Seventh Girl needs an "A" name! HELP!

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Seventh Girl needs an "A" name! HELP!
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Sat, 10-28-2006 - 3:40pm

We have a problem. I am due in 2 weeks with Baby #9. I have two sons (Nick and Paul) and six daughters. With the girls I started a tradition - all their names begin with "A" and they all have the middle name "Maria" (yes, we are Catholic:0))

The girls are Ariana, Ave, Anastasia, Alessandra, Amelia and Abigail.

I would really like to name this new girl something with any letter BUT an "A" (I'm really tired of A names...), but the girls will not let me! They say she will feel left out. The problem is there aren't any "A" names left that I really love. We can't use Ashley, Amber, or Amanda which are names of cousins or Andrea (my name), so don't suggest those.

Here is a list of possibilities. I'm not crazy about any of them, but I have to choose one. My question is which is your favorite and are there any that you think are absolutely terrible? Thanks for your help!

Adara Maria
Adelaide Maria
Adelaine Maria
Adeline Maria
Adelyn Maria
Adrienne Maria
Alivia Maria
Amara Maria
Ansley Maria
Alanna Maria
Aliza Maria
Angela Maria
Anthea Maria
Arabella Maria
Audrey Maria

Andrea

Mom to Nicholas, Ariana, Paul, Ave, Anastasia, Alessandra, Amelia, Abigail and Angelina

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Mon, 10-30-2006 - 12:19pm

Of your choices, I like

Adrienne Maria
Audrey Maria

Other possibilities:

Alaina Maria
Aubrey Maria
Alicia Maria (I really like Alicia)
Aisling Maria (are you Irish?)
Allison Maria
Adele Maria (one of the girls in DS' preschool class is named Adele, and I just love it)
Angelica Maria
Annika Maria

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Registered: 10-12-2006
Mon, 10-30-2006 - 12:56pm

annalise maria

pp's annika maris =o)

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hello!! well, i LOVE a names-lol-there is a very good chance that my next child, if it a girl will have an a name. heres a few that are on my list:
alexa
avery
aubrey(my #1 choice right now)
angelique
angelina
anna
alexis
aurora
or
annabelle.
i really like arabella, too-and ansley, but i like it spelled with an i too-ainsley. my dd goes to school with an alivia-very cute lil girl. good luck to you!!
joanne
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Registered: 05-27-2006

I LOVE Audrey. That is my favorite.
It's different than all of your other girls, yet fits in nicely.
Adelaide would be my second choice.

Karen

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Registered: 10-13-2005

From your list - I like Audrey, Anabella & Ainsley .


Here are a few more a names:


Antoinette Maria


Averianne Maria


Antoinia Maria


Arwen Maria


Arabelle/a Maria


Anissa Maria


Astrid Maria


Athena Maria/e


Agatha Maria


April Maria


Alina Maria


Addison Maria


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Registered: 03-26-2003

I'm catholic and an "A" name: Antoinette (nn Toiny)


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Registered: 01-13-2006
How about Addison? or Avery? Two that I liked for our little one but hubby didn't agree.
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Registered: 04-09-2006

Actually, all our children except one have saint names (and that one is named is Ave Maria, honoring Saint Mary). There are Saints named Ariadne (we used the form Ariana, which means holy one), Anastasia, Amelia, Alexandria (we used the Italian version, Alessandra) and Abigail, believe it or not!

That's a neat reference you linked - I will look the "A" section over!

Andrea

Mom to Nicholas, Ariana, Paul, Ave, Anastasia, Alessandra, Amelia, Abigail and Angelina

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I recognized a couple and thought one or two might be variants of saints, but Ave threw me for a loop so I wasn't sure. But I did get the impression that some or most were saint/saint variant names, thus my suggestion to the saints page. I actually love the idea, and even though we didn't use one the first time around, we are talking about saint names for next time around.
I was just wordering how you came up with Ave and who it is pronouced? I think it looks beautiful spelled out.
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Mon, 10-30-2006 - 11:00pm

Amelia
Alayna
Alexandria
Alexa
all i can think of right now

oh and my 15 year old is named Ariana too

Robin

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