We’re starting the TTC process for a second baby and already have a girl named [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]. We have a boy named picked out, but I’m struggling to find a girl name we love as much as [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I have an old list that I like (but am not 100% sold on) and a new list where I’m trying to think a bit more outside my normal taste. I would love any suggestions as well!
Our last name is Irish and sounds similar to McKeely. I’d like to avoid any names where there would be confusion about pronunciation or spelling.
Here is my old list:
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (front runner)
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f] ([name_u]Kit[/name_u] would be her nickname)
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] is one of my favorite names! From your list, I think my favorite is [name_f]Eve[/name_f]. It’s just as classic as [name_f]Rose[/name_f] in my mind, and I think [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] would make adorable sister names that would age well. I also really like [name_f]Lila[/name_f], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f].
A few suggestions of the top of my head (might add more later if I think about it): [name_f]Leona[/name_f], [name_f]Lucille[/name_f], [name_f]Gwen[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Opal[/name_f], [name_f]Nora[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Willa[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] is my favorite name. I really like [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], felicity, and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] from your list.
Other names I like with [name_f]Rose[/name_f]:
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]/[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]/[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] is beautiful. I think almost any name on your list could work, particularly from your old one. My favourites would be [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Lila[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f].
Suggestions:
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]/[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f]/[name_f]Madeline[/name_f]/[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Erin[/name_f]/[name_f]Erynn[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Lacey[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Liana[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Isla[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Daniela[/name_f]
I really don’t think you can go wrong with your choices, I like them all, but I just want to give you props for liking/potentially using [name_f]Gilda[/name_f]. [name_u]Love[/name_u] this name, loved [name_f]Gilda[/name_f] Radner, love the meaning, it’s great.
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] - also amazing.
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any middle names you are thinking about using? And what is your decided boy’s name? It might help us come up with more complete suggestions.
Oh my gosh, thank you! These suggestions (and opinions on my list) are all amazing and helpful!
@yellowplums As far as a middle name, we’re planning on using an old maiden name from one of our family trees, like we did with our daughter [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m]. ([name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] is my husband’s grandmother’s maiden name.)
We’re both very fond of the surname [name_m]Fox[/name_m] because it’s on both sides of our family (mine as my [name_m]German[/name_m] grandmother, originally Fuchs when her family lived in Germany, and [name_m]Fox[/name_m] was my husband’s great grandmother’s maiden name, who was native American.) We’re also huge dorks and love the X-Files, so it would be a fun tribute to [name_m]Fox[/name_m] Mulder, haha.
Anyway, long winded answer to say it might be [name_m]Fox[/name_m], but we may choose another surname if [name_m]Fox[/name_m] sounds too weird with the first name we pick. For example, I think [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_m]Fox[/name_m] sounds adorable, but [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_m]Fox[/name_m] is too much. Our top back up option would be [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] (or even [name_f]Claire[/name_f], as a modification), to honor my mother’s maiden name.
So, short answer, her middle name would potentially be [name_m]Fox[/name_m], [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] or [name_f]Claire[/name_f].
Oh, I forgot to answer our decided boy’s name! If we have a boy, we’ll be using our [name_m]Fox[/name_m] surname as a first name: [name_m]Fox[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]. ([name_m]William[/name_m] is for my father who passed when I was young.) We have toyed with the idea of switching it to [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Fox[/name_m] as well. We would just see if the little one looked more like a [name_m]Fox[/name_m] or a [name_m]William[/name_m].
So, bear with me as I write out my front runners so far, to get a look at the options visually:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_f]Lila[/name_f] [name_m]Fox[/name_m]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u]
Or if we have a boy:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_m]Fox[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_m]Quinlan[/name_m] and
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Fox[/name_m]
And since middle names are rarely used in real life, first name sibsets:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f],
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
Or if we have a boy:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_m]Fox[/name_m] or
[name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_m]William[/name_m]
Thanks for bearing with me! Going through all of your suggestions closely now and picking my top couple of faves to add to my mental list! Loving [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Ivy[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] so far!
[name_u]Kit[/name_u] is adorable and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] are wonderful together.
Your other names make me think of [name_f]Leonore[/name_f], [name_f]Leonora[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Amity[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f], [name_f]Esther[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f] & [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
I love [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and I love [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] but I don’t think these two make a good sibset. [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] is too long for a sister of [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and so are [name_f]Katherine[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] are totally different styles and so are [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Gilda[/name_f]. [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] is lovely but [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] end with the same two letters so I vote no.
I like [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Lila[/name_f] very much. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is a flower name and the two l’s in [name_f]Lila[/name_f] make it sound musical. They’re both four letters but they’re very different - they don’t have a single letter in common which is what makes them such a wonderful sibset. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] sound great together although I’m not very fond of the name [name_f]Eve[/name_f] - I prefer [name_f]Eva[/name_f] or [name_f]Evie[/name_f]. My favourite sibset would be [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]. They’re both short vintage word names and they fit so perfectly!
Some other suggestions you may like:
[name_f]Mae[/name_f]/[name_f]May[/name_f]
[name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Meave[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]/[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]
[name_u]Clare[/name_u]/[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f]/[name_f]Evie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilou[/name_f]/[name_f]Lulu[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Leah[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
Many gorgeous names have been mentioned by you and the others. For me personally - and I know not everyone would limit themselves this way - once I’d named a daughter [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (which I love!), my inclination would be to give the second daughter another flower or gem/nature name. My favorites:
Your front-runners for girls are SO fantastic! [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] is my favorite (I’d use [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u] over [name_f]Claire[/name_f], it’s a cool family name to have) but I also really like [name_f]Lila[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] with either middle.
One thing to consider: if you have more children after this, would you regret using [name_m]Fox[/name_m] on this girl and not being able to use it for a future boy? If so, I’d use [name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_u]Sinclair[/name_u], and save [name_m]Fox[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] for a potential boy. [name_m]Just[/name_m] something to consider which might make it easier to narrow down. (NOT saying I don’t love [name_m]Fox[/name_m] on a girl, because I think it’s awesome.)
[name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Fox[/name_m] and [name_m]Fox[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] are wonderful. I don’t think it matters which order the name are in, because both combos are strong and handsome, and have so much family significance, plus X-Files bonus.
