Is it just me, or does nothing sound good with Imogen?

[name]Don[/name]'t get me wrong, I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Imogen[/name], and it’s the only girl name my partner LOVES too, but I think it sounds weird with our other choices! That makes me really sad because I want to use it, but I also want more than one child and want their names to sound good together!

What boy names and girl names would you put with [name]Imogen[/name]?

Boys
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Benedict[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Tristan[/name]
[name]Lysander[/name]
[name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Horatio[/name]
[name]Balthazar[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Oberon[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]

Girls
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Junia[/name]
[name]Mirabel[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Briony[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]
[name]Araminta[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Petula[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name] / [name]Rosaline[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]

No, I can see [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Violet[/name], [name]Rufus[/name], and [name]Leo[/name] together, definitely. Well, those girl names are lovely together! Here are some ideas:

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Gloria[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Jessamy[/name]
[name]Lucille[/name]
[name]Margo[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Margery[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Tallulah[/name]
[name]Veronica[/name]

[name]Abram[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]
[name]Curtis[/name]
[name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]
[name]Maxwell[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Russell[/name]
[name]Silas[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

To be honest, I think it goes fine with pretty much all of your other choices! They don’t all necessarily have exactly the same style as [name]Imogen[/name], but I think they all go perfectly well together :slight_smile:

I love [name]Imogen[/name] (it is my runner up incase my b/g twins become g/g) and think that the following would sound lovely as a sibset:

b/g
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Leopold[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Francis[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Jacob[/name]

g/g
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Eleanor[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name] & [name]Felicity[/name]

I think that as long as the name doesn’t have a strong ‘en’ ending it should be perfectly fine. Also I know of a sibset that doesn’t work:
Twins named [name]Imogen[/name] and [name]Benjamin[/name] too much! lol.

Wow-thank you guys for your suggestions. I think it’s hard for me to visualize other names with [name]Imogen[/name] because it’s so unlike (at least to me) other girl names. It’s classy, and distinctly feminine, but not flowery, that is [name]Imogen[/name] is no [name]Arabella[/name]. Also, it’s so uncommon in the U.S, and feel like it would stick out next to something like [name]Violet[/name], which is a hispter & starbaby name, and closing in on the top 100.

I’m also a big type A overanalyzer as well :slight_smile:

@ [name]Mischa[/name], I love the suggestion of [name]Milo[/name], and actually like it better than [name]Leo[/name] I think. I also really like [name]Briony[/name] in theory, but had a horrible ex-boyfriend named [name]Bryan[/name], and I can’t really get over that.

@ [name]Lemon[/name], I really like [name]Olive[/name], and never thought of it with [name]Imogen[/name]! It’s great, especially since DH is not that keen on [name]Violet[/name], even though it’s the color of our alma mater! boo! [name]Phoebe[/name] is great, but DH had a childhood dog named [name]Phoebe[/name], and he also hates [name]Penelope[/name] (he thinks it sounds ugly). I like it, but don’t [name]LOVE[/name] enough to fight him. [name]Alice[/name] is also great, and will most likely be a middle. (My best friend is a [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Alice[/name]). For boys, I like [name]Everett[/name], but like [name]Beckett[/name] more and wouldn’t use both. Too much “tt” :). [name]Felix[/name] was just used by close friends so it’s out, and [name]Henry[/name] is the middle I envision for [name]Rufus[/name].

@ sili annie, Congrats on your twins! I do love [name]Eleanor[/name], but LOATHE [name]Ellie[/name], and can’t use [name]Nora[/name] because it’s my stepmom’s name and my mother would be livid. :frowning: I do like [name]Jasper[/name], but DH likes [name]Jude[/name] more.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions, [name]Imogen[/name] feels COMPLETELY usable to me now, I just needed a tiny bit convincing :wink:

I love [name]Olive[/name] as a fresh alternative to [name]Olivia[/name], simply because I think [name]Liv[/name] and [name]Livy[/name] are two of the greatest nicknames ever. [name]Imogen[/name] and [name]Olive[/name] are adorable as sisters, I think. Side note - did you guys go to NYU? I’ve always found it rather humorous that they are the Violets… :wink:

[name]Lemon[/name] :slight_smile:

PS I love [name]Beckett[/name]. It feels a little more playful than [name]Imogen[/name], but that’s okay. They sound nice together.

No, we went to TCU, and our colors and purple and white, so that’s the [name]Violet[/name] connection. Go Frogs! :wink:

Oh, right - [name]Texas[/name] [name]Christian[/name]! Ha. The Frogs? That’s amazing!

I love [name]Imogen[/name] too! I think no nonsense, old fashioned names go with [name]Imogen[/name]. We are considering it and our dd’s are [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Beatrice[/name]. I also think more quirky and fun names go well with [name]Imogen[/name]. Actually, I like it with [name]Eloise[/name] and [name]Beatrix[/name] probably even more than with [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Beatrice[/name]!

[name]Love[/name] [name]Imogen[/name]! I disagree that she is hard to match with siblings, I actually think it is a very versatile name. I have [name]Imogen[/name] [name]Daisy[/name] on my list as a potential future sister to my daughter, [name]Eulalie[/name].

Other names on my list that you might like with [name]Imogen[/name] -
[name]Henrietta[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Penelope[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Mirabel[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]

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