sibling girl's names

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Registered: 02-21-2006
sibling girl's names
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Mon, 04-10-2006 - 10:44pm
I have a daughter named alexandra. we call her alexandra as of now. daughter #2 is due july 2. we will probably name her ava. alexandra is 4 and ava was her runner-up name back then...it was not nearly as popular as it is now. but we still love it 4 years later. anyway, i do think alexandra and ava are both classic names and sound good together. however, what are your thoughts on lexie and ava? do these flow? is this an odd combination? i'm thinking one day lex or lexie might come out of my mouth instead of alexandra.
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Registered: 03-20-2005
Mon, 04-10-2006 - 10:51pm
i think they sound nice together. my first was a boy but his name would have been eva (pronounced ava but we needed the e).... my second would have been eva but he was a boy so...
my third is eva. now it's a very popular name but there aren't a lot with an e (the hungarian spelling i think and also very latin - even though we are not).
good luck
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Registered: 12-09-2005
Tue, 04-11-2006 - 8:13am

I love both names, although I do have a pet peeve about siblings' names both beginning with the same letter. It seems a bit cheesy to me, (but mostly this is for more than 2 kids). If you play on having a third, will you feel his/her name has to begin with an "A" as well? Here are a list of names for you to consider that I feel go a bit better with Alexandra:
Victoria- Tori/Vicky
Samantha - Sam
Elizabeth - Beth/Elle
Julianna - Jules/Annie
Olivia - Liv
Marianna - Annie/Mary
Genevieve - Evie/Gigi
Evelyn - Evie
Cecilia - Cece/Lia

My favourite is Alexandra and Genevieve, Lexie and Evie. Do you see any you like?


                             
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Registered: 06-25-2003
Tue, 04-11-2006 - 9:30am

I think it works fine. Both are very pretty. :)

Jenn

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Registered: 04-11-2006
Tue, 04-11-2006 - 1:00pm
How about calling her Ally then you would have Ava and Ally. To be honost Lexie and Ava don't really fit since that is what you are looking for. They do not have to go together though they are both BEAUTIFUL names!
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Registered: 02-26-2006
Tue, 04-11-2006 - 4:28pm
I have to agree with a pp about naming kids with the same first letter. I think it's a little cheesy too. If you have 3 or 4 kids you may be picking a name only because it starts with an A, not because it's your favorite. Anyway, I think that Alexandra and Ava sound okay together.