I need some help finding a name. We just found out we are pregnant, we are hoping for a girl. We have 2 boys already and we would be happy with either boy or girl. We have plenty of boys names in mind but really need help with girls name. Here is the huge problem, we would like to some how incorporate [name_f]Elaine[/name_f], [name_f]Arlene[/name_f] and or [name_f]Helen[/name_f] for a first name and [name_f]Rose[/name_f] for the middle name. My mother was [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] and she passed away 5 years ago, my grandmother was [name_f]Helen[/name_f] and she passed away 22 years ago. My husband lost both his grandmothers in the last 5 years as well hence [name_f]Arlene[/name_f] and [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. Please help.
My first thought was [name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f].
I suppose you could honor [name_f]Elaine[/name_f], [name_f]Arlene[/name_f] and [name_f]Helen[/name_f] with one name - something like [name_f]Ellen[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], Hélène.
As for [name_f]Rose[/name_f], there are a lot of [name_f]Rose[/name_f]- names: [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalba[/name_f], Rosemint, [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f], [name_f]Rosa[/name_f], Melrose, [name_u]Penrose[/name_u], [name_f]Rosalia[/name_f] etc.
I think something like [name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] or [name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] would be pretty.
I love [name_f]Elena[/name_f] as others have suggested. [name_f]Eleni[/name_f] is another option. It is a “[name_f]Helen[/name_f]” variation, but had the [name_f]El[/name_f]- of [name_f]Elaine[/name_f].
[name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleni[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_u]Penrose[/name_u]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f] [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f] is actually a [name_m]French[/name_m] variant of [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. So if you choose another variant of [name_f]Helen[/name_f] for your daughter’s name, you’ll be killing two birds with one stone. A few options related to [name_f]Helen[/name_f]:
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ileana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jelena[/name_f]
Lenka
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_f]Alyona[/name_f]
[name_f]Lesya[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]/[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Lainey[/name_f]
I also thought of Roselaine, a smoosh name I’ve seen a few times that may work in your case.
I also love [name_f]Elena[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]! [name_f]Elena[/name_f] and [name_f]Elaine[/name_f] are both forms of [name_f]Helen[/name_f], and [name_f]Elena[/name_f] is somewhat similar to [name_f]Arlene[/name_f].