I love [name]Althea[/name], with the nic name [name]Thea[/name]. Dh likes it too. What do you think? [name]Do[/name] you like it with the names of our other children?
Definitely. It’s a winner!
Yes! [name]Love[/name] the name, the Grateful Dead song with that name and nn [name]Thea[/name]!
I love [name]Althea[/name] nn [name]Thea[/name]! Gorgeous and it goes very nicely with your other children.
YES! Super emphatic yes! A very cool name to go with a lot of other very cool names :). What are you thinking for a middle?
I am a huge Dead fan (more Phish, but we love our jam bands around here 
) so thats cool with me of course. Plus if she was born on a saturday that would rock.
Middle names, still thinking. I like [name]Althea[/name] [name]Elaine[/name], but not too sure since its not exactly what I am looking for… For our girls, the middle names have to start with either E or L (DH and I have mn’s that start with these letters as do all the kids, except [name]Linus[/name]'s but its his second middle name so that is ok) and be a twist on a family name.
My sisters mn is [name]Elaine[/name] and it would be cool to honor her, but I dont want to use [name]Elaine[/name], and [name]Elaina[/name] etc sounds too sing-songy with [name]Althea[/name] and [name]Lainey[/name] or [name]Laine[/name] are cool but not what I am looking for either.
Maybe I could get some help here? Family names we could use would be:
[name]Stephanie[/name]
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name]
[name]Karen[/name] (middle name is [name]Elaine[/name])
[name]Edna[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
Preferable variations of these names…the girls are variations of [name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Eliza[/name]) and [name]Leonard[/name] ([name]Leona[/name]).
I don’t really swoon over [name]Althea[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] or [name]Althea[/name] [name]Elena[/name], too vowel heavy to me.
[name]Stephanie[/name]- [name]Stevie[/name], [name]Stephania[/name],
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name]- [name]Marianna[/name], [name]Marion[/name], [name]Marina[/name]
[name]Karen[/name]- [name]Corinne[/name], [name]Carena[/name] (is that a phish song?), [name]Wren[/name], [name]Carmen[/name]
[name]Edna[/name]- love [name]Edna[/name]!
[name]Katherine[/name]- [name]Kate[/name], [name]Katerina[/name], [name]Katia[/name], [name]Catalina[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]- [name]Eve[/name], [name]Yvette[/name], [name]Ever[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Marion[/name]
Carini is a Phish song, lol. We used to call my sister “Lumpy Head” (if you know nothing about this song, you will think I am nuts) because she is very accident prone and her name sounds like Carini. [name]Seb[/name] and [name]Bronwen[/name] have “phishy” mn’s which is cool.
But it does have to begin with an L or an E. I know [name]Eden[/name] is a varient of [name]Edna[/name] but that too is very “E” heavy. Our oldest dd’s mn is named after my side and my youngest after DH’s, it would be neat to use both sides if possible and have 2 mn’s. [name]Linus[/name] does not really have an opinion on having 2 middle names, he is an almost 6 year old boy, ha. But, it would be neat to give another child 2 mn’s.
I would love to use a varient of [name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name] as a second middle name if possible. She was my favorite grandmother and died when I was 19.As a second name it would be fine. Any ideas?
[name]Althea[/name]-E or L name that is family- [name]Mary[/name] varient- Last name
I do like [name]Maris[/name] as a [name]Mary[/name] varient. The meaning of the [name]Mary[/name] names stink, but, since its because of family thats ok with me.
[name]Mary[/name]…
Marist
[name]Marisa[/name]
[name]Marissa[/name]
[name]Merida[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Maren[/name]
[name]Mara[/name]
[name]Marla[/name]
[name]Marlene[/name]
[name]Marlena[/name]
[name]Marlowe[/name]
[name]Marielle[/name]
[name]Marjorie[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Marigold[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name] ( too many Dead references for one name?)
[name]Mariposa[/name]
[name]Marvel[/name]
[name]Marcheline[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Mara[/name]
[name]Marnie[/name]
Mardou
[name]Marietta[/name]
[name]Marion[/name]
[name]Marina[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Maria[/name]
[name]Ann[/name] [name]Marie[/name]
[name]Martha[/name]
E or L that sound good with [name]Althea[/name]
[name]Laverne[/name]
[name]Lauren[/name]
[name]Lorraine[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Lavinia[/name] (love this) is [name]Althea[/name] [name]Lavinia[/name] [name]Marigold[/name] too much?
[name]Loretta[/name]
[name]Lou[/name]
[name]Louella[/name]
[name]Linda[/name]
[name]Liberty[/name]
[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Lisette[/name]
[name]Love[/name]
[name]Lena[/name]
[name]Luna[/name]
Lubov
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Luciana[/name]
[name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Lola[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Ember[/name]
[name]Esther[/name]
[name]Emmanuelle[/name]
I am in [name]LOVE[/name] with the name [name]Althea[/name]. I would definitely consider using it when it comes time that I have my own children.
[name]Althea[/name] nn [name]Thea[/name] is cute and works really well with your sibset. [name]Althea[/name] [name]Elaine[/name] is okay, although it does repeat a lot of the same sounds. I like [name]Althea[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] better.
Some other possibilities:
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lisette[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Laure[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lourdes[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lucienne[/name]
Maybe [name]Althea[/name] [name]Marielle[/name] (has [name]Mary[/name], plus E and L sounds!)?
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lenore[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Luise[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lucille[/name]
Brilliant! I love it.
I like it. My sister is [name]Anthea[/name] which I also like. She goes by her full name.
What about [name]Eve[/name] for [name]Evelyn[/name] and [name]Maren[/name]/[name]Marin[/name] for [name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name]? [name]Althea[/name] [name]Eve[/name] [name]Maren[/name].
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Edith[/name] -Would [name]Edith[/name] work to honor an [name]Edna[/name]?)
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Eirene[/name] – Not related, but resembles [name]Karen[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Eirian[/name] – Not related, but resembles [name]Karen[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] Éliane (el-lee-AAN/ay-lee-AHN) –Could this be enough of a spin on [name]Elaine[/name]?
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Elodie[/name] – Not related to [name]Stephanie[/name], but I feel like it has similar rhythm
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Esme[/name] (What if [name]Esme[/name] stood for [name]Elaine[/name], [name]Stephanie[/name], [name]Mary[/name], [name]Edna[/name]/[name]Evelyn[/name])
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name] – Not actually related, but could be a spin on [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Eveline[/name] – Variant of [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lauren[/name] (I swore that I read somewhere once that [name]Steven[/name], “crown,” (and other forms, including [name]Stephanie[/name]) was related to name, [name]Lawrence[/name], “laurel” (and its variants). In ancient Greece, crowns were made of laurels, so I feel this name could work to honor a [name]Stephanie[/name]). (Also, [name]Lauren[/name] resembles [name]Karen[/name]).
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Laurel[/name] (see [name]Lauren[/name])
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Linnette[/name] / [name]Lynnette[/name] – A twist on [name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Lorraine[/name] (Does this resemble [name]Elaine[/name] enough?)
[name]Mary[/name] [name]Ann[/name] variants: [name]Mae[/name] / [name]May[/name], [name]Mariel[/name],[name]Mariam[/name], [name]Marion[/name], [name]Mariah[/name], [name]Mair[/name], [name]Maire[/name], Mairenn, [name]Manon[/name], [name]Mariette[/name], [name]Marise[/name], [name]Marika[/name], [name]Mariska[/name], [name]Mia[/name], [name]Moira[/name], [name]Annamarie[/name], [name]Annamaria[/name], [name]Annmarie[/name]/[name]Annemarie[/name]