Our third child is due in 2 weeks.
We have a [name]Beatrice[/name] (aged 5, and our son is [name]Gabriel[/name] aged 2)
and we need help with a girl’s name that goes with both.
Not too short or trendy, if that makes sense. Thanks!
[name]Rosamund[/name] would be perfect. Also [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Constance[/name], [name]Cornelia[/name], [name]Helena[/name] and [name]Miranda[/name].
[name]Matilda[/name] (or [name]Matilde[/name])
[name]Carolina[/name] (or [name]Caroline[/name])
[name]Eleanora[/name]/ [name]Leonor[/name] / …
[name]Madeleine[/name] / [name]Madeline[/name] /…
I think it’s funny that your kids’ names are actually quite popular in Portugal Check out the Portuguese Top100, you might have an unknown “Portuguese” taste
Nomes e mais Nomes: Nomes populares - Top 2012 Portugal
I like the suggestion of [name]Matilda[/name] and will add:
[name]Beatrice[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name] and…
[name]Evelyn[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name], [name]Perdita[/name], [name]Lucinda[/name], [name]Margot[/name]
I second the seggestions of [name]Matilda[/name] and Cornielia. [name]How[/name] about [name]Charlene[/name], [name]Eleanore[/name], [name]Ramona[/name], [name]Adalaide[/name], [name]Cassandra[/name], [name]Evangeline[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], or [name]Elizabeth[/name]?
I am tied to another name with a B in it. Three that come to mind as working are:
[name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Rebecca[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
All three Biblical like [name]Gabriel[/name] and classic like [name]Beatrice[/name] (well, [name]Tabitha[/name]'s less classic, but it’s certainly a name with a long history). [name]Rebecca[/name] may feel mildly tied to the 1980s to some, I’m not sure. [name]Elizabeth[/name] is certainly perennially popular, but certainly not trendy.
I also think of:
[name]Deborah[/name]
Which is Biblical like [name]Gabriel[/name] and dated to some tastes but pegged as ready for revival sometimes on nameberry. Certainly not trendy.
Many other names with a B are -belle names, which are probably to trendy for you, but I think a few could work:
[name]Amabel[/name]
[name]Annabel[/name]
[name]Mabel[/name]
[name]Mirabelle[/name]
Of course then you have two names ending with an L sound, if you care.
Some names I can see working without a B include
[name]Antonia[/name]
[name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Virginia[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Juliette[/name]/[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Eleonore[/name]
I second [name]Rosamund[/name] and [name]Matilda[/name]. Also, [name]Daphne[/name].