Thoughts on Josephine?

Re: Thoughts on Josephine?

• wassuphoes member

  September 2015

  I think Josephine goes great with Penelope. 

  
  

  Other names that might work

  
  

  Felicity

  Celeste

  Daphne

  Cordelia (delia)

  Gabriella (gabby)

  Bernadette (Bernie)

  Francesca (Frankie)

  Cecilia (cece)

  Vivian (Vivi)

  Corinne (Rin)

  Adelaide (Addy)

  Theodora (Thea)

  Michaela (Mikey/kayla)

  Louisa (Lou)

  Vanessa (Vee / Nessa)

  Natalie (Nat)

  Bridget (Gigi)

  
  

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• magsugar13 member

  September 2015

  love it

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• Linsbins member

  September 2015

  Those are great together!

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• karynste19 member

  September 2015

  I absolutely love Josephine! Goes perfectly with Penny

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• yellowbean15 member

  September 2015

  I love Josephine and the nickname Josie. And it goes great with Penelope.

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• bbiutmcph member

  September 2015

  Love it and it's great with Penelope.

  
  
  

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• MyCousinVinny member

  September 2015

  I love Josephine so much! It was my #1 pick for DD2 but DH wasn't feeling it.  

  
  

  It goes great with Penelope.

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• breezycat member

  September 2015

  I know I'm in the minority but I really don't like the name Josephine. Suggestions:
  
  Susannah (Susie)
  Juliet (Jules)
  Elizabeth (Libby/Betty)
  Georgia (Gigi)
  Alexandra (Alli/Alex)
  Helena (Lena)
  Cassandra (Cassie)
  Nicolette (Nicki)
  Gwendolyn (Gwen)
  Jillian (Jill)

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• MadBloom member

  September 2015

  Thanks Ladies! Lots of names in these lists have been on our minds too
  
  We love Josephine but are having some negative feedback from family. I know we should have kept it to ourselves but we got excited and shared.
  
  I'm going to show DH the suggestions here and see if any stick out to him.

  YCSWU
  

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• hacharles member

  September 2015 edited September 2015

  As a former fan of Dawson's Creek, I love Josephine and would probably shorten it to Joey

  
  

  ETA: mostly because I'm not a fan of Josie. Reminds me of the movie Never Been Kissed where she was teased with "Josie Grossie"

  Also...clearly I watch too much television 

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• MyCousinVinny member

  September 2015

  MadBloom said:

  Thanks Ladies! Lots of names in these lists have been on our minds too We love Josephine but are having some negative feedback from family. I know we should have kept it to ourselves but we got excited and shared. I'm going to show DH the suggestions here and see if any stick out to him.

  FWIW, some of our family members didn't like it, either.  If DH didn't veto it, we would have went with it anyway

  
  

  It's a great, strong name.

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• breezypip member

  September 2015

  I love Josephine, and it would be out girl's MN if it wasn't too long in combo with the first name we've chosen.
  
  So many great NN options too! Jo, Joey, Josie, Posie

  

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• ashleyandely member

  September 2015

  I love Josephine! Goes great with Penelope

  DD: Ophelia 5/18/15

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• Latina211508 member

  September 2015

  I really like the name Josephine. My cousins name is joselyn and goes by Josie. She was never called Josie groosie. I love that movie though.

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• bbiutmcph member

  September 2015

  I think when it's just a matter of style difference you should ignore it. If they had valid reasonings it's worth listening to feedback but otherwise nope. H's family hated the name we picked for DS1 and now for DD . Them just not liking it isn't going to stop or change our minds

  
  
  

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• 4N6s member

  September 2015

  Love. Love. Love.

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• holocene member

  September 2015

  I love Josephine. 

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• nurse714 member

  September 2015

  Love Josephine with the nn Josie.

  
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• CaboBride2015 member

  September 2015

  Love it... which is why we're using it! We already refer to her as Jojo. Josie Grosey did come to mind but I figure kids her age won't have the movie reference. Plus, the movie works out well in the end for her!

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• mrstrax member

  September 2015

  Nms but love it with Penelope. I also love Jojo as a nn option.

   
  

  

  

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• sarahsnowball member

  September 2015

  That sibset sounds just lovely. I think you've got this absolutely right

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• mb0112 member

  September 2015

  I like Josephine and it reminds me of Jo in Little Women

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• kerismatic member

  September 2015

  I think it's a fine name choice.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• MadBloom member

  September 2015

  Thanks Ladies! It's nice to have some positive feedback! It seems like most of my peers/ other moms my age all love the choice but my older family members are curling up their noses! Must be a generational thing. Penelope is already calling the belly Jojo so I think we might have our name! 
  I know all of our family will love her no matter what her name is and it'll grow on them eventually. We had picked out a different name for Penelope and the look on my mothers face when I told her what we were calling her ruined it for me. Then we ended up falling in love with Penelope anyways and it just suits her personality so well. I think maybe I was waiting to fall in love with another name this time too. 
  Everyday I love the name Josephine more and more!  

  YCSWU
  

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• FreshBakedBrownies member

  September 2015

  hacharles said:

  As a former fan of Dawson's Creek, I love Josephine and would probably shorten it to Joey

  
  

  ETA: mostly because I'm not a fan of Josie. Reminds me of the movie Never Been Kissed where she was teased with "Josie Grossie"

  Also...clearly I watch too much television 

  What bugged me in that movie though was how they pronounced Josie, like "Jōess-eee" with a long o sound and soft ss sound.
  I would say Josie like "Joe-zee", which doesn't rhyme with gross-y quite as well.

  

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• LNic5 member

  September 2015

  I think Josephine and Penelope make a great sibset!!!
  
  
  Matilda nn Tilly
  Eleanor nn Nora or Ellie/Ella
  Adelaide nn Ada
  Vivienne nn Viv or Vivi
  Delilah nn Lila
  Evangeline nn Eva or Evie
  Gwendolyn nn Gwen
  Gwyneth nn Gwen
  Rosemary nn Rose
  Beatrice nn Bea
  Frances nn Franny
  Coraline/Coralie nn Cora
  Rosalind nn Rose or Rosie
  
  Caroline
  Scarlett
  Genevieve
  Camilla

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• daystardreams member

  September 2015

  I think it's great!

  
  

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• elle313 member

  September 2015

  Love the name Josephine. I'm currently working on DH for it to be our girl name, but he's undecided. 

  

  
  

  

  
  

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• Rebis58 member

  September 2015

  Josephine and Penelope are two of my all time favourite names, and they go together perfectly! Great choices

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• KateBee member

  September 2015

  Love Josephine!

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• MamaBish member

  September 2015

  I love it!

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• MssyMmmy member

  September 2015

  I love it!!! That was my girl name but we found out ours is a boy. Sounds great with Penelope

  
  

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• solitude1984 member

  September 2015

  I think Josephine is a fantastic name and goes very well with Penelope.  

  
  

  When our parents asked what our babe's name was going to be, we told them we would tell them ONLY IF they gave no negative opinions.  We had already fallen in love with the name and we didn't need anyone's approval.  In the end, neither set of parents said anything negative, which pleased us both.  It's a classic name anyway. :P  

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• MadBloom member

  September 2015

  LNic5 said:

  I think Josephine and Penelope make a great sibset!!!
  
  
  Matilda nn Tilly
  Eleanor nn Nora or Ellie/Ella
  Adelaide nn Ada
  Vivienne nn Viv or Vivi
  Delilah nn Lila
  Evangeline nn Eva or Evie
  Gwendolyn nn Gwen
  Gwyneth nn Gwen
  Rosemary nn Rose
  Beatrice nn Bea
  Frances nn Franny
  Coraline/Coralie nn Cora
  Rosalind nn Rose or Rosie
  
  Caroline
  Scarlett
  Genevieve
  Camilla

  Coraline was my husbands number one choice! With Cora as the NN. I wasn't sure about it but thought that Coralie was nice as a compromise. He shot it down though.
  
  Caroline might end up being our middle name choice as its my husbands late grandmother name.

  YCSWU
  

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• eliztheforrizz member

  September 2015

  LOVE IT!!

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• kmkrushi member

  September 2015

  MadBloom said:

  LNic5 said:

  I think Josephine and Penelope make a great sibset!!!
  
  
  Matilda nn Tilly
  Eleanor nn Nora or Ellie/Ella
  Adelaide nn Ada
  Vivienne nn Viv or Vivi
  Delilah nn Lila
  Evangeline nn Eva or Evie
  Gwendolyn nn Gwen
  Gwyneth nn Gwen
  Rosemary nn Rose
  Beatrice nn Bea
  Frances nn Franny
  Coraline/Coralie nn Cora
  Rosalind nn Rose or Rosie
  
  Caroline
  Scarlett
  Genevieve
  Camilla

  Coraline was my husbands number one choice! With Cora as the NN. I wasn't sure about it but thought that Coralie was nice as a compromise. He shot it down though.
  
  Caroline might end up being our middle name choice as its my husbands late grandmother name.

  Ha! We had almost the exact same issue. DH loved Cordelia nn Cora. I vetoed (too rhymey with DD) . Suggested Coralie as a compromise and he shot it down.
  
  I love the sibset Penelope and Josephine. Also suggest Rosalind/Rosaline or Rosalie.

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