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I think I did make this too involved for anyone to bite!
Here’s my current favorite combo
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Irene[/name], Elijah [name]Bruce[/name], [name]Reuben[/name] [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Naomi[/name] [name]Deborah[/name], [name]Josephine[/name] [name]Elise[/name], [name]Abraham[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
Thoughts? Substitions? Alternatives? Would you switch any of the mns?
These are probably my favourites.
[name]Reuben[/name] [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Emerson[/name]/[name]John[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] [name]Bruce[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Irene[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] [name]Elyse[/name]
Some others variants I personally adore!
[name]Reuben[/name] [name]Cain[/name] (I think this is my personal favorite!)
[name]Irene[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Bruce[/name] [name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Danielle[/name] [name]Winnifred[/name]
[name]John[/name] [name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Elyse[/name] [name]Magnolia[/name].
I love the way you think! I have all the same preferences in names and a lot of my fav names you have listed.
Sibling Group
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Bruce[/name] “[name]Nate[/name]” initials NBV
[name]Abraham[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] “[name]Bram[/name]” initials ADV
[name]Emerson[/name] [name]John[/name] initials EJV
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Irene[/name] “[name]Maggie[/name]” initials MIV
[name]Winifred[/name] [name]Elyse[/name] “[name]Winnie[/name]” initials WEV
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Inge[/name] “[name]Josie[/name]” initials JIV
Other combinations I like but didn’t use because of repeating initials or sounds:
[name]Matilda[/name] [name]Elyse[/name] “[name]Tilly[/name]”
[name]Ezekiel[/name] [name]Bruce[/name] “[name]Zeke[/name]”
[name]Margaret[/name] [name]Danielle[/name] “[name]Maisie[/name]”
[name]Ezra[/name] [name]Emerson[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Inge[/name]
I love a lot of your names! Their different but familiar and not popular.
Sibling Boys:
[name]Reuben[/name] [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] [name]John[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
Sibling Girls:
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Elyse[/name]/[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Irene[/name]
2 Boys 1 Girl:
[name]Reuben[/name] [name]Daniel[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] [name]John[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Elyse[/name]/[name]Elise[/name]
2 Girls 1 Boy:
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Elyse[/name]/[name]Elise[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] [name]Danielle[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] [name]John[/name]
Personally I like [name]Magnolia[/name] with Jospehine and [name]Mabel[/name] rather than [name]Elizabeth[/name] but you said no first initial repititon. I also [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Thaddeus[/name]. I had never heard of it until now
We have a very [name]German[/name] family name and would like to possibly honour a [name]Heinz[/name], we may just use it as is but I have recommended to my sister-in-law that [name]Henry[/name] is a great option, or [name]Heinz[/name] but nicknamed [name]Harry[/name] or [name]Hank[/name].
I love these! [name]Magnolia[/name] is a front runner for us too, I adore it paired with [name]Irene[/name]!
I, personally, love my [name]German[/name] side. My husband is more of an “American mutt” with some [name]German[/name], but a very Dutch name ([name]Van[/name] S…). He thinks anything super-[name]German[/name] with our LN will sound too northern European. 
But I’m working on convincing him [name]Anneliese[/name] is lovely. (BTW, any mn ideas for [name]Anneliese[/name]? [name]Anneliese[/name] [name]Deborah[/name]?)
Anyway, I think it’s awesome if you use [name]Heinz[/name]! I like either [name]Hank[/name] or [name]Harry[/name] as a simpler nn.
Thanks, everyone, for comments and suggestions!
All end in A sound – since you don’t want rhyming names you can only use one of these
[name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Obadiah[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Jedidiah[/name]
[name]Christa[/name] - This is a different style than any of your other names
[name]Magnolia[/name]**
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name]
Which leaves:
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name] – I don’t think this is useable
[name]Ezekiel[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Emerson[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] ([name]Jo[/name], [name]Josie[/name])
[name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name] ([name]May[/name])
[name]Margaret[/name] ([name]Maisie[/name], [name]Maggie[/name])
[name]Naomi[/name]
[name]Winnifred[/name] – I love this name! So glad to see it on someone’s list.
[name]Anneliese[/name] - This is a different style than any of your other names
[b][name]Sib[/name]-set
[name]Winnifred[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name] OR [name]Margaret[/name] OR [name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Reuben[/name]
[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name] - but not with [name]Matilda[/name]
[/b]
[name]Hank[/name] or [name]Harry[/name] also pair wonderfully with your more vintage sounding girl names.
Since you both like [name]Magnolia[/name] so much: [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] would be a nice sibset or [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Emerson[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name]. If I had to pick a 3rd girl name I would pick [name]Josephine[/name] but it just isn’t as pretty as [name]Magnolia[/name].
I think you have to decide which style you like more, biblical or vintage because there isn’t a lot of overlap. I’m not going to get into middle names because like you said it’s more about honoring someone then about the name itself.
sarahb.cook, thanks for the insight!
Yeah, there’s a bit of a tension between the vintage and Biblical…the problem is that I like plenty of Biblical boy’s names, but it’s harder to find girls names that are not overly common! [name]Naomi[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name] ([name]Eliza[/name]) are the only two I’m considering. And [name]Deborah[/name] as a middle.
But I feel like the more odd Biblical names work somehow with vintagey girl names…it’s believable to me that a family in 1890 might have both an [name]Ezekiel[/name] and a [name]Magnolia[/name], perhaps?
…it’s believable to me that a family in 1890 might have both an Ezekiel and a Magnolia, perhaps?
[name]Josephine[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name]/[name]Eliza[/name], [name]Mabel[/name] and [name]Margaret[/name] yes
[name]Christa[/name], [name]Magnolia[/name], [name]Matilda[/name] and [name]Anneliese[/name], no
I think the classic names work with the biblical names in that sense or you can go more hipster with some of the more ironic biblical names to use [name]Magnolia[/name] or [name]Matilda[/name]. But even though you like a lot of boy names you can’t use many of them together.
Okay, you got me on [name]Anneliese[/name], but not on [name]Magnolia[/name] or [name]Matilda[/name].
I checked the SSA numbers, and [name]Magnolia[/name] and [name]Ezekiel[/name] were both around #500 or so in the 1880s and 90s. [name]Magnolia[/name] peaked near 400 around 1910 and declined until it dropped off the chart in 1940. [name]Ezekiel[/name] peaked closer to 1880 (or perhaps was even more popular before SSA rankings started), had a slower decline, almost dropped off the chart around 1940, but didn’t, just flatlined near 900-1000, and started rising again in 1980s. (Actually, the bigger difference in the two charts is that [name]Ezekiel[/name] is way more popular now than [name]Magnolia[/name].)
[name]Matilda[/name] was even more popular than [name]Magnolia[/name], close to #100 in the 1890s.
You’re right that [name]Christa[/name] is a different style than the rest of the names. It’s a family name I’m interested in using, but not hooked on. [name]Do[/name] you think [name]Christine[/name] fits any better?
Updated favorite sibling combination:
[name]Magnolia[/name] [name]Irene[/name], [name]Ezekiel[/name]/[name]Ezra[/name]/[name]Elijah[/name] [name]Bruce[/name], [name]Reuben[/name] [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Naomi[/name] [name]Deborah[/name] or [name]Anneliese[/name] [name]Deborah[/name], [name]Winnifred[/name] [name]Christine[/name], [name]Amos[/name] [name]Jacob[/name] or [name]Abraham[/name] [name]Jacob[/name].
Does [name]Abraham[/name] [name]Van[/name] S___ __um sound too rhymey, or not? [name]Both[/name] ms, but “am” like “I am” and “um” like the sound when you are pausing to figuring out what to say.
ETA: Is it a problem that so many of my fav names are 3 syllables, when our last name is also 3? e-[name]ZEE[/name]-kyal, nay-O-mee at least have a middle stress.
I just can’t see [name]Magnolia[/name] with [name]Ezekiel[/name] or [name]Elijah[/name] but I love it with [name]Ezra[/name] and [name]Amos[/name]. Maybe it’s the southerness of [name]Magnolia[/name] or the current popularity of [name]Ezekiel[/name], maybe it’s something about the sounds, not sure? I really like [name]Abner[/name] and [name]Elias[/name] with [name]Magnolia[/name]. [name]Solomon[/name], [name]Gideon[/name] or [name]Tobias[/name] could also work.
I do think that [name]Christine[/name] is a better fit but as long as you use it in the middle to honor someone I don’t think it matters as much.
I’ve suggested [name]Tobias[/name] before but DH wasn’t thrilled. [name]Elias[/name] is the name of a fairly close friend’s son that was born less than a year ago, so that’s out. [name]Abner[/name] is fun, and [name]Solomon[/name]! DH is not quite as adventurous as I am, except when he suggested [name]Dorcas[/name]! (after his grandmother)
Thanks for some ideas!