Well, it’s finally feeling real. I’m now 10 weeks pregnant with my first and feeling absolutely elated.
We have been set on a baby boy’s name for 3 years now, since the very first time I mentioned names when we were dating. That name has stuck and barring a total mismatch feeling at birth, we are determined that we have our baby boy’s name.
Girls names are much harder! We have had a long list of contenders for a long time, which we just whittled down yesterday. I’d like some help with potential first/middle combos. Our last name is a Chinese one-syllable surname beginning with K, the last part of my username.
Here’s our list. Most of the names in some way serve to honor family members, but not all of them.
First or middle:
[name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Ernestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Julienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] / [name_f]Leanora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonore[/name_f] / [name_f]Leanore[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] nn [name_f]Hildie[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Severine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] / [name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
Congratulations on your pregnancy! First of all I want to say I love [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f]! I would only use it as a middle name, but if your brave enough to use it as a first I’d go with a more familiar, short middle name, like [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]. If it’s a middle, then maybe [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f].
I also really like [name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_f]Gretel[/name_f], [name_f]Julienne[/name_f], [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] and [name_f]Severine[/name_f] from your list!
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f] [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Julienne[/name_f] [name_f]Coral[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Coral[/name_f]
[name_f]Severine[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
All the best!
Congratulations!! I really like [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Helen/name_f, [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] and [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] for you.
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] - I also want to suggest the french Chrysanthème. I think it flows even nicer.
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] [name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Coral[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
My favorites are [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Edelweiss ‘[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]’ and [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] ‘[name_f]Willa[/name_f]’!
I also like [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] as a middle name.
My favourite combos for you using your names are:
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] [name_f]Coral[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
So far from what you’ve posted, I particularly like:
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] Edelweiss
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] [name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Lenore[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f], nn [name_f]LuLu[/name_f], but as my name is [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] I feel that’s a few too many Ls.
The combos that DH and I have strongly considered in the past are:
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], nn [name_f]Hildie[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f] [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] Edelweiss
Still, nothing is sitting 100% right. 95% maybe, but we don’t feel the same magic as we do when we talk about our chosen baby boy’s name.
Such a pretty list! I love [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Chrysanthemum[/name_f], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_f]Minerva[/name_f], and [name_f]Leonora[/name_f].
