[name_m]Hi[/name_m] berries!
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]The[/name_m] story ~
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Mr[/name_m] [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] and I have been overhauling our name lists while we are on a ttc hiatus, and it’s been a while since we had a serious[name_f][/name_f] look at names together. There’s been a few changes! Some names we’ve never considered before have been added (Fritha! Lyrian!) and some erstwhile accepted names have been vetoed (farewell, [name_m]Barnaby[/name_m]
). [name_f]So[/name_f] I wanted to share the newly minted, tied-up-in-a-bow, both-of-us-would-actually-name-a-baby lists and see what you wonderful berries can do with them.
[name_m]The[/name_m] style ~
[name_f][/name_f]Our style is best described, I think, as ‘telegraph in fairyland’ ~ we have a heady mix of vintage boarding school and magical mystical vibes, some quintessentially [name_f]English[/name_f] nicknames and some lyrical fantasy novel epithets, the Shakespearean court meets [name_f]Narnia[/name_f], Middle-earth, and the pony club. It can be tricky to get the right balance in one combo, or with siblings. That being said…
[name_m]The[/name_m] task ~
[name_f][/name_f]I would love[name_f][/name_f] to see some two or three name combos[name_f][/name_f] made with the names below, and would be especially excited if you could make me some sibsets[name_f][/name_f] too ![]()
[name_f]So[/name_f] without further ado…
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]The[/name_m] names ~
[name_f][/name_f][name_f][/name_f]the ladies
[name_f][/name_f]firsts
[name_f][/name_f]ida, iolanthe, juliet, pippa, polly, sylvie, tabitha, verity, viola, leonora, tessa
middles
[name_f][/name_f]artemis, athena, alafair, altalune, beatrice, bonnie, briar, cariel, cosima, cassandra, daphne, delphi, demelza, dove, elanor, elbereth, elizabeth, fawn, fritha, gates, harryo, hero, hester, iris, jemima, lark, liliwen, loveday, lunet, melisande, meredith, merrow, miriel, octavia, pandora, phyllida, rosalba, rosalind, sonnet, wildrose, ysabeau
[name_f][/name_f]the gentlemen
[name_f][/name_f]firsts
[name_f][/name_f]albert, ambrose, aurian, bertie, felix, gilbert, jasper, lysander, meridian, orlando, peregrine, robin, sylvan, tarian, valentine
middles
[name_f][/name_f]alaric, arden, asriel, beren, caspian, eldarion, estel, fabian, frederick, gabriel, halcyon, hart, hawthorne, horatio, isidore, jude, lyrian, meredith, oberon, october, olorin, penrose, penryn, ralph, rosewood, sebastian, solstice, vesper, wildoak
Thank you as always! ![]()
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[name_f][/name_f]some notes
[name_f][/name_f]Welsh, Cornish, [name_f]Romani[/name_f], Manx names have family significance and are not being used out of context
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Meredith[/name_f] for a boy is pronounced muh-RED-ith
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f] is eye-oh-LAN-thee
[name_f][/name_f]Let me know if you have any other pronunciation questions ![]()