I didn’t know much about my maternal Grandmother, she passed when I was very young. A relative sent me a memory book she, my grandmother had filled out about her life and I found a list of her siblings names in it. I’ve been wanting to add some family namesakes to my girls list for babe #2 coming in [name_u]January[/name_u]. Problem is, these are all short names, I really prefer 3+ syllables. [name_m]Can[/name_m] y’all help me add on to some of these? Maybe finding longer versions of? If that makes sense. Or finding a name that one of these could be the nick name of.
Grandmas name: [name_f]Velma[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] born 1912. Her mother and father were [name_m]Samuel[/name_m] and [name_f]Lois[/name_f].
Her siblings:
[name_m]Earl[/name_m]
[name_u]Leva[/name_u]
[name_f]Vira[/name_f]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f]
Stilla
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
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Lois - [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] - [name_f]Emanuella[/name_f]
[name_u]Leva[/name_u] - [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vira[/name_f] -[name_f]Verity[/name_f], [name_f]Victoria[/name_f], [name_f]Viviana[/name_f]
[name_u]Sam[/name_u] -[name_f]Samantha[/name_f], [name_f]Samara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] -[name_f]Idalia[/name_f], [name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f] -[name_f]Amalia[/name_f], [name_f]Ameline[/name_f]
Stilla -[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f] -[name_f]Delores[/name_f], [name_f]Louella[/name_f]
How cool is that! What a wonderful gift.
For [name_f]Velma[/name_f], [name_f]Viridiana[/name_f] or [name_m]Valerian[/name_m] or [name_f]Vermilion[/name_f]
For [name_f]Lois[/name_f], a name I love, maybe a double barrelled name like [name_f]Lois[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
For [name_m]Earl[/name_m], [name_u]Ellery[/name_u] or [name_u]Ellington[/name_u]
For [name_u]Leva[/name_u], [name_m]Leviathan[/name_m] or [name_m]Levon[/name_m]
For [name_f]Vira[/name_f], [name_f]Vera[/name_f] or [name_f]Viridiana[/name_f] or [name_f]Veronique[/name_f] or [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f], nn [name_f]Vera[/name_f]
For [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_f]Semiramide[/name_f]!
For [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Idalia[/name_f] or [name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] or [name_f]Katie[/name_f] [name_f]Ida[/name_f], my friend’s alter ego name
For [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and call her both
[name_f]Eudora[/name_f] is great on her own!
I’m stumped on Stilla though there’s [name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
For [name_f]Lola[/name_f], [name_f]Lorraine[/name_f] or [name_m]Lorenzen[/name_m] or [name_m]Lalo[/name_m] or many L names with [name_f]Lola[/name_f] as a nickname. [name_f]Lalage[/name_f]?
Hope these weren’t too crazy! Have fun.
Isadora for [name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_m]Ernest[/name_m] for [name_m]Earl[/name_m]
Wow, y’all are awesome! 
Between my pregnancy brain and have been looking at names for months, I feel like my creativity/inspiration was run out.
Viridiana,Verdiana,Verdianne are all so beautiful! I love V names and [name_f]Vira[/name_f]/Vera would be a perfect NN. I love the meaning and it references an Italian [name_m]Saint[/name_m], which ties in my father’s side heritage. [name_u]Win[/name_u]!
Aloisa, how haven’t I heard of this name before? I love the pronunciation [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-lou-eeza. And the meaning of warrior is cool. I love pretty girl names with tough meanings.
I’m still looking up meaning of other names mentioned, but yes [name_f]Eudora[/name_f] is great on its own, I agree. Lots of good options, thanks again!
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