Baby name take two. Ophelia Jane

CooneyGirl

Awhile ago I posted a name that got positive reviews here. Amelia Jane.

But DH recently told me he does not like Amelia. And after a good search I realized there is a line of children's books called Amelia Jane about a misbehaving doll.

Anyways time to nix that one even thought I thought the flow was great and the meaning awesome. Jane is my mom and such a beautiful woman to namesake.

Idea number two. What about Ophelia Jane. Same type of sound, less popular, great nn potential and DH loves Ophelia because of some old song.

Anyways here are my questions.

Is it accessible or not a real person name, like to fictional?

What is your fav nn for it. I am leaning towards Phea, or Opie?

oneblessedmess

DaisyBlinks:

I want to like Ophelia, but the it just doesn't work for me. The Shakespearean association is too strong, and she's just so tragic. I also don't like the sound of it.nbsp;

This was pretty much exactly my reaction. Not really a fan. I also don't like either of those NNs.

ETA: What about Olivia?

CooneyGirl

shaylovessly:

DaisyBlinks:

I want to like Ophelia, but the it just doesn't work for me. The Shakespearean association is too strong, and she's just so tragic. I also don't like the sound of it.nbsp;

This was pretty much exactly my reaction. Not really a fan.

ETA: What about Olivia?

Nice name but NMS and way to popular.

Bluebird2318

I actually like the name Ophelia, but I'm not really one to care much about literary connotations. (One of the names DH and I liked for a boy was Dorian Alexander, so hey.) I think I like Phea better as a NN. 

ETA: Cecelia is another similar name if you haven't considered that, but I prefer Ophelia TBH.  

tmccord21

Love Ophelia. I actually like it a lot more than Amelia. There are a bunch of nn that can be used. Not mentioned so far are Ellie, Lia, Effie....

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I really like it with the nn Phea.

M0ON

I love Ophelia Jane.

lizzybean

I love Ophelia Jane but I dont care for any of the NNs. Cecilia Jane is beautiful too. And Ceci is precious. 

Helenahhandbasket

I like it in spite of the literary connotations, however for me it's more of a GP name.

What about Amelie, Odette or Cornelia?

bobcee

MelRC117:

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Ophelia Jane.  Ophelia is one of my GP but if H ever agreed to it I'd actually use it.  I also love it paired with Jane...a beautiful but a little more of a simple name.

I'd prefer Phea because Opie reminds me of the name of the boy from that one old show....UGHHHHH the name escapes me at this moment...it was the show where the dad was the deputy or something of the town and there was no mom and they had a nanny/housekeeper/cook lady. This is going to bug me. So I picture Opie on a spunky little boy.

The Andy Griffith Show. And the woman was Aunt Bea. Opie was played by Ron Howard.

laurallano

Love Ophelia!

Buckeye608

I love it! The Shakespeare connotation crosses my mind but doesn't stick. 

 

caittozer

I'm not sure I can get behind Ophelia. Much prefer Amelia. If you go with Ophelia I like Phea for nn. Ophelia sounds very strong and not in a good way.

Jesslauren310

NMS at all. : 

TarHeels&Rebels

Love! It's one of my favorites. 

FakeFinn

Love Ophelia Jane. 

I also like pps suggestion of Cecilia.

Other suggestions: Odilia, Aurelia and Magnolia. 

MrMrsandBaby

I think Ophelia is a mouthful of a name and don't like it at all and (TBH) the nn's you mentioned made me grimace.

I do love Jane though! What about Cordelia? Diana? Victoria?

Soap1

Ophelia is pretty but all I can think about is Hamlet's girlfriend.  Who killed herself horribly.

provwife

I strongly dislike it.

zg49

I like Ophelia but I don't like any of the NNs. I also can't think of a different NN so I would just call her Ophelia. Just my opinion

DaisyZH

Honestly I'm not a fan because of the Shakespeare character.  Only because it's so tragic. 

le bebe xo

I love the name Ophelia Jane.

JillianO4

Love Ophelia

folkfemme

Ophelia is on our short list, and we have nn as Ophie, but I really like Phea too. 

ETA: It's also my husbands favourite because of the song Ophelia by The Band. 

nicholssquared

I LOVE this name. I actually was going to name DS1 this if he was a girl, until my MIL got in a huge rage fight with my DH (I could hear) basically saying that you CAN'T name a little girl that because it's not common enough and Hamlet and what have you. Made me ball my eyes out (it was my EDD, so I was pretty hormonal and already disappointing that nothing was happening), so I feel like I can't use it now without being deliberately contrary to her. We don't share our names now, FYI. Wish I was ballsy enough to do it anyway. Maybe one day I will.

To the people who are sketchy about the literary association: Ophelia/Ofelia is still a super common name in non-English speaking cultures. Thus, when people dissociate from that, it is still a beautiful and classic name. People who can't dissociate from it probably will side-eye you, but who cares? YOU know that it's still a beautiful and classic name.

As a nickname, I was going to use "Lia." I also like "Phea." I don't like "Ophie."  

notkateanymore

Not a fan at all.

CooneyGirl

lovelovelovelovelove:

Ophelia is on our short list, and we have nn as Ophie, but I really like Phea too.nbsp;ETA: It's also my husbands favourite because of the song Ophelia by The Band.nbsp;

Yes that's the song!

stahlop

I like it. I actually worked with a women names Ofelia back in college, so it's not that our of place to me. I also like that its from Shakespeare. I don't care what the character did, it's a pretty name. People still name their daughters Juliet and no one says, but she died a tragic death.

janneann1127

I really do not care for Ophelia at all. If you like Amelia, what about Amelie Jane? I just love the name Amelie, and it is very uncommon.

HattieLove

I love love love Ophelia. It's our #1 girl's name. We're leaning towards Phia as a NN.

nurseclare9

I like it. My husband loves Amelia but one of my favorites is Cecilia from those type of names

apc1929

I like Ophelia..  I actually like it better than Amelia.  There is just something about Amelia (I think its the Mealy sound) that I don't love.    I give a lot of leeway for nn's and think you should just see what comes naturally instead of forcing it.   I have to say tho I really dislike Opie for a girl nn      

nicholssquared

stahlop:

I like it. I actually worked with a women names Ofelia back in college, so it's not that our of place to me. I also like that its from Shakespeare. I don't care what the character did, it's a pretty name. People still name their daughters Juliet and no one says, but she died a tragic death.

Why didn't I say this? This is so true. Juliet also killed herself horribly! However, both Juliet and Ophelia are both beautiful, classic names. How come Juliet gets a pass?