I love clunky, old names with a thick layer of dust on them. I love the classics names. The [name_m]French[/name_m] names. Icelandic names. And I have a secret love for feminisations. But not too long. I think [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] has her toes on the Too [name_m]Long[/name_m] boundary line.
I am thinking about:
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] & [name_f]Josephine[/name_f].
Middles:
[name_f]Amie[/name_f] (ahm-MEE)
Finna (an Icelandic name meaning ‘wanderer’)
Bryndis
Oh, and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is probably the only feminisation I would actually use.
This is probably a very vague outline, so I’ll add a list of “No, but thank you anyway’s”
No, But Thank You Anyway List
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Amity[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Anne[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Julia[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f]
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f].
etc.
Thank you.
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f].
And sorry if this post doesn’t make sense. Writing isn’t my strongest point.
I quite like [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] Finna [name_f]Amie[/name_f]
[name_m]How[/name_m] about:
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Seren[/name_u]/[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Anwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (not sure if you’d use it for a NN?)
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f] [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] (pn [name_f]Em[/name_f]-ell-leen)
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Briallen[/name_f] (Welsh for primrose )
My brain is starting to die on me so I’ll add more later BTW, I PMed you about my own list
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Plum[/name_f] is a gem of a name. Hmm, it’s going to be hard to match that (though Finna as a mn would automatically make whatever precedes it lovely).
When I glimpsed [name_u]Marion[/name_u] I immediately thought of [name_f]Karin[/name_f]. You like clunky, so maybe [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]? I know you don’t like [name_f]Verity[/name_f], but how about [name_f]Vera[/name_f]? [name_f]Do[/name_f] any of these appeal? [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Beatta[/name_f] or [name_f]Charlotta[/name_f] (I know it’s a feminisation though…)? [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] is nice, or maybe [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]? Let me know which ones you do and don’t like, maybe that will help me think of something right for your tastes.
Whoops, just noticed [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] is one you’re seriously thinking about. [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] Finna sounds (and looks) really beautiful, but so does [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] [name_f]Amie[/name_f] (though some people might think it’s pronouced ay-mee?).
I love [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Plum[/name_f] and [name_u]Marian[/name_u] [name_f]Orla[/name_f]!
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Plum[/name_f] is beautiful and dainty, somehow timeless as in it’s vintage and modern at the same time, it fits in any era. She’s digging through a thrift shop (or whatever they’re called in NZ, secondhand shop?) crammed full of stuff most at home on a stage, elegant costumey garments and other objects varied enough to furnish a period piece in any era.
And I love the connections to classy [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] Hepburn, one of my favourite actresses, and the hilarious [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] in [name_m]Shakespeare[/name_m]'s As You Like It.
[name_u]Marian[/name_u] [name_f]Orla[/name_f] is playful, spunky, fun, turning cartwheels in a field of long grass and picking flowers to tuck behind her ear. She merrily skips off into the forest to meet her friends both human and animal, bright-eyed and chirpy. A picnic basket, filled with goodies she helped her mother make to share with everyone, bangs against her legs.
I think of Maid [name_u]Marian[/name_u] and the golden-voiced Celtic singer [name_f]Orla[/name_f] [name_u]Fallon[/name_u].
Not fond of [name_f]Thora[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] or [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Ffion[/name_f], sorry. I find them a bit too stuffy.
I wasn’t sure when you said [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] was about as long as you like, do you mean by number of syllables or letters? So sorry if any are too long. Other than Etheldreda, which I adore and was the first name I thought of when I saw your description.
Suggestions:
Etheldreda (variant of [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] though so you couldn’t use both. I haven’t found anyone else who sees the appeal yet, but I love it!)
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen/name_f
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]/[name_f]Sybilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ottilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeliza[/name_f] (a medieval English queen with a very interesting story)
Rosemeade
Rosamel
Rohesia
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] ([name_f]Thora[/name_f] could be a NN, and the empress [name_f]Theodora[/name_f] was one strong woman)
[name_f]Iseult[/name_f]/[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
Agnete (Scandinavian variant of [name_f]Agnes[/name_f])
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Christabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Haley[/name_u]: [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] Finna [name_f]Amie[/name_f] is gorgeous! I have been thinking about [name_f]Florence[/name_f]. [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Seren[/name_u] & [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Anwen[/name_f] are lovely. [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] is great too, but [name_f]Ethel[/name_f] is a bit too close to [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f].
@appelation_addict: I quite like [name_f]Karin[/name_f] ([name_f]Katrin[/name_f], and [name_f]Corrine[/name_f] too) but my aunt’s name is [name_f]Karina[/name_f]. I do quite like [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]. [name_f]Charlotta[/name_f] is lovely, but I have had [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] on my list before. I dropped it off because she was giving a hard time with middles. And [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] is rather popular these days, so I wanted to move on to less popular names, I guess. [name_f]Agnes[/name_f], [name_f]Beatta[/name_f] and [name_f]Vera[/name_f] are nice too, but they just don’t feel ‘right’. Thank you!
I love [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] Finna and [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] [name_f]Amie[/name_f]!
@azalea: [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] is the length I would stop at letter-wise. And I dont think I could go past 3 syllables for a first name.
Etheldreda. Swoooon. This officially added to the top of my GP list.
[name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Maud[/name_f], [name_f]Imogene[/name_f], [name_f]Eugenia[/name_f], [name_f]Eulalie[/name_f], [name_f]Pauline[/name_f] (a BIG GP of mine), [name_f]Sybil[/name_f], [name_f]Adeliza[/name_f], [name_f]Iseult[/name_f], Agnete, [name_f]Olive[/name_f] and [name_f]Ingrid[/name_f] are so lovely as well. Thank you!
[name_f]Thora[/name_f] [name_f]Lucille[/name_f] and [name_f]Enid[/name_f] [name_f]Ffion[/name_f] are beautiful.
I love clunky, old names with a thick layer of dust on them. I love the classics names. The [name_m]French[/name_m] names. Icelandic names. And I have a secret love for feminisations. But not too long. I think [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] has her toes on the Too [name_m]Long[/name_m] boundary line.
I would suggest…
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Zuzanna[/name_f]
Alara
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Milla[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Isaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilde[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottoline[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Milana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
Finna is absolutely beautiful! I don’t know how I feel about [name_f]Amie[/name_f]… it’s just a word to me, but it is beautiful.
I wasn’t too sure with [name_f]Ethel[/name_f], but I really like [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] Finna [name_f]Amie[/name_f] too! [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Anwen[/name_f] is likely my favourite, if you need more Welsh/Gaelic/Celtic/Cornish ideas, let me know, I’ve been going for them recently
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[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Anwen[/name_f] is likely my favourite, if you need more Welsh/Gaelic/Celtic/Cornish ideas, let me know, I’ve been going for them recently 