Please help fellow nameberries! I am obsessed and can’t seem to find anymore that I like. Im looking for names as perfect as my two children. Azilee (Az-uh-lee) & Coan (co-in)
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] was my first thought, perfect with Azilee and Coan. I also second the suggestion of [name_f]Suzanna[/name_f]/[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] and I’ll add
Merigold
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Annalee[/name_f] (prolly too close to Azilee)
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Janna[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]/a
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] was my first thought as well, but I think other quirky floral names would also work, like [name_f]Azalea[/name_f] (not with Azilee, of course) or [name_f]Gardenia[/name_f], [name_f]Begonia[/name_f], [name_f]Freesia[/name_f], or [name_f]Hyacinth[/name_f]. Oh, [name_f]Tansy[/name_f] or [name_f]Zinnia[/name_f] might work!
The one girl I can think of who I know in in real life with “old Southern heritage” is named [name_f]Zanna[/name_f].
Lousiana could work if you’re looking for something super-Southern. It has the -anna ending that you like, and loads of nickname potential - [name_u]Lou[/name_u], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_m]Louie[/name_m], [name_f]Louise[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Lula[/name_f], [name_f]Luana[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f], and so on …
Here is a thread I started a long time ago of church cookbook names. The names I listed were all from my grandmother’s very very southern church cookbook, so you might enjoy those:
Most “ette/etta” names, “dora” and “belle/bella/elle/ella” names are good contenders. Double first names are also quite common ([name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]May[/name_f], [name_f]Marybeth[/name_f]), as well as double first names that include both a boy and girls name such as [name_u]Billie[/name_u] [name_u]Jean[/name_u] and [name_u]Bo[/name_u] [name_f]Kate[/name_f].
I love your name choices. I do have a few options of name that were circulating around the time ofthe age rangeof the women in [name_f]Divine[/name_f] secrets of Ya-Ya sisterhood-which would correlate with [name_f]Dixie[/name_f] because they all southern- and hopeful this helps you:
Thank you ladies! Some very good choices! I have been thinking about [name_f]Magnolia[/name_f] a lot lately too, that’s funny yall brought it up. I love flower choices because Azilee is a form of [name_f]Azalea[/name_f], & I thought it might be neat to come up with another flower variation that is still unique.
I love [name_f]Rosaleen[/name_f], [name_f]Zanna[/name_f] is perfect too because it has the anna i like, but the little Z makes it completely different! I always love [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] too, but I dont think I will be able to talk my husband into that one. It reminds me of [name_m]Benny[/name_m] & Joon, also my favorite scent [name_u]Juniper[/name_u] [name_f]Breeze[/name_f]. I like [name_f]AnneMarie[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Marie[/name_f], [name_f]AnnaBeth[/name_f], & [name_f]Verity[/name_f]. Thank you so much for all your input! Right now Im going thru the new list of peoples grandparents names too on nameberry today. So far I found Everlyn, I like the twists on classics!
