Rowan's Sibling

General Name Discussion
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Dear Berries,

I need help on a name for a future sibling for our daughter, [name]Rowan[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]. I’d like something that just feels right with her name.

Boys:
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] (love the nature connection and the three syllables would work with our last name, but it’s so popular - any alternatives?)
[name]Hugo[/name] (concerned that it rhymes with my name)
[name]Simon[/name] (since I generally don’t like rhyming names in a family - do you think [name]Rowan[/name] and [name]Simon[/name] have too similar endings?)

Girls:
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name] (there’s no way my husband would go along with this, but I do love it)
Alice

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!

[name]Margot[/name]

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[name]Rowan[/name] & [name]Oliver[/name] / [name]Rowan[/name] & [name]Alice[/name] would get my votes.

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Thanks for the replies! I like the name [name]Caroline[/name], but I’m not sure about [name]Finley[/name]. I don’t think I would go with another unisex name.

I keep coming back to [name]Jane[/name]. It’s strong and classic. Our last name is Darling, so I don’t want to choose anything too frilly or sweet. [name]Do[/name] [name]Rowan[/name] and [name]Jane[/name] make a good sibset?

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From your list I like [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Alice[/name] or [name]Carys[/name] best. While [name]Jane[/name] is one of my favorite names, it’s a little too close to [name]Rowan[/name] so that I would not use them both. But if you used it as a second name, [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Jane[/name], [name]Mary[/name] [name]Jane[/name], etc. I think it could work.

Some other possibilities:

[name]Rowan[/name] and

[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Albert[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Carl[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Davis[/name]
[name]Edgar[/name]
[name]Gilbert[/name]
[name]Ivo[/name]
[name]Magnus[/name]
[name]Malcolm[/name]
[name]Marcus[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Quincy[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Tobias[/name]

[name]Avis[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Eve[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Meredith[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Thais[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Verity[/name]

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[name]Alice[/name] or [name]Carys[/name] and [name]Hugo[/name] or [name]Simon[/name].

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Thanks for those suggestions! I’m starting to really like [name]Rowan[/name] and [name]Evie[/name] together. Can’t use [name]Evelyn[/name] (darn it!), so I would probably use [name]Eve[/name]. [name]How[/name] does [name]Eve[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] Darling sound?

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[name]Eve[/name] [name]Alexandra[/name] is beautiful!

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Boys:
[name]Arthur[/name]
[name]Hector[/name]
[name]Keane[/name] (I feel like [name]Keane[/name] and [name]Rowan[/name] have the same “feeling” without being too matchy)
[name]Sylvan[/name]
[name]Ulysses[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Yves[/name]

Girls:
[name]Arden[/name]
[name]Arwen[/name]
[name]Auden[/name]
[name]Bryony[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Darcy[/name]
[name]Delaney[/name]
[name]Fflur[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
Illyria
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Keira[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Vesper[/name]

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Very good indeed. If you’re interested in going exotic, softening [name]Alexandra[/name] to the Italian variant sounds (to me) even better:

[name]Eve[/name] [name]Alessandra[/name].

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[name]Alessandra[/name] is one of my favourites! I always worry I’m not Italian enough (at all) to use it, though.

I’m starting to think [name]Ivy[/name] could also be nice with [name]Rowan[/name]. Or is that too nature-themed? [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Jane[/name] and [name]Rowan[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]?

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I like [name]Ivy[/name] [name]Jane[/name] with [name]Rowan[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name].

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[name]Eve[/name] or [name]Ivy[/name] both work well with [name]Rowan[/name]. If you wanted a longer name for [name]Evie[/name], you could use [name]Geneva[/name]-- it works well with [name]Rowan[/name] too!

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I love [name]Ivy[/name] and [name]Rowan[/name]. They also gave another nature name on today’s blog - [name]Saige[/name]. And I like that its not overtly feminine - just like [name]Rowan[/name].

good luck!