We have a common, one-syllable "B" last name so would like a longer, rare first name that is still recognizable as a "real name". Other suggestions are welcome, but avoiding "B" as the first initial.
Cordelia / Cora is my favorite, but it's becoming popular in my area. If you're going for rare, I couldn't recommend it and vote for it. I voted Helena because it is my favorite of the names I don't see
I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.
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Felicity is one of my favorites! i love that it means "happiness".
I wonder if we have the same last name, mine is also common, one-syllable, starts with "B". It's harder naming with a common last name!
Thomasina is the only one that sticks out for me as a "no", mostly because there was a disney movie in the 70s called "The Three Lives of Thomasina" about a cat that keeps coming back from the dead. and so Thomasina will always be a cat's name to me.... Would you consider just Tamsin? It's technically a nickname, but it doesn't sound like a nickname. It's not used very often, and I think it's a really neat name.
I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.
You would like her better if you watched the Angel spinoff.
I voted Cordelia. I love the name but it was out for us since it rhymes with DD's name. I think it'd a beautiful, elegant name. You can always use Delia as a less common nn if Cora is more popular in your area.
I voted Helena. I also like Helen.
I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.
You would like her better if you watched the Angel spinoff.
This. Plus, Cordelia is also a character from Shakespeare, so that's mega high brow.
I voted Felicity, but I also like Cordelia and Helena.
Thanks all! Helena was actually my least favorite to start with but it is growing on me and getting a lot of love from you all!
I'm not crazy about Cordelia, something about the D sound... Loved Cora for a while til I saw it is on the rise... #78 in my state, so with the common last name I wouldn't want my kid to have a common first and last. But with Cordelia or maybe Coraline, Cora could be a nickname.
I like Felicity and Cora. I thought Tamsin was a name, not a nn. Although my only point of reference is Tamsin Sursok from Pretty Little Liars, so I could definitely be wrong.
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I see Cora on these boards a lot lately. I think it's pretty but if you're looking for less common I might reconsider. Cordelia is nms because I only think of Buffy.
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Felicity is my favorite but you can't go wrong with any of these- great choices! (I also LOVE Tamsin, so using it as a nn for Thomasina is lovely!)
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I'm not crazy about Cordelia, something about the D sound... Loved Cora for a while til I saw it is on the rise... #78 in my state, so with the common last name I wouldn't want my kid to have a common first and last. But with Cordelia or maybe Coraline, Cora could be a nickname.
Other suggestions very welcome!
Dahlia
Persephone
Isolde
Magdalena
Other suggestions
Jemima
Camilla
Anthea
Georgina
Matilda
Freya
I love Cora, but do not like Cordelia at all.
I voted Felicity kind of by default. I think we just have very different tastes in names.
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