Marigold, Romilly - any others?

[Desperateforababa]

What are your thoughts on Romilly ("Romy") or Marigold ("Goldie") for a baby sister to Clara? Any other ideas? I also love Clementine and Margot but my DH isn't keen. We like old fashioned English names that aren't overdone but are not totally weird - feels like a hard balance!

One that seems in the same vein is Gloria, perhaps NN Glo.

I love both. I think I would choose Romilly if it's up to me. I think they both go with Clara

I love Romilly, but am not keen on 'Goldie' - reminds me of a character that was/is in Hollyoaks.

I had a great aunt called Clara, her sisters were, Molly, Evelyn, Winifred and Olive. (All born about 1920-ish).

Evelyn was pronounced Eve lin.

I had another gt aunt called Evelyn pronounced Ev lin

I really love Marigold. I love the flower. I love the name. And Goldie is such a sweet nickname.
I also like the names Posy and Dahlia. But Marigold is a winner. And it sounds sweet with sister Clara.

So somewhere between Loveday and Helena on the familiarity scale?

Roberta
Thomasina
Felicity
Louise
Verity
Noëlle
Frances
Vivienne
Amber
Christine

I like both Romilly and Marigold - but I don’t think you’ll be able to prescribe diminutives.

How about Meridith nn Meri? Not keen on Marigold...makes me think of the gloves. And not keen on Goldie as a nn, Mari might be better. Romilly is OK.

Calliope?
Cecilia
Rebecca
Araminta

The first thing that I think of when I hear Marigold is either a cow or the butter brand. It’s an absolute no from me.

Romilly is alright but getting quite overused amongst all of the Romys etc.

I love marigold and Romilly! They are unusual compared to Clara though but work ok.

Clara and

esther
stella
rosa
rosemary
primrose
rosanna
tabitha
beatrix
estelle
polly
pearl
vivienne
juliet
edith
enid
eloise
daphne

Romilly.

Not Romy, as it doesn't make sense. The first syllable of Romilly is Ro not Roe.

Clara and
Rose
Rosalie
Bryony/Briony
Charlotte
Anna
Adrienne
Collette
Phoebe

I quite like Marigold but Goldie sounds like a puppy not a child. Not keen on Romilly.

What about Marianne?

Thanks everyone - Mumsnet is great for this kind of thing! I also love Frances (again DH isn't keen). From other names suggested, we also like Rosemary and Daphne.

Thoughts on Emilia? Totally different vibe but that was the other one we were mulling over but wondering if everyone would misspell it as Amelia.

I love Polly
Goldie is a bit porn star IMHO. Marigold and Romilly are both lovely names.

I had romily/ Romy on my list and Clara.

Other names on our list were Posy, India, Dahlia and Margaret nn Tiggy.

We called our daughter Blythe as an under used old fashioned name

Emilia is a lovely name but also very popular (if that's what you mean by overdone). It's risen swiftly the last few years and is currently number 37 in England and Wales. I think Daphne is my favourite from all the options you've suggested.

Marigold - not too keen and I don’t like Goldie
Romilly - lovely and I love Romy
Rosemary - gorgeous and you can still use Romy
Frances - a bit stuffy and old fashioned to me
Daphne nice, but Daff / Daffy not good…
Emilia - beautiful and I love Emmy - some misspellings will happen but easy to correct

Do you like

Heidi
Phoebe
Mabel
Eliza
Magnolia nn Maggie
Iris
Poppy
Maisie
Molly
Harriet nn Hattie
Georgia
Polly
Margot
Olive
Ruby

I’d expect a Clara to have a sister named something like Louisa, Helena, Alice, Lydia, Eleanor, Maria, Julia, Anna or Beatrice. Or if you want to go down the floral route - Rosamund, Rosalind or Lillian. I feel like Clara has a kind of “classic Victoriana” style - so those are the sort of names I’d use for a sister. Romilly is lovely but feels a bit more modern somehow? - but Marigold goes the other way and is very niche retro. However of the two I’d definitely pick Romilly! Emilia works slightly better in style with Clara to me- but I agree she will often get Amelia.

Mum of a Romilly. I confirm, splendid name. But don't think you're going to be able to prescribe a NN. I tried Mimi, Romy, Milly, RoRo...nothing stuck. Her friends call her Rom and her Dad calls her RomCom/CDRom, argh!

I like Daphne. How about Venetia or Sibylla?

Love both but Romilly pips it for me - it’s on our list if we have another girl!

I like Romilly, but not so fond of Romy.

Marigold/Goldie is terrible.

I love Marianne, so stylish

Jasmine

Marigold - rubber gloves