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A sister for Imogen

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Quickchangeinthewings · 05/12/2023 20:22

Trying to help my SIL come up with some name ideas for DD2 due next year. Sister is Imogen. They like names that are classic but also more unusual/lesser used. Ideally two syllables or more with nickname potential. Surname is uncommon and starts with P. Freya was on the table for DD1 but they’ve gone off it now. Please braindump as it’s all to play for at the moment!

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garlictwist · 06/12/2023 21:26

My name is Imogen and my sister is Felicity if that helps. But we are in our forties and not babies so possibly old fashioned.

BurntOrangeAutumn · 06/12/2023 21:27

Blythe

coronafiona · 06/12/2023 21:28

Madison
Emily

BurntOrangeAutumn · 06/12/2023 21:29

Ingrid?

EmpressFlabulonTheWobbulous · 06/12/2023 21:31

Our eldest is Imogen. Her sister is Elizabeth and if we have another they would be Harriet. I also like Annabel.

There are lots of possible nicknames with Elizabeth.

Mumaway · 06/12/2023 21:34

Abigail, Annabelle, Naomi

MerryChristmasToYou · 07/12/2023 13:22

Something shakespearean. e.g Jessica

Anotheranonymousname · 11/12/2023 08:32

Beatrice
Eloise
Felicity
Hannah
Harriet
Louisa
Madeleine
Susannah

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 11/12/2023 18:21

My immediate thought was Harriet but on reflection that’s because I have read a lot of Jilly Cooper Grin

I’d stay on the Shakespearean theme.

Miranda
Beatrice
Emilia
Viola
Rosalind
Hermione
Cressida

MyCatIsPlotting · 11/12/2023 18:27

The ones that spring to mind for me are mostly shorter names.

How about Melissa? Imogen and Melissa sound rather nice together and lots of nickname potential.

I also think the following would work well:

Clara
Daisy
Phoebe

PressPauseontheMenopause · 11/12/2023 18:29

I have an Imogen and a Harriet (Hattie) and I also read a lot of Jilly Cooper 😆 So you could equally have Bella or Octavia x

FawnDrench · 11/12/2023 18:51

Avril
Sasha
Nyree
Nancy
Cressida
Laura
Iris
Emerald
Lulu

Libertyy · 11/12/2023 18:52

Imogen and Payton

CeciledeVolangesdeNouveau · 11/12/2023 19:45

Amelia? A good friend of mine’s wife is called that and her nickname is Melie.

Ellmau · 12/12/2023 23:19

Venetia
Alexandra
Miranda
Rosalind
Lucasta
Damaris
Delilah
Juliet

Ibizafun · 12/12/2023 23:30

Sienna

ChocolateCinderToffee · 13/12/2023 00:15

Cecily
Phoebe
Clara
Iona
Laetitia
Sabine
Rhodanthe

ZiggyZowie · 13/12/2023 00:21

IMOGEN AND PHOEBE

SquigglePigs · 13/12/2023 13:39

Esther
Chloe
Clara
Tara
Carla
Tabitha
Natalie
Natasha
Hannah
Matilda
Amelia
Rachel

IcedupTulip · 13/12/2023 13:42

Imogen and Caitlin
Imogen and Eliza

ginteio · 14/12/2023 06:48

With Imogen, the first name I thought was Winifred.

Vittoriosa · 17/12/2023 09:30

Imogen and Isabella
Imogen and Isla
Imogen and Serena

Sewsew0 · 17/12/2023 20:39

Imogen and Martha. Like earlier suggestions of Harriet, Alice or Juliet also.

MaidOfSteel · 17/12/2023 20:59

Elspeth.

YearsofYears · 17/12/2023 21:03

I love the previous suggestions of Marianne or Elizabeth as Imogen pairings.

I'm going to throw Jemima and Zadie into the ring. I think any of the Shakespearean names would also fit wonderfully.

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