[name_f]My[/name_f] husband and I are having such a hard time coming up with a girl name (pretty sure baby#5 is a girl, due [name_f]September[/name_f] 14!) The biggest problem is we just don’t fall in love with any name we see or hear or, if one of us likes it, the other hates it. And we don’t have any relatives we like enough to name a child after!
We’re Catholic and would like to try to use a [name_f]September[/name_f] saint and/or a [name_u]Marian[/name_u] name, we already have a [name_f]Mary[/name_f], but wouldn’t be opposed to using a different version as a middle name or calling a child by their middle name instead. Our last name is 3 syllables. Our children’s names are:
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] [name_f]Ann[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_m]Joseph[/name_m]-André [name_m]Alphonse[/name_m]
Thank you! I’m looking for anything!
Another problem I didn’t mention is that between my husband and I, we have 20 siblings! Lots of names lol! [name_f]My[/name_f] mom just had a baby and named her [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f], so [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] wouldn’t work, but I’m going to put [name_f]Paula[/name_f]/[name_f]Paulina[/name_f] on my list! Thanks for the suggestions!
Some [name_f]Mary[/name_f] related first names:
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], [name_f]Lena[/name_f])
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f] (I feel like this would fit in best with the siblings’ names)
[name_f]Marietta[/name_f]
[name_u]Maria[/name_u]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
Other Bible first names:
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanne[/name_f]/[name_f]Joanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Michelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] (I looked it up and St. [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] Taurin Dufresse is the saint for 9/14)
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Pricilla[/name_f]
Perusing [name_f]September[/name_f] feast days (I excluded the really out-there names…Pulcheria, anyone? ):
[name_f]Teresa[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Tessa[/name_f]?) – St. [name_f]Teresa[/name_f] of Calcutta
[name_f]Stella[/name_f] – Bl. [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Dina[/name_f] – Bl. [name_f]Dina[/name_f] Bélanger
[name_f]Rosalia[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_f]Rosemarie[/name_f] (maybe not with [name_f]Samantha[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]?) – St. [name_f]Rosalia[/name_f], St. [name_f]Rose[/name_f] of Viterbo
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Peter[/name_m] Claver
[name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_u]Jean[/name_u] – St. [name_m]John[/name_m] Chrysostom, St. [name_m]John[/name_m] of Dukla
[name_f]Cornelia[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Cornelius[/name_m]
[name_f]Pia[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Pio[/name_m] of Pietrecina (Padre [name_m]Pio[/name_m])
[name_f]Cosma[/name_f], [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Cosmas[/name_m]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] – St. [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] Ruiz, St. [name_u]Laurence[/name_u] [name_m]Justinian[/name_m]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f], [name_f]Reine[/name_f], [name_f]Reina[/name_f] – St. [name_f]Regina[/name_f] (and it’s [name_u]Marian[/name_u]!)
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f], [name_f]Nicolette[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] of Tolentino
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u], [name_f]Jacinta[/name_f], [name_f]Cynthia[/name_f] – St. [name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_u]Cruz[/name_u] – Exaltation of the Holy [name_u]Cross[/name_u]
[name_f]Dolores[/name_f], [name_f]Lola[/name_f] – Our [name_f]Lady[/name_f] of Sorrows
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f], [name_f]Effie[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f] – St. [name_f]Euphemia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegard[/name_f], [name_f]Hilda[/name_f], [name_f]Hildie[/name_f] – St. [name_f]Hildegard[/name_f] of Bingen
[name_f]Mattea[/name_f], [name_f]Matthea[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f] – St. [name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_f]Thecla[/name_f], [name_f]Thekla[/name_f] – St. [name_f]Thecla[/name_f]
[name_f]Justina[/name_f] – St. [name_f]Justina[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u] – St. Simón de Rojas
I’ll also plug https://sanctanomina.net/, which has great info on Catholic naming. The author also wrote a book on [name_u]Marian[/name_u] names!
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