tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post8967335587823971227..comments2024-02-24T03:14:26.608-06:00Comments on marginamia: Consultation: help name baby S.kghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627518291982352081noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-29182641119054074862011-10-28T09:20:01.571-05:002011-10-28T09:20:01.571-05:00Cosmina is beautiful. I love Cosima too, but Cosm...Cosmina is beautiful. I love Cosima too, but Cosmina feels a little more...mysterious. I like that.eBirdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777366202173446481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-40788000289324699842011-10-26T17:07:42.835-05:002011-10-26T17:07:42.835-05:00Love that name, very sweet and has a lovely flow, ...Love that name, very sweet and has a lovely flow, plus Mina is a great, modern nickname, too - if they ever feel comfortable calling her the same name as her grandmother!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-78096947488647322392011-10-25T13:42:48.116-05:002011-10-25T13:42:48.116-05:00Wow! Thank you all so, so much for your beautiful ...Wow! Thank you all so, so much for your beautiful inputs! I'm inspired. <br /><br />I adore Berenice, Marguerite, Roma, Flora, Bebe (by way of Beatrice Bluebell), Ivy, and SUNDEW (oh my gosh, Nook--this one is going in an Ask post tomorrow!), <br /><br />UPDATE: They have selected the name-- Cosmina Rosevine! Isn't it beautiful? Mina was her mother's name, so it has her mother's name right in it! Cosmina is a variant of Cosima, with the same meaning. A lot of people in Italy also use it, so it hits most all of her tributes. I think it's just stunning. Congratulations, A!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-91159398957210110832011-10-25T12:36:16.864-05:002011-10-25T12:36:16.864-05:00Dahlia Josephine S. is great, also (literate and f...Dahlia Josephine S. is great, also (literate and floral) Daisy Roma S. (traditional Italian form of Rome, bit more feminine).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-23488321970891921282011-10-24T12:40:39.187-05:002011-10-24T12:40:39.187-05:00These are fabulous names for an addition to this b...These are fabulous names for an addition to this beautiful family. (I'm bookmarking this post! So inspiring!)<br /><br />Combining some of these suggestions, I like: <br /><br />Rosalind Roma<br /><br />Siena Agnes <br />OR Seneca Agnes<br /><br />Beatrice Bluebell (nn Bebe)<br /><br />Flora Josephine<br />OR Violet Josephine<br /><br />Good luck! And congrats! xo.nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06751056646800096858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-82821056678225790732011-10-22T19:41:15.072-05:002011-10-22T19:41:15.072-05:00I would ask what A's mother's favorite Dah...I would ask what A's mother's favorite Dahlia varieties were, as there are so many and some have wonderful names. I adore dahlia's too (second only to roses) -- unfortunately, my favourite is the Bishop of Llandaff, which isn't all that nameworthy... <br /><br />Of course, Dahlia itself is a lovely name.<br /><br />I could say the same stuff all over re Lavenders too...<br /><br />Since A has a degree in English Lit, I doubt she needs reminding of the character names from her favorite books, as such, but I grew up close to Brontë country, and used to walk up by the real "Wuthering Heights" with my dog...<br /><br />How about Brontë itself as a name? As well as honoring Emily and Charlotte, it means "thunder" in ancient Greek. The original Irish form of their family name means 'bestower'.<br /><br />I think it's a super name.<br /><br />That part of Yorkshire is very wild and raw. Lots of smoke-blakened villages of stone and bleak moorland. Heather dominates. I still think Heather makes a lovely name, though it's certainly not "trendy" at the moment. But it's everywhere Wuthering Heights.<br /><br />Other moorland plants which I think make great names include varieties of <br /><br />Asphodel <br />Fern<br />Orchid<br />Sundew<br />Violet<br /><br />But just on the sibling names alone, if I were picking a name... I think these would be on my shortlist:<br /><br />Antigone<br />Cassandra<br />Celyn (Welsh for 'holly' -- an established name here in Wales)<br />Clio<br />Hebe (also a plant ;))<br />Holly (a December baby, and Holly Golightly...)<br />Ilex (Latin for holly)<br />Iole<br />Ione<br />Ivy<br />Ismene<br />Kilmeny<br />Minerva<br />Mistletoe<br />Oenone<br />Tabitha<br />Tanith<br />Tethys<br />Una<br />Vashti<br />Xanthe<br /><br />Pretty random, I know, but they're the ones which are resonating for me :).Nook of Nameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272090640290192997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-70688201059112944782011-10-21T22:03:41.927-05:002011-10-21T22:03:41.927-05:00I like your suggestion of Cosima- I might pair it ...I like your suggestion of Cosima- I might pair it with Rosemary or Rosaline but they're all 3 syllables. My suggestions are Marguerite Constance nicknamed Daisy and Josephine Dahlia. I also love Primrose but next year's Hunger Games movie should put it in a lot of people's minds so I wouldn't use it for that reason. Good luck to A and her family!Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04409402007038888850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-52475860318243265822011-10-21T16:00:24.749-05:002011-10-21T16:00:24.749-05:00I think she should stick with one middle name sinc...I think she should stick with one middle name since thats what she did with the other kids.<br />Bernice is from F. Scott's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" which was based on his letters to his younger sister on how to be more attractive to men. His sister was Annabel which would also be lovely. <br />Ardita was the name of the heroine in "The Offshore Pirate", another short story.<br />Cuthbert is the name of a minor character in "The Pillars of the Earth". I think it would make a nice middle name for a boy.<br />I'm really loving Concordia as of late, Concordia Enid is very pretty.<br /><br />Other suggestions:<br /><br />Belia (What dahlias are called in Hindi.)<br />I believe dahlias are also called Georgina Willd's? Georgina would be pretty.<br />Pepperberry (Perhaps a bit out-there but I love it. It is a winter blooming flower.)<br />Alabama (Heroine of Zelda Fitzgerald's novel and where she was from.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317440380138960058.post-34987909479728262812011-10-21T15:13:52.541-05:002011-10-21T15:13:52.541-05:00I have a daughter named Calypso. She loves her nam...I have a daughter named Calypso. She loves her name at 19. She was a little sketchy on it at 12, but who doesn't want to change their name when they are 12? <br /><br />I think it's always best to go with what you really love up front, and then make the middle name work as a tribute. I am iffy on second middle name, but in my case it might be because it tends to feel a little heavy or pretentious with a hyphenated last name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com