[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone!
I would really love to honor all the lovely men and women in my family by taking one of their names and making it new and unique. I’m talking double-barrel, cute nn, names with the same/ similar meaning, names that sound alike, international variations… ANYTHING! I bolded the ones that are the most important to me (i.e. favorite family members!) My family is [name_m]German[/name_m] so it would be icing on the cake if the name was (but thats not a requirement). I really would love your input on making my classic family names fresh…
The names are:
Girls:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] / [name_f]Marie[/name_f]
i really like [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] and [name_f]Maura[/name_f] and other names that mean bitter
[name_f]Ann[/name_f] / [name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]… what are your thoughts?
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
I was thinking the nn [name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_f]Therese[/name_f] / [name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Regina[/name_f]
[name_f]Christine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Joan[/name_f]
[name_u]Jean[/name_u]
[name_f]Colleen[/name_f]
Boys:
[name_m]Robert[/name_m]
like the nn [name_m]Beau[/name_m]!
[name_m]John[/name_m]
nn [name_m]Jack[/name_m]?
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Allen[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
Thanks! 
just realized i posted this under the girls names forum… i was originally going to only put girls and then i just went for it 
sorry!
Girls:
[name_f]Mary[/name_f] / [name_f]Marie[/name_f] - There’s a huge range of related names here. [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Maura[/name_f], [name_f]Mara[/name_f], [name_f]Moira[/name_f], [name_f]Mariska[/name_f]…
[name_f]Ann[/name_f] / [name_f]Anna[/name_f] - [name_f]Annika[/name_f], [name_f]Anya[/name_f]/[name_f]Anja[/name_f], [name_f]Annabel[/name_f], and one of my favourites is [name_f]Hannah[/name_f].
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] - [name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]? [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f]? [name_f]Margaux[/name_f]?
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] - [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] really seems natural here.
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] - I like [name_f]Kathleen[/name_f] itself, NN [name_f]Kitty[/name_f] or [name_u]Kay[/name_u]. I also like [name_f]Katharine[/name_f] and [name_f]Katia[/name_f].
[name_f]Therese[/name_f] / [name_f]Theresa[/name_f] -
[name_f]Regina[/name_f] - [name_f]Reina[/name_f] is my favourite form of this, or [name_f]Raina[/name_f]. Related to [name_f]Regina[/name_f], and same meaning: [name_f]Queen[/name_f].
[name_f]Christine[/name_f] - [name_f]Christabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Christiana[/name_f] have always seemed pretty to me.
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] - [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] - [name_u]Alix[/name_u], [name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Joan[/name_f] & [name_u]Jean[/name_u] are both forms of [name_f]Jane[/name_f].
Boys:
[name_m]Robert[/name_m] - my favourite variant is probably [name_m]Rupert[/name_m].
[name_m]John[/name_m] - I really like [name_m]John[/name_m], NN [name_m]Jack[/name_m] or [name_m]Johnny[/name_m].
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] - [name_m]Nicodemus[/name_m]? [name_m]Dominic[/name_m]?
[name_u]Michael[/name_u] - NN [name_m]Mick[/name_m]
[name_m]Allen[/name_m] - I think I’d take this back to the [name_m]Alan[/name_m] spelling.
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] - [name_u]Antoine[/name_u] is my favourite variant.
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] - So many options for nicknames here. [name_m]Ace[/name_m], [name_m]Alec[/name_m], [name_u]Alex[/name_u], [name_u]Lex[/name_u], [name_m]Xander[/name_m], [name_u]Sander[/name_u], [name_u]Sandy[/name_u], and more. I also like [name_m]Alastar[/name_m], [name_m]Alastair[/name_m], Aleksander.