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@TeaJay

So the names that I think still go well with your boys: [name_f]Saffron[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_f]Tindra[/name_f], [name_f]Circe[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Celestine[/name_f], [name_f]Emeraude[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Noemie[/name_f], [name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f], [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], [name_f]Camellia[/name_f], [name_f]Mathilda[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] (it’s a different language source but flows well), [name_f]Priscilla[/name_f]

It’s interesting to reconsider [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f] more for flow than for match!

@sarah1800

[name_f]Clio[/name_f] (with the matching Os I think it works–shortness makes it not too close)
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] (I think matching A is OK, matching H might be more fraught with the adopted son)
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] (familiar in [name_f]English[/name_f] so doesn’t feel super [name_u]French[/name_u] to me)

I think I agree with all this. I’m still hesitant about the shared initial, but agree it is less problematic than the H.[quote=“luneth, post:20, topic:338470”]
[name_f]Saskia[/name_f] - how is this a stylistic hazard?
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I just worry it is incongruous in too many ways: less stream-lined look but fewer letters, more trendy with less of a history?[quote=“luneth, post:20, topic:338470”]
[name_f]Edelweiss[/name_f], “[name_f]Evie[/name_f]” - not sure if you still remember, but I am a huge advocate of this name. I completely adore it and it’s on my own list.
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I do indeed remember. [name_f]Helena[/name_f] [name_f]Edelweiss[/name_f] is still one of the most gorgeous combos I’ve ever seen!

[name_f]Olympia[/name_f] and Olympias are among our tops right now for various reasons. I just love [name_f]Olympe[/name_f] for de Gouges reasons and also for the less “limp” syllable. But, as I speak [name_u]French[/name_u] and Japanese at home exclusively with our kids, I could always call her [name_f]Olympe[/name_f] myself.

I love [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], [name_f]Celandine[/name_f], [name_f]Violaine[/name_f], and [name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] in particular of those you mentioned!