Names to go with Astrid - suggestions please

[mumatsea]

OK, I know it shouldn't matter what first DC but..... DD1 is called Astrid and DC2 (gender unknown) due in a few weeks. Can't decide on possible names - boy or girl but especially girl! The Scandinavian connection is pretty weak so we don't want Ingrid or similar but I keep vetoing names with an obvious origin as might sound a bit confused- or perhaps am being over-sensitive! We have a fairly plain, 2 syllable, English surname. Please help!

gggrr, message went wrong somehow, anyway, just wanted to suggest Xanthe, Esme, Saskia and Bridet...Love Astrid btw

Pippa / Phillipa
Petra
Seren
Elsa
Penelope/Penny
Ursula
Eliza

Peter
Elliot
Jacob/Jake
Ivor
Mark

No idea why but I feel like 'P' or 'E' names seem to go well with Astrid

Just girl names here:
Greta
Kirsten
Cosima
Annelies / Annelies / Annelise
Gisela
Annamaria
Magdalena / Lena
Helena
Annika
Frieda
Lara
Anastasia
Romy
Beata
Johanna
Linnea

Ohhh. Some really interesting ones here. Keep them coming - this is just the sort of inspiration I was after, thank you!

Some more girls' names!

Astrid and Louisa
Astrid and Katya
Astrid and Beatrice
Astrid and Mathilde
Astrid and Elinor
Astrid and Carolina
Astrid and Clara

Erin
Juliette
Rosalind
Susannah
Cara
Melinda

Astrid and Aidan
Astrid and Alex - girl or boy
Astrid and Ella
Astrid and Ava

Grace

I would stick with the Northern European theme, it's quite classy as themes go IMO. I also like the idea of another beginning with a vowel.

Eva
Elsa
Inga
Heloise
Kristina
Vita

Magnus
Marius
Marcus
Lucas
Adam
Oscar
Ja cob
Karl
Willem
Soren

Hmmm, that's interesting. I worried that using another such name might look - dare I say it - a bit pretentious but I am liking some of this suggestions. I think it's much harder with girls names for some reason. A friend suggested Thea but DH vetoed it as a 'non-name' (!) - any thoughts?

Astrid and Pearl
Astrid and Lydia
Astrid and Nina

Asstrid and Matthew
Astrid and Evan
Astrid and Marcus

Eden
Isla
Arden
Aoife
Aurelia
Eliska (Czech name)
Siri (related to Sigrid)

Antonia

Lockets, I agree - I think he thought it was just an abbreviation of Anthea, a name he is not fond of. But I have looked it up too and pointed out his error to him! I like the name Isla (suggested by a few here) but I friend of ours called their DD that (although they live in the States now...)

Astrid and Esme
Astrid and Lois (not overly fond of it tbh but they sound nice together)
Astrid and Emmeline
Astrid and Elinor
Astrid and Isobel
Astrid and Cecily

I feel as if the name needs to have a sort of 'flowing' sound if that makes sense, to contrast with the harder 'D' in Astrid. I may well be talking nonsense though!

Boys' names - erm....

Astrid and Hector
Astrid and Rupert
Astrid and Benjamin
Astrid and William

Would your Dh go for Theodora? Equivalent of Theodore -- think it means love of god, something like that.

Astrid and Marnie

Astrid and Asa

Thea

Gilberto (sorry...has someone done that joke already?)

Ingrid
Maya
Lise

I once knew an Alison Astrid who had a sister called Ingrid Odette and a brother Aiden Fingle.

Hope this helps.

Athena
Constanza
Jasmine

Astrid and Elsie - my middle childs name.