Sister name for Alexandra

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Hi, hopefully it won’t be too outing. We need a name for our second DD due in few months. First daughter name is Alexandra with nickname Sasha.

need something that’s similar ie international, not too novel and not too English(welsh/Scottish etc), but that can be shortened into something more unique.

i like Dina but not as a complete name, only as a nickname. But to what?

I love Veronique (husband doesn’t)
Victoria (can be Vika/Vicky)
Pauline
husband likes Edie and Stephanie but I’m not keen
maybe Alice?

other than that I’m really struggling!
not Maria, Anna, Lily, Lucy, Lydia or Zoe
also can’t use Emily or Nicole although I do like these

what do we do?

thank you 😊

Alexandra is a regal name, so I'd look to Victorian/Edwardian names for some ideas: Mary, Louise, Alice, Beatrice/Beatrix, Elizabeth, Victoria, Eugenie, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Maud...

Imogen(Immy)
Isabelle
Jasmine
Roseanne(Rosie)
Abigail
Charlotte

Francesca
Louisa
Leonora
Lucia
Luciana
Marina
Mariana
Natalia
Nadia
Raffaella
Gabriella
Valentina
Giselle
Gisela
Madeleine
Aurelia
Beatrice
Beatrix
Cecily
Cecilia
Helena
Lucinda
Penelope
Rosalind
Tatiana

Leopoldina

I actually know one and think it's a lovely name.

Names from my home country that would fit English:
Yara
Fenna
Maud
Lana
Pip
Fleur
Willemina
Zoe

Next doors DD is Eliana which I think is lovely. Can also be shortened in a few different ways.

Something Russian-y?

Tamara -Toma
Katherine -Katya
Helena -Lena
Sophia -Sonya
Polina -Polly
Thomasina -Tamsin

Beatriz
Sofia
Alexia
Loren / Lorena
Oriel
Seren
Katie
Dana
Dora
Elizabete
Orelie

Alexandra and…

victoria
eloise
eleanor
harriet
evelyn
rosalie
tabitha
georgina
eliza
rebecca
georgia
rachel
jessica
caroline
imogen
Beatrice
sophia
phoebe
catherine
josephine
juliet

Alexandra and Caroline
Alexandra and Melanie
Alexandra and Genevieve
Alexandra and Lucille

Alexandra (Sasha) and
Stephanie (Stevie,)
Francesca (Chess)
Nikita. (Kiki. Kita)
Harriet. (Ettie)
Patricia (Riki)

Victoria
Francesca
Anastasia
Athena
Thea
Isabella
Eleanor

Christina
Carolina
I do quite like Stephanie though.

I think you need a name of equal weight.

Perhaps Thea, short for Anthea.
Alexandra and Anthea. Lovely.

Camille?

I have an Alexandra.

I also have

Elizabeth
Victoria
Francesca

Also considered

Henrietta
Caroline
Matilda

Leonora nn Nora
Georgiana nn Gia

Bernadette
Christina
Geraldina

Harriet.

Nina, could be short for a number of things!

I knew a Diana sometimes nn’d Dina

I like Victoria nn Vita

Alicia, Annalisa, Felicity nn Lissa

Elena / Helena or Selena nn Lena

Leonora / Leonie nn Leo

Francesca nn Franca

Vivienne or Verity nn Vivi

Teresa or Esther nn Tessa

Elizabeth / Elisa nn Elsa or Liza

Caroline nn Callie

Cassia nn Cassie

Isabella / Annabella / Arabella nn Bonnie, Bella or Ella

Natalia / Natalia nn Tally

Marina nn Marnie

Annalisa / Annabella nn Nina or Nancy

Joanna nn Jojo

Fernanda nn Nanda

Katharine / Katrina nn Katya

Dorothea nn Dora, Thea, Dorrie, Dorey

Theodora nn Thea / Theo / Dora

Julia / Juliet

Claudia

Marianne

Emma

Flora

Estella / Stella

Adela

Allegra

Meredith (Merry)

Seraphina

Serena

Paloma

Patricia (Tish, Pasha)

Charlotte (Lotta)

Alexandra and ..
Charlotte
Edwina or Edina
Victoria
Josephine

Katrina

Anastasia (Stacia, Stacey, Anna, Starsi etc.)
Natasha (Tasha, Nat)
Francesca (Chesca)
Raphaela (Raffa, Raffy)
Georgina (Georgie, Gina, G)

A name as regal and refined as Alexandra needs an equivalent sibling name for balance.