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If we love Hugo and Rafael, what girl names would we love?!

64 replies

SparkleMotion82 · 17/09/2017 19:16

We are trying to choose a name for our daughter and finding it difficult, although for a boy we have two names we really love. We would go for Hugo for a boy, with Rafael as a close runner up. Just hoping that someone might be able to suggest some equivalent girls names that we might love. We like Hugo and Rafael because they seem easy to pronounce and we really like them phonetically.
We do have a shortlist but we are a bit confused about it all and any opinions would be very gratefully received.
We are also strongly considering using Willow (probably as a middle name but not ruled out as a first) to honour my Father (William).
Our shortlist is:
Rose
Florence
Rafaela
Allegra
Talitha
Claudia
Romola
Lauren

Thank you so much!

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moralberyll · 18/09/2017 01:25

Harriet.

Cousinit · 18/09/2017 01:29

Arabella?

Bue · 18/09/2017 04:56

We are seriously considering Hugo for DC2 due any day now. DD is Romilly. Our girl choices for DC2 are Imogen and Jemima.

Popskipiekin · 18/09/2017 05:19

My cousin's DD is called Willa. Just suggesting as an alternative to Willow. I think a hypothetical sibling pair of Hugo & Willa would work better than than Hugo & Willow.

ExtraPineappleExtraHam · 18/09/2017 06:07

Romy
Alicia
Raphael (it's a girls name in France)
Juniper
Esperanza
Paisley
Cora
Aphra
Maria (always a classic)

mathanxiety · 18/09/2017 06:24

Love Florence and Romola. Very nice indeed, imo.

Suggestions:
Alice
Clara
Penelope
Lucy
Annabel
Rowena
Cecily
Juliet

mathanxiety · 18/09/2017 06:25

Lost one somehow - Tamsin.

Mumof3wunnerfuls · 18/09/2017 06:29

Camilla
Heidi
Florence
Beatrix
Ivy
Matilda
Amalie

MammieBear · 18/09/2017 08:11

Cecily
Odette
Arabella
Aramantha
Clarice
Giselle
Hebe
Iris
Violet
Viola
Primrose
Juliet

saffronwblue · 18/09/2017 08:12

Mietta

kaytee87 · 18/09/2017 12:23

Felicity
Wilhelmina is a closer tribute for William (willie or Mina for nn)

MissAlabamaWhitman · 18/09/2017 22:11

Jacinta
Lavinia
Lilian
Magdalene
Clara
Guinevere
Susannah

catbas · 18/09/2017 22:15

Raphael if you're not Spanish I would say as if you want traditional posh that would make more sense, I know it's a runner up but Rafael in Spain isn't quite the same as Raphael in English if that makes sense

neady · 18/09/2017 22:23

I love Pearl - I think it would go lovely with your boys names

Ojoj1974 · 18/09/2017 22:30

Hebe
Hester
Araminta
Xanthe

Ohmyfuck · 18/09/2017 22:32

Claudia, Jemima, Roseanna, Fenella

flumpybear · 18/09/2017 22:37

Pick a girls name out of a jilly cooper novel GrinShockWink

Chilver · 18/09/2017 22:43

Saffron
Savannah

mumdebump · 18/09/2017 23:02

Why not Wilhelmina rather than Willow if you want a female name based on William?

Lemondrop99 · 19/09/2017 11:24

I know a woman called Raphaelle

BeatriceBeaudelaire · 19/09/2017 12:15

Anita
Esme
Amalia

midsomermurderess · 19/09/2017 12:53

Gabrielle, Gabita for short; or Tamara.

SparkleMotion82 · 04/10/2017 19:20

I just wanted to say a huge, huge thank you for all of these great replies. I really appreciate everyone who took the time to reply and I wanted to reply to everyone individually, but didn’t realise there would be so many responses! Thank you so much.

Of the new names suggested we really liked Cecily, and Persephone was another on our list which we ruled out as being a bit much. Cecily also perhaps doesn’t work with our last name unfortunately.

To the people who suggested Wilhelmina, I agree that it’s closer to William, but to me it’s not a pretty name, so I don’t think I could bring myself to use it, so I think we might stick with Willow as a middle.

I should also have mentioned that we already have one daughter, whose name is Elodie (I have really stressed myself out A LOT over her name - struggling with the English vs French pronunciation has been a real issue for me, so I’ve chosen names this time that I find easy to pronounce)!! I’m still finding it an issue and she is 19 months - sometimes I still think she should have been Rose or Rafaela 😬

I would love to know any opinions on the following as a sister for Elodie:

Rafaela Willow (Raphaella/Raphaela) “Rafa/Raffi”
Allegra Willow
Claudia Willow

There’s also the option of adding Florence or Rose as an additional middle name. Rose is a name I really love that I think I might regret not using.

An American friend also mentioned about Allegra being an allergy medication there - hence us possibly ruling it out!!

Thank you so so much again for all of the amazingly kind feedback - very much appreciated.

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Yika · 04/10/2017 22:04

Allegra is lovely and I also love Romola from your list - unusual and pretty.

In fact it's a lovely list altogether, you can't go wrong.

Couple of random suggestions to add:
Gaia
Cassandra

BewareOfDragons · 04/10/2017 22:09

Genevieve
Emmeline
Helene
Evangeline
Violetta