DH loves Antonia- how to make it fit?

So here’s the deal: DS is [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] [name_u]Brady[/name_u]. We couldn’t think of a girl’s name for the life of us, so thank God he was a boy. [name_u]Baby[/name_u] #2 is on the way, and we’ll find out next week whether it’s a boy or girl. For some reason, we’re all thinking girl, and of course are stuck. I finally figured out girls names I love, but DH isn’t thrilled.

[name_f]My[/name_f] choices:

[name_f]Lena[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_u]Leigh[/name_u]

DH is adamant that we must use [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] (after the title character in [i][name_f]My[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f][i]).

Help me make this work? He thinks we should have two middle names.

Right now the best I can do is [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f]. Thoughts? Suggestions for other names similar to [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] that DH like?

[name_f]Antonia[/name_f] is a beautiful and underused name so give your husband a big kiss! :slight_smile: You don’t like [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] as a first name choice?

Combo Suggestions

[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] ([name_u]Leigh[/name_u] doesn’t work with [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f])
[name_f]Lena[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] [name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]

I think [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] is lovely, it just doesn’t “feel” right to me (I know that sounds crazy). And I’m not fond of [name_f]Toni[/name_f] as a nn.

I don’t like [name_f]Toni[/name_f] either, but have you ever considered the nn [name_f]Annie[/name_f] or [name_f]Nia[/name_f]? You could also suggest names similar to [name_f]Antonia[/name_f] like [name_f]Anatolia[/name_f] or [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f] :slight_smile: