Close but no cigar... help me find new names from the ones that are not quite right.

Girl Names
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Berries, you have been SO helpful in helping me add names to our growing list for [name]Baby[/name] #2. After reviewing them with my husband, we have a lot of vetoes. He is now saying “less French”, and unfortunately that eliminated some of your beautiful suggestions from my previous post! So I thought that showing you all our “close but no cigar” list may help us come up with more options.

Names we had to cross off because friends chose for their baby:
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Henriette[/name]/[name]Hattie[/name]

Names I love, but husband deems “too French”:
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Anais[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Ottoline[/name]/[name]Ottilie[/name]
… and almost all the other French names not used in the US :frowning:

Names that don’t fit with our DD [name]Vivienne[/name]:
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] (rhymes)
[name]Lucienne[/name]
[name]Oceane[/name]

Names that don’t work with the “el” sound in our last name:
Arrabelle
[name]Annabelle[/name]
[name]Mirabelle[/name]

J names (my husband & I both have them):
[name]Juliette[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name]

Names we vetoed because we don’t care for the nn’s:
[name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Annette[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name]
[name]Antoinette[/name]

Names husband likes but I vetoed:
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]/[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Drew[/name]
[name]Roxanne[/name]

Names I like, but husband vetoed:
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Paloma[/name]
[name]Allegra[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]

Currently, we agree on:
[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]/[name]Colette[/name]/[name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]/[name]Dorothea[/name]/[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Leontine[/name]/[name]Leonie[/name]/[name]Leonora[/name]

What say you berries? Any gems to add to our list, so I can run more by him?

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I love [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Leonie[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name] from the list you both agree on. [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Margot[/name] i really like.

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Okay with some thought I came up with these:

Romilly
Lucia
Rosalind
Zoya
Meredith
Viveka (I realize that it is quite similar to Vivienne, but do you like its end sound? If so I could find more names like it).
Dahlia
Mireya
Annora

Hope that helps!

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I love [name]Vivienne[/name] and [name]Leonora[/name] together! :slight_smile:

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With [name]Vivienne[/name], I like [name]Theodora[/name] and [name]Leonora[/name] the best. [name]Theodora[/name] [name]Margot[/name] is pretty.

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I love [name]Leonie[/name] or [name]Leonora[/name], but your final list is all good.

From the feel of al lthe names, I thought of:
[name]Leora[/name]
[name]Elora[/name]
[name]Edwina[/name]
[name]Marianna[/name]

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I like [name]Vivienne[/name] and [name]Margot[/name] or [name]Vivienne[/name] and [name]Theodora[/name].
Other suggestions:

[name]Naomi[/name]/[name]Noemi[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]
[name]Johanna[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Delia[/name]/[name]Celia[/name]
[name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Sarah[/name]
[name]Calla[/name]
[name]Mara[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]-[name]Beth[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Georgianna[/name]
[name]Rosa[/name]

[name]Love[/name], love, love PP’s suggestion of [name]Marianna[/name]. Would also suggest [name]Marianna[/name].

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I like [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Leontine[/name] very much with big sister [name]Vivienne[/name].

Some others you might find interesting:
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Estella[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]

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we are trying to name our girl and we seem to have a lot of cross over names here is our list
[name]Abigail[/name], [name]Camille[/name], Clemintine, [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Gabrielle[/name], [name]Mallory[/name], [name]Sadie[/name], [name]Jacqueline[/name], [name]Natalie[/name], [name]Bridgette[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Mae[/name], [name]Madeline[/name], [name]Gigi[/name]
We are leaning towards [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Virginia[/name] [name]Lily[/name] (MI is a nod to two GMs)

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I agree with all the previous berries who mentioned [name]Leonora[/name] and [name]Leontine[/name] as great sib-set matches with [name]Vivienne[/name]. I love both options.

[name]Leontine[/name] [name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Leontine[/name] [name]Bianca[/name]
[name]Leontine[/name] [name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]/[name]Daphne[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name] [name]Virginie[/name]

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I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Dorothea[/name] and [name]Theodora[/name]… I think all three sound great with [name]Pearl[/name] in the middle which also compliments [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Grey[/name]'s middle name…
I also think [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Plum[/name] is adorable!! [name]Theodora[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] And [name]Dorothea[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] are gorgeous… I like these with [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Grey[/name] alot!

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[name]Sophie[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name]
[name]Sabine[/name]
[name]Celine[/name]/[name]Selene[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Belle[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Evelina[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]
[name]Aurelia[/name]

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[name]Isadora[/name] and [name]Fiona[/name] are on my list. [name]How[/name] about [name]Penelope[/name] or [name]Naomi[/name]?

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[name]Isadora[/name], [name]Theodora[/name] and [name]Leonie[/name] are my fav from your list. I think that [name]Vivienne[/name] and [name]Isadora[/name] are a perfect match.

I’ll add:

[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Althea[/name]
[name]Perdita[/name]
Cressidia
[name]Emilia[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Silvia[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Tamora[/name]

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I like [name]Margot[/name] from your list.

The ones you’ve crossed out are names of varying styles, so here’s a list of suggestions that also has a variety of styles:

[name]Emmeline[/name] (I think [name]Emmeline[/name] and [name]Vivienne[/name] go very well together)
[name]Gemma[/name]
[name]Aislinn[/name] (prn [name]Ashlyn[/name])
[name]Miranda[/name] (a nice compromise to [name]Mirabelle[/name], maybe?)
[name]Ellery[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Emilia[/name]

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[name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Meredith[/name], and [name]Dahlia[/name] made the cut with the husband, thanks! :slight_smile:

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[name]LOVE[/name] [name]Plum[/name] in the middle spot! That was suggested on another thread and its great. My husband says [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Plum[/name] sounds like a Clue character… but he means that in a good way :slight_smile: Thanks!

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This is really really helpful! Thank you everyone. Your suggestions are great… and we keep going back to the ones our list. Its nice to see that you like our picks, and awesome to see which ones are your favorites. I think we needed this to see that our list may be pretty complete with the names we like… at least for now. Excited to start narrowing it down and pairing up middle names! Thanks again :slight_smile:

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[name]Dorothea[/name] (nn: [name]Thea[/name]), [name]Leontine[/name] and [name]Leonora[/name] (nn: [name]Nora[/name]) make a great little sister to [name]Vivienne[/name] [name]Grey[/name].

I’m also going to suggest [name]Sabrina[/name], which I haven’t seen suggested yet and second [name]Miranda[/name]. And I adore [name]Plum[/name] as a middle and really hope you use that in your final combo!

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I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Margot[/name], [name]Cosette[/name], and [name]Fiona[/name].
[name]How[/name] about:
[name]Catalina[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Elise[/name] (normal prn., or the French is like AY-leez.
[name]Elisabeth[/name] (also normal or French prn(AY-leez-a-bet, although normally spelled with an accent on the 1st e.)
[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name]… I know it’s off the list bc of nn, but what about nn eve, genny, or evie?
[name]Marianna[/name]/[name]Marianne[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Cecile[/name]
[name]Elodie[/name]… I live in the US and know 4 Elodies…
[name]Lorraine[/name]/Lorraina
Annevieve
[name]Emilie[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name]