MN help for a couple FNs

[lemon]

Did I say Sophia Giselle? Yea, I like it, too... ;-)

Hm. Okay, you can be bold, Erica, I know it! Madeleine Moxie ups the ante - I have no idea how to spell that phrase! - on Madeleine, right? I'm sorry, I'm still kind of attached to Mimi for some reason. But whatever that nickname Laura suggested - it was Laura, right? - was cool, too. Was it Malou? I also liked the idea of Madeleine Maya, oh, and Madeleine Monet! Love Monet!

About Sophia Scarlett versus Scarlett Sophia: Obviously Scarlett Sophia isn't an option, since Brent doesn't care for Scarlett as a first name, but I don't think Sophia Scarlett sounds bad! In fact, I love it! I really think if I had a daughter named Sophia Scarlett I'd want to shout her full name a lot - hopefully, she'd be a trouble maker or else that might be weird. Ha! Anyway, I guess I'm just saying if you don't think anything else has the same spark, maybe you should just keep it on the list! It's so, so lovely!

Lauren

[ljandrl]

To everything Lauren just said about Sophia Scarlett.........AGREED! Love it!

[elsiekutz]

Oh, don't worry ladies... Sophia Scarlett is most definitely still on the list!

[ljandrl]

Erica - random thought. I was just wondering why it is I find Isabel closer to Gabriella than Annabel then I realised, when I say Isabel, my mind immediately jumps to the even more popular Isabella which I'm sure most people agree would sound ridiculous with Gabriella. But Annabel is just Annabel. Annabella is extremely rare if used at all so I never think of it when saying Annabel and I don't personally think Annabel itself sounds anything like Gabriella. So yeah that's where I think the difference is for me. Oh and I agree with you Annabel has a very British feel to me. So that's my conclusion on that topic! Sorry my mind works in strange ways lol!

And I'm glad Sophia Scarlett is still on the list :-) Don't suppose you like Sophia Sadie, Sophia Pearl or Sophia Seren? Bed time for me now! Hopefully there'll be a poll by the time I get up tomorrow :-) Happy weekend guys!

[crunchymama]

Erica-

The NN thoughts you bring up are exactly what I have been thinking about (for you and me) lately.
I started thinking about how you don’t love the nn Anna (for Annabel) and how Brent doesn’t love Belle. (Is Anna a really bad association for you or just something you don’t really love/care for right now?) I was going to go into this speech about how you never know if you really like something until you see it on a child, particularly your child. But- you basically said the same thing w/ Gaby’s nn. Maybe you will grow to like Anna or maybe you will stick with Belle and others will call her Anna and you will be ok with that. (if they use a nn at all).

For me, I think of the name Fifi – now who actually sits around saying “wow, I wish I could have a baby nicknamed fifi” ? (sorry, but it’s SO a dog or a French maid name). For Fiona, I was originally so against Fi/Fee as a nn just because I thought it sounded kinda lame. I wanted Fay and then heard Fina and Fia as good options. Well, I started loving Fi/Fee. Then, if you would believe it, the other day I called her Fifi….. and it just felt normal and right! I could suddenly imagine calling a child Fifi.

And another example is Scarlett – a lot of people here say they can’t deal w/ the name because it starts w/ Scar and people will call her scar. Well no one out of the family has ever called her Scar before. I fully admit, scar is not a nice name…. but I also fully admit that I’ve called her Scar before and there is nothing wrong w/ it!


Sophia Scarlett is very cool! I love it w/ Gaby's name too.
How about:
Sophia Celeste
Sophia Lily
Sophia Hope
and I like Laura's suggestion of Sophia Pearl


Sophia Scarlett or Annabel Ava are my two favorites for you today

[elsiekutz]

LOL you guys make me laugh. I'm glad you think about this stuff, too!!

Laura, I have to totally agree with you on the whole Isabel/Isabella vs. Annabel thing. Isabel does bring Isabella to mind right away, and I think you were also right before when you said Isabel and Gabriella have very similar "feels" to them, but since Annabel feels British-y or something, I don't instantly associate it with Gabriella. Hopefully this makes sense! I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about, though.

Theresa, I know what you mean too...well actually about the Fifi thing, my sister is named Tiffany and when Gaby was little she couldn't really say Tiffany, so she called her "Fifi." So I have seen that on someone in real life, and I think it's so cute!! We still call Tiffany "Fifi" even though Gaby can say Tiffany pretty well now. So don't feel bad! About the Anna thing...I guess I've just never been an Anne/Anna/Annie fan, but since my friend is Anne (she's a good friend, but ...she has many qualities I dislike!) and since my annoying coworker's annoying stepdaughter is Anna and I have to hear her complain about Anna every day, I guess it sort of exacerbated my dislike for Anne/Anna/Annie. Sometimes I think about calling her Anna, but it doesn't really sound like it's her, you know what I mean? Hopefully this doesn't sound psycho! Anyway, I feel like Belle is a better fit, but maybe that's just cuz I like it better.

I thought of Sophia Pearl yesterday when I was talking to ppl at work about her name, but I felt like it didn't have the best flow, and Brent is definitely *not* a fan of Pearl. So I don't think that would help in that department! I too keep going back and forth on Sophia...I know it's more of a classic name, but I keep worrying that she'll be like a Jennifer from the 1980s if I name her Sophia. It's sort of weird though because it is so high on the popularity list, but I only know 2 kids named Sophie/Sophia. I don't know what's up with that, but sometimes it makes me nervous I shouldn't be considering it.

Still stuck on a mn for Madeleine....why is this one so hard for me?? Faves so far, not in order:
Madeleine Lucy
Madeleine Elspeth (thank you, Laura!! Love this one; I feel like it's a mouthful with our last name, but I like it!)
Madeleine Stella (I keep coming back to this one...maybe it should be the mn for Madda?)
Madeleine Estelle (better flow than Stella, but I like Stella more)

I'd like to have a mn narrowed down for Madeleine before I do a poll, but I don't know if I can decide yet. Urgghh!! I think I may have to go with Stella since I've loved this name for a LONG time, even though it totally rhymes with Gabriella and it isn't the BEST flow...ok, what the heck, I'll just do a poll.

[elsiekutz]

ok...here's the link for the poll, in case the same 3 people are following and it falls to the 3rd page or something! (I don't know if there's a better way to do this, or not...hopefully it works!)

http://nameberry.com/nametalk/viewto...110dc05fba6f09