Names for sister for Claire Elise

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Names for sister for Claire Elise
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Mon, 05-21-2007 - 11:20am

Names for sister for Claire Elise



  • Phoebe
  • Amelie
  • Audrey
  • Anna
  • Anne (NN Annie)
  • Elinor/Eleanor
  • Ellen/Hélène
  • Evelyn/Eveline
  • Sophie
  • Maggie


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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 9:38pm

Interesting! I didn't know that about the Irish origins of the name. It's a family name for me, my g-gmother's. Unfortunately my LESS cool G-gmother has the nicer name. My cooler g-gmother's name was Agathe. :P

BTW, I was also really interested on what you said on the other thread about Maura being both Irish and Spanish. I picked Claire because it works in 3 of our backgrounds - Irish, French and German, and my DH happens to be Spanish and Irish/British. Plus, his great-aunt's name was Maura. Of course, that makes him think of it as an "old lady" name. How does Claire and Maura sound? I really like it, and I think I will add it to my list now!

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Tue, 05-22-2007 - 10:10pm

Aww ... I'll admit, I LOVE Agathe (and Agatha LOL). And Aggie as a nn ... absolutely lovely. I think it was the baby's name in Nanny McPhee (great kids' movie with quite a few great names, btw). ;)


And Claire and Maura are wonderful together! I'd love it even without the family and heritage connections, so those just shoot it to the top of the list for me.


Here's the link to BTN if you haven't already checked it out. http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=maura


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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 1:36am
Maura is great. I've known several around my age (29 now). And, it definitely works with Claire. I voted for Sophie, a personal favorite (which would be higher on my own list if it weren't so popular these days), but I think Maura is a better style match for Claire than any of the others in your poll(even though Claire is the French spelling of the name, I think of the Irish connection first).
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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 5:03pm

Maura is definitely on my short list now! My final test is to see how French people pronounce it. I will test it on my teacher's aide who is French at school tomorrow and see if she can pronounce it. My feeling is it will be pronounceable, since the sounds are the same in French and in English.

The one wierd thing is that the g-aunt whose name is Maura, I'm pretty sure her middle name was Claire. I think my MIL told me that. So it might seem like we are naming the baby completely after her, and I hardly even knew her! I think I met her once, and DH wasn't too close to her either.

Any ideas for a middle name for Maura?

Steph

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 8:30pm

I'm sure you're right ... I don't foresee a pronunciation problem with Maura.


Can I suggest Maura Genevieve? ;) Another one that (obviously) works in French and can be considered to also have Celtic ties (when related to Guinevere). That was my first thought, anyway. Heck, Maura Guinevere works too. LOL



  • Maura Brigitte
  • Maura Camille
  • Maura Celine
  • Maura Chloe
  • Maura Clemence/Clementine
  • Maura Clothilde
  • Maura Daphne
  • Maura Doriane
  • Maura Fabienne
  • Maura Felicie
  • Maura Georgette
  • Maura Gisele/Giselle
  • Maura Heloise
  • Maura Joceline (I like the French -EEN ending here too LOL)
  • Maura Julienne
  • Maura Leonie
  • Maura Lucienne
  • Maura Noemie
  • Maura Penelope
  • Maura Perrine
  • Maura Sabine
  • Maura Sebastienne (sneaky, I know )
  • Maura Solange
  • Maura Virginie
  • Maura Vivienne

Ok, that was probably about a dozen more than you'd wanted (LOL), but obviously Maura works beautifully with a number of mns. ;) And French pronunciations aren't a problem with any of these.


Have I mentioned loving Maura for you?

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 11:24pm

Thanks again Kelli I love Maura Genevieve! I also like Maura Camille a lot. This one is definitely on the short list I am working to present to DH for our discussion next month.

Steph

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Wed, 05-23-2007 - 11:34pm
Good luck, Steph! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you. ;)

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Fri, 05-25-2007 - 11:01pm

Good to know there are some around our age (I'm 30 so almost the same age as you). I had never met or heard of any really until my DH's great-aunt and Maura Tierney from ER.

I guess that blasts DH's old-lady name theory!

Steph

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