I’ve gone off all my girls names!!

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Sibling for Violet.

had a shortlist we were happy with but now unsure

Sophie
Alice
Juliet

I think the et for Juliet and Violet is too much. I’ve been put off the other two after hearing some people discuss them and they seem to be super popular in our area ‘no not that Sophie, Sophie you know the one who lives in X no not the one who lives in Y etc’

I am at a bit of a loss now. We can’t do

• any names ending in -y sound due to surname (so Emily Natalie etc)
• Charlotte Isabelle Eva Lily Rose Elizabeth Emma Anna as these are cousins names
• any names with same initial or any plant names/nature names due to using Violet already as I think it would be a bit much

help!

Violet and

Faith
Amelia
Julianne
Beatrice
Madeleine

Roxanne
Saffron ( I know it’s a plant it’s just lovely )
Iona
Francesca
Johanna

OP. Why not pick some names you like and whittle down the choice by looking at the meaning of the name

Not sure if this helps
But I have a cat called Violet
Her sister is called Flora

You can have mine as I'm having a boy. Eve. I love it, classic, not trendy.

I love Juliet. You are over thinking it.

I only have boys
My favourite girl name is Delilah
Violet and Delilah sounds great

Eleanor
Maura
Maeve
Annabel
Anastasia

Such beautiful names on this thread!
How about Julietta? Dd4 has a friend named Julietta and I think it's lovely

Do Sophia instead of Sophie! My DD2 is a Sophia 🥰

Josephine

Jessica
Jasmine
Jemima
Imelda
Piper
Martha
Matilda

Ottilie
Amelie/Amelia
Annabel
Penelope
Cordelia
Florence
Felicity (Flic)
Nancy
Nell/Helen
Sylvie

I came on to say Fallon, but actually pp said Hazel and I think it's so so lovely with Violet.

Thanks everyone. I am really liking:

Clara
Eloise
Hazel
Florence
Norah
Mabel and yes I have left Alice on the list

To be honest all the names are gorgeous but some also taken with siblings and in laws and friends etc.

I love Vivienne but I wouldn’t do two starting with V - I don’t like when other people do it! a friend has Amy and Aaron and I just find it a bit much.

I am not strongly leaning towards hazel. However surname beings with H.

Would that be a deal breaker for anyone?

It’s depends on the surname - e.g. Hazel Hayman sounds too match to me, but Hazel Harrington sounds good (different vowel sounds and number of syllables).

Alice is lovely and a good match with Violet. It's normal to have a naming wobble as picking a name is such a big commitment, but I honestly think you should try to remember what you love about Alice. At the end of the day, does it really matter if there are others around? Violet is getting fairly popular now anyway.

Sophie has a double/treble whammy in terms of popularity, as Sophia/Sofia are very popular too, but I think you're fine with Alice.

I like both Sophie and Alice and I don't think they are quite popular enough in he current generation of babies to cause the problems you described. However you did say you don't like the -ie ending and Sophie had it, so that would narrow it down to Alice for me. I like Juliet in theory, but there seems to be some lack of agreement on how to pronounce it (JUliet or JuliET) and, as you say, maybe it's a bit similar to Violet.

I wouldn't automatically rule out another plant name if you love it. A friend of mine has twins called Violet and another flower name.

How about May? Overused as a middle name but not that common as a first name and has a similar sort of Victorian/Edwardian vibe to Violet. And it can be a flower or not, as you prefer (it's also been used as a short form or Mary or to reference the month).

Julia!

Do you like ..
Ellen
Eliza
Julia
Hilda
Curlew
Alessia
Phoebe

@Wagenwagen

Cora
Emma
Beth
Anna
Elise (bit like Alice!)

FWIW we have a surname that ends in y and DD’s first name ends in y.. it sounds fine.

Are Hazel and Violet not the names of Emily Blunts daughters? Useless bit of general knowledge but that would probably be enough to put me off it if a celeb had the exact same name combo. Sorry.

Ava or Evelyn

Eloide
Cora

Tess Theresa

Have you had these names in mind for a while? If so I reckon that might be why you are going off them. Alice is a beautiful name, once attached to your new daughter it would be more meaningful. What about Jules?

Violet and…

Beatrice
Harriet
Margot
Nina
Opal
Ursula
Agnes
Winnifred/Winnie
Jemima
Pearl
Greta