Hey Berries!! I’m looking to you creative folks to give me a hand with the daunting task of paying tribute to my Grandmother when naming out third baby. But with a name like [name]Bernice[/name] [name]Esther[/name], it’s proving very difficult. The only variations still sound similar or are nn’s like [name]Bunny[/name]…and I’m not into that. I’m afraid I might be coming to a dead end on this one and am hoping some of you have a way to make this obsolete name cool in some way.
Siblings are [name]Sydney[/name] [name]Paige[/name] and [name]Beckett[/name] [name]Milo[/name] -
I think that [name]Esther[/name] is awesome! Perhaps [name]Estelle[/name], [name]Estella[/name], or [name]Estee[/name] could work as alternatives if you aren’t fond of [name]Esther[/name]? Or even [name]Stella[/name]? All mean “star”, and I believe they’re all derived from the same place.
Perhaps [name]Veronica[/name] could work as an alternative to [name]Bernice[/name]? [name]Veronica[/name] is actually derived from [name]Berenice[/name].
Or maybe [name]Vera[/name] or [name]Veronique[/name]?
I love [name]Esther[/name] personally, and [name]Essie[/name] or [name]Etta[/name] are cute nns. Are there other names with the same meaning that you could use, or are you set on those two names?
[name]Bernice[/name] [name]Esther[/name] is a difficult name to work with, so I think a name with the same meaning would be a good way to honor your late grandmother. [name]Bernice[/name] means she who brings victory, so maybe something meaning victory.
[name]Nicole[/name]
[name]Sigrid[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name] [name]Colette[/name]
And [name]Esther[/name] means star, so something like that…
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Estella[/name]
[name]Moira[/name]
[name]Roxanne[/name]/[name]Roxana[/name]
[name]Vedette[/name]
[name]Yvaine[/name]
Hmm, what about a variation for the name? Like Bera instead of [name]Bernice[/name], or [name]Anise[/name]/[name]Anneliese[/name] for the ending of [name]Bernice[/name]? Or [name]Estelle[/name]/[name]Stella[/name] instead of [name]Esther[/name]? Or even just [name]Esther[/name] as a MN? I think something like [name]Violet[/name] [name]Esther[/name] would be very pretty with [name]Sydney[/name] [name]Paige[/name] and [name]Beckett[/name] [name]Milo[/name].
Or you could even do something like the initials BE, like [name]Bryony[/name] [name]Elise[/name] or [name]Bridget[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name] or [name]Blair[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name], etc.
Or maybe her favorite color/a hobby/her birthstone or her birthflower, etc.?
[name]Bernice[/name] to [name]Beatriz[/name] (pronounced bee-a-trees) was my immediate first thought.
[name]Betrys[/name] is a Welsh variant on [name]Beatrice[/name], pronounced [name]Bay[/name]-tris, I could see it working too.
[name]Veronica[/name] is a really nice suggestion too.
I guess [name]Beatrice[/name] and [name]Bette[/name] and so on are too far from the source?
I like [name]Esther[/name] just for itself, though, honestly. I think [name]Esther[/name]/[name]Ester[/name] is rather lovely in a vintage sort of way. I like [name]Estee[/name] too. [name]Stella[/name] doesn’t do as much for me. [name]Eszti[/name], Esteri, [name]Hester[/name] are variations from different languages. So is Ashtoreth but that’s probably a lot of name, lol.