Ophelia?

[LottaBean]

Not sure what we are having yet but I have a feeling its another girl. Our first daughter is called Honor Florence LastName
At the moment potential middle names for baby2 are Lavender or Grace
Opinions on Ophelia?
Ophelia Lavender - bit too much of a mouthful
Ophelia Grace - I do love this but I feel like Grace gets used a lot for a middle name
Does it sound right with Honor? I really love her name and want to find a name I love just as much for this baby!

Everyone dies. A tragic romantic death in literature is fine by me.

The latest Radford baby is called Ophelia

@TatianaBis

Everyone dies. A tragic romantic death in literature is fine by me.

Not quite. Horatio and Fortinbras survive.

I meant in life not in Hamlet!

Ophelia and Ottilie are both overused at the mo, and I think (sorry) smack of someone trying to sound pretentious. Honor is beautiful. But as it starts with a hard "O" (as in Oscar) I think a second name like that jars when put alongside.

Grace, as PP have said. A dull filler name.

But, OP, if these are the names you love, go with your gut and choose what you love most.

Ophelia is 'Feel yer' to me,

Yep. I can't hear it without rude jokes coming to mind. The kid runs the risk of a lifetime of such 'jokes'.

It is a lovely name I know one adult with it however it is popular now there'll be lots of Ophelia's in the future.

Just so long as your last name isn't Balls or Cox

I can’t get past rude jokes and Hamlet with it, unfortunately. Really dislike it.

Ophelia Madelyn?
Ophelia Felicity?

Our surname begins with S and doesn't rhyme with anything rude! Although some of these comments are putting me off 😂

Both Felicity and Madeleine are lovely choices for middle names (I'd spell Madeleine the traditional/more elegant way) - I think Madeleine sounds nicest with Ophelia though as you don't replicate the strong "f" and "ee" sounds in both Ophelia and Felicity.

I like Ophelia

Ophelia Violet?
Ophelia Rose

Strongly dislike Ophelia. It’s frilly and a big cringey. The Shakespeare heroine is tragic and wet. And it doesn’t go with Honor, which is elegant and classy.

Love Ophelia but I think it would possibly get mixed up with Olivia?

I love it, but worry nickname would be “Pheels”

@Maria53

As much as I like the name, the association just makes me think of the character's awful fate in Hamlet. And the famous painting depicting it.

This. Every time.

I always find it a try-hard hyacinth bucket name since I imagine the namer has never read hamlet. Sorry I know that’s harsh.

Why wouldn’t you imagine the parent has not read Hamlet?

I only know Ophelia as a burlesque name.

Ophelia Butt

Ophelia Balls etc.

So it's a no for me

Ophelia is a beautiful name.

@TatianaBis

Why wouldn’t you imagine the parent has not read Hamlet?

Because why would you name your daughter after a girl who goes mad, before dying?

Millie Redford's daughter is called Ophelia which is enough to put me off 🙈

Because why would you name your daughter after a girl who goes mad, before dying?

Not this ole chestnut.

Because she’s beautiful and loving. See above.

Don't be silly @Jumpalicious it's a lovely name. Besides, if you want to get pedantic and literary about it, Shakespeare depicts Ophelia as pure and unpolluted, as one' indued unto that element' the element being water in case you don't actually know. whereas the other characters are mired in corruption and sin.

Go for it OP.