Sister for Clementine

Right now if Baby #2 seems not to be a Matilda when she arrives, we'd be going back to our list of

Beatrix
Eleanor
Genevieve
Susannah

to name her. Problem is, hubby's not completely happy with Beatrix or Eleanor, and I'm not completely happy with Genevieve or Susannah. We like them, even love them, but they don't call to us and say "I am the name for one of your babies". We're both happy with Matilda though, it's just ... what if Matilda seems wrong when it's time to actually name?

I would love some other suggestions so I don't feel so unprepared. Things with a strong d or t sound at the end (Adelaide, Millicent, etc) sound terrible with our last name, so those are all out.

How about:
Delia or Cordelia
Leonora
Estella
Henrietta
Florence
Adrienne
Eloise

[quote="orangesunrise"]Right now if Baby #2 seems not to be a Matilda when she arrives, we'd be going back to our list of

Beatrix
Eleanor
Genevieve
Susannah

Since I love the name Clementine so much, I just listed some of my favorite names below. I also love all the names on your list above.
Alice - this is probably kind of short to go with Clementine, but I didn't want Alice to feel left out because she is one of my favorites!
Anastasia nn Tansy
Aurora nn Rory
Cecily, Cecilia nn Cessie, Cici, Celia
Dahlia
Delphina nn Della
Dorothy nn Dot
Frances, Francesca, Francine nn Francie
Gwendolyn nn Gwen - I really love this name.
Henrietta nn Hattie (I love Hattie more than Hetty)
Isadora nn Izzy
Jacqueline nn Jackie
Josephine nn Josie, Fina, Fifi
Juniper nn June - love it!
Louisa nn Lulu
Lucinda nn Lucy - a favorite of mine
Ottilie nn Tillie
Penelope nn Penny, Poppy, Nell. Maybe another nn could be Polly.
Rosalie nn Rose, Rosie
Rosamel nn Rose, Rosie
Rosemary nn Rosie, Romy, Roxie. Rosie is my fave nn of these.
Veronica nn Vera
Vivian nn Vivi

My favorite of the Rose names is Rosemary. Two of my favorite names on the above list are Veronica and Vivian. It is fun to say "v"! Also love Francine nn Francie! And Lucinda nn Lucy.

I LOVED the name Finley for years before I even was close to having children. When I was pregnant with my son, however, I didn't feel that the name was going to fit my firstborn, so I chose a completely different name, Ransom, holding Finley in reserve for another son.

When my son was born, I took one look at him and knew that he was not Ransom. 2 days later, he was named Finley Ransom.

All this to say that even if your daughter doesn't seem like a Matilda now, she may when she's born! And if not, her name will come to you; even if it is one of the names that doesn't seem just perfect right now, it could be HER name when she arrives!

Don't stress yet! Best of luck! :)

Mathilda is a lovely name.

I think that Matilda is beautiful and my combo is Matilda Caroline and this could easily be reversed to Caroline Matilda if when you see your baby this name seems to fit better.

All the best!

orangesunrise wrote:Right now if Baby #2 seems not to be a Matilda when she arrives, we'd be going back to our list of

Beatrix
Eleanor
Genevieve
Susannah

to name her. Problem is, hubby's not completely happy with Beatrix or Eleanor, and I'm not completely happy with Genevieve or Susannah. We like them, even love them, but they don't call to us and say "I am the name for one of your babies". We're both happy with Matilda though, it's just ... what if Matilda seems wrong when it's time to actually name?

I would love some other suggestions so I don't feel so unprepared. Things with a strong d or t sound at the end (Adelaide, Millicent, etc) sound terrible with our last name, so those are all out.

Annabel
Augusta
Cecily
Elinor
Eliza
Georgina
Geraldine
Juliet
Louisa
Magdalen
Marigold
Mirabel
Rosalind
Rowena
Temperance

From your list, I think that Susannah is my favorite with Clementine, but I love all of the names. :-)

I picture these names with Clementine:

Annabelle
Amelia
Eliza
Eloise
Felicity
Georgia
Louisa
Mirabelle
Matilda
Penelope
Rose
Ruby
Scarlett
Vivienne/Vivien
Willa

Good luck! :-)

orangesunrise wrote:Right now if Baby #2 seems not to be a Matilda when she arrives, we'd be going back to our list of

Beatrix
Eleanor
Genevieve
Susannah

to name her. Problem is, hubby's not completely happy with Beatrix or Eleanor, and I'm not completely happy with Genevieve or Susannah. We like them, even love them, but they don't call to us and say "I am the name for one of your babies". We're both happy with Matilda though, it's just ... what if Matilda seems wrong when it's time to actually name?

I would love some other suggestions so I don't feel so unprepared. Things with a strong d or t sound at the end (Adelaide, Millicent, etc) sound terrible with our last name, so those are all out.

I particularly like Beatrix and Susannah. Here are some ideas inspired from your list:
Clementine AND....
Danica
Lucille
Sabina
Gabrielle
Louisa
Delilah
Jocasta
Helena
Faustina
Kerensa
Marcella
Elaine/Elena
Lilac

Everyone has suggested seemingly already so the only other one I can think of is Evangeline. Actually that's the first name I thought of when I read the title. Only now I'm not sure if someone else has suggested it...