Sibling for Caledonia?

[LaurenAlexis]

So this is far from being a pressing question, but I’m bored at work . . .

I’m expecting a little girl and we chose the name [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] for her, which I love! We plan to use [name_f]Callie[/name_f] as a nickname. But if we have another, what would good sibling names be?

Our boy name pick was [name_m]Colin[/name_m], but I think that’s unusable now since they sound so similar-- especially [name_u]Cal[/name_u]/Col. I like nature names but have a hard time getting my husband on board with them. I also like vintage names – my style is pretty eclectic which isn’t helpful!

Won’t need these names for another couple years at least but thought it would be fun to find some ideas!

[katinka]

Congratulations! [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] is a great name.

Something long and lilting with a Gaelic flavour would be great for her sibling. Something like [name_u]Sullivan[/name_u], [name_m]Finnegan[/name_m], [name_m]Rafferty[/name_m] or [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m] for a boy.

For a girl, another long name with a sweet nickname would be nice. Maybe [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] “[name_f]Evie[/name_f]”, [name_f]Elsinore[/name_f] “[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]”, Winnimere “[name_f]Winnie[/name_f]” or [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] “Sephie”.

[tallemaja]

[name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] is so fun! And I adore [name_f]Callie[/name_f].
I’m not 100% sure what your style is, since [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] is unique and with a dramatic flair, and [name_m]Colin[/name_m] is familiar and friendly. I’m guessing you like more romantic girl names and friendlier boy names, both with nickname options, but correct me if I’m wrong!
[name_f]Annika[/name_f]
[name_f]Anneliese[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenora[/name_f]
[name_f]Leocadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalen[/name_f]
[name_f]Millicent[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Magnolia[/name_f]
[name_f]Morwenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sunniva[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]
[name_f]Zephirine[/name_f]

[name_m]Anders[/name_m]
[name_u]Archer[/name_u]
[name_u]Atlas[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_u]Bennett[/name_u]
[name_u]Brennan[/name_u]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Davis[/name_u]
[name_u]Dorian[/name_u]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Flynn[/name_u]
[name_m]Finnegan[/name_m]
[name_m]Franklin[/name_m]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_m]Harvey[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Kieran[/name_u]
[name_m]Lachlan[/name_m]
[name_m]Leander[/name_m]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m]
[name_m]Lonan[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Noel[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_u]Sullivan[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Xander[/name_m]

[copper_porcupine]

Caledonia [name_f]Jane[/name_f] is gorgeous!

For a brother:
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Aster[/name_u]
[name_m]Hadrian[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustus[/name_m]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_u]Tamlane[/name_u]

For a sister:
[name_f]Acadia[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurentine[/name_f]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]

[floatinthesky]

I love [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]! Amazing name choice.

Boys:
[name_m]Brigham[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Hartley[/name_u]
[name_m]Havelock[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_u]Landon[/name_u]
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u]
[name_m]Marland[/name_m]
[name_m]Ollivander[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_m]Thackeray[/name_m]
[name_f]Wellesley[/name_f]
[name_u]Yarrow[/name_u]

Girls:
[name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f]
[name_f]Avonlea[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f]Bridgette[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Havilland[/name_f]
[name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u]
[name_f]Iolanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]

[LaurenAlexis]

Thank you so much everybody – so many great gems here!

@katinka You are amazing at sibsets! I had never heard [name_m]Tolliver[/name_m] before and I adore it! And [name_f]Elsinore[/name_f] “[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]” is gorgeous as well!

[katinka]

Aw, thank you! [name_f]Glad[/name_f] you like those two, they’re super cool rarities I’d love to see used

[wilkie8709]

[name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] “[name_f]Callie[/name_f]” & _________:

-B-
[name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] “[name_u]Lou[/name_u]”
[name_u]Lionel[/name_u]/Leland “[name_m]Leo[/name_m]”
[name_m]Balthasar[/name_m] “[name_m]Baz[/name_m]”
[name_m]Bronson[/name_m] “[name_u]Bo[/name_u]”
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] “[name_u]Gus[/name_u]” “[name_u]Max[/name_u]”
[name_m]Malcom[/name_m] “[name_m]Mac[/name_m]” “[name_u]Max[/name_u]”
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_u]Sterling[/name_u]
[name_m]Osiris[/name_m]/Orson “[name_m]Oz[/name_m]”
[name_u]Harland[/name_u] “[name_m]Hank[/name_m]”
[name_m]Terrence[/name_m] “[name_u]Tate[/name_u]”
[name_u]Laurence[/name_u] “[name_m]Lars[/name_m]”
[name_m]Reginald[/name_m] “[name_u]Reggie[/name_u]”
[name_m]Crispin[/name_m] “[name_m]Kip[/name_m]”
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m]
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u]
[name_u]Quentin[/name_u]
[name_m]Tavish[/name_m]
Bertram “[name_m]Bram[/name_m]”
[name_m]Tabor[/name_m]
[name_m]Waylon[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] “[name_m]Hawk[/name_m]” “[name_m]Heath[/name_m]”
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] “[name_u]Perry[/name_u]” “[name_u]Pip[/name_u]”
[name_m]Rupert[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_u]Idris[/name_u]
[name_m]Ignatius[/name_m] “[name_m]Iggy[/name_m]”
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]
Leonid
Evander

-G-
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f] “[name_f]Uma[/name_f]”
[name_f]Elula[/name_f] “[name_f]Lula[/name_f]”
[name_f]Bronwyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Mariel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] “[name_f]Aria[/name_f]”
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f] “[name_f]Eva[/name_f]”
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
Zipphora
[name_f]Marlys[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]/Eugenie “[name_f]Ginny[/name_f]”
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f] “[name_f]Jessa[/name_f]”
[name_f]Davina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Amoret[/name_f] “[name_u]Ami[/name_u]” “[name_f]Etta[/name_f]”
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivica[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorna[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f] “[name_u]Josie[/name_u]”
[name_f]Keturah[/name_f]
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
[name_f]Marisol[/name_f]
[name_f]Raquel[/name_f]
[name_f]Tamsin[/name_f]
[name_f]Noemi[/name_f]

[anon25197097]

Finnian for a boy and [name_u]Meredith[/name_u] for a girl

[anon57824181]

It reminds me of [name_f]Hannelore[/name_f]!

[abby_gail_t]

I personally think you would need a longer name rather than a short name for a sibling so here’s some suggestions:
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Annalisse[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmaline[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]

[LynnG]

Hmmm… Here are some ideas:
[name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] ([name_f]Callie[/name_f]) and…

BOYS

• [name_m]Clark[/name_m]
• [name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
• [name_u]Oliver[/name_u] ([name_u]Ollie[/name_u])
• [name_m]Edward[/name_m] ([name_m]Eddie[/name_m])
• [name_m]Walter[/name_m] ([name_m]Walt[/name_m])
• [name_m]Wesley[/name_m] ([name_m]Wes[/name_m])
• Frederick (Freddie)
• Percival (Percy)
• Lionel

GIRLS

• [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] / Cassidy
• [name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
• [name_f]Florence[/name_f] ([name_f]Flora[/name_f])
• [name_u]Juniper[/name_u]
• [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] ([name_u]Vinny[/name_u])
• Laeticia / [name_f]Leticia[/name_f] ([name_f]Tish[/name_f])
• [name_f]Natasha[/name_f] (Tosh) ([name_u]Sasha[/name_u])
• Winifred (Winnie) (Fred)

@LaurenAlexis What do you think? Any of these strike a visceral love/hate chord?

[LaurenAlexis]

@LynnG ooh, thank you! [name_m]Percival[/name_m]/Percy is darling for a boy! And I love [name_f]Winifred[/name_f]/Winnie as well.

Lavinia is a name I should like but it always makes me think of the Downton [name_u]Abbey[/name_u] character! But maybe that association will fade for me in a couple more years.