Hello Berries!
My partner likes Esmée and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], and they could be our daughters’ names one day! However, we would like to find more names that we both like.
I would like to hear your opinion on my list and know what names would make a great sibset with Esmée en [name_f]Maxine[/name_f].
1- [name_f]Boheme[/name_f]
2- [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène
3- Yselle/[name_f]Iselle[/name_f] ([name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce it?)
4- [name_f]Astoria[/name_f]
5- Isildée/Isild (pronunciation is Isilday)
6- Wildrose
7- [name_u]Charlie[/name_u]
8- [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
9- [name_f]Olivette[/name_f]
10- [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
11- Pivoine
12- [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
13- [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f]
14- [name_f]Nell[/name_f]
15- [name_m]Seve[/name_m]
16- Lunild
17- Islune (Pronunciation is ee-ss-lune)
18- [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
My favorites are Islune, [name_f]Boheme[/name_f], [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène, [name_f]Astoria[/name_f], Isild/Isildée & Yselle.
Thank you!
I like:
[name_f]Nell[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
I’m not a long time namer so my opinion is probably a little more mainstream. [name_u]Love[/name_u] your daughters names’ [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Esmee[/name_f]. My favorites to go with you girls names are [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Olivette[/name_f].
1- [name_f]Boheme[/name_f] - too out there for me and I am not fond of how it sounds
2- [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène - not sure how to pronounce
3- Yselle/[name_f]Iselle[/name_f] ([name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce it?) - I like this. I pronounce E - [name_m]Zel[/name_m] . I like Yzella too
4- [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] - Very beautiful, and unique and pronunciation is intuitive. Also some cute nn potential
5- Isildée/Isild (pronunciation is Isilday) Not my fav
6- Wildrose - I like as a middle name. I also like Rosebud. I guess it would grow on me as a fn. It is intriguing
7- [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] - So sweet, [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] is spunky and carefree
8- [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] - Very pretty and classic
9- [name_f]Olivette[/name_f] - Very beautiful and I love the potential nn [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
10- [name_f]Adele[/name_f] - Gorgeous and simple
11- Pivoine - NMS
12- [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - sounds too grand for me but I do like it
13- [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] - same as [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
14- [name_f]Nell[/name_f] - Gorgeous one syllable name. I love it.
15- [name_m]Seve[/name_m] - Not my fav
16- Lunild - Not sure how to pronounce
17- Islune (Pronunciation is ee-ss-lune) - Too difficult for me to say personally
18- [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] - I’ve always liked this name
I think Esmée and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] are rather normal names, simply quite [name_m]French[/name_m], so I’d expect another [name_m]French[/name_m] name with them that is easily pronounceable in English.
1- [name_f]Boheme[/name_f] - feels a bit to boho next to [name_f]Esmee[/name_f] and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], but then it’s entirely not my style as it’s such a hipster name to me
2- [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène - not a big fan as either you get an English prn. that is close to the [name_m]French[/name_m] but doesn’t sound as soft or pretty or you get [name_f]Ebony[/name_f], which is an entirely different name
3- Yselle/[name_f]Iselle[/name_f] ([name_m]How[/name_m] do you pronounce it?) - I pronounce it ee-zell. I think the sound of it would go very well with [name_f]Esmee[/name_f] and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] as it appears [name_m]French[/name_m] but is easily pronounced in English, too.
4- [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] - feels a lot more grand than the other, too, also a lot less [name_m]French[/name_m], if it were [name_f]Esmee[/name_f], [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], I think it’d still work nicely but if [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] is the name of the third girl, it feels tacked on
5- Isildée/Isild (pronunciation is Isilday) - way too complicated for me
6- Wildrose - would make a nice middle name but doesn’t really feel like a name to me, would feel very out of place with the other two
7- [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] - also very English sounding as well as being unisex and doesn’t quite fit with the other two, [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] nn [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] would go nicely, though
8- [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] - not a fan of the name myself (scar is too present for me) but it would sound lovely with [name_f]Esmee[/name_f] and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], it would push the set in a more English direction without [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] feeling out of place
9- [name_f]Olivette[/name_f] - a bit too heavy for me, [name_f]Esmee[/name_f] and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] are both very light names to me, so [name_f]Olivette[/name_f] doesn’t quite sound right to me in this set
10- [name_f]Adele[/name_f] - gorgeous name and would work perfectly with the other two, totally my favourite set, [name_f]Esmee[/name_f], [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Adele[/name_f] are wonderful
11- Pivoine - I have no idea how to pronounce this even though I know [name_m]French[/name_m], it also seems a lot less recognizable than the other two
12- [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - similar to [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], I think this could go very well with the E&M, it has a European feel about it
13- [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] - less familiar and while pretty I don’t love it with the others, however, it wouldn’t stand out too much
14- [name_f]Nell[/name_f] - short and sweet, I love [name_f]Nell[/name_f] and I do think it could work nicely in the set, [name_f]Adele[/name_f] nn [name_f]Nell[/name_f] would also be an option
15- [name_m]Seve[/name_m] - wouldn’t fair well in English
16- Lunild - feels like an Old Norse name also quite heavy
17- Islune (Pronunciation is ee-ss-lune) - I think in another set with less recognizable names, this could be pulled off, in this set she’d be the odd one out
18- [name_f]Primrose[/name_f] - also feels a tad too English with the set though it is a pretty name
Thank you Fireweed and Opheliaflora!
@Fireweed: [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène is pronounced Eh-ben and Lunild is Lun-ee-ld
@Oliviaflora: I agree with almost everything you said!
In my opinion [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] feels too “nicknamy”, [name_f]Adele[/name_f] feels too classic, [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f] too popular now, Lunild too out there, [name_f]Nell[/name_f] and [name_m]Seve[/name_m] too short, [name_f]Arcadia[/name_f] and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] too different. I also think that I will get [name_f]Ebony[/name_f] if we use [name_m]Eb[/name_m]ène but I have a hard time to remove the name from my list.
Also, all the names will be pronounced in [name_m]French[/name_m] (and english by my partner).
I’m so happy you both pronounce Yselle like I pronounce it (ee-zel). It’s definitely my favorite with [name_f]Boheme[/name_f] 
I love Wildrose, especially as a middle name. Also I find Pivoine to be very gorgeous!
I love [name_u]Charlie[/name_u] and [name_f]Nell[/name_f] and for some reason Yselle too (not my usual jam).
My top 5 would be:
[name_f]Boheme[/name_f], [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Astoria[/name_f], [name_f]Olivette[/name_f], and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
Gorgeous, exotic names!
I like [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] and [name_f]Acadia[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Esme[/name_f]
Esmée and [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] are not popular but they aren’t unfamiliar, either. I like some of the names on your list, but mostly I agree with @opheliaflora’s opinions. Here are some suggestions if it would help at all:
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Giselle[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and Nöel or [name_f]Noelle[/name_f] or [name_f]Noella[/name_f] (it’s practically [name_f]Nell[/name_f])
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and Cléa
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Leona[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and Ophélie
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Violette[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and Léonore
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosamond[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Rosa[/name_f])
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Amabel[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Vera[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Henriette[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Alma[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Lucienne[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
Esmée, [name_f]Maxine[/name_f] and [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
Thanks for your comments!
So, my partner doesn’t like [name_f]Astoria[/name_f] because it starts by “ass”.
I will try Yselle/[name_f]Iselle[/name_f] today!
@anyagreenwich:
I like [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] but for reason I don’t see one of my kid wearing this name.
I like [name_f]Alma[/name_f] but he doesn’t and I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f], but he doesn’t like it either.