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Girl name- which do you prefer and why?
Help me narrow down my girl's name, please! Also, if you have any suggestions of similar type names, I'd appreciate it!
DD1 is Annalise Catherine.
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Re: Girl name- which do you prefer and why?
Eloise sounds too much like your DD name.
Same for me!
You think? I thought they would complement each other.
I totally agree. I love Eloise but its too close
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I love it too, but someone the other day thought it would be pronounced "I'm-a-jen" and then my sister was like, "Ohh Emma Jean, no! That's so country." I'm starting to get worried about it.
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Oh I like that spelling, too. The one girl I know named this is "Loralie" so that is how I always knew it, but I love it with the "ei" instead.
I agree that Eloise and Anneliese are much too close. The -ise/-ese ending is fairly unusual, and without some strong, differentiating consonants on the front end, they sound very, very similar.
My favorite of these is Emmeline ? my daughter's name is from the same name family. I actually think Emmeline and Anneliese are a better complementing pair than Eloise and Annaliese. They also sound similar, but they are like photo negatives of one another. Similar length and letter patterns, but different sounds.
Imogen is spunky and cute. I think it goes well with Anneliese. The number of syllables tie them together, but they are much more distinct than the previous pairings.
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Sorry - I just read the responses, so I need to ask: how are you pronouncing these names? Loralie - is it pronounced laura-LIE (as in, Lorelei), or Laura-LEE? If it's Laura-LEE, that's cute, but if its Laura-LIE, you should spell it correctly.
Imogen is pronounced ihm-a-jen. Imogene is pronounced more similarly to Emma Jean. Both are great names, but make sure you are pronouncing it correctly if you choose one of them.
I agree with PP's, too. Now that I've read your DD's name, I think it's too close to Eloise.
I mentioned earlier that the girl I know is Loralie and is pronounced Lora-lie. I do prefer the spelling Loralei, but the spelling I was familiar with was the other one. I do not care for Lora-lee.
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This for me too, except I voted for Emmeline.
Ahh, I see. Yeah, I wouldn't do that spelling. It's just like Coralie, which is pronounced Cora-lee. So I'd do Lorelei if you go with that name
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I like all of the names, with Lorelei spelled this way. My favourite by far is Imogen though. Imogen Moira is in my top 3 for girls--I just need to convince DH that it's perfect.
I think Annalise and Imogen or Annalise and Lorelei would go best together. Eloise is too close IMO and Emmeline just isn't as great.
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I love Emmeline and Imogen.
Emmeline because it's gorgeous, and it's not something I see a lot. I see a lot of Emilys and Emmas, but not Emmeline. I also love the potential NNs for her.
Imogen because FI's niece's name is Imogen, and I never would have loved it had I not met her. She's beautiful and she has thus made the name beautiful, IMO. Also uncommon around here.
I absolutely adore Imogen.
I also like Eloise, but don't like how matchy-rhymey it is with your DD's name.