[name]Rosamond[/name] Chrysanthe would be striking. [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name], Everild, [name]Lucienne[/name], and [name]Myriam[/name] also stand out to me for the first name.
[name]Aquila[/name] - yes yes. [name]One[/name] of my favorites for you. Incredibly refreshing and sharp and evocative. [name]Love[/name] it.
[name]Averill[/name] / Everild - Prefer Everild “ever-wild.” [name]Averill[/name] is wonderfully old and French, but makes me think of [name]Avril[/name] Levigne, and “avarice.”
[name]Anastasia[/name] - Grand and windswept. A great name, but it alphas [name]Antoine[/name] in a big way.
Aristea - Like [name]Aristedes[/name]? Cool. To me it feels a bit thinner, more sketched than some of your other names.
[name]Constance[/name] - Such a good virtue to wish on a child. I remember you liking [name]Constantine[/name]. [name]Constance[/name] could be a very down-to-earth nod to Constantinople.
[name]Cosima[/name] - With my obnoxious nicknaming habit, I’d probably end up calling her Cozy. But [name]Cosima[/name] is a Renaissance beauty with pearls braided into her hair. Gorgeous.
Cyrielle (prn. with hard K) - Sorry, but I hear some cross between cereal and kirie eleison… but I think a [name]Cy[/name] name would be perfect for a child of word-fanciers, with the connection to the cyrillic alphabet and St [name]Cyril[/name]. [name]Cyprian[/name] feels stronger and more balanced to me.
[name]Endellion[/name] - Yes yes yes. It’s silvery slithery yet solidly contained by the Ns at both ends. Powerful.
[name]Evanthe[/name] - Sounds witchy to me, though I know the character was not. Reminds me of [name]Circe[/name]. Beautifully balanced.
[name]Lucienne[/name] - Eh. Too close to other [name]Lucy[/name] names… I think it would be misheard as [name]Lucy[/name]-[name]Anne[/name].
[name]Melisande[/name] - I love this, but it’s hard to say fast… You have to slow down and say it in a really fawncy voice. I like a name that sounds good in lots of different accents.
[name]Meriel[/name] - This one’s sneakily beautiful. Such a vast feeling about it. “[name]Bright[/name] sea!” I do love her frumpy cousin [name]Muriel[/name] but I know you prefer the lightness of the E.
[name]Myriam[/name] - Smart and French, unassumingly elegant. I do know a [name]Miriam[/name] who hates her name and goes by [name]Mimi[/name]. Another marian name I like: [name]Soledad[/name]. Could be cool with [name]Antoine[/name], for a little Afro-Cuban flavor. [name]Acacia[/name] from the crown of thorns… Or the [name]Magdalene[/name] names.
[name]Nerissa[/name] - Splashy, free, nereid name. A completely different animal than [name]Marissa[/name], but I fear it may suffer from the Belphoebe Effect (see [name]Lucy[/name]-[name]Anne[/name].)
[name]Rosamond[/name] - Weighty and beautiful. An excellent name for a traveler. I imagine her spinning a globe with her eyes closed, or bathed in colored light from a rose window.
[name]Sunniva[/name] - Very Scandinavian to my ears. If your husband’s [name]Sunni[/name], it might be kind of nifty.
[name]Sylvia[/name] - This is my middle. I really enjoy it. Not as unusual as some of your others, but lovely with [name]Antoine[/name]. It’s woodsy and mysterious, yet ladylike.
Ambrosine - I prefer [name]Ambrose[/name], but this is a pretty great feminization. Makes me think of ambrosia.
[name]Alair[/name] - tracheal suction, right? Whatever happened to [name]Altair[/name] on the boy’s list? Or was that Otter’s name…
[name]Apolline[/name] - What would you pair it with? [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Apolline[/name], sun in the forest…
[name]Cassiane[/name] - [name]Cassia[/name] feels purer to me. “[name]Cassie[/name]-[name]Anne[/name].”
Chrysanthe - Gorgeous, layered. [name]Don[/name]’t you love the smell of chrysanthemums? Hard to describe- very alkaline, like the smell of rain.
[name]Eirene[/name] - “eye-[name]REE[/name]-nee?” Cute as a button. Is that what you’re going for? I prefer [name]Cybele[/name] for that kind of bouncy sound.
Floriane - Prefer [name]Florian[/name] for a boy.
[name]Maris[/name] / [name]Marina[/name] - [name]Maris[/name]. More bite.
Myrrine - Purrrrr! Ooh la la I love this.
[name]Noor[/name] - I love this MADLY. It’s marian, it honors your husband’s heritage, it’s just fricking beautiful.
[name]Solenne[/name] - A bit sterile imo… but it does have a nice open sound. Prefer Solace.
[name]Sylvaine[/name] - Yes. It’s darker than [name]Sylvia[/name]. The forest at night.
Theophane - Fabulosity.
So my favorites are: [name]Aquila[/name], Everild, [name]Constance[/name], [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name], [name]Meriel[/name], [name]Myriam[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name], Ambrosine, [name]Apolline[/name], Chrysanthe, [name]Maris[/name], Myrrine, [name]Noor[/name], [name]Sylvaine[/name], Theophane.
Adding: [name]Xenia[/name], Limnaea (after [name]Saint[/name] Limnaeus but also close to [name]Linnea[/name], from Linnaeus. “Limn” is a good word.) [name]Emmanuelle[/name], Anthousa, [name]Manon[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Justine[/name]. And since your baby may be born on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception- [name]Nunzia[/name]!
More ideas and combinations later. I really want to jump on the [name]Rosamond[/name] Chrysanthe bandwagon, but it’s too many florals in one name for my taste.
I love this kind of style, even if its a bit bolder than I’d personally do, I love it. Some of these are on my list. I’d go with:
Aristea Floriane
[name]Cosima[/name] [name]Noor[/name]
[name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name]
[name]Lucienne[/name] [name]Noor[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name] [name]Alair[/name] <—my fave
Myriam Cassiane
Nerissa Ambrosine
Rosamond Alair
Sylvia Chrysanthe
The ones that I really like from your list
[name]Averill[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Lucienne[/name]
[name]Nerissa[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
Ambrosine
[name]Apolline[/name]
[name]Cassiane[/name]
[name]Eirene[/name]
Floriane
[name]Marina[/name]
Myrrine
[name]Solenne[/name]
[name]Sylvaine[/name]
All very pretty!
I have been crushing so much on the “ine/een” ending names lately. It’s nice to see you have some of them here! I really love [name]Marina[/name] or [name]Marine[/name] such a lovely sound. Some others could be
[name]Celine[/name]
Marcine
[name]Beline[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Francine[/name]
[name]Eileen[/name]
[name]Jolene[/name]
[name]Lorine[/name]
[name]Noreen[/name]
[name]Opaline[/name]
[name]Selene[/name]
[name]Rosaline[/name]
[name]Pearline[/name]
[name]Georgene[/name]
[name]Constantina[/name]
[name]Maurine[/name]
[name]Helene[/name]
Good luck choosing!
[name]Aquila[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] Chrysanthe, [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Maris[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Vincenza[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Melisande[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Nunzia[/name], [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Aquila[/name] [name]Aquila[/name]!
Everild Myyrine, Everild Chrysanthe
[name]Constance[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Constance[/name] [name]Noor[/name] (I love it, but does it sound like “constant snore?”) [name]Constance[/name] Ambrosine, [name]Constance[/name] [name]Reine[/name], [name]Constance[/name] [name]Magdalene[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name] [name]Nunzia[/name], [name]Cosima[/name] Solace, [name]Cosima[/name] Floriane, [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Cosima[/name] Myrrine, [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Xenia[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Endellion[/name] [name]Justine[/name]
[name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name] Limnaea, [name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Xenia[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Seraphina[/name]
[name]Meriel[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Meriel[/name] Ambrosine, [name]Meriel[/name] [name]Apolline[/name]
[name]Myriam[/name] Solace, [name]Myriam[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Myriam[/name] [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Myriam[/name] Aalis, [name]Myriam[/name] [name]Colette[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Constance[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] Myrrine, [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Apolline[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Emmanuelle[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] Anthousa, [name]Rosamond[/name] Ambrosine, [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Ebba[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Anastasia[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Perpetua[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Clare[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Soraya[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] Solace, [name]Rosamond[/name] anyoldname just [name]Rosamond[/name]!
[name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Maris[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Manon[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Lucienne[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Rosamond[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Noor[/name]
Theophane [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Olympia[/name] Theophane
I am loving [name]Cosima[/name] right now, so that gets my vote! I thinks it’s lovely. I like [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Alair[/name] the most, but [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Noor[/name] is lovely as well. Congratulations!
Congratulations on the small human that you are expecting
From the girls I love these names…
[name]Averill[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name]
[name]Myriam[/name] (prefer [name]Miriam[/name] spelling wise)
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Apolline[/name]
[name]Maris[/name]
[name]Sylvaine[/name]
I love the potential combination of [name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Maris[/name], so elegant and strong.
Suggestions:
[name]Selene[/name]
[name]Vivienne[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Eleanora[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]
[name]Laurel[/name]
[name]Lisette[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Persephone[/name]
[name]Augusta[/name]
[name]Jacintha[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Annika[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
I can’t wait to see what you decide for your baby human. Let’s see, I like:
[name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name]
[name]Constance[/name] [name]Solenne[/name]
[name]Myriam[/name] [name]Apolline[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name] [name]Noor[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name] Ambrosine
I think my favorite is [name]Rosamund[/name] [name]Noor[/name].
[name]Blade[/name], I’m so happy for you!
Although I like your A- names, I hesitate to match [name]Anastasia[/name] or Aristea with [name]Antoine[/name].
My favorites for first name are Everild, [name]Cosima[/name], [name]Meriel[/name], and [name]Myriam[/name].
For the middle, I love Chrysanthe and Theophane.
From the suggestions, I second [name]Laurel[/name], [name]Opaline[/name], and [name]Helene[/name].
Not sure if you read any French baby name sites but www.journaldesfemmes.com has great baby name boards, I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Myriam[/name], very high up on my list, [name]Myriam[/name] Athénaïs may even surpass [name]Josephine[/name] Athénaïs as my favorite future dd name. the only negative feed back I’ve received is that it sounds trendy in the states but I still wouldn’t hesitate to use it. I’ve been very busy lately so I don’t post much but I can probably come up with a list of obscure French names if you’re interested. Nothing you can’t find online but since I love them I would be more than happy to share in case there might be a few that are new to you.
Congrats!
As on the boy’s list * for names with combos.
[name]Aquila [/name] - Awesome name but I don’t love it with [name]Antoine[/name].
[name] Averill / Everild [/name]- I feel like you’d get a lot of people mispronouncing these names.
[name]Anastasia [/name] - I just don’t love this as much as others do. I find this rather frilly and sugary.
*[name]Aristea[/name] - I adore this name. Aristea [name]Eirene[/name], Aristea Theophane.
[name]Constance[/name] - Beautiful but I don’t find it extremely exciting.
[name]Cosima[/name] - Fun, beautiful and a great match with [name]Antoine[/name].
*[name]Cyrielle[/name] (prn. with hard K) - Absolutely stunning. Cyrielle [name]Apolline[/name], Cyrielle Myrrine.
*[name]Endellion [/name] - This is amazing esp with [name]Antoine[/name] as a brother. Swoon. [name]Endellion[/name] [name]Solenne[/name], [name]Endellion[/name] [name]Alair[/name].
[name] Evanthe [/name] - I like [name]Evander[/name] better.
[name] Lucienne [/name] - I like [name]Lucian[/name] better.
[name] Melisande [/name] - I will never get over the creepy Game of Thrones connection ([name]Melisandre[/name]), so I don’t think I’ll ever really love it.
[name] Meriel [/name] - torn on this. Can’t decide if I love it or hate it.
*[name] Myriam [/name] - I prefer the [name]Miriam[/name] spelling (though I totally understand why you’d choose this). Absolutely beautiful, on my extended list. [name]Myriam[/name] [name]Kassia[/name], [name]Myriam[/name] Ambrosine.
*[name] Nerissa [/name] - Spunky and cool. [name]Even[/name] though I wouldn’t have expected this to work with [name]Antoine[/name] the fact that it’s so quirkily different makes it really work. [name]Nerissa[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name], [name]Nerissa[/name] [name]Noor[/name].
*[name] Rosamond [/name] - Beautiful. You and Otter you’d have similarly named daughters. hihihihi. I love it. [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Junia[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Maris[/name].
[name] Sunniva [/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t love it, don’t hate it. I think you have so much better on your list.
[name] Sylvia [/name] - Very classy. I love this name but it’s not one of my favorites on your list because I think [name]Antoine[/name] and [name]Sylvia[/name] will make people think you’re odd versus some of the other names on your list in connection with [name]Antoine[/name] say “name lover”. Not that that should be an deciding factor but it makes me want to endorse this less.
Middles only
[name]Ambrosine [/name] - This feels girly and frilly to me.
[name]Alair [/name] - Short and fun.
[name]Apolline [/name]- [name]One[/name] of my favorites of your mn list.
[name]Cassiane [/name]- I really loved [name]Cassian[/name] on your boy list.
[name]Chrysanthe [/name] - nms. I like your other choices better.
[name]Eirene [/name] - I love this choice.
[name]Floriane [/name] - I like [name]Florence[/name] better, Floriane makes me feel like you wanted to make [name]Florian[/name] feminine.
[name]Maris / Marina [/name] - Stellar mn options.
[name]Myrrine [/name] - Georgeous.
[name]Noor [/name] - love, love, love.
[name]Solenne [/name]- Soft, feminine and beautiful.
I am dreadful with girls names so I hesitate to commit too much to helping with these but my favorites in no order at all would be:
Firsts: [name]Constance[/name], *[name]Cosima[/name], [name]Lucienne[/name], [name]Meriel[/name], [name]Rosamond[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name]… Middles: [name]Alair[/name], [name]Apolline[/name], [name]Eirene[/name], [name]Maris[/name], *[name]Noor[/name], and Theophane. =]
Great list!
My favourites, to go with [name]Antoine[/name], would be [name]Lucienne[/name] or [name]Constance[/name].
I was going to come in and do some combos, but [name]Emma[/name] did almost all I had in mind! I do love these though:
[name]Aquila[/name] Theophane, [name]Aquila[/name] Chrysanthe
[name]Constance[/name] [name]Endellion[/name]
[name]Cosima[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Melisande[/name]
[name]Endellion[/name] [name]Myrrine[/name], [name]Endellion[/name] Alair
[name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name], [name]Evanthe[/name] [name]Myrrine[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Melisande[/name] Theophane
[name]Meriel[/name] [name]Endellion[/name], [name]Meriel[/name] Chrysanthe
[name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Noor[/name]
[name]Sunniva[/name] [name]Eirene[/name], [name]Sunniva[/name] [name]Noor[/name], [name]Sunniva[/name] Theophane
[name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Rosamond[/name]
I adore [name]Averill[/name], so I simply must go with [name]Averill[/name] [name]Maris[/name] or [name]Averill[/name] [name]Marina[/name]. My second favorite is [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Alair[/name] or [name]Cosima[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name]. [name]Myriam[/name], [name]Sunniva[/name], and [name]Rosamond[/name] are also awesome.
[name]May[/name] you have a happy, easy pregnancy!
Congratulations, [name]Blade[/name]!
Here are my suggestions/combos:
[name]Anastasia Noor[/name]
[name]Constance Appolline[/name]
[name]Cosima Eirene[/name]
And I love the previously suggested [name]Rosamund Chrysanthe[/name]!
My favourites are:
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Myriam[/name]
[name]Nerissa[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name] (or [name]Rosamund[/name]?)
[name]Sylvia[/name]
My favourite combo would definately be [name]Rosamund[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name]. I adore the name [name]Rosamund[/name] and I love Sylv- names and these just go together so beautifully.
Oh what a lovely list!
[name]Anastasia[/name] - I do so love this name!
[name]Cosima[/name] - So interesting and yet familiar and feminine
[name]Melisande[/name] - Beautiful as well
[name]Rosamond[/name] - I love this name too!
[name]Anastasia[/name] Chrysanthe or [name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Eirene[/name] and [name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Sylvaine[/name] are my favorite combos today
[name]Blade[/name], congrats! and what a striking and lovely list. My main concern with most of your middle-only names is that they end in “n” or the “n” sound. since your last name starts with N it might get squooshed together, not sure if this is an issue for you.
Of your FNs, these are my favorites
Cyrielle (prn. with hard K) although I do agree that it will mispronounced, but Americans (in general, not trying to start forum wars) mispronounce just about everything, so that’s pretty much inevitable (example, my name, [name]Shauna[/name], ppl pronounce “[name]Shay[/name]-nah” or “Shoo-nah” ALL the time!). I do love the C spelling as well, although the great thing, as you know, about greek is that the kappa can be transliterated as either c OR k.
[name]Myriam[/name]
[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Sunniva[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name] (this name does NOT get enough love, and I think it would be absolutely gorgeous with [name]Antoine[/name])
Middles:
Chrysanthe
My combo picks would be
[name]Rosamond[/name] [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Myriam[/name] Chrysanthe, Cyrielle [name]Sunniva[/name] (Kyrielle [name]Sunniva[/name]) (I think this is my top pick)
What about [name]Xenia[/name] as a middle name? I just have an affinity for X names!
Firsts:
[name]Anastasia[/name]
[name]Constance[/name] <-- my favourite!
Cosima
Endellion
Evanthe
Lucienne
Melisande
Nerissa
Rosamond
Middles:
Ambrosine
Chrysanthe
Noor
Theophane
I really like the suggestion Rosamond Chrysanthe and ottilie’s suggestion of Constance Endellion swoon