Hello! I am still super early (8 weeks) but I'm trying to distract my pgal brain with some positive thoughts! We have one DD Piper. DH and I love Olive if we have another girl, but when I started saying them together it sounded an awful lot like Popeye and Olive. Is this too much? Brutally honest opinions welcome! Kindly, Libby
I can't really pinpoint why, but I don't love the sound of them together. Piper and Olivia sound nice and you get less of that Popeye and Olive sound you hear, IMO.
Thanks! If we don't go with Olive, I will probably start from scratch. Olivia is a beautiful name, but I tend to gravitate towards spunky/harsher sounding names and I'm not sure why! I appreciate your input!
I didn't think of Popeye but I guarantee someone along the line would haha! I wouldn't let that deter me from picking a name I love though. Some other options: Agnes/Agatha Edie Calliope Auden/Arden/Adair Scarlet Hazel Dorothy Gwendolyn Greer Maeve Quinn Tamar
Formerly ChoicesMom "Squishy" 2007 "Lyric" EDD Nov/4/11 - c/p Feb/11 "Fishy" 2012 "Bean" 2014 "Lux" EDD Apr/21/17 - c/p Aug/16 "Kokonah" EDD May/24/17 - m/c Oct/16 1 surprise - 1 Noonie - 1 preemie - 3 gone but not forgotten - One more on the way!! Grab bag of mental health disorders Pancolitis
Thank you for the suggestions! Adding some to my list. I didn't think of it at first either, but my mom pointed it out and then it was bothering me. Last time I stayed a few extra hours at the hospital and flipped a coin to land on a name with Piper, so I'm hoping to prevent that this time!
I'm honestly just not a fan of the name Olive, but I don't think the two sound awful together. To be fair, though, I really only shy away from sibsets where the names are super similar or are really something like popeye and olive lol.
IDK if these count as spunky/harsh but I tried... Blanche Elaine Maeve Lola Daphne Layla Trudy Stella Harriet nn Hatti Irene Beverly Fiona Matilda Molly Audrey
IDK if these count as spunky/harsh but I tried... Blanche Elaine Maeve Lola Daphne Layla Trudy Stella Harriet nn Hatti Irene Beverly Fiona Matilda Molly Audrey
Lola and Stella are on our short list! I also like Hatti and Fiona so I will add those for sure! Thanks so much! Blanche has always been a GP name for me.
Olive is NMS but I honestly would not have thought of the connection with Popeye if you hadn't mentioned it. I think it's a stretch to associate them together. If you like spunky names, my personal fave is Juniper nn June/Junie.
Olive is NMS but I honestly would not have thought of the connection with Popeye if you hadn't mentioned it. I think it's a stretch to associate them together. If you like spunky names, my personal fave is Juniper nn June/Junie.
I adore juniper!! It's one of my favorites. I'm just not sold on Piper and Juniper together. They may be a tish too similar
Thank you everyone for the suggestions! I've added some to our list! It didn't bother me until my mother pointed it out, but I think I could easily get past it. She really wants us to use Larkin, so I think she is trying to push me away from Olive.
I was searching for "juniper" posts and came across this one and caught my attention right away as Piper is on my short list as well! Some other names we're considering include Willa, Maris, and Elliott for a girl mn.
Re: Sibset help!
Other names that might go.
Sibyl
Flannery
Astrid
Beatrice
Diane
Agnes/Agatha
Edie
Calliope
Auden/Arden/Adair
Scarlet
Hazel
Dorothy
Gwendolyn
Greer
Maeve
Quinn
Tamar
Formerly ChoicesMom
"Squishy" 2007
"Lyric" EDD Nov/4/11 - c/p Feb/11
"Fishy" 2012
"Bean" 2014
"Lux" EDD Apr/21/17 - c/p Aug/16
"Kokonah" EDD May/24/17 - m/c Oct/16
1 surprise - 1 Noonie - 1 preemie - 3 gone but not forgotten - One more on the way!!
Grab bag of mental health disorders
Pancolitis
Married: 07-2014
TTC #1: Since November 2015
Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
due to previous issues.
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BFP: 11/4/2016
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Married: 07-2014
TTC #1: Since November 2015
Restarted TTC "count" Oct. 2016
due to previous issues.
***TW***
BFP: 11/4/2016
*TW*
What about...
Odette
Pearl
Wren
Ruth
Blanche
Elaine
Maeve
Lola
Daphne
Layla
Trudy
Stella
Harriet nn Hatti
Irene
Beverly
Fiona
Matilda
Molly
Audrey
I love Piper and June, or Piper and Hazel. Also suggesting Maggie, Darcy, Claire, Zoey, Lexi, Anna, Sadie
My attempt at spunky:
Girl:
Astrid
Blair
Inara
Muriel
Ros (Rosalind)
Rowan
Tess
Boy:
Demetrius
Finn (Finnegan)
Lamont
Lars
Rhett
Tal (Talon, Talcott, Talbot)
Yuri
Good luck!
was curious to see if you came up with any more?