I love looking through these boards and have used them in the past to help me make some name decisions/gather inspiration, but now I feel I really need the help of some other onomasts I apologize for being long-winded.
We are expecting our 6th (living) child and are planning to wait to know the babyās sex until birth. We currently have 2 boys and 3 girls. We feel pretty solid on our boyās name, but while Iāve many girlsā names I love, Iām just not sure if Iāve found THE one. I know I am going to be happy regardless of babyās sex, but I also have a house full of kids rooting for a new brother. That creates a little bit of pressure However, I know that once I fall in love with the names for both sexes, I always feel totally peaceful and excited about whichever way the scale tips
Name meanings are very important to me. We tend to gravitate toward names inspired by books and authors we love, and we also like to integrate family names or names from our heritage.
The names I am gravitating to for this (maybe) baby girl are [name_f]Cosima[/name_f], [name_f]Odelia[/name_f], [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f], and [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f].
For my 3 girlsā privacy, I donāt want to list their exact names, but their first and middle names are a combination of the following: [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Eirene[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f], and [name_f]Theone[/name_f].
My initial pull was [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] [name_f]Odelia[/name_f]. But my dear husband says there is no way he is going to warm up to [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] as a first name. My oldest daughter is an onomast in the making, and she fell in love with and suggested [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]. Iāve always loved [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and really liked the idea of using the Scottish variant ( a nod to our heritage). We also both like the nickname [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], which is a family name. We were thinking [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] [name_f]Odelia[/name_f]. Then we happened upon [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f], and we love the sound, meaning, nod to family heritage (another family name nickname possibility). [name_f]Ferelith[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] suddenly had the ring of being THE one. It seems like an odd combination, but I love how the meanings blend together ( a nod to our faith) and the combined cultural heritage is very us.
I just feel like these Scottish names feel maybe somewhat less lyrical and feminine than my other girlsā. Weāre not big on the names needing to match, but at this point we do have quite a set, and I wouldnāt want one daughter to feel maybe like the odd one out. Our boys have distinctly Scottish, Irish, and Welsh names, so she would blend in with them more maybeā¦
Opinions, Ideas� Thank you so much for making it through this I knew the ladies here would get my taste in names and anxiety over choosing just the right one.