Check name card for the siblings.
#2’s name we are pronouncing Awn-uh-STAHZ-ee-oh
Our third will be our final (until we plan to adopt a teenager when our current cohort are teens).
Hit me with the best names you can think of to match the style and imagery and tell me as much about why you like them as you can!
Thanks!! [name_u]Cross[/name_u]-posted in Boys.
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m], Anastasio and…
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Ilaria[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f]
[name_f]Callista[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]
Geneveive
[name_f]Magdalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirabella[/name_f]
Hortatio, Anastasio, & …
[name_f]Adriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthippe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Ludovica[/name_f]
[name_f]Petronilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f], [name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], and [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] are longtime favorites. I’m so glad they resonate.
[name_f]Leontine[/name_f] and [name_f]Ilaria[/name_f] are ones I will have to mull over. They are lovely.
[name_f]Ginevra[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] ([name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] is longtime fav), [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], and [name_f]Theodosia[/name_f] are ones that had previously been on long lists but were cut before my eldest was born. Now deserving of second looks.
Thank you @Greyblue!
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Miranda[/name_f], and [name_f]Octavia[/name_f] are top faves.
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]/[name_m]Julien[/name_m]/[name_m]Julius[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucian[/name_m]/[name_m]Lucien[/name_m]/[name_m]Lucius[/name_m] are tops on our extended boys’ list but I’ll have to more deeply consider the feminine forms.
Thank you, @elanorelle.
such wonderful names!!
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f] and [name_f]Bryony[/name_f] would fit well, as well as [name_u]Calypso[/name_u], [name_f]Callisto[/name_f], [name_f]Callista[/name_f], [name_f]Oralie[/name_f], [name_f]Kerensa[/name_f].
Apparently I think the c/k sound fits 
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f], Caliope, and [name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f] were all under early consideration when pregnant with my eldest. I will think on [name_f]Xanthippe[/name_f].
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] and [name_f]Petronilla[/name_f] are beautiful.
Thanks, @Johannaa!
[name_f]Lovely[/name_f]. Our last name is a single syllable beginning with a hard c/k sound, so I also find myself drawn to hard C names.
We love all that you mentioned, @EJpuddlejumper. Particularly with [name_u]Calypso[/name_u] and [name_f]Callisto[/name_f] I’d like your opinion whether they’re too match with the ending O or whether it would be nice to follow up our -io boys with an -o girl name.
I actually think [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], Anastasio, and [name_u]Calypso[/name_u] or [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], Anastasio, and [name_f]Callisto[/name_f] would be perfect together. I think the io- and o endings work well together and you don’t usually see o endings in boy or girl names.
Are there other -o names that would work? Not as long, but I was thinking last night about [name_f]Dido[/name_f] and [name_u]Hero[/name_u].
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m], Anastasio, and:
[name_f]Celestina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f]
[name_f]Diamanta[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybella[/name_f]
[name_f]Quintessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Viridiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiametta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcella[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
[name_f]Solana[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lileas[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilias[/name_f]
[name_f]Calantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Fabiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscila[/name_f]/[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Estela[/name_f]/[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]/[name_f]Estella[/name_f]
[name_f]Irina[/name_f]
[name_f]Jacinta[/name_f]
[name_f]Cipriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucrecia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madrona[/name_f]
[name_f]Neoma[/name_f]
Personally I wouldn’t try to stick to an -o ending because you run the risk of pigeonholing yourself but in addition to [name_f]Dido[/name_f] and [name_u]Hero[/name_u] there is:
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f] (I think this would work very well in your set)
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]/[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]/[name_f]Amargo[/name_f]/[name_f]Margalo[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Charo[/name_f]
[name_f]Scirocco[/name_f]/[name_f]Cirocco[/name_f]
[name_f]Milagro[/name_f]
[name_f]Thallo[/name_f]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_f]Filomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudine[/name_f]
[name_f]Marcelle[/name_f]/a
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Giavanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]
[name_u]Antonia[/name_u]
[name_u]Felice[/name_u]
[name_f]Fantine[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f]
@brittanyanitarose, we really do have similar taste based on this and every other post I see you responding to.
We love:
[name_f]Celestina[/name_f] (prefer [name_f]Celestine[/name_f])
[name_f]Isidora[/name_f] (prefer [name_f]Isadora[/name_f] à la [name_m]Duncan[/name_m])
[name_f]Sybella[/name_f] (I truly love this name but always get caught up with the ‘si bella’ in my mind. DH has said he likes this one and [name_f]Sybil[/name_f] and [name_f]Sybille[/name_f], too).
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f] (considered for baby 1)
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] ([name_f]Frances[/name_f] is our favorite form)
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f] (definitely under consideration)
[name_f]Viridiana[/name_f]
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f] (DH guilty pleasure)
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] (definitely under consideration)
[name_f]Calantha[/name_f] / [name_f]Calanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f] (considered as a middle for baby 1)
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Estela[/name_f]/[name_f]Estrella[/name_f]/[name_f]Estella[/name_f] (love these names but our dog is [name_f]Stellaluna[/name_f])
[name_f]Jacinta[/name_f] ([name_f]Jacinthe[/name_f] and [name_u]Hyacinth[/name_u] are favs)
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] (was my favorite name about 15 years ago. I agree it would stylistically match my kiddos)
[name_f]Titania[/name_f] (DH guilty pleasure)
[name_f]Madrona[/name_f] (Madrone has made it into a couple combos in the middle spot. I worry about the religious connotation)
[name_f]Neoma[/name_f] (I love this and my husband loves [name_f]Noemie[/name_f], but he things [name_f]Neoma[/name_f] is “out there.” … go figure)
[name_f]Callisto[/name_f] (prefer [name_m]Calixto[/name_m])
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f] (LOVE)
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]/[name_f]Amargo[/name_f]/[name_f]Margalo[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Sappho[/name_f]
[name_f]Scirocco[/name_f]/[name_f]Cirocco[/name_f]
[name_f]Thallo[/name_f]
Thanks for the awesome list!
@TeaJay, Thanks!
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Filomena[/name_f], [name_f]Claudine[/name_f], [name_f]Octavia[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_u]Antonia[/name_u], [name_f]Aurelie[/name_f]
In particular I need to interrogate [name_u]Antonia[/name_u]. I have had [name_m]Antony[/name_m] on my boy’s lists in the past and I don’t see why I shouldn’t crush on [name_u]Antonia[/name_u] a bit.
[name_f]Benedetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Carolina[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
Piccarda
[name_f]Marietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Katharina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liviana[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]: Doesn’t actually end in an “O,” but it has the right sound!
[name_f]Benedetta[/name_f] (Bénédicte is on our middles list)
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] (top!)
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (top)
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
Piccarda (I have never considered this as a name before but I remember her from [name_m]Dante[/name_m]. Beautiful and worthy of consideration certainly)
[name_f]Marietta[/name_f]
[name_f]Liviana[/name_f]
We know an [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Isabeau[/name_f], and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]. [name_f]My[/name_f] partner is very against giving names of children we already know.
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sapphira[/name_f]
[name_f]Catalina[/name_f]
[name_f]Yesenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gisela[/name_f]
[name_f]Delfina[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Katerina[/name_f]/[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestia[/name_f]/[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]/[name_f]Adeliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
Corinthia
[name_f]Elysia[/name_f]
[name_f]Apollonia[/name_f]/[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_u]Rosario[/name_u]
[name_f]Ravenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Romilly[/name_u]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]