Sister for future Henry?
by emrasmus on Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:58 pm
I don't have any children yet (nor am I anywhere near married, so can't discuss names with any guy!), but I love names! I am dead-set on naming my first son Henry Albus (Henry from The Time Traveler's Wife, Albus from Harry Potter =] ) but whenever I have a daughter, I'm at a loss! I can't seem to find a name that stands up to Henry.
I'd really like to stick with having literary names, including one from Harry Potter. The only girl's name I love as much as Henry is Emma, but I named a character in my books that so I don't think I can bring myself to name a daughter Emma.
I'm not so affected by a name's popularity unless I know too many personally (but Isabella is out!), and I prefer shorter names that are classic(and literary). Any suggestions? Thanks in advance =)
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by rollo on Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:13 pm
Our nameberry friend has a Henry, a Dorothy, and will have twins of Matilda and Eloise soon, they are all brilliant with Henry.
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by jill on Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:50 am
Literary names with Henry:
Amelia (Bedelia)
Beatrix (Potter)
Blythe (Gilbert Blythe in Anne of Green Gables
Caroline (Little House on the Prairie)
Cordelia (Shakespeare)
Charlotte (Charlotte's Web)
Eliza (My Fair Lady, based on the play Pygmalion)
Eloise (Eloise)
Juliet (Shakespeare)
Josephine (Little Women)
Lucy (The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe)
Louisa (Alcott)
Miranda (Shakespeare)
Matilda (Matilda)
Rose (Little House on the Prairie)
Rosalie (Twilight, which I haven't read)
Rosalind (Shakespeare)
Tamsin (nickname for Thomasina in Return of the Native)
Thomasina (Three Lives of Thomasina and Return of the Native)
Violet (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory)
Good luck! :-)
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by danal on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:34 am
There's always Jane, as in Austen and Bronte's Jane Eyre. (I have a Jane and a Henry myself!)
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by susan on Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:22 pm
I know - I love Henry so much, too!
Henry and Alice - love it so much! I know a brother and sister with these names.
Henry and Beatrice
Henry and Clara - love!
Henry and Claire
Henry and Eliza - this one is great!
Henry and Evelyn
Henry and Flora
Henry and Georgia
Henry and Grace
Henry and Josephine
Henry and Lucy - love this one, too!
Henry and Margaret nn Maisie - love it!
Henry and Matilda - love
Henry and Nora
Henry and Pippa
Henry and Rose
Henry and Susannah
Henry and Veronica
If Gladys ever comes back in style, and I think it will sooner than we could imagine:
then Gladys would be cute. Only use it if you live in the coolest part of Manhattan and you are super hip. Then MAYBE you could pull it off. But I doubt it. Definitely in five years or ten years.
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by emrasmus on Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:30 pm
Thanks for all the suggestions! =)
Favorites--
Henry & Lucy (I love Narnia!)
Henry & Rosalie/Rose
I also love Claire, Juliet, Nora, Eloise, & Cordelia (though I couldn't bring myself to use it..).
And while I love the sound of Gladys, Susan...It's not a name I could pull off! =P
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by susan on Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:23 pm
emrasmus wrote:Thanks for all the suggestions! =)
Favorites--
Henry & Lucy (I love Narnia!)
Henry & Rosalie/Rose
I also love Claire, Juliet, Nora, Eloise, & Cordelia (though I couldn't bring myself to use it..).
And while I love the sound of Gladys, Susan...It's not a name I could pull off! =P
I understand why you don't want to use Gladys. I wouldn't want to use it either. But I think is will be super hip one of these years.
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by emrasmus on Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:25 pm
susan wrote:emrasmus wrote:Thanks for all the suggestions! =)
Favorites--
Henry & Lucy (I love Narnia!)
Henry & Rosalie/Rose
I also love Claire, Juliet, Nora, Eloise, & Cordelia (though I couldn't bring myself to use it..).
And while I love the sound of Gladys, Susan...It's not a name I could pull off! =P
I understand why you don't want to use Gladys. I wouldn't want to use it either. But I think is will be super hip one of these years.
Yeah...it's "hipness" will burst sometime soon!
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by kellihope on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:11 pm
this is making me lol, I have loved Gladys for years but everyone screams at me (IRL) when I mention it as a baby name. Sigh, maybe some day!
Re: Sister for future Henry?
by lemon on Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:34 pm
I'm not that much a fan of two names ending in the same sound, but Lucy and Henry are very cute together! You could do Henry Albus and Lucy Minerva (Minerva McGonagall)...