Hello! I’m starting to work on new combos for girls. You amazing berries helped me pick out my daughter’s name, Pho.e.be Iso.bel and I now I need your creativity again. I love short, spunky, and strong first names with a vintage feel. I need help pairing them with longer, more feminine, possibly more frilly or whimsical middle names to balance them out. I like traditional names but I feel like middle names are great way to move out of my comfort zone. Meanings are definitely important to me but I wouldn’t rule out a name solely on it.
I love [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] and [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] from your list! ([name_m]Just[/name_m] also thought I might throw the “[name_f]Margaux[/name_f]” spelling of [name_f]Margot[/name_f] out there - I prefer it and it has a spunkier look to it, which you seem to like). Also [name_f]Xanthe[/name_f] might be a good match with [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f].
I’ve gone with names that are ‘real’ names (used traditionally or in literature) but which are a bit more unusual:
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Suvi[/name_f] ([name_f]Suvi[/name_f] means summer in Finnish might pair nicely with the Nordic sounding [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]).
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Demelza[/name_f] (Cornish name - so cute and very soft and feminine whilst still retaining an edgier feel)
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Melisande[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Mercedes[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Zenobia[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Fabienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Emeraude[/name_f] (Fr. for [name_f]Emerald[/name_f]; [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] would also work)
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Esperanza[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Bettina[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Berenice[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f] [name_f]Patience[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucinda[/name_f]
[name_f]Josefina[/name_f] or [name_f]Josephina[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Suzannah[/name_f] or [name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Helene[/name_f] or [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Antonia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] or [name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_u]Simone[/name_u]
[name_f]Solange[/name_f]
Juliette or Juliet
I particularly like [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Josefina[/name_f]. My grandmother was born in [name_u]Sweden[/name_u] and her name was [name_f]Anna[/name_f] [name_f]Josefina[/name_f]. [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] is also a Scandinavian name.
I like Sylvie Simone or Solange - a good French name! Also Sylvie Celeste, Sylvie Jacqueline, or Sylvie Juliette - very French.
I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] your name choices. Especially [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], and [name_f]Sybil[/name_f].
For middle names you could go super traditional…
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f]/[name_f]Katherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
Or a little less traditional…
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendoline[/name_f]/[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Louise[/name_f] or [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] or [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f](or [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] but I personally prefer [name_f]Emilia[/name_f])
[name_f]Annabelle[/name_f] or [name_f]Annabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] or [name_f]Gabriella[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] (sticking with the Irish middle name)
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandria[/name_f]
[name_f]Julianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilianna[/name_f]/[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Angelique[/name_f] (a personal fav)
[name_u]Harmony[/name_u]
I love the name [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] [name_f]Collette[/name_f]. Another option with a similar ring, [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] [name_f]Cosette[/name_f].
Thank you so much to everyone who replied. You all came with gorgeous names and have actually started some new name crushes for me. For the first names I put down, these were my fav combos:
I’m just dying over [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] and [name_f]Cora[/name_f] [name_f]Jessamyn[/name_f]. As for my new name crushes, I love [name_f]Angelique[/name_f], [name_f]Alessandra[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_f]Emilia[/name_f], [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] and [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]. Thanks again!
