DD is 3 weeks away - help me narrow the list?

KayteeGee · August 2014

DD is due in 3 weeks. We have had a hard time with names.
DS is Spencer Augustus.

Thoughts on these first names? (be as candid as you wish; other suggestions welcome; EVERYTHING appreciated) MN will likely be Aurelia. Last name rhymes with brightly

Alyse/Elyse
Chelsea
Corinne
Lauren
Paige
Abigail
Calista
Eloise
Diana
Daphne
Georgia
Jocelyn
Avery
Carys
Juliet/Julia
Analiese

nittanyllama · August 2014

My favorites are Elyse, Paige, and Daphne.

I feel like a longer fn doesn't flow as well with the long mn. Also, Julia Aurelia doesn't float my boat.

Dr.Loretta · August 2014

I like Juliet (Julia Aurelia sounds odd to me), Jocelyn (love this name), Daphne, Diana (though I don't think it flows well with Aurelia), Paige (though it seems to clash w/Aurelia), and Lauren (love this)

KayteeGee · August 2014

Good call on Julia! Crossing that off.

DawnJM25 · August 2014

Georgia Aurelia and Calista Aurelia are mouthfuls. I love Jocelyn, Corinne, Juliet and Paige. I would scratch Avery. The others are nms but nice names!

animalcrckr · August 2014

My favorites on your list are Elise (do not prefer the "y" spelling and especially not with an A), Corinne, Lauren, Paige and Eloise.

KayteeGee · August 2014

DawnJM25 said:

Georgia Aurelia and Calista Aurelia are mouthfuls. I love Jocelyn, Corinne, Juliet and Paige. I would scratch Avery. The others are nms but nice names!

Yes, Avery is DH's choice. It's def. not my favorite.
You're probably right on Georgia and Calista. I really like Calista... but we aren't greek so it also might just be too much Greek.

Thank you!

KayteeGee · August 2014

animalcrckr said:

My favorites on your list are Elise (do not prefer the "y" spelling and especially not with an A), Corinne, Lauren, Paige and Eloise.

Thanks.
I wish I could love Elise but I can't. I looks like you forgot the rest of Elisabeth to me... (which I know is where it comes from).
I know Alyse is non traditional, but one of my favorite movies/plays is The Lion in Winter which tells the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. That's where I first heard Alys - Henry's mistress who was also set to marry Richard the Lionheart (AL-ees is how they pronounce it in the movies - there were two movies - and the play, though I believe the original play has it spelled as Alais; historically she is Alys, Countess of the Vexin). I know I can't get away with Alys without people calling her Alice (which, while cute, will always be the name of my childhood next door neighbor's mom to me... )...
Does that make Alyse any better? That I have a "real" reason for preferring that spelling?

KayteeGee · August 2014

dreadpiratebuttercup said:

I like Aurelia, Lauren, Abigail, Calista, Eloise, Diana, Daphne, Carys, Juliet/Julia, and Anneliese (please spell it this way). My favorites are Carys Aurelia and Aurelia Juliet.

YES! on Anneliese. My bad...

Saw your DD is Amelia... that was on our list too, but Amelia Auerlia is just too much.

megbmeg · August 2014

I love Aurelia!

Of your fn possibilities, Daphne is my favorite by far, followed by Paige, and Chelsea.

I don't think names that end in "a" work very well with Aurelia, and even though Eloise is great it is also tough with Aurelia.

canarygirl · August 2014

Diana!

If you're open to other middle names:
Diana Mary
Diana Rose
Diana Alice
Diana Claire
Diana Elise
Diana Eloise

KayteeGee · August 2014

canarygirl said:

Diana! If you're open to other middle names: Diana Mary Diana Rose Diana Alice Diana Claire Diana Elise Diana Eloise

Thanks! We are probably not going to change the middle. It's a long story and really not that interesting, but of the few things I'm confident in the delivery of this baby, it's that her middle name will be Aurelia.