Please help! I am head over heels with the name [name_f]Idella[/name_f] (eye-dell-a) but I’m having a hard time coming up with an equally girly, rare, vintage name for a possible future sister. [name_f]Idella[/name_f] is a nod to my grandma [name_f]Ida[/name_f].
Girl names I like:
[name_f]Roxie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Jette[/name_f]
Boy names I like:
[name_m]Fitz[/name_m]
[name_m]Vilko[/name_m]
[name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]
[name_u]Huxley[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbert[/name_m]
[name_u]Milo[/name_u]
Family names to play off:
[name_f]Leopoldine[/name_f] (perhaps [name_f]Leona[/name_f] or [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] although [name_m]Leo[/name_m] for boys is so popular!)
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m] (middles [name_m]Harold[/name_m], [name_u]Larkin[/name_u], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_m]Edward[/name_m], and [name_m]Andrew[/name_m])
I think [name_f]Idella[/name_f] and [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] are stunning together! [name_f]Idella[/name_f] and [name_f]Leonora[/name_f] would also be beautiful!
Your naming style is so cool and distinctive! [name_f]Idella[/name_f] is really interesting – I’ve never heard it before, but it reminds me of the Cornish name [name_f]Ysella[/name_f]/Isella, which I love.
Ramona, [name_f]Sabilla[/name_f] (prefer [name_f]Sabella[/name_f]) and [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] are my faves from your girls’ list, and [name_m]Fitz[/name_m], [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] and [name_u]Milo[/name_u] from your boys’.
How about…
Leontine (my fave “[name_m]Leo[/name_m]” name for girls, although I love [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] and [name_f]Leonor[/name_f] too)
[name_f]Amabel[/name_f] or [name_f]Mabli[/name_f] (for [name_f]Mabel[/name_f])
[name_f]Ismay[/name_f]
[name_f]Isolde[/name_f]
[name_f]Cicely[/name_f]
[name_f]Sistine[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucille[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigid[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamy[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] (means “glory”)
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]/Sibyl
And some boy names just for fun…
Finlo
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m] or [name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Darwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Jago[/name_m]
[name_m]Rufus[/name_m]
[name_u]Dexter[/name_u]
[name_u]Pascoe[/name_u]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] (I prefer this to [name_m]Wilbert[/name_m]; I also really like [name_m]Willem[/name_m] and [name_m]Wilfred[/name_m] “[name_m]Wilf[/name_m]” or “[name_u]Wolf[/name_u]”)
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_m]Orson[/name_m]
[name_u]Fox[/name_u]
Idella is so fun! I have a list of names I pulled from one county’s 19th-century marriage records, and [name_f]Idella[/name_f] is on there. So here are a few other unusual vintage gems from that same list that might pair well with [name_f]Idella[/name_f]—some more rare than others…
Alafair
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
Avaline
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Calinda[/name_f]
Claracy
[name_f]Claudie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eugenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Florrie[/name_f] ([name_f]Florinda[/name_f] is also on there)
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogene[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Madora[/name_f]
Maranza
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Oriana[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosina[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
Roxcinda (OK, maybe not? But it’s kind of awesome…)
[name_f]Silvana[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophronia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sula[/name_f]
[name_f]Verona[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivia[/name_f]
Wilanna
[name_f]Zula[/name_f]
Also, [name_f]Roxie[/name_f] [name_f]Irene[/name_f] is one of the rare fn/mn combos to appear in those records—I am so in love!