What would you name a sibling for Ramona, Frances, Calvin, Esther & Margot?

General Name Discussion
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This time last year my husband and I used Nameberry to help name our fifth child, [name]Margot[/name]. We’re back, and although Number Six isn’t due to arrive until [name]June[/name], I thought we’d get a head start on naming him or her.

To us, it’s important that the name we choose is similar in terms of style to our other children’s names: [name]Ramona[/name] [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Frances[/name] [name]Jemima[/name], [name]Calvin[/name] [name]Otis[/name], [name]Esther[/name] [name]Marigold[/name] & [name]Margot[/name] [name]Saskia[/name]. I’ll add that our kids each have a nickname (of a style once described to me as ‘vintage and down-home’, which I quite like :)), but as they more often go by their full names, names with sweet ‘built in’ nicknames are worth suggesting but by no means a requirement.

Last time around, our front-runners were [name]Philip[/name], [name]Lionel[/name] & [name]Hugo[/name] for boys and as well as [name]Margot[/name], we were keen on [name]Maude[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name] & [name]Louisa[/name] for girls. We’re still fond of all of these but we’ve ruled out [name]Hugo[/name] as a first name as it’s too close to [name]Margot[/name].

So what do you think of our rather small list? And, list aside, what would you name a sibling for [name]Ramona[/name], [name]Frances[/name], [name]Calvin[/name], [name]Esther[/name] & [name]Margot[/name]?

Thank you!

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[name]Philip[/name] and [name]Lionel[/name] are both in keeping with your pattern of vintage names. You might try [name]Hugh[/name] rather than [name]Hugo[/name]. I might also suggest

[name]Warren[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Stuart[/name]
[name]Ernest[/name]

For girls, maybe

[name]Linda[/name]
[name]Eileen[/name]
[name]Sandra[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Celia[/name]

I’m secretly hoping for a boy, so that little [name]Calvin[/name] doesn’t feel quite so outnumbered.

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econo: We like [name]Wallace[/name] and love [name]Walter[/name], which was seriously considered last time around. I think [name]Walt[/name] is so handsome.
(And [name]Calvin[/name]'s hoping for a brother too, only not so secretly).

lori johnson: [name]Dorothy[/name] is another we’ve considered in the past and still like, and [name]Lucinda[/name] is lovely.

We both like [name]Hugh[/name] but I think it pales next to [name]Hugo[/name], which I adore.

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Keep them coming!

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Incredible sibset! The names below bring to mind your style.

[name]Lucille[/name], [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Solomon[/name], [name]Meredith[/name], [name]Colette[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]Willa[/name], [name]Georgia[/name], [name]Ivy[/name], [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Rex[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Agnes[/name], [name]Vesper[/name], [name]Barnaby[/name], [name]June[/name], [name]Oxford[/name], [name]Myrtle[/name], [name]Whitman[/name], [name]Astrid[/name], [name]Xavier[/name], [name]Isolde[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Eamon[/name], [name]Keats[/name], [name]Susanna[/name], [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Wilson[/name], [name]Nora[/name], [name]Hayes[/name], [name]Julius[/name], [name]Wolfgang[/name]

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I really like [name]Philip[/name] and [name]Louisa[/name]. I adore [name]Louisa[/name]! [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Maude[/name] is nice.

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The names of your children are absolutely beautiful, old, refined and classy.

For a boy: [name]Louis[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Edmund[/name], [name]Alfred[/name] and [name]Christian[/name].
For a girl: [name]Norah[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Maud[/name]/[name]Maude[/name], [name]Anne[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Vera[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name].

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Yay-- you’re back-- I remember [name]Margot[/name] and your lovely sibset. From your list I prefer [name]Philip[/name] to [name]Lionel[/name] and think [name]Philip[/name] [name]Lionel[/name] would be a great addition. I also like the suggestions of [name]Alfred[/name], [name]Louis[/name], and [name]Walter[/name] too. Although I love all three of your girl names, I probably would not do [name]Maude[/name] as a fn because of [name]Margot[/name]. But [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Maude[/name] or [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Maude[/name] would be wonderful additions too. The suggestions of [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Agnes[/name], and [name]Dorothy[/name] above are great too-- [name]Agnes[/name] [name]Dorothy[/name], [name]Agatha[/name] [name]Maude[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Agnes[/name], [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Maude[/name], [name]Dorothy[/name] [name]Agnes[/name], or [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Dorothy[/name].

Some other suggestions:

[name]Ramona[/name], [name]Frances[/name], [name]Calvin[/name], [name]Esther[/name], [name]Margot[/name], and

[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Avis[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Faye[/name]
[name]Fern[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Gertrude[/name]
[name]Helen[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Jane[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Nadine[/name]
[name]Nora/name
[name]Pamela[/name]
[name]Paula[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Ruth[/name]
[name]Sonya[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name]
[name]Theresa[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]

[name]Abraham[/name]
[name]Desmond[/name]
[name]Donald[/name]
[name]Douglas[/name]
[name]Edwin[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Harold[/name]
[name]Harvey[/name]
[name]Herbert[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Isaiah[/name]
[name]Jonas[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Lucian[/name]
[name]Oscar[/name]
[name]Paul[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
[name]Wesley[/name]
[name]Winston[/name]
[name]Victor[/name]

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For a girl I immediately thought of [name]Jemima[/name] :slight_smile:
[name]Louisa[/name] and [name]Phillip[/name] are my favorites from your list. You might also like:
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Phillipa[/name] nn [name]Pippa[/name]

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I like all the boy names but I think Lionel is my favorite because of its meaning. Hugo would be second. Of the girl names I really only like Phoebe. Louisa is a nice middle name though. I don’t find Maude appealing at all.

If it were my pick I would name him/her:
August

Leonie

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What a fantastically named group of kiddos! I love your style! Your short list is lovely. [name]Do[/name] you have middle names picked out already?

[name]Ramona[/name] [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Frances[/name] [name]Jemima[/name], [name]Calvin[/name] [name]Otis[/name], [name]Esther[/name] [name]Marigold[/name], [name]Margot[/name] [name]Saskia[/name] and…

[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]

[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Lilith[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Gwyneth[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]

[name]Walter[/name]
[name]Philip[/name]
[name]Lionel[/name]

[name]Howard[/name]
[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Reginald[/name]
[name]Caspar[/name]

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minisia: We like [name]Lucille[/name] a lot but probably won’t use it for the fact that [name]Ramona[/name]’s middle name is [name]Lucy[/name]. [name]Agnes[/name] and [name]Agatha[/name] are both gorgeous – [name]Agnes[/name] has been on our lists in the past but we worry it’s too close to [name]Frances[/name], but [name]Agatha[/name] is fantastic. [name]Willa[/name]’s another we’ve considered before and still like. [name]Pearl[/name], [name]Helena[/name], [name]June[/name], [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Myrtle[/name], [name]Astrid[/name], [name]Josephine[/name], [name]Isadora[/name], [name]Isolde[/name], [name]Cordelia[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Susanna[/name] & [name]Nora[/name] are all lovely too. I adore [name]Barnaby[/name] and [name]Solomon[/name] and my husband loves [name]Jasper[/name] but we think it may be too close to [name]Esther[/name]. What do you think? [name]Rex[/name], [name]Julius[/name], [name]Wolfgang[/name] & [name]Xavier[/name] are all very handsome and [name]Whitman[/name] is interesting but I think [name]Walter[/name] would be our favourite way to honour the poet.

shvibziks: Thank you! [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Edmund[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name] were all close contenders had [name]Margot[/name] been a boy. We both like [name]Vera[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Cecily[/name] and [name]Nora[/name] (I think I prefer it without the h) too.

davisellu: So many lovely suggestions! [name]Alice[/name], [name]Avis[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name] (husband loves [name]Beatrix[/name]), [name]Constance[/name], [name]Freya[/name], [name]Ingrid[/name], [name]Iris[/name], [name]Jane[/name], [name]Jean[/name], [name]Nora[/name], [name]Philippa[/name], [name]Ruth[/name], [name]Sybil[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name] & [name]Viola[/name] are all delightful. As are [name]Abraham[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Harvey[/name], [name]Linus[/name], [name]Oscar[/name] (though if [name]Jasper[/name]’s too similar to [name]Esther[/name], [name]Oscar[/name] definitely is), [name]Ralph[/name] & [name]Stanley[/name]. I particularly like [name]Constance[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Nora[/name] & [name]Ralph[/name].

milenavioelt: [name]Jemima[/name] is [name]Frances[/name]’ middle name ”. [name]Eloise[/name] & [name]Philippa[/name] are sweet. Thank you!

uselesskitty: We do like [name]August[/name] for a boy and adore the nickname [name]Gus[/name], but worry that perhaps it’s not as congruent with our other children’s names as, say, [name]Philip[/name]. What do you think?

fairchild: Thank you! No, we don’t have middle names picked out. I love your suggestions of [name]Constance[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], [name]Susannah[/name], [name]Viola[/name] & [name]Harriet[/name]. [name]Both[/name] [name]Harriet[/name] and [name]Constance[/name] have been on the shortlist during previous pregnancies. [name]Gwyneth[/name] and [name]Lilith[/name] are interesting. We like [name]Lillian[/name] but have never considered [name]Lilith[/name]!

Thank you all once again. I plan to post a more thorough list here within the next few days.

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[name]Hugo[/name] is one of my personal favorites so that has my vote for a boy. I like both [name]Maude[/name] & [name]Louisa[/name] from your list.

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I think [name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Louisa[/name] would work well with your sibset, and [name]Agnes[/name] was the first additional name to come to mind, and you might like [name]Leonie[/name] since you’re a fan of [name]Lionel[/name].

I like [name]Philip[/name] from your boy list and think [name]Lionel[/name] could make a nice middle. I like the suggestion of [name]Hugh[/name] if [name]Hugo[/name] is off the table.

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Wow your kids have gorgeous names
For a boy I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Walter[/name] as well as [name]Phillip[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Henry[/name] or [name]Arthur[/name]
For a girl the first name that entered my mind was [name]Sylvia[/name], then [name]Juliet[/name], [name]Vera[/name], [name]Norah[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Ada[/name] or [name]Adele[/name] maybe oh and [name]Lenore[/name] which I personally [name]ADORE[/name] lol
[name]Do[/name] you have any middle names picked out?
Can’t wait to hear what you decide

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Perhaps maybe

  • [name]Isadora[/name]
  • [name]Ingrid[/name] (I think of lovely [name]Ingrid[/name] Bergman
  • [name]Phillipa[/name]
  • [name]Meredith[/name]
  • [name]Mabel[/name]
  • [name]Cynthia[/name]
  • [name]Judith[/name]
  • [name]Diana[/name]
  • [name]Jane[/name]
  • [name]Gloria[/name]
  • [name]Blythe[/name]

For boys maybe…

  • [name]Walter[/name]
  • [name]Louis[/name]
  • [name]Dean[/name]
  • [name]Arthur[/name]
  • [name]Lawrence[/name]
  • [name]Robert[/name]
  • [name]Kenneth[/name]
  • [name]Gareth[/name]
  • [name]Dale[/name]
  • [name]Theodore[/name]
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What beautiful names! -your children’s names as well as your new ideas. And, there are some really gorgeous suggestions in here too.

I really like [name]Iris[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Cadence[/name] (hmm, or is that too close to [name]Calvin[/name]?), [name]Greta[/name], [name]Gretchen[/name], [name]Juniper[/name], [name]Heloise[/name], [name]Kay[/name], [name]Harriet[/name], [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Adele[/name], [name]Minerva[/name], and [name]Bronwyn[/name] for girls and [name]Simon[/name], [name]Rupert[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Barnaby[/name], and [name]Gideon[/name] for boys.

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Thank you cygnus, anton_yelchin_fan, lizalee, lori johnson, tk. & isabellemarie!
Here is our more thorough, updated list:

[name]Agatha[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Sylvia[/name] (or [name]Sylvie[/name]?)
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Philippa[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Tabitha[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Willa[/name]
[name]Imogen[/name]
[name]Cecily[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Zelda[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Betty[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Thomasina[/name]/[name]Thomasine[/name]
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Nora[/name]
[name]Nell[/name]
[name]Winifred[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Dorothy[/name] ([name]Dot[/name])
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]June[/name]/[name]Juniper[/name]
[name]Jean[/name]
[name]Myrtle[/name]
[name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Cordelia[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Edith[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Viola[/name]
[name]Lilith[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Muriel[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]

[name]Philip[/name] ([name]Pip[/name])
[name]Walter[/name] ([name]Walt[/name])
[name]Lionel[/name] ([name]Lyle[/name])
[name]August[/name] ([name]Gus[/name])
[name]Edmund[/name] ([name]Ned[/name])
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Lewis[/name]
[name]Ralph[/name]
[name]Stanley[/name]
[name]Gideon[/name]
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Ambrose[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Lowell[/name]
[name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]/[name]Julius[/name]
[name]Conrad[/name]
[name]Wilfred[/name]
[name]Hugo[/name] (middle name only)
[name]Theodore[/name]
[name]Wilbur[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Wallace[/name]
[name]Rex[/name]
[name]Alec[/name]
[name]Abram[/name]/[name]Abraham[/name] ([name]Bram[/name])
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Alfred[/name]
[name]George[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name] ([name]Mac[/name])
[name]Amos[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] ([name]Chas[/name])

(Some of these would only be used as middle names).
What are your favourites with Bub’s siblings’ names? Which ones would you cut?

Thanks again!

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Ok so these are the names I think work best with your sibset and that I personally find attractive I guess is the word I’m looking for:

Girls:

[name]Sylvia[/name] with the nn [name]Sylvie[/name] (I love this, possibly as the number one choice)
[name]Hazel[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name] (underused and I think it needs to be used more, a very sweet name)
[name]Willa[/name] (personally I think it’s maybe a bit more modern than your other children’s names, though I think it’s beautiful it also feels to me as more of a nn)
[name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Lillian[/name]
[name]Vera[/name] (do you want longer names that can be shortened? If so I’d use [name]Verity[/name] with [name]Vera[/name] as a nn)
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] (same question as [name]Vera[/name], since I personally [name]ADORE[/name] the name [name]Lenore[/name]/[name]Lenora[/name] which I suggested already it could be a longer form to use [name]Nora[/name] as a nn)
[name]Theodora[/name] (nn [name]Thea[/name], so cute I love it)
[name]Dorothy[/name] ([name]Dot[/name]) gorgeous
I’d use [name]Juniper[/name] nn [name]June[/name]/[name]Junie[/name] it’s a favourite of mine
[name]Jean[/name] (I love this name though I think of it as more of a middle name with your sibset for some reason)
[name]Susannah[/name] (very sweet but maybe slightly more common place or more not popular but I can’t think of another word where as your other girls names are recognizable and familiar but not commonplace though [name]Susannah[/name] is a very sweet beautiful name)
[name]Alice[/name]

Top five girls names:
[name]Sylvia[/name] nn [name]Sylvie[/name]
[name]Juniper[/name] nn [name]June[/name]
[name]Maxine[/name] (cute little nn of [name]Maxi[/name] if you chose to use it too)
[name]Nora[/name] (or [name]Lenore[/name]/[name]Lenora[/name] nn [name]Nora[/name])
[name]Dorothy[/name] nn [name]Dot[/name] or [name]Dottie[/name]

Boys:

[name]Philip[/name] ([name]Pip[/name])
[name]Walter[/name] ([name]Walt[/name])
[name]Lionel[/name] ([name]Lyle[/name])
[name]August[/name] ([name]Gus[/name])
[name]Lewis[/name] maybe with nn [name]Lou[/name]?
[name]Rufus[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]/[name]Julius[/name] (I can’t decide between these two I love them equally)
[name]Theodore[/name] nn [name]Teddy[/name] would be adorable
[name]Rex[/name] (I adore this name, I used to look after a beautiful little boy called [name]Rex[/name] so it’s got positive connotations for me but maybe it’s too short? not sure if you want your children to have two syllable names?)
[name]Abraham[/name] ([name]Bram[/name])
[name]Cormac[/name] ([name]Mac[/name]) though it is the same inital as [name]Calvin[/name] so I’m not sure how you’d feel about that especially since it would be your two boys sharing the same initial?

Top five boys names:
[name]Walter[/name] nn [name]Walt[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] nn [name]Teddy[/name]
[name]Philip[/name] nn [name]Pip[/name]
[name]Cormac[/name] (maybe nn [name]Mac[/name]? or [name]Corey[/name] even?)
I do love [name]Rex[/name] too so it’s in the top five even though I find it a little short with your other children’s names

[name]Hope[/name] that helps

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I like [name]Luther[/name] for a boy with your sibset. From your list I like [name]Phillip[/name] and [name]Lionel[/name]

I think [name]Louisa[/name] is lovely.

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For boys, from you list: [name]Simon[/name], [name]Samuel[/name], [name]Julian[/name] and [name]Theodore[/name]. Have you thought about [name]Adrian[/name]?

Girls: [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Theodora[/name], [name]Beatrix[/name], [name]Louisa[/name], [name]Alice[/name], [name]Susannah[/name]. I thought [name]Gwen[/name] would fit in nicely, as well.