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General Name Discussion
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So, here are some of our favorites for [name_f]Thalia[/name_f]'s sibling. We are still TTC, and the middle name will be Cantonese (as it is for our daughter).

[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] (too similar to our daughter’s name, with all the Th, A, and L sounds?)
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m] (My current fav)
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m] (too old fashioned?)
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_u]Elias[/name_u]

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (love the meaning, don’t like the friends reference)
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f] (love the meaning, too rhymey with -ia endings in a sibset?)
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Melina[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] ([name_f]Clio[/name_f] and [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] are both muses and I love the meaning, but will people think of [name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]/Miss [name_f]Cleo[/name_f]?)

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[name_m]Aaron[/name_m] - nice name, doesn’t really interest me though
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m] - too close to [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] for me, maybe [name_m]Nathan[/name_m] or [name_m]Daniel[/name_m] as alternatives?
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m] - love this name! [name_m]Jonah[/name_m] is also nice
[name_m]Simeon[/name_m] - great name. [name_m]Simon[/name_m] is nice too
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]- love this name and the nn [name_u]Si[/name_u]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m] - okay name, not particularly interesting
[name_u]Elias[/name_u] - [name_m]Eli[/name_m] variations are super popular now, I would go with another of your list if you plan to use a nn

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] - maybe as a middle, b/c everyone will also think of Friends
[name_f]Silvia[/name_f] - a little rhyme-y if [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] is prn with a long A sound
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] - pretty, also trendy
[name_f]Irene[/name_f] - beautiful
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] - also beautiful
[name_f]Melina[/name_f] - pretty
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] - pretty and the theme is nice, maybe in the middle if you worry about associations

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My favorites with [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] from you list are [name_m]Jonas[/name_m], [name_m]Simeon[/name_m], and [name_u]Elias[/name_u] for a boy and [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Irene[/name_f], and [name_f]Clio[/name_f] for a girl. The other names are nice but some are kind of “vanilla” next to [name_f]Thalia[/name_f]. I agree with a lot of the comments above.

Some other possibilities:

[name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and

[name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_f]Avis[/name_f], [name_f]Isolde[/name_f], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Noemi[/name_f], [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_u]Damaris[/name_u], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], [name_f]Muriel[/name_f], [name_f]Leonie[/name_f], [name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Viveca[/name_f], [name_u]Vivian[/name_u], [name_f]Constance[/name_f], [name_f]Cosima[/name_f]

[name_m]Philip[/name_m], [name_m]Graham[/name_m], [name_m]Cyrus[/name_m], [name_m]Cyril[/name_m], [name_u]Orion[/name_u], [name_m]Roland[/name_m], [name_m]Jasper[/name_m], [name_u]Lawrence[/name_u], [name_m]Ernest[/name_m], [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Matthias[/name_m], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_m]Emrys[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Xander[/name_m]