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Sister for Mabel & Stanley

121 replies

JimmyDS · 01/04/2021 19:11

Hi all, recommendations welcome to name baby girl who is a twin to Stanley and has older sister Mabel.

Our shortlist so far is :
Olive
Iris
Sybil (family name)
Alba

As you can tell we lean more towards the older style names!

I love Florence and Violet but feel both have become super popular.

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IndiaMay · 02/04/2021 23:20

Love your names. Iris and Alba are my favourite.

Some other ideas to through in the mix:
Sylvia
Mallory
Allegra

BustyDusty · 03/04/2021 00:23

Gretel
Phillida
Sonnet

Greenmarmalade · 03/04/2021 00:29

Grace

UnlikelybutTrue · 03/04/2021 00:38

I like Florence and Iris.

Other ideas:

Martha
Clementine or Clemency (Clemmie)
Thea
Alice
Agatha
Liberty
Christabel
Emmeline
Eleanor
Francesca
Anna
Tabitha
Cora
Clara
Rosa
Constance
Charlotte
Eva
April

mybonnieliesovertheocean2 · 03/04/2021 01:03

i like Olive from your list

Elisa
Ella
Louis(lo- is)

Saltyslug · 03/04/2021 01:11

Alice

Rose

Esther

Celeste

ArcheryAnnie · 03/04/2021 01:22

Has to be Olive.

SummeHoliday · 03/04/2021 03:47

Violet. Stanley and Violet sounds fab.
Verity
Dorothy
Maud
Evelyn
Pearl

Several of those are the names of some of my great aunts, born roughly 1900 - 1920, and they entirely fit your style of names 😀

WellTidy · 03/04/2021 06:34

Maggie
Flora
Catherine
Connie
Penelope

JimmyDS · 05/04/2021 09:44

We've decided to go with Stanley James & Sybil Mary! I'm glad how Sybil was widely well received and I'm not too worried about the Fawlty Towers reference! Smile

OP posts:
Merename · 05/04/2021 10:08

Aww lovely. Welcome to the world, Stanley and Sybil! Flowers

Edenember · 05/04/2021 11:00

Edith was the first name to come to mind. Olive and Iris are both lovely.

Sarcobaleno · 05/04/2021 14:25

Lovely names, congratulations. Also lovely to hear them, always want to know what the final choice is on these threads.

StiggyZardust · 23/04/2021 21:34

Clementine
Phyllis
Winifred

Sofuckingsad · 23/04/2021 21:35

Maude

Allthingspeaches · 23/04/2021 21:40

Daisy

LozMarieFielder · 23/04/2021 22:22

Mabel is my favourite and I wouldn’t usually like Stanley, but the names compliment each other.

I love Olive, Alba and Iris. However, Iris and Olive are the only ones that could go with Mabel and Stanley. Alba is a little too similar to Mabel, what with being able to make the name Alba from the letters in Mabel. Florence and Violet are lovely, and I’ve known of two of each older than ten.

Some similar suggestions:
Arlette
Darcy
Elodie/Élodie
Georgette
Juliet/Juliette
Lois
Pearl
Rhoda

LozMarieFielder · 23/04/2021 22:23

Oops just saw your updated message! Congrats btw, such lovely names 💕

AnxiousAnnie86 · 24/04/2021 06:59

@JimmyDS sylvie?? X

AnxiousAnnie86 · 24/04/2021 07:33

Sorry just saw you'd decided!!! I love Sybil x

Cindie943811A · 24/04/2021 15:43

Thank you for telling us your choice OP.
I think the three names go very well together.
Mabel and Sybil, while both being feminine, are neither more flowery than the other. All 3 names sound sufficiently different.
My best wishes to your little family

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