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Please help me name this child

103 replies

BraveBabyNames · 18/01/2021 15:16

DD is 10 days old and still nameless.

Our shortlist is:

Calista Joy
Roxana Iris
Morgana Faith

Big sister is Persephone. Which names would you choose and why?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/01/2021 21:07

How is it being to say you don't like a name. Surely the world hasn't gone that Woke has it where we have to adore and fawn over every single name.
I don't particularly like the names either. However if I had to make a choice I'd say Calista Joy. As it's the nicest of a,bad bunch, IMO.

Bluesername · 18/01/2021 21:41

How's it going OP?

Fromthebirdsnest · 18/01/2021 21:48

Rosalie or Evangeline ? X

EileenGC · 18/01/2021 21:53

I'm not a fan of Calista but I adore Callie!

Rosanna is much nicer than Roxana, but either of them goes nicely with Iris.

littlemisslozza · 18/01/2021 22:05

Calista is lovely! Morgana would probably end up as Morgan which has a totally different feel and Roxana would be Roxy eventually.

CoffeeRunner · 18/01/2021 22:09

Calista Iris. Callie is a lovely nn.

Firebird83 · 18/01/2021 22:16

Calista Joy, but I’d spell it Callista.

partyatthepalace · 18/01/2021 22:43

I love Persephone...

I’m not keen on any of your choices truthfully - Calista is Ok I guess. How about Cassia - that’s lovely.

Ismene? Maia? Athena? Selene? Circe?

whattodo2019 · 18/01/2021 22:47

Sorry they are all awful names. Although i line Persephone

Amdone123 · 18/01/2021 22:58

Calista Joy is lovely.

Dont like the other 2, sorry.

evenBetter · 19/01/2021 15:44

Roxana is a whole different type of name to Persephone, Morgana would be ‘Morgs’, Calista ‘goes with your other kids name.

JemimaTiggywinkle · 19/01/2021 15:46

Calista

Hoowhoowho · 19/01/2021 16:07

All three are fine.

Calista- nickname Callie/Cali is great. Persephone and Calista will sound like you’re quite posh. Are you?

Roxana- will get misspelled, don’t love Roxy but do like Roxana. Persephone and Roxana is a bit more difficult to stereotype, different sort of names. Percy and Roxy sound good together.

Morgana- is nice. No great short forms though. Persephone and Morgana also different sorts of names

Marcipex · 19/01/2021 16:12

Callista is lovely.

ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 19/01/2021 16:15

Calista Joy is my favourite and sounds best with Persephone.

GingerBeverage · 19/01/2021 16:29

The Morgana I know hated it being shortened to Morgie.

Calista Joy ftw

HalfTermHalfTerm · 19/01/2021 16:30

@toolazytothinkofausername

I like Calista Joy best.

I dislike Roxana Iris as it sounds like a lady from a punk band.

I dislike Morgana Faith as Morgana is a Queen in Game of Thrones.

Are you thinking of Merlin? There might be a minor character called Morgana in GoT, but I think of Arthur whenever I hear it.

I like Calista best OP!

NoPupIsTooSmall · 19/01/2021 16:44

I really love all the middle names.

From the first names I like Calista the best but agree with a PP about where the emphasis goes - I'm not actually sure. In my head it's ca-LIST-a but it could be CA-list-a? So might annoy you if people get it wrong.

Cassandra?

Chilldonaldchill · 19/01/2021 16:50

I would choose Calista as I think it's beautiful.
Personally I'd go for Calista Iris.

Orphlids · 19/01/2021 22:50

I love Morgana. It was the name I always thought I’d choose if I one day had a daughter. I do like anything Arthurian. We went for Isolde in the end. I’d be thrilled to meet a little Morgana.

DramaAlpaca · 19/01/2021 23:43

Calista is the best fit with Persephone.

MercyBodle · 20/01/2021 00:30

Roxana is my favourite from your list. A mixture of unusual traditional and exotic, fits perfectly next to Persephone. (Though I think they all work for Persephone's sister.) Roxana makes me think of the Daniel Defoe novel.

Tavannach · 20/01/2021 00:37

Calista Joy.

minmooch · 20/01/2021 00:46

How about

Hermione
Delphine
Anastasia

micc · 20/01/2021 10:20

No way I just name our DD Roxana!
We call her Roxy or Xana.
Calista is lovely too, names we also liked were; Delta, Anya, Sabrina and Nova.
All our fab OP, which one do you feel suits her? I had a feeling when I was pregnant and OH suggested Roxy, when he said it I was like oh that sounds right.. we didnt even know what we were having! I was thinking of calling her Rocco if she was a boy I liked it so much ahha.

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