Right now we’re thinking about [name]Rosemary[/name] [name]Elise[/name], [name]Hazel[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] and [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name].
Out of your suggestions I like (vetoed already by partner is bolded):
[name]Penelope[/name], [name]June[/name], [name]Grace[/name], [name]Alice[/name]
[name]Violet[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Celeste[/name]
[name]Vivian[/name], [name]Camille[/name], [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name] is my fave of those by far. I don’t believe in “sibsets” (they’re people, not stemware), but some names definitely don’t go together - [name]Vivian[/name] is too close to [name]Sylvia[/name], for example; [name]Rosalie[/name] is too close to [name]Rosemary[/name]; [name]Harriet[/name] is too close to [name]Hazel[/name]. Anything that doesn’t end in “-a” or start with “S + vowel” is good. [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Rosemary[/name], and [name]Hazel[/name] would work just fine.
I agree with that (so would never do matchy-matchy names), but I would like to have my kids names all go together, rather than appear to have just been randomly plucked from whatever was around me (eg if I had [name]John[/name], [name]Jayden[/name] and [name]Wilbur[/name] or something).
I like:
[name]Frances[/name]- already been vetoed
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name]
[name]Anne[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name] - already been vetoed
[name]Alma[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
I agree with that (so would never do matchy-matchy names), but I would like to have my kids names all go together, rather than appear to have just been randomly plucked from whatever was around me (eg if I had John, Jayden and Wilbur or something).
I agree that that would be weird, but I also think that an individual’s taste tends to prevent that from happening. The kind of person that names their kid [name]Jayden[/name] is not the same kind of person that names their kid [name]John[/name]. In other words, people tend to like the same kinds of names.
For instance, I like strong, classic or classic-ish names. Some of my faves for girls are [name]Meredith[/name], [name]Genevieve[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Camille[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Vivian[/name], [name]Catherine[/name]. Your selections [name]Rosemary[/name] and [name]Hazel[/name] are not my personal cup of tea, but they don’t offend my senses, either. (They are both on the strong side, but not classics. In fact when I look at your list, all your selections are either strong or classics. So I guess that you could make a conscious decision to commit either to “strong” or “classic,” but I think one or the other would end up naturally winning out anyway. For myself, strong is way more important.)
However, I would saw off my own arm before I signed a birth certificate with “[name]Kaylee[/name]” or “[name]Jasmine[/name]” or whatever on it.
Frances- already been vetoed
[name]Do[/name] you like [name]Francesca[/name]? It’s stronger, so it might be acceptable to your spouse.
[name]Do[/name] you like [name]Francesca[/name]? It’s stronger, so it might be acceptable to your spouse.[/quote:j5thw0zp]
I like [name]Francesca[/name], but I think I’d prefer it in middle position, since I don’t really like any of the nicknames.
I agree with what you say about a person’s tastes. But in my case, I have a very wide-ranging taste, so I guess I kinda have to pick a style and go with it. I think [name]Rosemary[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] and [name]Hazel[/name] have the same romantic, vintage feel to them. I think [name]Camille[/name] would also fit, but he doesn’t like that, I think.