Your suggestions and feedback please!!!
What I am looking for:
Older/Classic/Traditional…but not super common.
Sounds good with [name]Ivan[/name] (possibly 2 syllables, maybe a V in there somewhere)…but not cutesy matchy
Sounds good with the last name Learn (this last name is eliminating a lot of good options!)
What I don’t want:
Super girly names
Nicknames as names
Common/Popular
Crazy made up names
Misspelling a good name for the sake of being different.
My husband is dead-set on naming this child after his mother, which would be fine if her name weren’t [name]Terry[/name] [name]Lynn[/name]. Bleh. The good news is that [name]Lynn[/name] is a middle name shared by several key relatives. My solution has been to find a name that incorporates ‘[name]Lynn[/name]’ and still sounds good with Learn…and I don’t think that I like it on it’s own.
Names we like…there aren’t very many:
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Mia[/name] or [name]Mya[/name] (my husband, not me!)
[name]Virginia[/name] (not crazy about it, but it is a family name that I think could work if properly paired)
[name]Elodie[/name]
[name]Lorelei[/name] (doesn’t sound good with Learn at all, but I am not ready to strike it completely)
Oooh! I love that you have a little [name]Ivan[/name]! My FIL is named [name]Ivan[/name] and I think it’s such a fantastic and distinctive name! I think [name]Ivan[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name] make a wonderful pair of siblings–it’s my hands-down favorite from your list. Here are some ideas to honor a [name]Terry[/name] [name]Lynn[/name]:
[name]Theresa[/name]
[name]Tess[/name]/[name]Tessa[/name]
[name]Terrill[/name] (does it strike you as too made-up?)
[name]Dylan[/name] (doesn’t look like [name]Lynn[/name] but shares the sound)
[name]Jocelyn[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Roslyn[/name]
[name]Marilyn[/name]
[name]Keelin[/name]
[name]Allyn[/name] (I know an [name]Allyn[/name], prn ah-[name]LYNN[/name]) and it’s actually quite lovely on her)
[name]Jacqueline[/name]
[name]Madeline[/name] (too popular?)
[name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name] - I like this name, but when I say [name]Evelyn[/name] Learn aloud it sounds smooshed
[name]Avery[/name] - I know 5 little [name]Avery[/name]'s, both boys and girls, so its too common for me
[name]Mia[/name] or [name]Mya[/name] - I always think of this as a nn
[name]Virginia[/name] - I really like [name]Virginia[/name], and such fun nn’s, [name]Ginny[/name], [name]Ginger[/name], [name]Nia[/name]…
[name]Elodie[/name] - pretty
[name]Lorelei[/name] - I actually perfer [name]Lorelei[/name] Learn to [name]Evelyn[/name] Learn… and I love [name]Lorelei[/name]
PP also had some great suggetions to honor ‘lynn’:
[name]Gwendolen[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Roslyn[/name], [name]Marilyn[/name], [name]Madeline[/name], [name]Linnea[/name]
Others with 'v’s:
[name]Vita[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]/[name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Nova[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Maeve[/name] (might be too abrupt with a 1 syllable ln)
[name]Flavia[/name]
Avivia (depends on where you live, I’ve heard this is a Life Insurer in some places)
[name]Avalon[/name]
Others that came to mind:
[name]Cleo[/name]/[name]Clio[/name]
[name]Aria[/name]
[name]Arielle[/name]
[name]Junia[/name]
[name]Saskia[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Linnaea[/name] / [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Odessa[/name] (first that came to my mind)
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Mary[/name]
[name]Patrice[/name] (nn [name]Patsy[/name])
[name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Micheline[/name]