Look, I know this is pathetic, but we're really stuck for a name for DD3 (she's 2 weeks old already, poor thing). We have a Benedict, a Felicity and a Cecilia. Suggestions please.

[duchesse]

I was convinced throughout the pregnancy that she was a boy, in which event she would have been Theodore.

Criteria:

Very short surname so has to have 3 or 4 syllables.

Not too many Ls as would be silly with surname

Early Roman saint would be perfect but we can't find one that's "right" iyswim

Thank you for any ideas you could throw into the naming hat.

I like Heloise. Pretty without being too girly; and unusual without being wacky.

Alexandra
Constance
Sophia

Miranda
Matilda
Laetitia

Beatrice (maye not, with a Cecilia already?
Imogen
Verity
Antonia
Octavia
Helena

Calpurnia (oh please do - love the name, but no way would dh go for it)
Claudia

Why do I always get to these threads just after someone has posted my suggestion?

Miranda
Francesca
Liliana

I am loving these names. I hope you will let us know what you chose!

I know a Fenella sibling of one of those names.
Verity is absolutely the same kind of name as your other dd's.
Stella is my fave, but I don't know if it goes.

Someone mentioned Genevieve earlier, that is beautiful.
Or Octavia

Verity

lol @ early roman saint would be perfect

Monica / Monnica

We must have very similar taste duchese as I have a Benedict, and Cecilia was a definite favorite for a girl

I know it's short but how about Juno?

Dorothea is also lovely.

I find girls names hard...

Dorothea. Imogen. Clemency. Theodora.

Please go for Clemency!

Damn. You can't really have a Felicity and a Clemency, can you.

Alethea?

ok seeker you are right

Persephone
Ariadne
Ismene

(Not Roman but Greek but that's splitting hairs.)

Btw I love all your dcs' names!

Greek is the language for 4-syllable names

Antigone (tiggy)
Dominica
Columba
Tatiana
Genevieve

or why not try Brythonic pagan as an alternative...
Arianrhod (welsh goddess)
cyhyraethb
gwenhwyfach (sister of guinevere)

Eucharia

Domiziana, Ludovica, Flaminia, Fiammetta, Aurora, Aurelia, Eleonora, Benedetta, Anastasia, Beatrice, Rebecca, Miranda, Valentina, Valeria, Maddalena, Arianna

Katarina

Oooh yes Persephone,I have just read a book with a Persephone in it,known as Percy for short

Theodora is beautiful and goes so well with your other DC. Xanthe, Clemency, Leonora and Antonia are all gorgeous names too
Congratulations on your new DD. Please let us know what you decide. Good Luck and Best Wishes.