What would you suggest for my friend who is expecting a baby girl and likes these names.
[name]Daisy[/name]
[name]Eden[/name] ([name]Edie[/name], [name]Deny[/name])
[name]Millicent[/name] nn [name]Milly[/name] (M names are probably out due to close cousin [name]Maddy[/name])
[name]Matilda[/name] nn [name]Matty[/name] or [name]Tilly[/name] (Ditto)
[name]Jessamy[/name]
[name]Stevie[/name]
[name]Stevie[/name] is their top choice this week. They are looking for something uncommon.
They seem to like ‘m’ names despite the problems with the ‘m’ cousin.
What about [name]Melusine[/name]/Melusina? This is a French version of [name]Millicent[/name] that gives you '[name]Lucy[/name]" as a nn instead of [name]Millie[/name]. Also, the other version of [name]Millicent[/name] is [name]Melisende[/name]/[name]Melisande[/name] which could potentially give you ‘[name]Sandy[/name]’ instead of an ‘m’ nn. [name]Both[/name] of these would also definitely classify as unusual. Be aware that [name]Melusine[/name] and [name]Melisende[/name] are both the subject of French fairy tales.
Yes, their long list is mostly ‘m’ names and [name]Matilda[/name] was their top pick until cousin [name]Maddy[/name] was born. I think that if here were more cousins and more letters were taken up then they’d feel less funny about it.
I’ll definantly run [name]Melusine[/name]/Melusina nn [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Melisende[/name]/[name]Melisande[/name] nn [name]Sandy[/name] by them as they seem to like ‘y’ nicknames but I think they want the name to be familiar as well as uncommon.
Yes, their long list is mostly ‘m’ names and [name]Matilda[/name] was their top pick until cousin [name]Maddy[/name] was born. I think that if here were more cousins and more letters were taken up then they’d feel less funny about it.
I’ll definantly run [name]Melusine[/name]/Melusina nn [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Melisende[/name]/[name]Melisande[/name] nn [name]Sandy[/name] by them as they seem to like ‘y’ nicknames but I think they want the name to be familiar as well as uncommon.[/quote]
I think [name]Matilda[/name] would be [name]Madeleine[/name] as long as [name]Tilly[/name] were her main nn.
I think they should just call her [name]Matilda[/name] and have done with it, you know what I mean? No one will mix up [name]Tilly[/name]/[name]Tildy[/name] with [name]Maddy[/name].
[name]Matilda[/name] has a real medieval flare to it that I kind of like. Some other medieval sounding English names are:
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Alienor[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Ethel[/name] (this can also have something after it, like Ethelburga, Etheldreda, [name]Ethelinda[/name] and so on)
Ailith (the original [name]Alice[/name], I think, also [name]Alys[/name] and Ailys)
Alfleda
[name]Elfrida[/name]
Ermengarde
[name]Gertrude[/name]
[name]Hilda[/name] (similar sound to [name]Matilda[/name])
Estrilda
Lefleda
Lefwen/Lefwynne
Livilda (similar sound to [name]Matilda[/name], again)
Stanhilda (again, similar to [name]Matilda[/name])
[name]Isolde[/name] (Isoude/[name]Iseult[/name])
[name]Adeline[/name]
[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
Helewys (a form of [name]Eloise[/name])
Isemay ([name]Esme[/name]/[name]Ismay[/name])
Peronell
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Rosamund[/name]/[name]Rosamond[/name]
[name]Thomasina[/name]/[name]Thomasine[/name]
Anyway, I checked and these were all in use before 1450 (along with [name]Millicent[/name]). I picked the most modern spellings and didn’t bother listing the ones that don’t sound like names anymore.
