Name for daughter #2

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Registered: 11-05-2006
Name for daughter #2
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Sun, 11-05-2006 - 6:02pm

We're expecting our second daughter and, as we thought we were going to be a one-child family until recently, are a bit stumped about names. Our first daughter, who will be almost 4 1/2 when our second arrives, is Maeve. Now we need to name her sister!

I'm curious to hear your comments about some of the names we're kicking around. We definitely favor names that are not especially trendy, but have some favorites that are. Our children have a hyphenated last name, Irish-German, though we don't care so much about having a particularly Celtic or Germanic name (we just loved Maeve for its simplicity and strength).

So, here's an early list, including submissions from our daughter, in alphabetical order. Love one of them? Hate one of them? Have other suggestions along these lines? Let me know. Thanks!

Abigail
Cecily
Claire
Claudia (nn Claude)
Fiona
Isobel (too popular, but....)
Isadora
Olivia (nn Liv - worry about popularity)
Phoebe
Romy
Vivian (nn Viv or Vivi)

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Registered: 09-25-2006
Mon, 11-06-2006 - 9:26pm

I really like how classic, simple, elegant and underused Maeve is.


I like all of the names on your list (most are/were on my list as well.)

 
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Registered: 11-05-2006
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 12:43am
Thanks! It's so interesting to me that many of the suggestions have included names taken by my brother and his wife: Ruby (our grandmother) and Celia (or some variation). Ruby was on our original list (the one from which we got Maeve), but we decided to pass and he snatched it up. We also have grandmothers called Lena and Grace, though these names are in the middle name slot for us at the moment. The biggest bummer is that we have an acquaintance (close friend of a friend) with daughters called Maeve (though they spell it the Gaelic way as they are actually Irish--accents and all) and Nora, so while that combination is perfect and my husband and I both had Nora on our lists, it feels a bit odd to go with it as we do see them once or twice a year at social events--kids and all!
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Tue, 11-07-2006 - 12:24pm

Abigail -a little out of the Maeve style, but OK, like Abby more than Abigail
Cecily - is OK
Claire - good matchup with Maeve, but drop the i - Clare
Claudia (nn Claude) - Claudia is OK, not nn Claude
Fiona - cute, would be nice match for Maeve
Isobel (too popular, but....) - NO
Isadora - nah, not that either, although I do think Isa (pronounced EE-sah) is kinda cute
Olivia (nn Liv - worry about popularity) - yes, too popular, not right with Maeve
Phoebe - very cute, good match with Maeve
Romy - don't like at all
Vivian (nn Viv or Vivi) - I just see this as way "old"

good luck - my picks are Phoebe or Fiona

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Registered: 02-11-2006
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 2:54pm

I love: Claudia Isobel Olivia

Claudia is so pretty and not too common.

Romy is cute too.

Now can you look at my names post in the girls section: "Need Honest Opinions... "

Thank you
:)

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Registered: 02-22-2006
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 2:59pm
How about Charlotte? I've always loved that name and it seems to be along the same lines as others you've picked. Good luck!

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