Fit for a Princess

We’re looking for that perfect name for our daughter and while we have a very general idea of what we’re looking for, nothing just seems to be it. We want to honor both of our heritages and have agreed that we want a Spanish first name and a [name_m]French[/name_m] middle name. [name_f]My[/name_f] husband already calls her his little princess and says he wants a name fit for one. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you have any suggestions? Other than the first name being Spanish and the middle name being [name_m]French[/name_m], we’re pretty much open to anything!

[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Lumina[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Belinda[/name_f] [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] [name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Catarina[/name_f] [name_f]Manon[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f] [name_f]Nathalie[/name_f]

Well, [name_f]Sarah[/name_f]/[name_f]Sara[/name_f] mean “princess”, so that was my first thought.

I don’t know a lot about Spanish names, but some of my favourite [name_m]French[/name_m] names are:

[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Adele[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosette[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]

We like [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Amelie[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Estella[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], and [name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]!

I pulled these right off of the Spanish and [name_m]French[/name_m] [name_m]Royal[/name_m] family trees:

Spanish:
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]/a, [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Margaret[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Marie[/name_f]-[name_f]Therese[/name_f], [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]/[name_f]Sofia[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Letizia[/name_f]

[name_m]French[/name_m]:
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Desiree[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Constance[/name_f], [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f], [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Blanche[/name_f], [name_u]Joan[/name_u], [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Antoinette[/name_f]

[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonor[/name_f] (the name of one of the actual princesses of Spain; I’ve always thought it was gorgeous)
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] (another real life Spanish princess

We like [name_f]Isabella[/name_f], [name_f]Maria[/name_f], [name_f]Amalia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f], [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]!

Firsts: [name_f]Marcella[/name_f], [name_f]Daniella[/name_f], [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f], [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Alicia[/name_f], [name_f]Brisa[/name_f], [name_u]Carmen[/name_u], and [name_f]Carla[/name_f].
Middles: [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] (unofficial Disney princess), [name_f]Emeline[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f], and [name_f]Blanche[/name_f].

These just popped into my head.

Admittedly, these may not make very good combos on their own, so you’ll have to play around with the other names already mentioned, sorry!

[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] or [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] stuck out for me straight away. :slight_smile:

Maybe a royal name like [name_f]Anna[/name_f] paired with [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] or [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] ([name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]? [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]?) seem very princessy to me.

We like [name_f]Lucia[/name_f], [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], and [name_f]Emeline[/name_f]!

Azelie would make a pretty [name_m]French[/name_m] middle name. :slight_smile:

We don’t like Azelie but thank you for the suggestion!

Mariamagdalena [name_f]Felicienne[/name_f]
Perseveranda Godlieve
[name_f]Salome[/name_f] Fleurice

[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f], with the [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation of [name_f]Helena[/name_f]: HUH-[name_m]LAY[/name_m]-NA.

[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] has been a name for Spanish princesses for generations. [name_f]Helena[/name_f] is a lovely [name_m]French[/name_m] variation of [name_f]Helen[/name_f], infamously borne by [name_f]Helen[/name_f] of [name_m]Troy[/name_m], a mythological princess said to be the most beautiful woman on earth.

Mariamagdalena, [name_f]Felicienne[/name_f], Perseveranda, and Godlieve are all too over the top for us and possibly with the exception of Mariamagdalena (which just looks like two names smashed together to us) we feel like they’d cause a lot of pronunciation problems (we live in the US). [name_f]Salome[/name_f] and Fleurice don’t sound very pretty to us, sorry! [name_f]Isabella[/name_f] and [name_f]Helena[/name_f] are both on our list, though we don’t know if we like them together as a combination

These are our “official” lists:

First names:
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]

Middle names:
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Emeline[/name_f]

Some combinations we like (thoughts on the flow?): [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_f]Emeline[/name_f], and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f]

I adore [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]! [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] is my second pick and [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] is my third pick

Spanish names:
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f]
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u]

french names:
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Celine[/name_f]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelie[/name_f]

Possible combinations
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Carmen[/name_u] [name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_f]Celine[/name_f]/[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]

Good luck!

I’m not sure if I got it right; are you looking for a [name_m]French[/name_m] middle name or is the origin of the middle name not as important?
I’m just wondering since quite a few names on both your lists aren’t Spanish or [name_m]French[/name_m] names.
(eg. [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] would be either [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f] or [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] / [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] would be [name_f]Juliette[/name_f])

[name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] - I’ve had [name_f]Flora[/name_f] [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] on my own list for a while. Like I said, I’m not sure if you’re looking for a [name_m]French[/name_m] middle name since [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] is the English spelling (the [name_m]French[/name_m] is almost exclusively [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]).
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Giselle[/name_f] - has a great flow, [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] is beautiful
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] - beautiful, the flow is nice
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_f]Emeline[/name_f] & [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f] - the flow of both combos is great

Suggestions (sorry for repeats):

Sp:
[name_f]Nuria[/name_f]
[name_f]Alba[/name_f]
[name_f]Valeria[/name_f]
[name_f]Marta[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elvira[/name_f]
[name_f]Laia[/name_f]

Fr:
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucie[/name_f]
Léonie
Noémie
Océane
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
Élise
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Victoire[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]El[/name_f]éonore
[name_f]Violette[/name_f]
Noelie
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]

[name_f]Princess[/name_f]-y Spanish First Names:

[name_f]Marisol[/name_f], [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Amelina[/name_f], [name_f]Alejandra[/name_f], [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f], [name_f]Pamelia[/name_f], [name_f]Angelina[/name_f], [name_f]Angelia[/name_f], [name_f]Analia[/name_f], [name_f]Belia[/name_f], [name_f]Calida[/name_f], [name_f]Catalina[/name_f], [name_f]Camile[/name_f], [name_f]Celestina[/name_f], [name_f]Clementina[/name_f], [name_f]Coleta[/name_f], [name_f]Dominga[/name_f], [name_f]Dominica[/name_f], [name_u]Columba[/name_u], [name_f]Diega[/name_f], [name_f]Elodia[/name_f], [name_f]Emmanuela[/name_f], [name_f]Pedra[/name_f], [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f], [name_f]Engracia[/name_f], [name_f]Gracia[/name_f], [name_f]Pilar[/name_f], [name_f]Natalina[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalina[/name_f], [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Eloisa[/name_f], [name_f]Fabiana[/name_f], [name_f]Rafaela[/name_f], [name_f]Estrella[/name_f], [name_f]Evelia[/name_f], [name_f]Fia[/name_f], [name_f]Genoveva[/name_f], [name_f]Isolda[/name_f], [name_f]Laurentia[/name_f], [name_f]Julieta[/name_f] / [name_f]Julietta[/name_f], [name_f]Luciana[/name_f], [name_f]Nathalia[/name_f], [name_f]Lorena[/name_f], [name_f]Mariposa[/name_f], [name_f]Melia[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f], [name_f]Ofelia[/name_f], [name_f]Olimpia[/name_f], [name_f]Paloma[/name_f], [name_f]Sefarina[/name_f], Serfina, [name_f]Silvana[/name_f], [name_f]Teodara[/name_f], [name_f]Teodora[/name_f], [name_f]Valencia[/name_f], [name_f]Viviana[/name_f], [name_f]Zefera[/name_f].

[name_m]French[/name_m] Middle Names:
[name_f]Abella[/name_f], [name_f]Abrial[/name_f], [name_f]Adeline[/name_f], [name_f]Allura[/name_f], [name_f]Amabel[/name_f], [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f], [name_f]Emeraude[/name_f], Amélie, [name_f]Dimanche[/name_f], [name_f]Marcelle[/name_f], [name_f]Odette[/name_f], [name_f]Honore[/name_f], [name_f]Mirabeau[/name_f], [name_f]Lilou[/name_f], [name_f]Cosette[/name_f], [name_f]Arianne[/name_f] / [name_f]Ariane[/name_f], [name_f]Annabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], Aurélie, [name_f]Elodie[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Corinne[/name_f], [name_f]Manon[/name_f], [name_f]Mirabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f], [name_f]Marine[/name_f], [name_f]Oceane[/name_f], [name_u]Aubrey[/name_u], [name_f]Mathilde[/name_f], [name_u]Ballou[/name_u], [name_f]Bastienne[/name_f], [name_f]Benilde[/name_f], [name_f]Claudie[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f], [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u], [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Bijou[/name_f], [name_f]Camille[/name_f], [name_f]Christiane[/name_f], [name_f]Celie[/name_f], [name_f]Olivette[/name_f], [name_f]Oriane[/name_f], [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f], [name_f]Isaline[/name_f], [name_f]Fabienne[/name_f], [name_f]Minerve[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Liliane[/name_f], [name_f]Elise[/name_f], [name_f]Felicienne[/name_f], [name_f]Vivienne[/name_f], [name_f]Lucienne[/name_f], [name_f]Eponine[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_u]Janvier[/name_u], [name_f]Fleur[/name_f], [name_f]Octava[/name_f], [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Margo[/name_f], [name_f]Claudette[/name_f], [name_f]Nanette[/name_f], [name_f]Ines[/name_f], [name_f]Aveline[/name_f], [name_f]Justine[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] / [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], [name_f]Maeva[/name_f], [name_u]Vrai[/name_u], [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f], [name_f]Mai[/name_f], [name_f]Severine[/name_f], [name_f]Marielle[/name_f], [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f], [name_u]Pascale[/name_u], [name_u]Roux[/name_u], [name_f]Romilly[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Sidonie[/name_f] / [name_f]Sidony[/name_f], [name_f]Silvie[/name_f], [name_f]Talie[/name_f], Séraphine, [name_f]Zelie[/name_f], Épiphanie.

Sorry the lists are so long- there are just so many pretty names, and I wasn’t quite sure of your style. :slight_smile: