Can you help find names with similar meanings?

BlessedMommy723

DH and I are expecting our third child and are having a tough time coming up with names. It's mostly my problem because I have two very special people to me that I would like to honor. One grandmother passed away two years ago and the other is currently fighting stage 4 cancer. Their names are Velma and Janet. If possible, I would like to find something from at least one of them to put in this baby's name. Velma passed away while I was 8 months pregnant with DS and it was very difficult for me to deal with. I regret not finding a way to name him after her, but unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it now.

That being said, I know that Velma is a derrivitive of William. I am not opposed to using this, but I would like to try and find something else if possible. DH and his dad are both FN William LN and we already used their FN as DS #1's middle name. I want this name to be something special, reserved only for my grandmother. Is that silly?

There are some of  you on TB that are name wizards and can find similar names/meanings so I thought I would enlist your help. I'm having a hard time finding something that "works" for a boy.

Thank you for any help!

LyndseylovesHugh

Behind the Name says Velma is probably a variant of Wilma/Wilhelmina and other variants of those two names are: Elma, Helma, Vilma, Mien, Mina, Wil, Willy, Minnie.  I like Mina from that list, I went to HS with a Mina. 

Janet is a variant of Jane, which is a great name!  There are also a ton of varients of Janet, you can find them here.

bumpuser5823822

Just some basic searching led me to suggestions:

Selma

Thelma

Vera

 

strawberrytree

So to be sure I understand, you are looking for a variant of Velma or Janet that works for a boy? But not William, since that's your first son's middle name?

ETA: What about Wilhelm or Willem for Velma? And for Janet, it is a diminutive of Jane, which is a female form of John, so John- or John in any other language- could work too (Evan, Ewan, Sean, Juan, Giovanni, Ivan, etc). 

kaylynne

I like the above suggestions

  

Edited because I didn't read carefully

Leah&JP

Velma = Protector

Also meaning protector- Alexander, Edmund, Raymond

Janet = God is Gracious

Also meaning "God is Gracious"= Evan, Shawn, Shane

You could mix those up for FN/MN combo like: Evan Alexander or Shane Edmund

**ETA- this is all by the powers of Google, so I can not guarentee any of its validity!**

BlessedMommy723

Thank you, everyone! I feel like I have been searching and looking at these names for so long that my brain is fried.

There are a few suggestions on here that I had not yet come across, so I appreciate your help

PP, yes I am having a boy but still want to find a way to honor one or both of my grandmothers as I am/was close to both.

Thanks again!

LyndseylovesHugh

BlessedMommy723:

Thank you, everyone! I feel like I have been searching and looking at these names for so long that my brain is fried.

There are a few suggestions on here that I had not yet come across, so I appreciate your help

PP, yes I am having a boy but still want to find a way to honor one or both of my grandmothers as I am/was close to both.

Thanks again!

Oops, sorry, reading fail.  None of my suggestions help :-(  But Behind the Name always lists variants, so that is a good place to start. 

LoveIsOwlYouNeed

What about Liam, as a version of William?