I posted a while back looking for boy and girl name suggestions to add to our list. Well, we’ve narrowed our boy name down to [name]Dominick[/name] [name]Randolph[/name] but cannot decide on a girls name. Our DD is [name]Miriam[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] and if this LO is a girl, her middle name will be [name]Marguerite[/name]. DH and I both love the names [name]Willa[/name] and [name]Etta[/name], but DH feels they are too nick-namey. Problem is, I don’t care for [name]Wilhelmina[/name] or any long forms to get the nickname [name]Etta[/name]. So other suggestions on names similar would be great. Thanks!
Have you considered names that have just the Ette ending vs [name]Etta[/name]?
Such as…
[name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Josette[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Suzette[/name]
Miette
[name]Marietta[/name]
[name]Annette[/name] - I think this would work well with sister miriam, she could be [name]Annie[/name] or [name]Etta[/name]
[name]Nicolette[/name]
[name]Lizette[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Rosetta[/name]
[name]Willa[/name] is harder, what about [name]Willow[/name]?
[name]Winnie[/name]
[name]Winsome[/name]
[name]Winter[/name]
[name]Winona[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Mirabelle[/name]
[name]Noelle[/name]
[name]Gabrielle[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
Maybe some of those might help inspire you? Good luck!
Here are some ideas to go with [name]Marguerite[/name]:
[name]Cora[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Marietta[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name] (nn [name]Etta[/name])
[name]Della[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
Or maybe you’d consider [name]Marguerite[/name] for the fn? [name]Rita[/name] would be a cute nn.
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
Other choices to go with [name]Miriam[/name] (I also have a DD [name]Miriam[/name]!)
[name]Beatrice[/name] (you might even be able to get away with [name]Etta[/name] as a nn?)
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name] (maybe get [name]Etta[/name] from this?)
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name] / [name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Zara[/name]
PS [name]Dominick[/name] [name]Randolph[/name] is a great choice for a boy.
Names similar to [name]Willa[/name] and [name]Etta[/name]:
[name]Willow[/name]
[name]Lilla[/name]
[name]Lilly[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Ella[/name]
[name]Millie[/name]
[name]Minna[/name]
Inna
[name]Essie[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]
[name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Jesse[/name]
[name]Kenna[/name]
[name]Jenny[/name]
[name]Jessa[/name]/[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Dora[/name]
[name]Annie[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Bettie[/name]
[name]Hallie[/name]
[name]Hatty[/name]
[name]Lottie[/name]
[name]Letty[/name]
Mattty
[name]Mae[/name]
[name]Maggie[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Delia[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Sidony[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Adela[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Adria[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Alba[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Althea[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Orla[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Ilsa[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Sephora[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Junia[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Gianna[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
[name]Flavia[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name]
With [name]Miriam[/name], [name]Randolph[/name] and [name]Willa[/name] get my vote. [name]Just[/name] [name]Willa[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name] is lovely, imo.
If you want to have both [name]Willa[/name] and [name]Etta[/name] as options, you could do Willet. A willet is a beautiful little seabird, like a sandpiper.
Willet [name]Marguerite[/name] doesn’t flow as easily as [name]Willa[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name] though.
To get to [name]Etta[/name], I love the suggestion of [name]Colette[/name] [name]Marguerite[/name].
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Amalia[/name]
Thanks, ladies. We’ve considered a few of these names ([name]Cora[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name]) but go back and forth. It doesn’t help that I teach in an all girls school, so some former students have made a few very sweet names a little less appealing! And I love [name]Ella[/name], but it’s just a little too common for our more common last name.