Sibling for Ophelia?

[phoenix2409]

We already have a 2yo Ophelia and are expecting a baby girl in November. It’s been much more difficult coming up with a name this time around, but so far have Claudia and Cecilie (yes spelled like that - I don’t like the Cecily spelling for some reason, and seeing as it was the name of the princess of Greece, have convinced myself that it’s usable!). Thoughts on those two? We also love the name Arabella but my sister got to it before we could sadly :(

We live in SW London if that makes any difference - I know some names are subject to accents/pronunciation.

I love Cecilie and Claudia. I think I'd choose Cecilie to go with Ophelia.

I prefer Cecilia to Cecilie which is a bit twee and think it goes better with Ophelia.

I love Cecilia too but it rhymes with Ophelia!

Not if it’s Ce ci lia rather than Ce cee lia.

Ahh, around here it’s definitely ‘ce-cee-lia’ so we’d be constantly correcting people I’m afraid :(

Ottilie? Perhaps to much to have another O Name

Jemima?
Lucinda

I live in SW London…

Ce cee lia is usually spelt Cecelia

I love love love Ottilie but DH and both of our parents say it reminds them of utterly butterly or otterly, so I persuaded DH on Cecilie as it feels similar but reminds people less of the faux butter brand

How interesting! Where abouts are you? We’re in South Ken. Everyone here pronounces it the same way (there are two in DHs monkey music and another at nursery) regardless of spelling! Also, wasn’t St Cecilia ‘ce-cee-lia’?

Your parents are right so you dodged a bullet.

What about Venetia or Raffaella.

Araminta
Isadora
Nuala
Genevieve
Angelica
Evangeline
Emmeline

Hera? Love Claudia. Lavinia?

Vendela
Tabitha
Isadora
Aurelia
Ursula
Lavinia
Vanessa
Anya
Eloise
Hero

Oh and Tallulah.

Imogen, Vivienne, Camille or Gretchen?

Dorothea
Daphne
Henrietta
Pandora
Marceline
Vivienne

Jocelyn

Collette?

Juliet

I like the name Claudia but really wouldn’t use it with a sibling Ophelia. For me it’s way too similar to Claudius, who is the murderous king in Hamlet. Ophelia is a lovely name but I wouldn’t go out of my way to link it to the Hamlet character - which I think having a pair of Hamlet characters would do

Agree you can't have Cecelia. It definitely does rhyme. Even if pronounce Cecilia the difference in sounds is tiny! I love Cecilie, spelled like this. What about Hermione, Clementine, Tabitha, Beatrice, Ariadne, Dorothea, Theodora, Odette.

Athena

I was coming on the suggest Odette, but I see it’s already been mentioned. I had an old school friend called Odette - she was very gamine and really suited it. Two O names may be a bit much, though.

Lydia
Claudia - amazing
Thea
Nina
Anna
Elodie - different not normally a fan but goes with Ophelia I think

Thanks so much for all the suggestions!! I’m really looking for thoughts on Claudia vs Cecilie as those are our two frontrunners at the moment and it’s so hard to get DH on board with a name, I’ve almost given up on suggesting new ones ☹️