Violet , Greta, Clemmie or Romilly?

[Cocodrillo]

We have two girls already, and are struggling for a name for DC3 if a girl...

What do you think of these names? Any preferences? We're stuck.

Greta would be short for Marguerite.
Clemmie for Clementine, of course!
Violet as I love flower names.
Romilly - perhaps Lily for short.

Our possible middle names are Emmeline, Claudia and Ottilie.

Obviously Clementine Emmeline is one to avoid

DD1 one cries whenever we says the baby will have one of these names - she wants to call it Leaf Pie

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I like Greta and Romilly, Romilly more but I wouldn't use Lily as a nn, Romilly doesn't lend itself to a nn imo.

Clemmie I actively dislike (I just keep thinking of clammy) but Clementine is fine. Depends if you really want an abbreviation because Clemmie is the only obvious one.

Violet is ok. I would only use it as a middle name.

I love Emmeline and Claudia.

Ottilie is ok.

What are your DD's called?

I don't see anything wrong with Leaf Pie, myself.

Romilly is my favorite name trying to hint at it for DDIL

Violet and Romilly are lovely
If you like flower names what about Hebe?

I love Greta.

Ok,...
Violet is sweet but whenI hear it I always hear Violent

Romily is lovely as it is rare.

Greta,...thinks Greta Bridge/Garbo

Like Clemency very much, also rare

Violet Clementine, or vice versa. I do love Tiny short for Clementine too.

I think Leaf Pie may stick, at least for the first few weeks!

I already have an H name (Hester - Hettie), and we're trying not to use the same initials twice for different members of the family. I do love Hebe though.

Emmeline I would like as a first name if we didn't know so many Emmas and Emilys and Imogens and Amys.

Thanks for the replies so far.

Romilly is great.

They all sound like types of bad coughs.

Violet is quite nice, though

I love Romilly. Do you pronounce it rom as in cd rom or rome as in 'rome'??
I also like violet and have considered it for a middle name for our still nameless 3 day old daughter but i don't think its genlte enough if you know what i mean.. maybe i aslo hear violent!!
I gave birth to coldplay 'violet hill' so we thought it'd be nice and also our other daughter has a flower name.But just don't like it enough.

Like Clemmie and Violet !

They are all pretty names, but of course, real posh people used them seven-15 years ago. What are the posh calling their kids nowadays I wonder?

Romilly. Not partic keen on the others.

Congrats MM!

Pronounced Rom as in CD Rom!

One friend says Romilly sounds like an old-fashioned Gypsy fortune-teller's name though...

I'm leaning towards it now I think, especially as so many of you seem to like it too!

Greta is maybe a bit too randomly Germanic.

And there was an awful Violet in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Greta is a bit gutteral. I used to like Gretel as a child but now it seems really harsh to say.

Marguerite however is beautiful. And you may find that other shortened names apart from Greta emerge.

Clementine is an amazing name. I'm trying to convert DH to that for our next child.

Violet - lovely too but DH pointed out that the word Violent is pretty close.

Romilly - nice too but not as nice as the others.

I think name choosing is such a lovely dilemma to be in. Enjoy it!

I have a Clementine and she is a Clemmie. I have never ever had anyone call or refer to her as Clammy, rather everyone I introduce her to says how lovely the name is.

We chose Mae for her middle name.

Romilly xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Surely Milly would be the obvious shortening for Romilly?

Making a plea against Ottilie as a middle name - I knew a really irritating, flaky one, plus it reminds me of the joke against a minor character in an India Knight novel 'Ottilie delighted to meet you'.

Sorry-don't like any of them.

violet or romilly for me but dont think lily works for a nock name for the latter, maybe Milly or Romy(sp?) would be better?

Come back, Coco. Not seen you for ages!