[name]Hi[/name]! My name is [name]Whitney[/name]. My husband [name]Blake[/name] and I found out that we are expecting a precious little girl later this year. She was a complete surprise to us as we did not think I could get pregnant. We are still in a state of shock all these months later but completely overjoyed, too. I’ve always been a stalker of this website (I love names!) but never thought I would have a reason to join.
Most people seem to want to get their name lists narrowed down, but I am looking for MORE names to add to our pool as well as critique on the ones we have right now [name]Blake[/name] really wants me to do the naming and refuses to turn his nose up to anything I put on the table, so I get free reign!
I love what I call whimsical, “fairytale” names. I love names that sound like they could suit a princess. I really have a fondness for the name [name]Snow[/name], even though I hate the icky white stuff in real life. It’s more for [name]Snow[/name] White. I not only love the fairytale, but my mom has long called me [name]Snow[/name]/Snowy because I have pale skin, dark hair, and green eyes But I’m not sure how well it would work on a little Oklahoma baby born in [name]September[/name], especially if she looks more like her daddy (tan skin/dirty blonde hair/brown eyes). I’m completely rambling now, so here is my list so far!
I don’t feel comfortable posting it, but our last name is very French and eight letters long, starting with a “Juh” sound and ending with an “ay” sound. Thanks in advance for any help!
[name]Coraline[/name]: cute! I love this (and the movie/book association)
[name]Eleanor[/name]: one of my favorites, I think I just like the way it sounds.
[name]Emmeline[/name]: adorable and comes with the nn [name]Emmie[/name].
[name]Esme[/name]: Frenchy cuteness :]
[name]Evangeline[/name]: obviously, I’m a big fan of this one.
[name]Ever[/name]: I like this in theory, but I’m not sure how it would work in real life. I just can’t picture it.
[name]Fern[/name]: not my style really.
[name]Juliet[/name]: too tied to the Shakespearean play for me.
[name]Snow[/name]: I love word names, and this one is probably my favorite. Beautiful imagery.
[name]Verity[/name]: not my style.
So, I can see we have a lot of the same taste and since it seems that you have a fondness for E names, I’ll share this one from my list! [name]Eden[/name].
[name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name] are my favorites on your list!
I think I like [name]Snow[/name] better as a middle name. [name]Evangeline[/name] [name]Snow[/name] is gorgeous and very fairytale-y for me.
I prefer [name]Coralie[/name] to [name]Coraline[/name], or just plain [name]Cora[/name].
Other thoughts:
[name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Gwendolyn[/name]
[name]Elora[/name]
I love [name]Coraline[/name] but prefer [name]Coral[/name].
[name]Eleanor[/name] is cute, but not princessy to me- [name]Lenore[/name] is though. Maybe you would like
[name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Elle[/name]
[name]Lana[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] is nms, but [name]Melina[/name] is pretty or [name]Mila[/name]
[name]Esme[/name] is one I always loved until Twilight! Maybe:
[name]Jasmine[/name]
[name]Yasmin[/name]
[name]Maisie[/name]
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Desiree[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name] is the most princessy one on your list imo. Maybe:
[name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Angelina[/name]
[name]Angelica[/name]
[name]Yvette[/name]
[name]Evelyn[/name]
[name]Marcheline[/name]
[name]Madeline[/name]
[name]Ever[/name] is nms…maybe:
[name]Heaven[/name]
[name]Haven[/name]
[name]Honoria[/name]
Everleigh
[name]Eva[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
Avian
[name]Ariane[/name]
[name]Fern[/name] is my favorite on your list! Maybe:
[name]Dahlia[/name]
[name]Zinnia[/name]
[name]Nova[/name]
[name]Starling[/name]
[name]Lark[/name]
[name]Lake[/name]
Larkspur
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] is pretty
[name]Snow[/name] is nms and the reason why is cause it’s an anti-white people slur in my area!
[name]Verity[/name] is nms. Maybe…
[name]Chastity[/name]
[name]Cassidy[/name]
[name]Amity[/name]
[name]Felicity[/name]
[name]Harmony[/name]
[name]Melody[/name]
Good luck! Congrats…on a husband who doesn’t veto everything!!
Congratulations! Here are some thoughts and suggestions
[name]Coraline[/name] - beautiful name! The association with the book is strong though, and it seems destined to be misread/misheard as [name]Caroline[/name] pretty often. Those aren’t insurmountable, just make sure you’re comfortable with this.
[name]Eleanor[/name] - Really like this!
[name]Emmeline[/name] - Quite fond of this one too.
[name]Esme[/name] - pretty and French, has the Twilight association, I wouldn’t care, just make sure you don’t.
[name]Evangeline[/name] - this one is a bit much for my taste.
[name]Ever[/name] - I like the idea of this, and I like the fairy tale connection, but I think it’s better the middle name spot.
[name]Fern[/name] - this is so different from much of the rest of your taste, if you use it I’d encourage you to think about putting it in the middle.
[name]Juliet[/name] - love it, very pretty! Does the alliteration with your last name work?
[name]Snow[/name] - I love this for a middle but not so much for the start. [name]Eira[/name] is a pretty name whose meaning relates to snow. But I doubt it’s really your taste.
[name]Verity[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this one!
Here are some names you might like:
[name]Adrienne[/name]
[name]Amandine[/name]
[name]Anneliese[/name]
[name]Aveline[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Colette[/name]
[name]Corinne[/name]
[name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name] (ideally with the French -een prn, but that might be hard to get!)
[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Helene[/name]
[name]Margot[/name]
[name]Nicolette[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Sarai[/name] (means princess)
[name]Seraphine[/name]/[name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Selene[/name]/[name]Selena[/name]
[name]Solene[/name]/[name]Solena[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Viridiana[/name]
I like [name]Coraline[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Esme[/name] and I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Juliet[/name].
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Fern[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Snow[/name]
I think that [name]Snow[/name] and [name]Fern[/name] would make great middle names
[name]Coraline[/name]- I would just use cora.
[name]Eleanor[/name]- [name]Don[/name]'t mind it.
[name]Emmeline[/name]- Like it.
[name]Esme[/name]- no.
[name]Evangeline[/name]- I don`t see why every likes this one
[name]Ever[/name]- No. President [name]Ever[/name] [name]Smith[/name]. It just doesn’t fit.
[name]Fern[/name]- isn’t it a type of bush?
[name]Juliet[/name]- I like the [name]Juliette[/name] Spelling.
[name]Snow[/name]- its a guilty pleasure for me.
[name]Verity[/name]-???
My favorites are [name]Juliette[/name],[name]Emmeline[/name], and [name]Eleanor[/name].
[name]Coraline[/name]- This is really pretty. It makes me think of the movie and the book, which isn’t a bad association.
[name]Eleanor[/name]- I like [name]Eleanor[/name], it is wonderful classic name but for me I like [name]Eleanora[/name], but that is just me I seem to like the names that are more flamboyant I guess.
[name]Emmeline[/name]- Pretty, it is not my style but you can get pretty nicknames and it is better compared to [name]Emma[/name] and [name]Emily[/name].
[name]Esme[/name]- This name seems to be associated with twilight a lot, so if you don’t want that association maybe you should bypass. I think it is pretty and may work with your french surname.
[name]Evangeline[/name]- Very pretty but may become very popular thanks to it being used by more celebrities.
[name]Ever[/name]- It would be cute as a nickname, but I can’t picture this being a little girls real name.
[name]Fern[/name]- Pretty, but not my style. I don’t really go for a lot of plant names, except for some rose variants. This name would be nice on someone else’s child though.
[name]Juliet[/name]- This is also pretty but it may not work with your last name. I don’t know, but it is very pretty. If you want to keep with your french surname maybe you can try [name]Juliette[/name].
[name]Snow[/name]- Nickname material for me, not really a first name. It may be unwise also since you go by or used to go by this.
[name]Verity[/name]- Pretty but not my style.
You have wonderful taste in names. I love a lot of your names. I guess I would recommend some other princess like names, I don’t know if others have already recommend them so hopefully it isn’t repeating:
[name]Melisande[/name]
[name]Victoire[/name]
[name]Mathilde[/name]
[name]Leonore[/name] (For [name]Eleanor[/name], if you wanted something similar but different)
[name]Arietta[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Frederica[/name]
And of course you could always go for a relatively comfortable french version of [name]Margaret[/name].
Goodluck in choosing a name! It is such a wonderful time.
[name]Coraline[/name] - I prefer [name]Caroline[/name], it is classic and beautiful. [name]Coraline[/name] is okay, but just doesn’t say princess to me.
[name]Eleanor[/name] - [name]Love[/name]. [name]Eleanor[/name] of [name]Aquitaine[/name] is a great historical figure. [name]Elinor[/name] from Sense & Sensibility is a great literary figure. So all around it is a great, strong name with lots of good associations.
[name]Emmeline[/name] - I have a niece with this name and we call her [name]Emme[/name] or [name]Emmy[/name]. Definitely a great name. We pronounce it [name]Emma[/name]-lynn, but I like the [name]Emma[/name]-line pronunciation as well.
[name]Esme[/name] - [name]Love[/name].
[name]Evangeline[/name] - [name]Love[/name], love. You have a very similar name-taste to me, I think
[name]Ever[/name] - I really like this, though I would hesitate using it in the first name position myself, but it is great. I like [name]Everly[/name]/Everleigh as well.
[name]Fern[/name] - Very cute, but not sure how it would be on an adult.
[name]Juliet[/name] - [name]Love[/name].
[name]Snow[/name] - I agree with you on it’s usability as a first name, but I do think it has excellent middle name potential, especially with the longer names you have on your list.
[name]Verity[/name] - Yes, you and I are definitely kindred namers. I love this one.
Some other’s I love (since you seem to like a lot of what I like…)
[name]Coraline[/name]-like
[name]Eleanor[/name]- Pretty name
[name]Emmeline[/name]- It seems a little much to me
[name]Esme[/name]- [name]Don[/name]'t like it at all
[name]Evangeline[/name]- [name]Adore[/name]!
[name]Ever[/name]- Very cute word name
[name]Fern[/name]- [name]Charlotte[/name]'s [name]Web[/name] is all I can think of
[name]Juliet[/name]- Like
[name]Snow[/name]- A little fanciful to me
[name]Verity[/name]- I like it quite a bit
Bottom line- My two favorites for the fn would be [name]Evangeline[/name] or [name]Verity[/name], [name]Snow[/name] would make a nice middle for either.
I love [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Esme[/name], [name]Juliet[/name], and [name]Verity[/name]. I think [name]Snow[/name] would be a darling middle name except for [name]Verity[/name]. (The [name]True[/name] [name]Snow[/name] meaning would be too much [name]IMO[/name]). Good luck!
The tale of “[name]Snow[/name] White” (which is my favorite fairy tale, too!) is theorized to have been based on a [name]German[/name] noble girl named [name]Maria[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Margaretha[/name] [name]Catherina[/name] von Erthal. There is another theory about another [name]German[/name] woman named [name]Margarete[/name] von Waldeck was the influence for the story.
I am more inclined to take the [name]Maria[/name] story more seriously, as there were mining dwarves, an ambitious and beautiful step-mother, and a “talking mirror”. It’s really pretty interesting.
I think any of the names would fit your “fairytale princess” desire, but I also think the common-denominator of [name]Marguerite[/name] [name]Snow[/name] is just wonderful.
[name]Coraline[/name] - I love [name]Coraline[/name], I really like the sort of dark and gothic flavor of it!
[name]Eleanor[/name] - [name]Eleanor[/name] is so lovely. It also has tons of nickname possibilities!
[name]Emmeline[/name] - I really like [name]Emmeline[/name]. [name]How[/name] are you pronouncing it?
[name]Esme[/name] - [name]Esme[/name] is great, I like how short and strong it sounds
[name]Evangeline[/name] - [name]Evangeline[/name] is really lush and reminds me of green grass or a meadow, I love it.
[name]Ever[/name] - I’m not so fond of [name]Ever[/name], though it is sort of cute, I don’t really like the sound.
[name]Fern[/name] - I adore [name]Fern[/name], it is on my own list. I like how soft it sounds.
[name]Juliet[/name] - Beautiful and classic. I love the nickname [name]Etta[/name] for it.
[name]Snow[/name] - Very pretty and whimsical. I really like the prominent “O” sound in it.
[name]Verity[/name] - At first I wasn’t too fond of [name]Verity[/name], but I’ve kind of warmed to it. I’m still not liking the sound too much though.
Here are my suggestions:
Elowen (Prn. ehl-O-wen, means “elm tree” in Cornish)
[name]Celeste[/name]/[name]Celestine[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Isotta[/name] (Italian form of [name]Isolde[/name])
Gloriana
[name]Una[/name]
[name]Sabra[/name] (The [name]Princess[/name] St. [name]George[/name] saved from the Dragon)
[name]Tullia[/name]
[name]Bernadette[/name]
[name]Suvi[/name]
[name]Freesia[/name]
[name]Ilona[/name]
[name]Calanthe[/name]
Sunniva
[name]Olympia[/name]
[name]Ondine[/name]
[name]Lyra[/name]
[name]Saga[/name]
[name]Blake[/name] really wants me to do the naming and refuses to turn his nose up to anything I put on the table, so I get free reign!