So we're expecting a girl and we have a two-word last name the initials of which are H and T.
I love the name Ursula. Both that it means little bear, and the author Ursula K Le Guin. (I don't even mind the sea witch as I think witches are kind of fun and powerful and being reimagined in interesting ways.) But I know it is a marmite name and my brother and father have pointed out all the ways in which it can be abbreviated into horrible things. Arse-ula/Urine, being highlights.
My second favourite name is Sylvie. (Means from the woods. Sounds good. And avoids overly referencing Plath. A poet I don't dislike but who is both associated with depression and had questionable racial politics.) My partner really liked this name too. However, we just realized this would make her initials SHT—obviously not ideal.
If we gave her a middle name it might soften it. e.g. SUHT But we don't know if that will be enough? What do you think?
If not, any ideas about nature-oriented, not over-used names would be great. (We're going for names you can recognize though so Sylvie but not Oak for example.)