DH lost his mother, [name_f]Linda[/name_f], when he was a teenager and it’s very important to him to honor her in our first daughter’s name. Our problems are that his sister named her daughter [name_f]Linda[/name_f] after her and that we feel that it’s a kind of dated name, so we’ve looking for ways to honor her in a more round about way.
We’ve used [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] as a placeholder, but it doesn’t feel quite right. I’ve talked to DH about the idea of honoring her with something that meant something to her, some options that have been put forward for that are butterflies and lilies, but he’s said he much prefer for it to sound like her name.
Any ideas?
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[name_f]Linda[/name_f] means Beautiful perhaps another name with the same meaning
[name_f]Bella[/name_f]:*Beautiful
[name_f]Belinda[/name_f]:*Pretty one, very beautiful
[name_f]Bonita[/name_f]:*Pretty
[name_f]Bonnie[/name_f]:*Pretty or attractive
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]:*Most beautiful
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]:*Beautiful voice
[name_f]Jacinda[/name_f]:*Beautiful “[name_u]Jacey[/name_u]” “[name_f]Indie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f]:*Beautiful
[name_f]Keva[/name_f]:*Beautiful
Lilybelle:*Beautiful lily
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]:*Beautiful light
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]:*My beautiful
[name_f]Marabel[/name_f]:*Beautiful [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]/[name_f]Nomi[/name_f]:*Beautiful and pleasant
[name_f]Orabella[/name_f]:*Beautiful seacoast
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]:*Beautiful
[name_f]Rosaleen[/name_f]:*Beautiful, little [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]:*Pretty rose
[name_f]Sapphira[/name_f]:*Beautiful gem
[name_f]Tova[/name_f]:*Gorgeous and beautiful
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[name_u]Lynn[/name_u] feels like an obvious option, but some other ideas could be
[name_f]Linna[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Mindy[/name_f]
Adalind
[name_f]Lianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lina[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]India[/name_f]
[name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
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My mother is called [name_f]Linda[/name_f], and got [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] as a nn when she was a child.
I think [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] from the list above is such a pretty name. Sound like [name_f]Linda[/name_f] with a more modern twist.
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Using letters from her name, maybe [name_f]Dania[/name_f] or [name_f]Lina[/name_f]? I love the name [name_f]Linnea[/name_f] (li-NAY-ah) too.
My mother’s name is [name_u]Hilary[/name_u]. Like [name_f]Linda[/name_f], it also feels a little dated! I would love to honour her somehow, but [name_f]Hilaria[/name_f] doesn’t 100% do it for me! I have to say, I love [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]! So elegant and timeless.
I would suggest [name_f]Rosalinda[/name_f]. It’s similar to [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], and includes all the letters of [name_f]Linda[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]!
Names containing “ind” or “lind” that haven’t been mentioned:
[name_f]Melinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Olinda[/name_f]
[name_u]Linden[/name_u]
[name_f]Kalinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Glinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Florinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ermelinda[/name_f]
More names meaning “beautiful” or “pretty”
[name_f]Aimi[/name_f]
[name_f]Anwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Aoife[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
Belphoebe
[name_f]Branwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f]/[name_f]Kallisto[/name_f]
[name_f]Caoimhe[/name_f]
[name_f]Eirian[/name_f]
[name_f]Frida[/name_f]
[name_f]Indah[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Mei[/name_f]
[name_f]Nava[/name_f]
[name_f]Nefertiti[/name_f]
Rosabela
[name_f]Sigrid[/name_f]
[name_u]Zuri[/name_u]
More ideas:
- Have you considered your [name_f]MIL[/name_f] middle name or maiden name?
- [name_m]Favorite[/name_m] book, song, movie, place, saint, flower, color,…
- Nicknames
- Her own favorite names (names she loved but didn’t get to use)
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I really, really love [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Linnea[/name_f], and [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]!
Really love the suggestions of [name_u]Linden[/name_u] and [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]! Also [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] is fab imo.
I thought of another suggestion, Lindita. It’s an Albanian name meaning “the day is born”.
Lindal and [name_f]Lindy[/name_f] are pretty.
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[name_f]Belinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Calinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Erlinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Glinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Kalinda[/name_f] --> one of the characters seen in The Good Wife
[name_f]Kalindi[/name_f]
[name_f]Linde[/name_f], [name_f]Lindee[/name_f], [name_f]Lindey[/name_f], [name_f]Lindie[/name_f], [name_f]Lindy[/name_f] --> actress [name_f]Lindy[/name_f] [name_m]Booth[/name_m]
[name_u]Lindsay[/name_u], [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Melinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalinda[/name_f], [name_f]Roselinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Solinda[/name_f]
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I was actually gonna say [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] until you mentioned that, hehe.
I’ sorry for your loss! But I really don’t have any other ideas… Maybe [name_f]Linda[/name_f]’s middle or last name would work?
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I was going to suggest [name_u]Linden[/name_u], [name_f]Lindy[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] or [name_f]Adelind[/name_f] …but I see they’ve already been suggested. So I’ll suggest…
Idelinde
[name_f]Indah[/name_f]
Madelinde
[name_f]Merindah[/name_f]
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How do you feel about [name_f]Lindy[/name_f]? [name_f]Lindy[/name_f] as a middle name and then something you both like as a FN could work?