a mn. Other literary names:-

Hermione
Primrose
Heidi
Polly (anna)
Emma

OhTheRoses · 03/08/2017 20:47

Evelyn. My grandma's sister's name. Their middle names were Marina and Helena.

OhTheRoses · 03/08/2017 20:48

Evelyn Waugh
Smile

Threeandabit · 03/08/2017 20:55

Annie Rose for the Shirley Hughes books
Sophie for The Tiger Who Came to Tea! Smile
Beatrix for Beatrix Potter. Beatrix has a gorgeous meaning - "She who brings happiness."
Anne Shirley for Anne of Green Gables! Smile
Wendy for Peter Pan. I had forgotten, but I did want to be called this as a child because of Peter Pan!

Threeandabit · 03/08/2017 21:13

Hattie for Tom's Midnight Garden

Threeandabit · 03/08/2017 21:19

Bobbie / Roberta - The Railway Children

Mrsknackered · 03/08/2017 21:31

My youngest sister is Alys.
Names they considered for her plus our sisters names are:

Margot
Erin
Ishbel
Eve
Seraphina
Anya

Mrsknackered · 03/08/2017 21:31

My dad is Welsh so the spelling is justified!

Sophronia · 04/08/2017 02:31

Alice and Dorothy
Alice and Emily
Alice and Louisa
Alice and Edith
Alice and Flora
Alice and Isabelle
Alice and Anna
Alice and Eleanor
Alice and Jemima
Alice and Evelyn
Alice and Josephine
Alice and Lydia
Alice and Juliet
Alice and Mary
Alice and Rose
Alice and Sylvie

ABCFamily · 04/08/2017 04:03

Some book titles with female names in them:

Anastasia (Krupnik)
Anna (Karenina)
Charlotte (Charlotte’s Web)
Eleanor (& Park)
Emma
Harriet (the Spy)
Jane (Eyre)
Juliet (Romeo &)
Lorna (Doone)
Madeline
Ramona (Quimby)
Rebecca
Sophie (Sophie’s Choice – Might not want to name your daughter after that particular book though!)
Tess (of the Dubevilles)

ABCFamily · 04/08/2017 04:07

Amelia (Bedelia)
Heidi
Margaret (Are you there God? It’s me, Margaret)
Virginia (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?)

obsessedwithCFNs · 04/08/2017 04:26

Never heard the word sibset!!

My friend has a big sister Alice and a little sister Eve/Evie

MyOtherProfile · 04/08/2017 04:58

Just group of siblings really. I thought that was what everyone used
No way! Is this really a thing? I've never heard of it. I thought people.just picked a name they liked each time.

nooka · 04/08/2017 05:08

I think the OP was just explaining what she meant by 'sibset'. As she only has one child and is expecting one more I would have thought just 'sibling' would do (or just name to go with otherchildsname) - sibset makes me think of multiples.

HotLadybird · 04/08/2017 05:14

Wasn't the girl in the BFG called Sophie? Better than Sophie's Choice!

ABCFamily · 04/08/2017 05:55

Wasn't the girl in the BFG called Sophie? Better than Sophie's Choice!

Yes! A much cheerier namesake! Grin

There's also Sophie's World, if the OP has an interest in philosophy.

Crunchymum · 04/08/2017 08:22

Sibset is a horrific word but 'complimentary / similar type sibling names' I can kind of get on board with.

So if you have an Alice [classic name] calling her sister Tilli-Mai? Would be a bit "unmatchy"

Crunchymum · 04/08/2017 08:24

I know
Alice and Martha
Alice and Olive
Alice and Amber

SnarkOfTheThunderPants · 04/08/2017 08:26

Rebecca - Rebecca's world
Lucy or Susan - The chronicles of Narnia.

BikeRunSki · 04/08/2017 08:32

I am named after Alice in Wonderland too!! None of my siblings have other literary names though.

Literary names -
Emma
Rebecca
Tess
Rachel
Amy, and indeed any Little House on the Prairie name
Estella

Other sisters of Alices i know:
Alice and Lucy
Alice and Emma
Alice and Zoe
Alice and Josie (Josephine)
Alice and Jessica (I know 2 of these combos, albeit 30 years apart!)

I also know of twins called Alicia and Rosita, which is a little flowery for my tastes, but rather nice.

SerfTerf · 04/08/2017 11:23

Amy, and indeed any Little House on the Prairie name

Laura would be the obvious one from LHOTP.

daisypond · 04/08/2017 11:41

I can't think of any (nominally) children's books that have the weight of Alice. I wouldn't count any Roald Dahl, for example. I'm a fan of the Little House on the Prairie series and Laura is a really nice name, but again it still doesn't have the same resonance, if that's what you're after. The Narnia stories - Susan and Lucy - probably Lucy, because she's more fundamental to the stories, is a possibility, if you're happy with the religious symbolism. Little Women's Jo (Josephine) is the closest I can think of, and that's probably because it's 19th century, too. Otherwise, Jane (Eyre).

SerfTerf · 04/08/2017 11:44

Very true @daisypond

Can I shout "ARRIETTY" again please? Smile

Threeandabit · 04/08/2017 14:05

Marilla - Anne of Green Gables
Nancy Drew!

I reckon Wendy though, due to my own childhood wish.