Combinations

The names

• Benedict

  Latin

  "blessed"

  Parents who like Ben and Benjamin but find those forms too popular sometimes consider Benedict as a more distinctive choice. Unlike the Old Testament Benjamin, Benedict is the name of the saint who…

  

• Cordelia

  Latin; Celtic

  "heart; daughter of the sea"

  Cordelia is exactly the kind of old-fashioned, grown-up name for girls that many parents are seeking for their daughters today. The name of King Lear's one sympathetic daughter, Cordelia has both…

  

• Cedric

  Celtic

  "bounty; loved"

  Soft yet solid, Cedric was invented by Sir Walter Scott for the noble character of the hero's father in Ivanhoe , presumed to be an altered form of the Saxon name Cerdic ("bounty"), or the Brythonic…

  

• Ingrid

  Norse

  "fair; Ing is beautiful"

  The luminous Ingrid Bergman's appeal was strong enough to lend universal charisma to this classic Scandinavian name, which has been somewhat neglected in the US. Even today, a child named Ingrid…

  

• Sibyl

  Greek

  "seer, oracle"

  The original but less common spelling of Sybil, this name comes from Greek and Roman mythology, in which the sibyls were female prophets. A name that has dipped in and out of style since the Middle…

  

• Isolde

  Welsh, German

  "ice ruler"

  Sleek, sharp, and soulful, Isolde is the German form of Iseult, the fabled lover of Tristan in the Arthurian romances. First appearing in the 12th-century, the name was fairly popular in the form of…

  

• Edwina

  Feminine variation of Edwin, English

  "wealthy friend"

  Edwina may still be taking tea in the parlor, but we can see her joining friends like Matilda and Josephine for a comeback, especially if pronounced like Edwin rather than Edween. She had a very…

  

• Antigone Florence Irene

• Beatrice Anna Hermione

• Drusilla Edith

• Edmund Hartley Fox

• Felix Rafferty Amias

• Guinevere Ida

• Harriet Ailbhe Temperance

• Henry Poseidon Arthur

• Hermione Alice

• Ignatius Otto

• Killian Sherlock Jasper

• Lysander Milo Atticus

• Octavia Willow