Yay a @Hyacinthbucket list! I seem to like the most from your “just like them” list. Maybe there is a specific relative on your mother’s side you could honor if the initials/surname won’t work? I know you are not too sensitive to teasing but I omitted Perenelle (too close to perineal for me) and [name_f]Titania[/name_f] (because tit).
Cosima [name_u]Jule[/name_u] (I think this is my favorite)
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_m]Calixto[/name_m] [name_f]Helen[/name_f] (Is [name_m]Calixto[/name_m] a variation of [name_f]Callisto[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Circe[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Celestine[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] Olympias (why Olympias instead of [name_f]Olympia[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Proserpina[/name_f] [name_f]Elinor[/name_f] [name_u]Jule[/name_u]
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This is a great top 5. I liked your original post, too, but this is super helpful. I agree these feel very ME. That is what I want at this point. I want to choose a name that feels very ME and not like someone else.
Definitely the great majority of these names contain honor names in some sense, mostly for my maternal line that I was hoping to honor.
Yes, Calixto and [name_f]Callisto[/name_f]/Callista are the same basic name.
[name_f]Queen[/name_f] Olympias is a historical obsession of my husband. She was very bad@$$. There is also something very magical to me about that extra s. It changes the whole name to me and makes it sheer perfection. I also think it fits the majesty of H and A in a way that [name_f]Olympia[/name_f] doesn’t QUITE reach.
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I might be mixing a few while staying within your parameters but here are my favorites:
[name_u]Tempest[/name_u] [name_f]Alma[/name_f] [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] (please someone use [name_u]Tempest[/name_u] haha it is so cute)
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] [name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] [name_u]Hero[/name_u] (my worry is the length of [name_f]Rosamund[/name_f] overpowers the gorgeous middles)
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] [name_u]Tempest[/name_u]
[name_f]Thessaly[/name_f] [name_f]Apolline[/name_f] [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] (when I see/hear [name_u]Jule[/name_u] my mind goes to juul which is not the association you want)
[name_f]May[/name_f] I suggest [name_f]Thais[/name_f]?