I have two girls already, and I have always brought up the name ‘[name]Coral[/name]’ … which my husband immediately shuts down. I wish I could just let it go - but our last name starts with ‘C’ and I love the alliteration! Any advice to help me move on to a different name?
Any name that starts with a C or K will also alliterate.
[name]Cora[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Katherine[/name], etc. [name]Claire[/name]/[name]Clare[/name]/[name]Clara[/name] would be my picks.
My oldest has the middle name [name]Caralee[/name] - guess I should have held that one on the backburner! Lol.
I second the suggestion of [name]Cora[/name], or [name]Coralie[/name]/[name]Coraline[/name]. Or something like [name]Carine[/name], or if you want to stick with nature: [name]Clover[/name], [name]Camilla[/name], [name]Calla[/name]?
If it’s an absolute veto for him, I’d probably try to move on. Though, that being said my husband didn’t like [name]Cormac[/name] at All when I first mentioned it and now it’s our expected twin boy’s first name. So, I guess I persisted with it. However, I don’t think he would have changed his mind if he didn’t start a new job during the early naming phase and began working with a [name]Cormac[/name] (up until then he’d never heard it before and the only connection he had was McCormick seasoning). I was totally prepared to let it go at that point.
Maybe if you wanted to compile a list of noteworthy people named [name]Coral[/name], to show him that it’s a substantial name? Other than that, if he just plainly doesn’t like it there won’t be much that will change his mind and you don’t want to force a name that isn’t well received by one parent.
As has been mentioned, there are tons of C/K names out there that are wonderful. All three of mine have a C name. [name]Conor[/name], [name]Cormac[/name], and [name]Cordelia[/name]. You never know what you’ll run into that sparks that same kind of feeling in you, and maybe you’ll both love it!
is he able to explain why he doesn’t like it? if yes, maybe you can work with his reasoning to convince him its ok, or find something with a similar feel that works for both of you ([name]Cora[/name], [name]Cara[/name], [name]Coralie[/name], [name]Caroline[/name]). or it might be something he won’t let go of, in which case you might have to take one for the team - think how you’d feel if he insisted on a name that you just couldn’t stomach.
I had a C-K alliteration name before I got married and honestly, I LOVED my alliteration, it just sounds very peppy and catchy. My mother was actually worried that it would sound wrong until someone reminded her that [name]Caroline[/name] [name]Kennedy[/name] managed just fine with it. (All those Kardashians seem to be getting by okay too…insert eyeroll, but it works).
[name]Camilla[/name], [name]Coralie[/name], [name]Cambria[/name], [name]Calla[/name], [name]Caledonia[/name], [name]Clio[/name], [name]Colette[/name], [name]Carys[/name]…if he hates [name]Coral[/name], you do need to move along and not dwell, you want a name both of you love! Its hard letting go when you love a name, but it happens to all (well, probably most) of us.
I think he believes the name to be too stuffy? IE - old. I don’t know where he’s getting that from - our other two girls are [name]Scarlett[/name] and [name]Aurora[/name]! (Not the freshest names out there - no offense to my girls - lol). For some reason he won’t budge - and alas I guess I need to just drop it … no matter how sad it makes me. It’s a bummer because he had no arguments with the other two names I liked - guess 2 outta 3 isn’t so bad!
[name]Coral[/name] is a very sweet name, if stuffiness is the problem does he think of the bright friendly color? That would go with [name]Scarlett[/name] and even [name]Aurora[/name] (thinking of the colors of dawn and of the [name]Aurora[/name] Borealis). That said, if he really won’t budge, maybe it’s a consolation that it won’t be too theme-y, if you stay away from it.
I adore the name [name]Coral[/name], but I do know sometimes when it comes up here people point out the, um, rhyming issue (oral). I don’t think it’s an absolute bar on using it (plenty of other perfectly nice names have comparable problems), but I wonder if that’s a hang up your husband isn’t mentioning, or if it helps you get over it if you can’t use it.
[name]Pearl[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], and [name]Cameo[/name] kind of capture some of the old gemstone appeal to me, and [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Opal[/name], and [name]Cameo[/name] have some sound overlap even ([name]Ruby[/name] I really think probably would be too much with sister [name]Scarlett[/name], yeah?). [name]Do[/name] you like any of those?
I also like the suggestions of [name]Cora[/name].
There’s also a Spanish (I think) name, [name]Coraima[/name], that is tricky but kind of intriguing (to me).
You will get there rest assured! Would he consider [name]Coral[/name] as a middle?
Good luck!
[name]How[/name] about [name]Corinne[/name]? And I love [name]Cora[/name]! I would probably try to find another name to fall in love with.
I have a friend first name K and surname C, sound K K, she didn’t like it at all so now uses K (first name hyphen second name [name]Anne[/name]) to break up the alliteration, so my advice is if you go with a KK sound make the middle something she can use as a double barrell first name.
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[name]Ruby[/name] is actually a name we like but you’re right - [name]Ruby[/name] and [name]Scarlett[/name] are too red, and we call [name]Aurora[/name] [name]Rory[/name] - so [name]Rory[/name] and [name]Ruby[/name] back to back would be overkill! Lol. Our frontrunner is [name]Ivy[/name] - i’m not sure how [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Coral[/name] flows … Oh, men! Why can’t you just let us have our way!
And thanks everyone for the support and suggestions!
Sorry about [name]Coral[/name] especially since you loved it, but I do think that [name]Cora[/name] or even [name]Coral[/name] would be pretty close to [name]Aurora[/name] and [name]Rory[/name]. I like [name]Ivy[/name] though and think [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Coral[/name] or [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Cora[/name] would work well. Here are some other possibilities:
[name]Scarlett[/name], [name]Aurora[/name] and
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Carine[/name]
[name]Ellen[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Esme[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Julia[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Lila[/name]
[name]Thais[/name]
On the other hand, I have a K fn and C ln and I have always gotten compliments that I have a such a great name, and I agree. I love the sound of my name (well, my nn and ln together haha…I don’t 100% love my full fn).
You have [name]Scarlett[/name] and [name]Aurora[/name] which to me are pretty and ‘on trend’ names.
I tend to agree with your Hubby- [name]Coral[/name] seem less on trend. Although you could argue [name]Coral[/name] and [name]Scarlett[/name] are both colours, [name]Aurora[/name] and [name]Coral[/name] are both nature names. So in some sense it does match.
What names has he suggested? I am imagining a name like [name]Elodie[/name] would match.
The name we’ve agreed upon the most is [name]Ivy[/name] … i’m having trouble completely wrapping my brain around it because 1.) recent miscarriage and 2.) [name]Beyonce[/name] association. I think if I could wipe those things out of my brain, [name]Ivy[/name] would be perfect … but i’m still stuck on it and trying to regroup. We’ve talked about [name]Dixie[/name]. Maybe baby will be a boy and we can just forget this girl name stuff! HOWEVER - last night I had a breakthrough with him and he opened his mind about [name]Coral[/name] if we combined it with something very southern … Haha. I don’t know - guess i’ll put it on the backburner and see if it eventually comes naturally.
[name]Ivy[/name] is sweet. Sorry to hear about your MC, it’s heartbreaking isn’t it?
If you like [name]Dixie[/name] how about [name]Beatrix[/name] nn [name]Trixie[/name]?
I wouldn’t go with [name]Cora[/name] since it rhymes with [name]Aurora[/name]. I love, love, love [name]Ivy[/name]! It was my hard-to-get-over name that my hubby vetoed.
It stings when the man can’t just agree! I’m the one doing all the hard work! Lol.