Really warming to [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] as a competitor to my favored [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Ivey[/name_f] [name_f]Renée[/name_f] but idk what I want for the 2nd name. What do you think flows? All I can think of is [name_u]Ivy[/name_u] again or [name_f]Lily[/name_f] which is fine but I want more options. I like the cutesy double name petnames so I’m imagining it being an inverse like example for [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Renée[/name_f] nn. [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Bea[/name_f]
okay just a random thing i promise im not being critical its a question
if youre pronouncing maia may-ah and bea as bee then it sounds a bit like maya the bee from the cartoon but actually now i think about it its kinda a cute association? idk
@aster_s.stars no worries - didn’t come across as critical! I’d pronounce [name_f]Maia[/name_f] as My-uh personally and I’d never heard of [name_f]Maya[/name_f] the [name_f]Bee[/name_f] - but it would be kind of cute now you mention it
[name_f]My[/name_f] grandmother’s oldest sister was [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (pronounced in [name_u]South[/name_u] [name_f]Alabama[/name_f] in 1890 as bee-ATT-riss). She was called [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Bea[/name_f].
There were five sisters: [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Arrie[/name_f] [name_f]Leona[/name_f] (R-ee) - [name_f]Arrie[/name_f] [name_u]Lee[/name_u]
[name_f]Jettie[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (double name)
LaVera (Vera)
Anolia (Nolie)
Maybe you’ll see something there in your style.
Their mother was one of many sisters with triple names also.
[name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f] [name_m]Daily[/name_m] (Cora Day)
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Lavonia[/name_f] (Vonnie)
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Valonia[/name_f] (Mary Val)
[name_f]Jane[/name_f] [name_f]Amanda[/name_f] [name_f]Sue[/name_f] (Janie Sue)
Jenet [name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Leah[/name_f] (Jenny Lee)