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Opinions on Our List - Updated: After some middle name suggestions

BabyBumbleBee View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 09:40 AM Post #1
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Hi everyone , I’m just new here and after some opinions and suggestions on the list of names my husband and I have come up with so far. This is my first pregnancy but the baby will be our second child, a sibling for Stella so we would like something that goes nicely with her name. Any suggestions of first/middle name combinations would be good too, our surname is 3 syllables beginning with R and ending in K. Hamish Elliot Oliver Declan Tobias Finlay Marcus Lachlan Julius Harrison Quinn Brady Elias Ethan Roman Raphael Emmeline Emilia or Emelia Lucille or Lucia or Luciana Madeleine Eva Eloise Eliza Xanthe or Xanthia Juliette Philippa Liliana Georgette or Georgiana Lara or Clara or Zara Tessa Priya Portia Thank you This post has been edited by BabyBumbleBee: 22/02/2012, 03:45 PM

Bel Rowley View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 09:51 AM Post #2
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I love Stella! I like nearly everything on your lists too. My favourites are: Elliot (though probably not with Stella because of the 'ell' sounds) Tobias Julius (love Julian even more) Roman (I have slowly been getting over the association with Roman Brady from DOOL and coming to like this name) Raphael Emmeline Eva Xanthe Juliette (any chance of Juliet? I prefer that spelling) Clara (but I do like Lara and Zara too) Seeing you have Juliette and Liliana have you considered Juliana? Sort of a combination between the two and I think it's beautiful. Combinations: Tobias Elliot Roman Elliot Julius Elliot (I'm sure you can see where I'm going here, I think Elliot would make a great middle name even though I wouldn't use it as a first with Stella. Oliver would also make a great middle name for any of those 3.) Raphael Julius Raphael Marcus Raphael Declan Xanthe and Juliette are the two I think sound particularly good with Stella. Xanthe Clara or Lara Eva Juliette or Juliette Eva Clara Emmeline or Emmeline Clara Eva Madeleine Emmeline Clara So many great possibilities!

Betty_D View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 09:59 AM Post #3
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Wow - I have to say that I love a lot of your names. Here's a ranking of the ones that I love the most: Hamish Elliot Oliver Finlay Marcus Lachlan Julius - I do prefer Julian though Harrison Ethan Lucille Eloise Xanthe Juliette Liliana Georgette or Georgiana I think Eva, Lara, Clara and Zara are all nice, but sound a bit too similar to Stella.

Franny Glass View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:01 AM Post #4
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Great lists. My favourites are (in order of preference): Raphael Julius Elliot Hamish Roman Declan Juliette (though would also prefer spelling Juliet) Madeleine Lucille Eliza Tessa Portia Priya

la di dah View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:01 AM Post #5
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Hamish Declan would be my pick of the boys, I think. Tobias Elliot or Marcus Elliot are also not too shabby. Julian would do much better in my running than Julius can but that's pure personal bias. I have a weird split of loving or hating a number of the boys names. Emmeline is great, not as fond of Emilia or Emelia simply for the overlap combo with all the Emilys and Emmas AND all the Amelias. I really like Georgiana, Liliana, and Philippa, but am not sure I'd match them to any of these middles. So many -a endings and those that aren't are quite long? Girls combos I can make: Juliet(tte if necessary but I like Juliet) Xanthe Zara Emmeline Philippa Emmeline Georgiana Madeleine

FairyLove View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:02 AM Post #6
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I love Emilia spelt like this - so pretty. And I think it goes nicely with Stella. As for boys names, Declan and Stella would be a great sibset. Other names I like from your lists: Roman Finlay Oliver Juliet (spelt like this) Eloise Philippa (nn pip/pippa) Have you considered Micah for a boy?

Rainbow Brite View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:04 AM Post #7
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Here are my favourites: Hamish - really like Elliot - one of my favourite names Oliver - love Finlay - prefer Finn Raphael - love Emmeline - love it pronounced Emma-lean Emilia or Emelia - love Philippa - another favourite Priya - love Great name choices OP.

BabyBumbleBee View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:10 AM Post #8
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Thanks for the feedback so far. Just to answer some things and a few questions... Thanks for noticing Stella and Elliot sounding too similar, I see that now too. We already crossed off a lot of names for being too similar but just must have missed it. We can't use Julian as there is already one in the family but we think Julius or Juliette would still be fine to use. Maybe not? We had considered Juliana but it might be a bit too similar to Julian so crossed it off? With Juliette, we both just prefer this spelling and have never really considered spelling it Juliet. Is Juliette wrong or something? Also just thinking now, is it fine to have an R first name and an R surname? More middle name suggestions are welcome too. This post has been edited by BabyBumbleBee: 25/01/2012, 10:13 AM

kpingitquiet View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:11 AM Post #9
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Hamish Oliver Marcus Quinn Julius Declan Raphael Quinn Emmeline Zara Philippa Eloise Eliza Georgette Priya Georgette Clara Juliet

ilovenewyork View Member Profile	25/01/2012, 10:18 AM Post #10
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I like the following: Hamish Oliver Harrison Elias Ethan (Love it!) Madeleine Liliana Clara Tessa Good luck and Congrats xx

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