Imagery to inspire a name

General Name Discussion
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Without mentioning the name of my child or my ideas for these twin girls who will be born in late [name]August[/name]–I’m looking for names that sounds

    • Haunted (not Goth) like [name]John[/name] Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott or [name]Ophelia[/name] by [name]John[/name] [name]Millais[/name]
    • Like the [name]Fleetwood[/name] [name]Mac[/name] song Dreams but a name
    • Old New Orleans, romantic and decayed/decadent

Is this too weird a question? Think of it as a game… maybe it’ll be really fruitful. Thanks!

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Fun game!

[name]Aurelia[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]/[name]Celestia[/name]
[name]Cosette[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Eleanora[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Katarina[/name] (not [name]Katrina[/name])
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Odessa[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Simone[/name]
[name]Tamsin[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Viviana[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Xanthe[/name]
[name]Zara[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]

Good luck!

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annabelle (lee, poe poem)

desdemona (othello)

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Great concept! loves Waterhouse

[name]Lorena[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Selene[/name]
Rossetti
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Alanna[/name]
[name]Mallory[/name]
[name]Autumn[/name]
[name]Carlotta[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Lenore[/name]
[name]Bernadette[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Seraphine[/name]
[name]Elaine[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name]

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Without mentioning the name of my child or my ideas for these twin girls who will be born in late [name]August[/name]–I’m looking for names that sounds

I’m not looking at the other posters’ ideas so I can think freely:

    • Haunted (not Goth) like [name]John[/name] Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott or [name]Ophelia[/name] by [name]John[/name] [name]Millais[/name]

[name]Annabel[/name] [name]Lee[/name], a poem by [name]Edgar[/name] [name]Allan[/name] [name]Poe[/name]
[name]Lenore[/name], a character in a poem by [name]Poe[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Ardith[/name] - whispery, so lovely
[name]Elspeth[/name] - whispery
[name]Lilias[/name] - the dead mother in “The [name]Secret[/name] Garden”.
[name]Hester[/name]
[name]Heloise[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Daria[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Leonora[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Lorna[/name]

    • Like the [name]Fleetwood[/name] [name]Mac[/name] song Dreams but a name
      [name]Luna[/name]
      [name]Celestina[/name]
      [name]Aisling[/name] - means “dream” in Irish
      Niodrara - this is a very beautiful street close to my old neighborhood.
      Nikomis - I think this is how it’s spelled. Mother of [name]Hiawatha[/name], daughter of the moon.
      [name]Thisbe[/name]
      [name]Thandie[/name]
      [name]Sedona[/name]
      Bayberry - another street name, would make a lovely middle name.
      [name]Aviva[/name]
      [name]Avalon[/name]
      [name]Guinevere[/name]
      [name]Taliesin[/name]
      [name]Ivy[/name]
      [name]Iris[/name]
      [name]Tansy[/name]
      [name]Paloma[/name]
      [name]Selah[/name]
      [name]Theda[/name]
      [name]Cindra[/name]
      [name]Hollis[/name]
      [name]Juno[/name]
      [name]Io[/name]
      [name]Iona[/name]
    • Old New Orleans, romantic and decayed/decadent
      [name]Luella[/name]
      [name]Camille[/name]
      [name]Lola[/name]
      [name]Desiree[/name]
      [name]Augusta[/name]
      [name]Claudine[/name]
      [name]Roxanna[/name]
      [name]Colette[/name] nn [name]Coco[/name]
      [name]Blanche[/name]
      [name]Babette[/name]
      [name]Eulalia[/name]
      [name]Nell[/name]
      [name]Eudora[/name]
      [name]Francine[/name]
      [name]Suzette[/name]
      [name]Vivienne[/name]
      [name]Josette[/name]
      [name]Esme[/name]
      [name]Renee[/name]
      [name]Elaine[/name] - my dear aunt’s name!
      [name]Estelle[/name]

That was so fun!

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Thanks everyone, I copied your ideas to my baby names file. It has 4 layers. I am obsessed.

I asked my husband the Dreams-as-name question and he said [name]Rhiannon[/name]. Ha ha (rolls eyes).

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[name]Aurora[/name] for one of them? Can’t think of another of the top of my head.

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[name]Ursula[/name]
[name]Mirabel[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Ada[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name]
[name]Isabeau[/name]
[name]Lunette[/name]
[name]Raquel[/name]
Wihlemina (my combo is Wihlemina [name]Ivy[/name])
Jaqculine
[name]Cerys[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Raven[/name]
[name]Blaise[/name]
[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Arminta[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Lois[/name]
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Lux[/name]
[name]Artemis[/name]
[name]Demeter[/name]
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Alba[/name]
[name]Roxanna[/name]
[name]Gwendoline[/name]
[name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name]
[name]Demetria[/name]

hope I helped some!