Alternatives to Margaret?

Girl Names
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We are expecting our second child and I’m dreading the girl name discussion with my husband. He loves the name [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and cannot let any other girl names into his heart. I love [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] but simply do not like [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] as a first name. I’m looking for names with a similar sound/style as [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (harder consonants is what he likes). Similar meanings (like [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]) are less appealing to him than finding a similar sound, but worth considering.

Thanks for your ideas!

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[name_f]Greta[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].

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[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]?

If not, the first name that came to mind was [name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].

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[name_f]Margot[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]

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or [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
adding Marlene/Marlena, Marisol, Martina

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[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f], [name_f]Magda[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (and compound names such as [name_f]MaryBeth[/name_f], [name_f]MaryLou[/name_f], [name_f]MaryEllen[/name_f] etc), [name_f]Magdelene[/name_f], [name_f]Marla[/name_f]

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[name_f]Perla[/name_f] (spanish variation of [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]), [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Megan[/name_f].

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[name_u]Morgan[/name_u]? [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]? Check out [name_m]German[/name_m] names. A lot of them have hard sounds. I hate [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], too, so I get it ;). Is it classic names that he really likes or just the hard sounds?

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I really like [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. It softens up the name and has the meaning of “daisy” (in [name_m]French[/name_m]) as well as “pearl”.

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[name_f]Meghan[/name_f]
[name_f]Gelsey[/name_f]/[name_u]Kelsey[/name_u]
[name_u]Kerry[/name_u]
[name_u]Keegan[/name_u]/[name_u]Teagan[/name_u]
[name_f]Galina[/name_f]
[name_f]Galiena[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwenneth[/name_f]
[name_f]Garnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Garland[/name_f]
[name_f]Kendra[/name_f]
[name_u]Keely[/name_u]

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Thanks for the suggestions! He likes both classic names and hard sounds (especially for girls, because our son’s name is [name_m]Luke[/name_m] which doesn’t seem like such a hard sound to me).