Name idea for sister #3

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] all! I’m due in [name_u]June[/name_u] with our third girl. We have a shortlist of names and feel pretty good about it, but …I love baby names, this is our last baby and I am curious to hear your lovely ideas!

[name_f]Sister[/name_f] name ideas to go with: [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (Ginny), and [name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] (Laney)? Thanks!

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I love your older daughters’ names!!

I would describe your style as vintage and classic, with an old Hollywood middle and a spunky nickname

First names:
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] (Dottie or Thea)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (Dottie)
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f] (Mae)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (Bea)
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] (Annie)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] (Laidy or Addie)
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (Cece)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (Josie)
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] (Flo or Ren)
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] (Lulu)
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] (Romy)

Middle Names:
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Bette[/name_f]
[name_f]Betty[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigitte[/name_f]
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivien[/name_u]

Best of luck!!

[name_f]Camelia[/name_f] (Millie)
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] (Lina)
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f] (Tillie)
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] (Fia, [name_f]Effie[/name_f], or Lia)

I love your daughters’ names!

Maybe…
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] (Romy, [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f], Mary)
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] (Pippa)
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] (Carrie, [name_f]Carly[/name_f], [name_f]Cara[/name_f], Caro)
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] (Martie, Mari)
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (Dot, Dottie)
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] (Maggie, [name_f]Meg[/name_f], [name_f]Greta[/name_f], Peggy)
[name_u]Louise[/name_u] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f] (Lou, Lulu)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (Jo, [name_u]Josie[/name_u], Jojo)
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] (Cate, Catie)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (Bea)
[name_f]Cecelia[/name_f] / [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] (Cece, Celia)
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (Lissy)

Your daughters have beautiful names.

[name_u]Camille[/name_u] [name_u]Florence[/name_u] [name_f]Mimi[/name_f]
[name_f]Delores[/name_f] [name_f]Georgette[/name_f] [name_f]Lori[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Rosie[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f] [name_f]Suzanne[/name_f] [name_f]Queenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Opal[/name_f] [name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Zinnia[/name_f] [name_f]Araminta[/name_f] [name_u]Ziggy[/name_u]
[name_f]Magdalene[/name_f] [name_f]Luna[/name_f] [name_f]Maggie[/name_f]
[name_f]Margalo[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] [name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u] [name_f]Lucie[/name_f]

[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] ‘Ginny’, [name_f]Helena[/name_f] ‘Laney’, and…

[name_f]Camilla[/name_f] ‘Millie’
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] ‘Livvy’ ‘Vinnie’
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] ‘Ada’ ‘Addie’ ‘Dellie’
Mirabelle/l ‘Miri’ ‘Mab’ ‘Millie’
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] ‘Fliss’ ‘Lissy’ ‘Fifi’ ‘City’
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] ‘Cassie’ ‘Sandie’
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] ‘Thea’ ‘Dora’ ‘Teddy’ ‘Dodie’
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] ‘Dottie’ ‘Dodie’ ‘Ro’
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] ‘Rosie’ ‘Romy’ ‘Rory’ ‘Remy’
[name_f]Rosamond[/name_f] ‘Rosie’ ‘Romy’
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] ‘Millie’ ‘Mattie’ ‘Tilly’ ‘Tilda’ ‘Mila’ ‘Maddy’
[name_f]Larissa[/name_f] ‘Lacey’ ‘Lissy’ ‘Reese’ ‘Riri’
[name_f]Alberta[/name_f] ‘Alba’ ‘Bertie’ ‘Birdie’

Gosh your girlies have such sweet cottagecore vintage esque names! So refreshing! Congratulations on baby number 3 :honeybee::sunflower:

You’ve had such lovely suggestions so count any repeats as me being in agreement with the berries

[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] and…

[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps

I love your daughters’ names, very much old Hollywood!!

Some suggestions
[name_f]Audrey[/name_f] (Rey)
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] (Trixie)
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] (Della)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] (Dotty)
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] (Flick)
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] (Flossie)
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] (Katie)
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f] (Pippa)
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] (Winnie)

[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] / [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementina[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Thomasin[/name_f]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]

[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] or [name_f]Miranda[/name_f] [name_f]Melanie[/name_f]

[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_u]Clare[/name_u]
[name_f]Ida[/name_f] [name_f]Stefanie[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Alanis[/name_f]
[name_f]Nancy[/name_f] [name_m]Granger[/name_m]
[name_f]Barbara[/name_f] [name_f]Catherine[/name_f]
[name_f]Kinsley[/name_f] [name_f]Roseann[/name_f]
[name_f]Nira[/name_f] [name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
[name_f]Bethany[/name_f] [name_m]Marsden[/name_m]
[name_u]Ira[/name_u] [name_u]Sorrell[/name_u]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] [name_u]Noor[/name_u]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u] [name_f]Aileen[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] Farrow

[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Alyssa[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Kiera[/name_f]
[name_f]Marissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Melisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
[name_f]Raya[/name_f]
[name_f]Samantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]

Also like [name_f]Macy[/name_f] as a nickname with [name_f]Ginny[/name_f] & [name_u]Laney[/name_u]. Maybe something that could be a longer form of that?

Your daughters have beautiful names! The first names that came to mind for me were:

[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]

[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] (Ginny) and [name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] (Laney) – what lovely names! I love Virginia/Ginny and [name_f]Helena[/name_f].

[name_f]Clarimond[/name_f] (Clary)
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f] (Clary)
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f] (Minta)
[name_f]Forsythia[/name_f] (Flora)
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] (Dora)
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f] (Melza or Demi)
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f] (Wenna or Wendy)
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f] (Sally)
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f] (Sandi)
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f] (Neva)
[name_f]Letitia[/name_f] (Lettie or Tricia)
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f] (Tricia)
[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f] (Dolly)
[name_f]Leonora[/name_f] (Nora)
[name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] or [name_f]Leocadia[/name_f] (Cady)
[name_f]Connemara[/name_f] (Mara)
[name_f]Tressa[/name_f] (Tessie)
[name_f]Jessamina[/name_f] (Mina)
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (Mina)

I like your naming style! You older daughters’ names are gorgeous.

With both of your older daughters having names of places (a state and city in the US), I thought of the following first names, which also fit that theme (not that your third daughter’s name has to, it’s just what I was inspired by) and I think have a similar style:

Abilene
Adelaide
Alexandria
Brooklyn
Carolina
Charlotte
Cheyenne
Dakota
Georgia
Indiana
Louisiana
Madison
Savannah
Selma

[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]

I am not good with combos, so I will suggest single names - you can combine them yourself on how you most prefer.

[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ines[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luella[/name_f] / [name_f]Lula[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]

[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] / [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Marlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] / [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] / [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_u]Anne[/name_u] / [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Yvonne[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_u]Louise[/name_u] / [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Eloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Mamie[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Hope[/name_f]
[name_f]Faith[/name_f]
[name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Fleur[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_u]Marie[/name_u]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]

Good luck!

[name_u]Love[/name_u] so many of these ideas! I am reminded afresh just how many beautiful names there are out there :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Our two daughters having US place names was totally accidental :joy:. I actually vetoed [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] when pregnant with my second daughter because it was a city name and I didn’t want to start a trend :woman_facepalming:t2:. Whoops. But now that we’ve started it… :joy: this is a great list! Thank you!

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