Rosemary or Elizabeth?

animalcrckr · July 2014

We are starting to talk names for baby #4. We are waiting until birth to find out the sex but wanted to have names for either a boy or girl.

Our current girl name contenders are Rosemary and Elizabeth. MN would be Sarah (after my deceased grandmother).

Older siblings are Henry, Samuel and Eleanor. Do you think one goes better with the sibling names than the other? I like both names as does DH. Help me decide!

HeavenBlessedMom · July 2014

Elizabeth

LyndseylovesHugh · July 2014

Elizabeth

chapstix7 · July 2014

Both are nice. I choose rosemary.

harmonicbabe26 · July 2014

Both nice. Personally I think I would go with Elizabeth.

Ceridwen21 · July 2014

I prefer Rosemary, but Elizabeth is always a great bet with so many awesome NN options. Both go great with your sibset.

ashiscute · July 2014

Elizabeth

le bebe xo · July 2014

Rosemary

DaisyZH · July 2014

I love Rosemary!

animalcrckr · July 2014

DaisyZH said:

I love Rosemary!

Yeah, me too. I'm so torn between the two. Good thing we still have some time:)

magsugar13 · July 2014

love both but would go with rosemary because it is less popular

Rosemary Elizabeth

Lizbyb · July 2014

I really like Rosemary, I am an Elizabeth and I always felt like there were so many of us. In elementary school I had to pick a nickname to allow the teachers to differentiate between us. My sister is Mary, but I think the Rose just adds something nice!

MarxieVonTrapp · July 2014

Elizabeth, all the way.

ladyclaire122 · July 2014

Elizabeth!

queenbone · July 2014

Rosemary. Eleanor and Elizabeth are too similar for siblings IMO.

BLPL101 · July 2014

If we have a girl, Elizabeth is our top name. Love it! I don't like Rosemary.

neverblushed · July 2014

Wow -- both are great names with a similar "flavor" and both go well with your other siblings. Here are some considerations:

--You can't go wrong with either name, and you have some time to decide. Maybe put them both on the back burner for a few months and see if you begin to like one better than the other.

--If you think you would use one of the many nns for Elizabeth that don't start with E, it would avoid your two daughters -- Eleanor and Elizabeth -- having similar sounding names. In this case, you might go with Elizabeth.

--On the other hand, if you call (or plan to call) Eleanor "Ellie" or "Ella" I would use Rosemary for the new baby.

--You could let the other kids help decide.

strawberrytree · July 2014

Love Rosemary and think it goes well with your other kids. Elizabeth feels a bit matchy with Eleanor to me.

animalcrckr · July 2014

neverblushed said:

Wow -- both are great names with a similar "flavor" and both go well with your other siblings. Here are some considerations:

--You can't go wrong with either name, and you have some time to decide. Maybe put them both on the back burner for a few months and see if you begin to like one better than the other.

--If you think you would use one of the many nns for Elizabeth that don't start with E, it would avoid your two daughters -- Eleanor and Elizabeth -- having similar sounding names. In this case, you might go with Elizabeth.

--On the other hand, if you call (or plan to call) Eleanor "Ellie" or "Ella" I would use Rosemary for the new baby.

--You could let the other kids help decide.

Thanks for your input! Our boys had fun helping name their sister so it will be interesting to see what they have to say:) Names are definitely going on the back burner for now. That seems to have worked for us in the past. We will pick up the debate a couple weeks before baby arrives and ultimately decide once they are born.

==N== · July 2014

Such a hard choice. I think I'm going to give Rosemary a slight edge though...

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