[name_m]Hi[/name_m] Everyone, I have been following posts on nameberry for a few weeks. I have my first child coming in [name_f]April[/name_f] and I have been agonizing over a name daily. Here is the list my wife and I have compiled so far.
I don’t know if it will actually be anything on this list but I just cant think of anything else I like. Some things I know for sure: 1. the middle name will be [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (my wife’s first name). 2. My last name is [name_f]Gana[/name_f]. We want something classy and sophisticated while still cute and soft with a nice nickname. We don’t have any real namesakes from our families so we are pretty much free to do anything.
Im sorry if this post is a little long but I have been following the threads here and I just want to be thorough. Thanks again so much!
I love [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. With middle name [name_f]Rose[/name_f], I prefer [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eve[/name_f] or [name_f]Evie[/name_f]) or [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]). Good luck!
My favorites are [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (#1), [name_f]Sienna[/name_f] (#2) and [name_u]Piper[/name_u]. However, while I like [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Sienna[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], I don’t like [name_u]Piper[/name_u] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]. I love the previous poster’s suggestion of [name_f]Estelle[/name_f]/a and [name_f]Alice[/name_f]. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_f]Melisande[/name_f], perhaps? It’s a [name_m]French[/name_m] fairytale name, play name, and literary princess.
From your list my favorites are:
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] [name_f]Gana[/name_f]
I’d eliminate all of your names that are two syllable and end with an A as they rhyme with your surname: [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Lila[/name_f]. They are so pretty but they don’t have great flow.
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] seems really good. There are infinite possibilities of nicknames ([name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Gia[/name_f], [name_f]Lili[/name_f], etc.) and it seems very sophisticated too. [name_m]Just[/name_m] an idea.
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f] (instead of [name_f]Sophia[/name_f])
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilian[/name_f] (I think all variations of [name_f]Lily[/name_f] flow really well with [name_f]Rose[/name_f])
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f] (similar to [name_f]Ella[/name_f])
[name_u]Avery[/name_u] (a more masculine name to balance [name_f]Rose[/name_f])