I am Elinor always known as Ellie. My husband is Thomas always known by his full name. Our daughter is Constance Leah always known as Connie. Her middle name is never used. My husband's surname which our daughter has, as will the new baby, is Richardson.
We are expecting baby number two due in July and don't know whether it is a boy or girl, and would love your help and your readers' suggestions.
Girls first...
I don't mind the names going together particularly, but there are problems with my two favourite girls names. The first is Annabel nn Annie. But Annie and Connie are perhaps too similar (especially as I am Ellie). The second is Clemency but I really think children should have their own first initial so am wary of having two Cs (which also rules out E names and T names).
Constance is a honour name for my grandmother who passed away, but I also love the sound of Connie.
The other girls names I love are Vivienne and Catherine (that C problem again). I like Susannah also nn Annie but as well as the Connie/Annie/Ellie problem I want to avoid too many Ss in case she has a lisp as I did as a child when saying Susannah would have been my worst nightmare (worse at the beginning of words than the middle).
We quite like Lucy but don't love it.
And I like Anna (nn Annie). (I like Hannah too but can't use it as it is a close friend's baby).
I like Frances but there is the singer Connie Francis.
We want a Jewish/old testament middle name if the first name is not Jewish as we are a mixed faith household.
Boys...
If our daughter had been a boy she would have been Leo David. Still like David as a middle name (I like it as a first name but my husband doesn't and he doesn't like nn Dave). I've gone off Leo though.
I love the name Joseph/Joe but can't use it as have a close relative with the name.
I like Frank but husband says no. Other names husband says no to that I like are Adam and Toby. Edward is nice (nn Bear) but the initial thing comes up again. I love more leftfield names like Valentine and Horatio but husband says a very definite no.
We both like Jonathan but Jonny and Connie not good!!
I quite like Harry.
We like Robin and Rowan, both more common for boys than girls in the UK where we live. Also that initial thing again. And they aren't very masculine.
Neither of us like surnames as first names.
Please help us. To recap, no Es, Ts or Cs, nothing rhyming with Connie, no surnames as first names, and a short Jewish middle name if possible. Or are we just asking too much?
Thank you!
I think Connie and Annie are fine together. I too would probably first try to find a name with a more different nickname, but if I couldn't find one I'd go ahead and use an Annie one. Constance and Annabel are plenty different enough, so it's only the nicknames that are a little matchy.
If you like Clemency, I wonder if you'd like Verity. Constance and Verity. The main trouble is a lack of a good nickname. "Very"? No. But if a nickname isn't a requirement, I think Connie and Verity works well.
Would you be willing to spell Catherine with a K? That would solve the initial problem. Connie and Katie is sweet.
Or Vivienne seems to handle everything well: different initial, and Connie and Vivi doesn't seem too close.
If Lucy isn't quite right, you could use Lucienne: similar to Vivienne, but with Lucy as the nickname.
The name Frances makes me think of Alice. Or Francesca might be far enough away from the Connie Francis association.
I'd rule out Rachel as a middle name, to avoid seeming to refer to the Bible story of sisters Leah and Rachel. Rebecca would be pretty, or Ruth, or Sarah, or Miriam, or Naomi, or Esther. Or you could use Hannah, if that wouldn't bother your friend in the middle name slot. I like Ruth with pretty much everything, and Ruth is a very nice biblical character: Annabel Ruth, Katherine Ruth, Vivienne Ruth, Lucienne Ruth.
If you love Joe but can't use it, I wonder if you'd like Sam. Samuel Richardson sounds wonderful to me, and Connie and Sammy is sweet.
If you like Rowan but would prefer not to alliterate, I wonder if you'd like Owen or Nolan.
I think Edward is great, or Edmund would be nice. We have all different kid-initials in our family, but I don't include the parent names, just the sibling names. (We're usually M and D for Mommy and Daddy anyway.) If you were going to drop a preference or two to make the selection process easier, that is probably the one I'd start with.
Jonathan makes me think of Benjamin. Connie and Benny is about the same similarity as Connie and Annie; Connie and Ben works great if you don't think you'd use Benny.
I've been trying to push the name George recently. George David Richardson is so nice, and Connie and Georgie works well.
I also like Frederick. Frederick David Richardson; Connie and Freddie.
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