A lot of my old favorites no longer seem to fit. On a certain level I’m OK with that. We still have so many good options we love for our third (see namecard for siblings). But it is still sad to see them go so I wanted to crowdsource some opinions to see where I might be off-base.
A lot of these are still in consideration for the middle spot, but my idle fantasies of having daughters with these first names seem to have faded from view now that I know my second son’s name.
I’m curious where I’m right but most eager to hear which you think I would definitely be wrong not to consider. I was surprised to see some of them come up when I posted about suggestions for completing the sibset, so clearly some of you think some of these fit.
The Too Short
[name_f]Twila[/name_f]/[name_f]Twyla[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
[name_f]Brigid[/name_f]
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f]
[name_f]Tindra[/name_f]
[name_f]Tesni[/name_f]
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
[name_f]Peony[/name_f]
[name_f]Circe[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildie[/name_f]
[name_f]Enya[/name_f]
[name_f]Dido[/name_f]
The Problematic A or H
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] (so sad to see this one go!)
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Alameda[/name_f]/[name_f]Almeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Anemone[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Helen[/name_f]
[name_f]Heloise[/name_f]
[name_f]Hildegarde[/name_f]
The Too [name_u]French[/name_u]
[name_f]Olympe[/name_f]
[name_f]Celestine[/name_f]
Mélisande
[name_f]Emeraude[/name_f], “[name_f]Maudie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f]Nanette[/name_f]
[name_f]Manon[/name_f]
Noémie
Geneviève
[name_f]Edwige[/name_f]
Other Stylistic Hazards??
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], “[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]” or possibly “[name_f]Maudie[/name_f]” (does this make my trio together too Latinx? I remember reading that impression of my eldest son’s full name to begin with, and I don’t think it was avoided or downplayed by my second son’s either.)
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
[name_f]Camellia[/name_f]
[name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Mathilda[/name_f], “[name_f]Hildie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Edelweiss[/name_f], “[name_f]Evie[/name_f]”
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] (too Germanic, plus my fav nickname is “[name_f]Velma[/name_f]” so…)
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f]
[name_f]Scheherazade[/name_f]/ [name_f]Sheherazade[/name_f], “[name_f]Zadie[/name_f]” (finally agree this is too much)
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_u]Endellion[/name_u]
[name_f]Iphigenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Jasmine[/name_f]
[name_u]Meridian[/name_u]
[name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] (still a boy first consideration)