Female variants of some male names?

I hope you don’t mind if I suggest some combinations!
For honouring all of the men at once, I don’t think you could go wrong with any combination of [name]Aminta[/name], [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Alexandra[/name], [name]Rafaella[/name] and [name]Serafina[/name], which are all some of my favourites :slight_smile:

But here are some sweet names for sisters, using some names which are all their own, too :
[name]Christabel[/name] [name]Aminta[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] and [name]Serafina[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Allegra[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Aminta[/name] [name]Topaz[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] (I love how they both have a gemstone name)
[name]Alexandra[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Michaela[/name] and [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Odelia[/name] [name]Christabel[/name].

Good luck!

Oh, Twinkle, I love all of your suggestions so much! They are absolutely to die for! I especially love, like you said, [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Aminta[/name] [name]Topaz[/name] and [name]Ophelia[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]. The gemstone connection is so sweet :slight_smile: Thank you so much!

[name]Hi[/name]! (And you’re so welcome, but there’s no need to thank me!)

I love your list!!! :slight_smile:

My favorites: [name]Aminta[/name], [name]Araminta[/name] (she could always go by [name]Aminta[/name] for short), [name]Christabel[/name] (I [name]LOVE[/name] this…), [name]Micheline[/name], [name]Rafaella[/name], [name]Serafina[/name], [name]Allegra[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name] (one of my all-time favorites–another nickname you may like is Bixie) :-), [name]Eleanor[/name] (ditto), and [name]Pearl[/name].

You may also like [name]Honora[/name] or [name]Annora[/name] (also means “honor”), nn [name]Nora[/name]. I love [name]Annora[/name] [name]Christabel[/name], [name]Annora[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]May[/name] (the M in [name]May[/name] could honor [name]Michael[/name]), or [name]Annora[/name] [name]Micheline[/name] [name]Topaz[/name] (the A of [name]Annora[/name] could honor [name]Alexander[/name].)

(I love [name]Rose[/name] names and the sound of [name]Rosalia[/name], but because its meaning has to do with tombstones, I love other [name]Rose[/name] names more. You may also like [name]Rosaline[/name] or [name]Rosalie[/name].) :slight_smile:

Some more random combos, to add to Twinkle’s gorgeous names:

[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Allegra[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Allegra[/name] [name]Micheline[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Raphaelle[/name] [name]Topaz[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] (none of the men’s names, though…Maybe for another daughter…You may also like [name]Eleanora[/name])
[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]May[/name] (I know I added [name]May[/name]…I was trying to honor [name]Michael[/name]…) :slight_smile:
[name]Rafaella[/name] [name]Micheline[/name] [name]Topaz[/name]
[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Rosaline[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] (in case you like [name]Rosaline[/name])

Good luck!!! :slight_smile:

Oh, [name]Jill[/name], you continue to be such an amazing help! Thank you!

I love [name]Honora[/name] and [name]Annora[/name], even more so than [name]Honor[/name] :slight_smile: They sound even more beautiful while carrying the same meaning. I think that, out of the [name]Annora[/name] combos, my favorite is [name]Annora[/name] [name]Micheline[/name] [name]Topaz[/name] :slight_smile: And I love that [name]Annora[/name] offers up the nickname [name]Nora[/name], which has always been a favorite of mine!

Goodness, I have a knack with picking some stinkers, don’t I? [name]Rosalia[/name] sounds so gorgeous but I would hate to have such a somber meaning attached to it! Thanks so much, again, for pointing that out.

All of your combinations are drop-dead gorgeous, I can’t get over them! [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is incredible but, like you said, won’t work for honoring the guys like I want to :slight_smile: But definitely a choice for the future… it’s incredible-sounding.

And [name]Martina[/name]: Thank you for bringing [name]Mischa[/name] to my attention! I had no idea it was related to [name]Michael[/name] :slight_smile: I am definitely adding it to our list, thank you so much!

I had recently posted a poll for mn’s for my DD. My MN [name]Michelle[/name] hubbys name [name]Michael[/name]- I posted; [name]Michaelyn[/name] (pn [name]Mick[/name]-ay-lynn), [name]Micaiah[/name](pn Mah-k-eye-ah) and [name]Micheline[/name]/[name]Michelina[/name](Pn Meesh-ah-line or leena). [name]Hope[/name] you find your perfect name! :slight_smile:

[name]Hi[/name]! You’re welcome! :slight_smile: I loved [name]Annora[/name] [name]Micheline[/name] [name]Topaz[/name], too (heck, I love anything with [name]Annora[/name]) :-), and love the [name]Nora[/name] nickname, too, not to mention [name]Annie[/name]!

I only know about [name]Rosalia[/name] because the topic came up a while ago. I was so suprised to see its meaning, but, yeah, it’s not the best. :frowning: And it’s not a stinker! It’s a pretty name that just happens to have a stinky meaning!

I’m really glad you’re finding some potential combos from everyone, and I can’t wait to see which name you choose! I thought that [name]Mischa[/name] was a great suggestion!

([name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] is actually one of my favorites, so I was so happy to see those three names on your list! We like a lot of the same names! [name]Helena[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] and [name]Cordelia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name] are other combos I love.) :slight_smile:

Take care!

I love the idea of using K, A, and M for the baby’s initials. It gives you a lot of flexibility in terms of picking names, and allows you to honor all three men at once so you don’t have to pick among them. Some suggestions:

[name]Aurora[/name] [name]Mirabel[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name] [name]Keira[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Anna[/name] [name]Katrina[/name] [name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name] [name]Mae[/name] [name]Keziah[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Anne[/name] [name]Michaela[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name] [name]Anneliese[/name] [name]Keturah[/name]

Another option would be saving a name whose female derivative you don’t like for a possible boy later…

I think it would be absolute perfection to honour the three men this time around, so that you do not have to pick, and also so that, as we can never know what will happen in the future, you can be sure that you have honoured all three.

[name]Christabel[/name] [name]Aminta[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Serafina[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]Aminta[/name]
[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Christabel[/name] [name]Rafaella[/name]
et cetera!

For a possible future daughter, I think it would be really lovely to use [name]Annora[/name] (which I adore, as well as [name]Nora[/name] and [name]Annie[/name]) so that she does not feel like her name has less meaning than her sister’s. She could then have another angel name, or a gemstone name, to link her to her sister.

Such as :
[name]Aminta[/name] [name]Serafina[/name] [name]Topaz[/name] and [name]Annora[/name] [name]Rafaella[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Christabel[/name] [name]Aminta[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name] and [name]Annora[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name] [name]Serafina[/name].

Good luck!

there’s also charissa and christian