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Please help my daughter find a name for her DD

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BettyBobble · 19/06/2025 21:16

My daughter gave birth yesterday to her second child. Both her children are girls and the older one is called Kathryn. My DD cannot settle on a name despite the fact that through a lot of her pregnancy she was set on the name Verity. Now she's tossing up the following but can't settle so names similar might click. Names she likes. Florence, Felicity, Lyla, Violet, Iris.

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mathanxiety · 19/06/2025 23:29

Kathryn and Feliciry would be a stunning pair of sisters.
I like Florence and Violet too.

Suggestions:
Elspeth
Madeleine
Louisa
Juliet
Anna
Rosemary
Daphne
Estelle
Tamsin
Cecily

iseethembloom · 19/06/2025 23:44

Stella, Naomi, Anna, Frances

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 20/06/2025 00:07

I love Verity!

And felicity

Vivia?
Vivienne
Inez
Juliet
Ianthe
Constance

Just not Lyla, it’s a bit stripper

Firsttimebabymummy · 20/06/2025 03:52

DisforDarkChocolate · 19/06/2025 21:24

She has great taste. I love Verity but Felicity comes a close second.

Agree!

BettyBobble · 20/06/2025 10:07

Thank you for all of your suggestions. I've sent her all of the names and she's still thinking. As soon as she has decided I will report back

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 20/06/2025 12:10

Kathryn and
Florence 😍.
Scarlett.
Jessica
Sarah.
Emily.
Victoria.
Rebecca
Bridget
Cynthia.
Abigail
Megan.
Lydia.
Alexandra.
Elizabeth
Virginia.
Charlotte.
Lucy

user1492757084 · 20/06/2025 13:15

I love all her names.
Others to think about ..

Kathryn and ..
Trinity
Liberty
Amity
Lisa
Deirdre
Claire
Vivienne
Anna

MiddleAgedDread · 20/06/2025 13:57

Kathryn and Verity is great!
Definitely not Violet, Lila or Iris, they're everywhere at the moment and I don't think they go with Kathryn.
Felicity and Florence are nice but I think Verity is better.

Iris2024 · 20/06/2025 14:51

I personally love Iris. It’s our daughter’s middle name and we love her first name. We are trying now for a second and I wish I had kept Iris. It’s beautiful.

LoudPlumDog · 20/06/2025 14:58

I like Kathryn and Felicity.

Suggestions …

Kathryn and Louisa
Kathryn and Irene
Kathryn and Penelope
Kathryn and Millicent
Kathryn and Alice
Kathryn and Heather
Kathryn and Tessa
Kathryn and Emma
Kathryn and Anita
Kathryn and Veronica
Kathryn and Frances
Kathryn and Bethany
Kathryn and Jolene

LiteralLunatic · 20/06/2025 15:00

All her choices are beautiful 🤩 But they are a lot more flowery and frilly than Kathryn, if she is bothered about giving them very different styles of name.

Elizabeth or Sarah are more in the same vein as Kathryn.

LoudPlumDog · 20/06/2025 15:01

I know sisters Felicity and Verity. 💛

Koazy · 20/06/2025 15:04

Elodie or Miranda

MayaPinion · 20/06/2025 15:06

Audrey, Louise, Julia, Ingrid, Greta, Elizabeth, Judy, Vivienne, Shirley, Rita.

TwigletsAndRadishes · 20/06/2025 15:13

I adore Iris. If I were to have a girl now she'd be Iris.

KayEmAy · 20/06/2025 19:50

Love Felicity and Verity

other ideas:
Melody
Adrienne
Whitney
Isla
Annelise
Aria
Lavender
Nicola
Celeste

pharmer · 20/06/2025 20:04

Charlotte goes together with it well. I actually know 3 sets of Kathryn /Charlotte sisters.
I think Heather, Alice, Florence, Eliza(Beth) Sarah, Emma and Eleanor are of a similar ilk

MrsKypp · 20/06/2025 20:09

@BettyBobble

I like her choices a lot, especially Felicity (such a happy name), Violet (beautiful colour and flower) and Iris (also beautiful flower and goddess of the rainbow).

I'd choose two of those, one for baby's first name and the other the middle.

DaisyGiveMeYourAnwserDo · 20/06/2025 20:12

Adelaide
Madeline
Julia
Mary

Longdarkcloud · 20/06/2025 21:09

Verona

Andoutcomethewolves · 20/06/2025 21:09

I like all her names! It may just be my area but there are little Irises everywhere here - it feels like the new Evie. I think I like Felicity best but be aware that the three I know (or knew, one was a classmate at school and one an ex colleague) all went by Flick which would put me off a bit!

How about Francesca? I particularly love Frankie as a nn. I also love Alice - I've heard it described as weak on here but to me it's a strong name! Emma? Matilda? Meredith? I'd agree with a PP that the names she likes are all quite different in style from Kathryn - obviously siblings don't need to match but it makes it a bit harder to suggest options!

@DaisyGiveMeYourAnwserDo you've just named two of my top three girls names (along with Francesca), my sister's name (well nearly - Juliet) and my good friend's name!

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 20/06/2025 21:31

If she likes Verity as a 'V' name, what about Violet? Valerie? Victoria? Vivienne? If she has a taste for virtue names then Patience? Constance? Honor?

Plantladylover · 20/06/2025 21:40

My DS would have been Felicity if he were a DD

Vivienne1000 · 20/06/2025 21:45

Kathryn is very traditional. How about Elizabeth? Anna? Some beautiful girls at our school have these traditional names.

Blingismything · 20/06/2025 22:25

Felicity

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