Plum’s sister!

[HazeyJaney]

Help please! We chose a very unusual name for our first daughter (Plum Elizabeth) and now we’re stuck on what to name her sister. Our current list feels a bit pedestrian in comparison, does it matter?

We like:

Alice
Flora
Gaia
Cecily
Beatrix
Sylvie
Merryn
Iris (actually, I’ve always loved Isis, but it’s obviously unusable now)

I think the names

Edie
Willow
Darcey

Go really really nicely with Plum xx

This cannot be serious. Please tell us you didn't call your daughter Plum?

@fairydustandpixies

Plum Sykes is called Victoria, its a sloane style nickname due to the Victoria plum fruit.

Plum is a strange sound, it's dull and and flat, so perhaps jazz it up a bit with the next one. Maybe Hillaria or Astibille or something similar?

Peach

I knew a Plum! It was a nickname (but not for Victoria, interestingly)

I taught a little girl called Prune a few years ago. She had a baby sister who was called Gala, which I think sounds nice.

I think cucumber is a lovely name, unusual and underused but adorable in my opinion.

Victoria

Maude

There are some hilarious names on this thread

How about Anais, Viola, Astrid, Alba??

Edie
Blythe
Hebe
Margot
Dulcie
Fleur
Cora
Rue
Romy

and it’s surprisingly uncontroversial in real life.

Not that surprising - people are polite in real life.

On the other hand, they're brutally honest on anonymous online forums, and will say what they really think.

Given that your dd is already called Plum then I'd go with Alice or Flora if it were me.

Clementine
Huckleberry
Satsuma
Damson
Poppy

I always thought Plum was a nickname (or perhaps more accurately a pet name) for Victoria?

I love Sorrel but the footwear brand association would put me off using it tbh.

From your list my favourite is Alice but I think it could potentially be shortened to Ali which is a ten a penny name and it would be in such a completely different vibe to Plum, it almost wouldn’t be fair to either girl.

Therefore Gaia would be my choice.

There's a scene in the comedy series Benidorm where one of the characters is bemoaning how shit life is. He says even his name shows how unlucky he is - he is called Winter, and would have been called Summer if he had been a girl. But his brothers are Barry and Eric, and so have normal names and normal lives.

Anyway the point I'm making is that you need to think about this when naming your baby - Plum may love her unusual name when older, and Alice may be jealous that she has a more run of the mill name. Conversely, Plum may wish she was more of an Alice. The names don't have to match but should be equally unusual (with a classic middle name).

You could just stick with a pet name/nickname vibe. Such as; Winnie, Hattie, Minnie, Clemmie, Letty, Lottie, Mena, Gigi.

Did you really call your daughter Plum? .
Mbrave. Hopefully she will frequent Sloane Square and not the East End, where it’s not a nice name.

In the spirit of your taste, though..,

Prudence (Pru)
Connie : Constance
Genie / Genevieve
Jo / Josephine
Bette / Elizabeth

Can I just add that whilst it's a bit unfair all the ribbing you've had on here OP... Can you please update when you make your final choice. We need to know! 😁

Plum is slang for testicle around here.

@TatianaLarina...you’re hilarious!!! The opinions you’ve projected here...?! Good gaff!! 😂😂😂

Alice✅
Flora❎
Gaia❎
Cecily✅
Beatrix✅
Sylvie✅
Merryn✅
Iris❎

I think it would sound way cooler to give your second a more classic name to complement the slightly more unusual Plum. If you try to give another name similar it will just sound too try hard. I second Hester. Although from your list Beatrix is cool. And has brilliant diminutives (Beattie, Bea, Trixie)

Orange, you glad you weren’t called plum.