I need some help narrowing down a baby girl name! She will be sister to my 2 year old daughter [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f], and we want their names to compliment one another. We like classic names that aren’t trendy, but not too obscure either.
So far, we have the following names on our list of likes, but nothing seems quite perfect.
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f] is gorgeous and I adore [name_f]Irene[/name_f]!
[name_f]Julia[/name_f] and [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] are fine, but [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] seems insubstantial to me compared to [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. Lighter and more whimsical. [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] seems like a good match with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], but has been so overused, with a world run amok with Maddies, that I would pick something else too (not that there is anything wrong with [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]; there are just so many!).
Here are some that seem a similar gravitas to [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]:
The first name I thought of was [name_f]Juliet[/name_f]. I think [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] sounds beautiful and [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] make very sweet sister names.
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] is one of my favorite names and it’s definitely my fav from your list.
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] is beautiful but I think it often gets shortened to [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] and for me that takes away from the name.
As far as other suggestions maybe
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
@mom2one2: that’s so funny cause I for some reason immediately thought [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], as well! Although, I think I’ll have to agree with your spelling [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], as I think it’d go best with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
@musicwaves: I literally love your entire list of names, except for two. That’s it! They fit the criteria so well and they’d go perfectly with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Helen[/name_f]. I also love [name_f]Juliet[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]. Other suggestions:
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jemima[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]
My first thought was [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f]. [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] & [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] seem so well matched! I would also consider…
All the names on your list sound very suitable to me. I’d suggest not using [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] though, as this is the name of [name_f]Queen[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]'s sister. It makes the combination sound very royal, and some might think you were making a deliberate royalist connection (if this is an issue for you).
I see nothing wrong with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Margaret[/name_f] as sisters; they are classics! [name_f]Nor[/name_f] do I have any problem with British royalty or their names. When the world becomes this PC, how is anyone going to get safely named? Rhetorical question.
That’s fine lesliemarion, no problem - I just thought I’d point it out, in case it made a difference to the OP’s decision. I know my family would notice a pattern like this and comment on it, but of course all families are different, and it wouldn’t be noticed by or bother many others - maybe especially those not living in Commonwealth countries.
