Something new on something old...

My friends and I keep throwing around names for my soon-to-be-daughter. I have a list of favorites that I have posted, but I have an even longer list of names that I'd consider. I was wondering if any of you posters out there who are good w/ names could put a fresh twist on any of these names. It doesn't have to be heard of before, if it is an invented name, that is perfectly fine (especially b/c I like names that are a little more uncommon)!
Summer
Adrianna
Sienna
Alexandria
Mariana
Cadence
Caitlyn
Angelica
Angeli
Camilla
Brielle
Hazel
Anastasia
Taryn
Marina
Elsa/Elsie
Ariella
Evania
Aurora
Jorie

Summer - Alouette (the French for 'lark'), Mariposa (Spanish for 'butterfly')
Adrianna - Liliana, Aleta, Athena, Arianna
Sienna - Savannah
Alexandria - Venetia, Genevra, Athesis (all place names - the latter was a river in Verona, the setting of Romeo and Juliet)
Mariana - Marisa
Cadence - Aria, Selah (see-la)
Caitlyn - Seren (sare-en), Orla, Oona, Caoimhe (can be anglicised to Keavy), Evelyn
Angelica - Evangelina, Seraphina, Raphaella
Angeli
Camilla - Matilda
Brielle - Eleanor/a, Elodie
Hazel - Amandine (a French name meaning 'almond')
Anastasia - Natasha
Taryn - Tara, Tamara
Marina - Marisa
Elsa/Elsie - Elspeth, Agnes/Agatha nn Aggie, Edith nn Edie, Clara, Daphne
Ariella
Evania - Evadne (ev-ad-nee), Evelyn
Aurora - Aurelie/a
Jorie - Jolie.

Just some ideas; names which gave me the same feeling, or have similar sounds or meanings.

Hello ^^
I'll try to come up with some alternatives to the ones you've mentioned, but I'm not sure you'll like them all... they're a bit out there but something tells me that might be what you're looking for? Anyway, here goes:

Summer - Winter, Sumarlina, Somer, Sunny, Somerset, Somerled
Adrianna - Adrienne, Ariadne
Sienna - Sinclair, Vienna, Vianne, Susanna
Alexandria - Alexandrine
Mariana - Marah, Marigold, Marla
Cadence - Constance, Carys, Ceres, Cadenza, Song, Brio
Caitlyn - Ceylon, Crimson, Cyan, Cecile, Calais
Angelica - Amadea, Alethea
Angeli - Angelene, Engel
Camilla - Camellia, Camomile, Capella
Brielle - Briar, Bryony, Bayou
Hazel - Almond, Haze
Anastasia - Antonia, Andromeda, Ekaterina, Sasha
Taryn - Taran (Norwegian girls' name, means 'lover of thunder'), Terra, Tamar
Marina - Marianne, Navy
Elsa/Elsie - Elspeth, Elysia
Ariella - Ariadne, Araminta, Arista
Evania - Evanna, Evening
Aurora - Audra, Anouk
Jorie - Journey, Jacaranda, Junia, Jubilee

Hmmm... Let's see...

Summer - Winter, Autumn, June, July, August, Scout, Sunday, Sundance, Skyler
Adrianna - Adrienne, Adria, Hadria, Addie, Andrea, Hadrienne
Sienna - Vienna, Sahara, Samara, Salem, Sonora, Sydney, Velencia
Alexandria - Alessandra, Alexia, Alexis, Lexie, Sandra, Sasha, Zondra
Mariana - Marian, Marianne, Mary, Marie, Maria, Mariah, Miriam, Marionne
Cadence - Cadenza, Cady, Cadencia, Cheyenne, Crystal, Cali,
Caitlyn - Kaitlin, Kate, Cate, Katherine, Kathryn, Catherine, Catrina, Catriona
Angelica - Angelina, Angeline, Angel, Angelique, Anja, Angelisa
Angeli - see above
Camilla - Milla, Cammie, Camille, Chamika, Kamille, Milly, Camelia
Brielle - Brianna, Bree, Britney, Brittany, Briah, Bronte, Brooke, Brianne
Hazel - Aveline, Olive, Willow, Ashley, Harriet, Henrietta, Hermione
Anastasia - Stacy, Natasia, Anna, Taisie, Tasoula, Staska, Anastice
Taryn - Tasmyn, Tamsin, Tamara, Tara, Tarena, Tarnia, Taj
Marina - see Mariana
Elsa/Elsie - Ella, Ellie, Elspeth, Elizabeth, Eliza, Eliana, Elina, Elle
Ariella - Ariel, Aurielle, Aria, Ahrial, Arianna, Arabella, Ari, Ariadna
Evania - Evan, Eve, Eva, Evelyn, Evey, Evonne, Evelina, Evette
Aurora - Rory, Zora, Aurore, Ada, Avalon, Anais, Aubrey, Audrey
Jorie - Jordan, Jordana, Jourdaine, Jardena, Jordyn, Marjorie

Is that what you were looking for? Anyway, hope it helped:)

Fun! Sorry for repeats.

Summer - Season - Samara - Sommer (German for Summer) - Vera (Albanian for Summer)
Adrianna - Andrina - Adrienne - Andrika - Andrea (ahn-dray-uh)
Sienna - Serra - Sonja - Serena - Seraphina
Alexandria - Alessandra - Alexia - Alejandra - Alondra
Mariana - Mariel - Maureen - Marina - Marlana/Marlena
Cadence - Camden - Caledonia - Constance - Hortense - Romance - Florence - Temperence - Patience - Cordelia
Caitlyn - Katia - Carlin - Cale - Cailin - Calen ( I knew boy with this name)
Angelica - Angeline - Angelique - Angelia
Angeli - see above.
Camilla - Cameron - Marilla - Corilla - Amelia - Malia
Brielle - Amberly - Bridget - Brittany - Sabrina - Brinley
Hazel - ???
Anastasia - Annabelle - Annemarie - Asia - Eustasia - Acacia - Alicia - Persia - Natasha
Taryn - Terra - Trina - Tamera - Tanya
Marina - Carina - Marianne - Bay - Martina - Martika
Elsa/Elsie - Ellis - Ellison - Elissa - Esti
Ariella - Ariana - Avery - Ava - Aria - Elora
Evania - Yvonne - Yvonna - Yves - Evelyn - Evangeline
Aurora - Elora - Liora - Zara - Zera
Jorie - Jovie - Jodie - Jolie - Zora

Summer - June - July - Augusta
Adrianna - Ariadne - Aria
Alexandria - Alexana
Angelica - Evangelica
Camilla - Mila
Hazel - Aveline
Elsa - Elsabeth
Evania - Evadne
Aurora - Aurelia - Aura
Jorie - Jovie

Thanks everyone! So far, I've gotten some ideas that I could use... I just hope my husband likes them!

rkarczynski wrote:My friends and I keep throwing around names for my soon-to-be-daughter. I have a list of favorites that I have posted, but I have an even longer list of names that I'd consider. I was wondering if any of you posters out there who are good w/ names could put a fresh twist on any of these names. It doesn't have to be heard of before, if it is an invented name, that is perfectly fine (especially b/c I like names that are a little more uncommon)!

Summer - Samara, Samira, Sunshine, Simone, Leonora (after Leo, the zodiac sign, July 23 to August 22), or also Leona. Other summer signs just don't come off that well.

Adrianna - Abriana, Adrienne, Daria, Dorianne, Audra.

Sienna - Simone, Sylvana, Kendra, Seraphina, Sana ("mountaintop, splendid, brilliant" in Arabic), Lysandra (made-up feminization of Lysander).

Alexandria - Alessandra, Alix, Lysandra (again), Allegra, Sandrine.

Mariana - I love Mariana! Mariel, Ariana, Marisa, Marleah, Marlena, Marina, Martina.

Cadence - Candace, Carmen, Denise, Adagio.

Caitlyn - Katherine, Catalina, Bethlyn, Talia, Catrice.

Angelica - Angela (just simply very pretty), Annelle, Annika, Seraphina (again).

Angeli - Angela (again), Magali, Gloria, Sancia ("sacred"),

Camilla - Camille, Carmel, Milla, Casimira, Amelia, Cameron, Cambria.

Brielle - Aubrey, Audrey, Beryl, Barbarella (not serious, but I did know a Barbarella in grade school).

Hazel - Mabel, Harriet, Liesl, Giselle, Ursula.

Anastasia - Natasha, Tatiana, Stasia, Anya, Anna Maria, Danica, Daniela.

Taryn - Therese, Marin, Arianne, Renée, Starla, Astoria, Irina.

Marina - Oh, I already used this above (see Mariana)! Mara, Moira, Irina (again), Raina, Lauraine, Honora.

Elsa/Elsie - Elyse, Cerise, Tessa, Lisa, Selena, Elka,

Ariella - Ariel, Auriella, Oriel, Aurora, Daniela (again), Marcella.

Evania - Eva, Ivana, Viviana, Venetia, Avalon, Averill, Aviva.

Aurora - (another one I suggested as an alternate inpiration). Oriel (again), Diana, Fiona, Artura (invented feminization of Arturo, form of Arthur), Romera (invented feminization of Romero, form of Romeo).

Jorie - Jodie, Jolie, Jolena, Yelena (form of Helen), Joely, Marjorie, Eudora, Dory, Courtney, Jordana.


Some of these may not be too hip. Not for me to say just what strikes you. A lot of them seem to me overlooked. I just let my free-association buggy go, with some help from the search names function.

Huge apologies for repeats! :-)

Summer:

Winter
June
August
Arbor
Arden
Briar
Gemma
Meadow
Romilly

Adrianna:

Ariana
Annabelle
Anneliese
Arabella
Audrey
Adrienne
Dahlia
Francesca
Gabriella
Georgiana
Juliana
Liliana
Mariana
Viviana

Sienna:

Anna
Ciel
Celia
Cecilia
Celeste
Catalina
Susannah
Sasha

Alexandria:

Aurora
Alexandra
Alessia
Charlotte
Cassandra
Dahlia
Eleanora
Georgiana
Georgia
Juliette
Katerina
Mirabelle
Nerissa
Rosalie
Seraphina
Veronica
Vanessa

Mariana:

Aurelia
Ariana
Cora/Cordelia
Dahlia
Emilia
Francesca
Georgiana
Juliana
Liliana
Marielle
Viviana

Cadence:

Candace
Aria
Elodie
Carys
Camille
Hollis
Serena

Caitlyn:

Catherine
Camille
Cora
Brynn
Evelyn
Linnea
Linden
Maren
Madeleine
Rowan
Serena
Wynn

Camilla

Amelie
Camille
Claudia
Corinna
Cecilia
Celia
Cordelia/Cora
Lila
Lydia
Matilda
Marielle
Marilla
Viola
Willa

Brielle:

Annabelle
Anneliese
Bree
Cambrie
Emmeline
Estelle
Gabrielle/Gabriella
Mirabelle
Rosabelle
Ruby
Stella

Hazel:

Beatrix
Cora
Clover
Cleo
Daisy
Eve
Frances
Flora
Ivy
June
Mabel
Maisie
Pearl
Ruby
Tess
Violet
Willa

Anastasia:

Aurora
Annabella
Francesca
Katarina
Lucinda
Natalia
Sasha
Seraphina

Taryn

Tamsin
Tatum
Maren
Karenna
Caroline
Flannery
Laurel
Rowan
Seren
Sheridan
Vivienne

Marina:

Marin/Maren
Marielle
Ariana
Aria

Elsa/Elsie:

Eliana
Eliza
Eleanora
Elise
Anneliese

Ariella:

Ariana
Arista

Evania:

Evanthe
Evelyn
Evelina
Evangeline
Genevieve (nn Evie)
Viviana
Vivienne
Vienna (reminds me of sausage, though) :-)
Vanessa

Aurora

Arabella
Belle
Cora
Calla
Delphine
Dahlia
Esme
Dorothea
Flora
Genevieve
Juliet/Juliette
Juliana
Laura
Lorelei
Mirabelle
Miranda
Raphaella
Simona
Seraphina
Scarlett

Jorie:

Astoria
Corinne
Cora
Dorothea (nn Dorie)
Flora
Georgia
Georgiana
Juliette
Laurel
Lorelei
Nora
Rory
Victoria

Good luck! :-)

Thanks again ladies!
You know, I really like Charlotte, but I can't stand that it's so popular! Laurel sounds very nice, too.