I only have a few weeks left to come up with a decision on a name for our third baby girl, but it’s proving to be a little more difficult than I thought!
As a little background info, my husband & I are both Catholic and we like the idea of a name that is a little classic and either a [name_m]Saint[/name_m]'s name or something religious. Our other girls are [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_u]Lynn[/name_u] and [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Jeannine[/name_f]. (Mixture of religious names we loved & family names)
I have quite a list of names going and am still unsure at this point. As of right now, we are leaning towards [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u].
It also makes it difficult to come up with another girl name with SO many little girls in the family (some of which I loved but can’t use now).
Aside from [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], here are some other choices we were considering:
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Nina[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Colette[/name_f] (DH’s favorite, but has went over very poorly with family that we discussed it with…shouldnt have mentioned it I guess!)
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
I don’t know… What does everyone think?
Also, would it be a poor choice to have sisters [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (reminiscent of the Twilight books… I know it’s been a while, so maybe I shouldn’t worry about that?)… The name [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] with nickname [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] was really starting to grow on me too.
Also any other suggestions or advice would be appreciated. Thank you!
I love both [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] ([name_f]Rosie[/name_f] is adorable) and [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (I love nn [name_f]Celia[/name_f] or [name_f]CeCe[/name_f]) and think they are both a perfect fit with [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] & [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]. My distant second choice would be [name_f]Elise[/name_f]. [name_f]Colette[/name_f] & [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] are both pretty but I don’t think they fit as well with the sibset. The only one I don’t really care for is [name_f]Nina[/name_f]. Between [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], I think I would choose [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] but I really love them both!
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] & [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] are both darling!
I would never make the Twilight connection (also because the protagonist was primarily known as [name_f]Bella[/name_f]).
My inkling says go for [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (love [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], but it shares the -y ending of [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], whereas the A offers something fresh)
I quite like [name_f]Colette[/name_f] with your other girls names! You could even use [name_f]Lottie[/name_f] as a nickname to make it seem a bit fresher/younger.
My next favourite would be [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], and then [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] personally, it’s one of my absolute favourite names, unfortunately my husband is not keen on it so I may never get to use it. I also love the nickname [name_f]Rosie[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Nina[/name_f] and [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]! I also think [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] is lovely, especially since it’s my niece’s name. We call her Ceci 95% of the time though, we almost never call her by [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]. I also like the nickname [name_f]Celia[/name_f]. I encourage you to use either [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f], [name_f]Nina[/name_f] or [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]. [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]'s short forms could be [name_f]Vivi[/name_f], [name_f]Genny[/name_f], [name_f]Gen[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f] or [name_f]Eve[/name_f].
Thanks so much everyone for all the great advice/suggestions! This has definitely helped me a little to come up with a decision.
My heart is still kind of leaning towards [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u], but I appreciated getting all the different perspectives!
It seems like you’ve already gotten tons of advice already, but I just had to comment to say that I love your daughters’ names and the current choices for your next! So beautiful, it would be hard for me to pick one.
If you’re leaning toward [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u], you should go for it, it’s so cute and matches well with her siblings =]
While I understand your love for [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] as it is very pretty but still traditional and religious, I’m not so keen on the meaning. My baby name book states the meaning as coming from the Latin for “blind”. But if this doesn’t bother you then it’s a beautiful [name_m]Christian[/name_m] name that has many cute nicknames.
I also like [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] - it’s a great name for your little girl.
