Wdyt and suggestions?

[ladymacsteph]

Hello. I’ve been observing these boards for a while, and you all seem pretty knowledgeable and civil, so I decided to join. I’m not trying to name a child; I just love names and I have for as long as I can remember. I’m 20, and my SO and I don’t have plans for a child for a long time (still working on the degree, after all). That said, we talk about names a fair amount since I like them so much, and he’s remarkably tolerant of my odd little obsession. I also write, so knowledge of a wide variety of names certainly doesn’t hurt.

Right now, I suppose I’m looking for more names to add to my long, long list (I think the short one’s going to remain stable for a while), so I’m looking for suggestions. We like long, “frilly” girls’ names (I think fantasy princess more than frilly) with lots of nickname options (my remedy against name hatred) and British-style names. For guys, we like “tough” so to speak, but we’re nerds, so our idea of tough is more Da [name]Vinci[/name] and Professor X than [name]James[/name] [name]Bond[/name]. It’s hard to describe, and I’m much worse with boys’ names than girls’. Also, for both, connections to literature, historical figures, classic film, and video games are a major plus.

The short list:
[name]Evelina[/name] [name]Lily[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Rosaria[/name] [name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Athena[/name] [name]Guinevere[/name]
[name]Leonardo[/name] [name]Ezio[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name] Aragorn
[name]Neville[/name] [name]Elijah[/name]
[name]Luca[/name] Regulus

(I recognize the unconventionality of Aragorn, but has serious significance to us and connection to my SO. Does it work as a middle name?)

Others we like:
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Magnolia[/name]
[name]Kerensa[/name] (I like, he doesn’t)
[name]Aviva[/name] (my newest love)
[name]Constanza[/name]
[name]Cadenza[/name]
[name]Keturah[/name]
[name]Estelle[/name]
[name]Serafina[/name]
[name]Violetta[/name]
[name]Renata[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name] (he hates this one)
[name]Graziella[/name]
[name]Catalina[/name]
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Lilac[/name]
[name]Calla[/name]
[name]Lavender[/name]
[name]Leia[/name]

[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Boaz[/name]
[name]Lorenzo[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Micah[/name]
[name]Rohan[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Beckett[/name] (my newest boys’ name discovery)
[name]Elliot[/name]

Yikes, what a long thread! Anyway, wdyt of the short list, and do you have any suggestions?

[system]

I absolutely love your style. My favorites from your short list are [name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] and [name]Luca[/name] Regulus (both so elegant!). As a bit of a nerd myself, I certainly don’t see any problem with using Aragorn as a middle name. [name]Aragon[/name] is a potential place name after all and Aragorn is very similar. If it has special significance to you, I would say go for it! It’s a cool namesake too.

I’m not very good at giving suggestions, so we’ll see how this goes…
Girls
[name]Ophelia[/name]
[name]Amelia[/name] (ha, those both rhyme with [name]Cordelia[/name], so maybe not…)
[name]Sonata[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Ravenna[/name]
[name]Artemisia[/name]
[name]Gianna[/name]
[name]Ekaterina[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]
[name]Melisande[/name]
Corinthia
[name]Electra[/name]
Avonlea
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name]
[name]Valentine[/name]

Boys
[name]Myles[/name]
[name]Alistair[/name]
[name]Pascal[/name]
[name]Algernon[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Abbot[/name]
Domovoi

[ladymacsteph]

Thank you very much! I love a lot of these suggestions; I think [name]Melisande[/name] is my favorite, but I also really like [name]Sonata[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Ravenna[/name], [name]Artemisia[/name], [name]Gianna[/name], [name]Ekaterina[/name], [name]Francesca[/name], Avonlea, [name]Petra[/name], [name]Rowena[/name], [name]Pascal[/name], [name]Algernon[/name], and [name]Cyrus[/name].

[Dantea]

I love your style! Here’s the ones I like off your list.

The short list:
[name]Anastasia[/name] [name]Eloise[/name] – fantastic!
[name]Rosaria[/name] [name]Hermione[/name] – [name]Rosaria[/name] is okay, but [name]Hermione[/name] is wonderful! [name]Love[/name] the mythology behind it. It works really well here
[name]Athena[/name] [name]Guinevere[/name] – [name]Love[/name] this!
[name]Xavier[/name] Aragorn – Aragorn is neat but it makes me think of LOTR. It works really well with [name]Xavier[/name].

Others we like:
[name]Aviva[/name]
[name]Constanza[/name] – I like Constanzia, which I recently discovered, do you like that?
[name]Violetta[/name]
[name]Ariadne[/name]
[name]Andromeda[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name] – love [name]Beatrix[/name] too

[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Graham[/name]
[name]Griffin[/name] – favorite!
[name]Rohan[/name]
[name]Caspian[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name]

[east93]

I like a lot of your ideas.

I too like [name]Kerensa[/name], but the SO doesn’t.

I’ll post my list and maybe you’ll find a gem or two in there.

Girls FIRST NAMES:
[name]Alessandra[/name]
[name]Alexia[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Vittoria[/name]
[name]Selena[/name]
[name]Serena[/name]
[name]Kerensa[/name]
[name]Gabriela[/name]
[name]Katerina[/name]
[name]Adriana[/name]
[name]Adria[/name]
[name]Aurora[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name]
[name]Elena[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Livia[/name]
[name]Allegra[/name]
[name]Katia[/name]/[name]Katya[/name]

Girls MIDDLE NAMES:
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Antoinette[/name]
[name]London[/name]
[name]Chloe[/name]
[name]Serenity[/name]
[name]Odette[/name]
[name]Alexandrie[/name]
[name]Gwendolen[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Jolene[/name]
[name]Yasmin[/name]

Boys FIRST NAMES:
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Lucas[/name]/[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Eric[/name]
[name]Liam[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Damon[/name]
[name]Jeremy[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Henrik[/name]
[name]Grayson[/name]/[name]Greyson[/name]
[name]Eden[/name]

Boys MIDDLE NAMES:
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Cole[/name]/Kol
[name]Ambrose[/name]
I also like [name]Rio[/name], but probably as a nickname or middle.
Iden

[ladymacsteph]

Thank you both for your imput! To respond,

@dantea: I’ve never heard of Constanzia before, but it’s pretty sweet. Apparently that was [name]Connie[/name]'s full name in The Godfather (so says Wikipedia anyway). Interesting, I had thought her name was just [name]Constanza[/name] but apparently I misheard it!

@east93: There are a few of these on my extremely long (40+ per gender) name list (made it for fun one day and it keeps growing). I definitely love [name]Alessandra[/name] and [name]Lilia[/name]. [name]Vittoria[/name] used to be one of my favorites, but, where I live, people would assume I was being creative with the spelling (which is quite a shame, since [name]Vit[/name] is worlds better than [name]Vicky[/name] [name]IMO[/name]). Maybe [name]Vittorio[/name] would work though? You’ve given me a few to consider; I love [name]Adria[/name], [name]Henrik[/name], and [name]Rio[/name]. Iden is intriguing; I assume it’s pronounced like I-den or I-din?