Sister to Robin, Bernie and Celia

I have just entered my final trimester with a baby girl, my fourth baby and since this entire pregnancy has been a roller coaster, due to my husband’s passing away in [name_u]November[/name_u] I haven’t had much time or drive to look into names, which is a shame, because I’ve always been such a nerd.

Any suggestions of girl names you think might sound nice with [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m] and [name_f]Celia[/name_f] ([name_f]Celine[/name_f] for short), please fire away. My husband suggested [name_f]Iris[/name_f] early on, so I’m thinking of using it as a middle name. We liked our boy names to be grandfatherly and girl names to be more on the grandmotherly/sweet/vintage side… like [name_f]Celia[/name_f] I think.

I’ll suggest names I think go alright with your kids names. The style you seem to have clashes with mine, so I might not be the best of help.

[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogene[/name_f]
[name_f]Jeanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Francine[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretel[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Amber[/name_f]
[name_f]Danielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Opal[/name_f]
[name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Beth[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Fauna[/name_f]
[name_f]Kathleen[/name_f]
[name_f]Peony[/name_f]

Sorry for your loss, I can’t imagine. I love your kids’ names, and could imagine one of these as a sister:

[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Virginia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Abigail[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]

Thank you. I really like the suggestions of [name_f]Opal[/name_f] and [name_f]Imogene[/name_f]. I like [name_f]Violet[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] a lot from your footnote thing.

Thank you [name_m]Ziggy[/name_m]. I think it’s great that you suggested [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] and [name_f]Virginia[/name_f], they’ve been favorites of mine for a long time, I will have to give them some more consideration. [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] is a beautiful name.

[name_f]Olive[/name_f]…a symbol of peace … Beautiful… Take Care

[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Molly[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Grace[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Margo[/name_f]
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]

[name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m], [name_f]Celia[/name_f], and [name_u]Jean[/name_u]

[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] as a suggestion!

I really like the suggestions of [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] (also a favorite) and [name_f]Alice[/name_f], but maybe as a middle name. Thank you.

Sorry that you have to go through that :frowning: I think [name_f]Iris[/name_f] is pretty as a first too. I like the suggestions of [name_f]Imogen[/name_f] and [name_f]Virginia[/name_f].

[name_f]Annabel[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]

I like [name_f]Iris[/name_f] as a first or mn for you-- a lovely way to remember and honor your husband.

Some possibilities (that won’t all work with [name_f]Iris[/name_f] a mn):

[name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Bernard[/name_m]/[name_u]Bernie[/name_u], [name_f]Celine[/name_f]/[name_f]Celia[/name_f], and

[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Augusta[/name_f]
[name_f]Avis[/name_f]
[name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Edwina[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]
[name_f]Ellen[/name_f]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Frederica[/name_f]
[name_f]Garnet[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Gretchen[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Judith[/name_f]
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f]
[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Maud[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
[name_f]Muriel[/name_f]
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Pamela[/name_f]
[name_f]Patricia[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f]
[name_f]Philippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Sandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Susan[/name_f]
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f]
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f]

Sorry about your husband. I hope that I can be of some help :slight_smile:
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabina[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Euphemia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] {[name_f]Effie[/name_f]}
Eleta [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Odelia[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_u]Beau[/name_u] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]

Here are some links to sites that might help:

Good luck!!

[name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f], [name_f]Amabel[/name_f], [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Millicent[/name_f]

[name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Lenora[/name_f]/[name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Edith[/name_f]
[name_f]Inez[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Flora[/name_f]
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f]Dinah[/name_f]

Thank you all for the kind responses and name suggestions. I’m writing my favorites down!

[name_f]Paloma[/name_f] for [name_m]Paul[/name_m]? Nickname [name_f]Polly[/name_f]?

I like names already suggested -[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] or [name_f]Imogene[/name_f], [name_f]Harriet[/name_f] and [name_f]Virginia[/name_f] + [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] perhaps.
[name_f]Iris[/name_f] is a beautiful middle. [name_f]Lovely[/name_f] names you have already with [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_u]Bernie[/name_u] and [name_f]Celia[/name_f].
All the very best to you and your beautiful family.

I’m so sorry for your loss, and that you’ve found yourself in what must be a very difficult situation.
I just wanted to add that I think [name_f]Iris[/name_f] is a lovely name, and that its meaning seems very appropriate - a rainbow for hope, and for beauty out of darkness.

I think [name_f]Iris[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f] is a lovely combination, if you’re considering [name_f]Iris[/name_f] as a first. [name_f]Paloma[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] (as mentioned above) is nice too.

I also wanted to suggest [name_f]Lina[/name_f] (a diminutive of [name_f]Paulina[/name_f]), either as a full name or a nn. I realise [name_f]Lina[/name_f] doesn’t directly reference [name_m]Paul[/name_m], but you’d have the story. I’m not sure it’s completely your style, but it feels closer than [name_f]Pauline[/name_f] or [name_f]Paula[/name_f] (though I don’t mind either of those, especially as meaningful middles).

If you like [name_f]Dot[/name_f] (for [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] or [name_f]Dorothea[/name_f]), that could also tie in with [name_m]Paul[/name_m]'s meaning (small).

I hope you find a name that feels right for you.
Best wishes and strength. And congratulations on your baby girl.