Baby girl #2

[cassiopea]

Hi all. I've been lurking for a while. My husband and I just found out our second baby is a girl. We are having a hard time coming up with names. Big sister's name is Andro.meda. Any suggestions? Thanks

[jags8]

Can you give us a little more direction? Any other names you like?

ETA- clever user name haha

[jags8]

Going off of Greek goddess theme:

Thea
Artemis
Rhea
Athena

Freya is a beautiful name of a Norse goddess

[cassiopea]

Thanks. I like Aurora, but I feel it's too matchy. We also both like Ophelia, but I worry about the whole tragic Shakespearean heroine thing. I am literally open to anything, except something super mainstream like Emily. Definitely doesn't have to be a Greek mythology name.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Andromeda is beyond fantastic.

Ariadne
Aurelia
Astrid
Astraea
Athena
Clio
Calliope
Calypso
Evangeline
Emmanuelle
Elowen
Electra
Freya
Gaia
Hero
Ianthe
Isadora
Imogen
Iona
Juno
Juniper
Lyra
Minerva
Miranda
Mnemosyne
Niamh
Octavia
Persephone
Perpetua
Petra
Rhiannon
Rowena
Seraphina
Sabella
Sabina
Thisbe
Thea
Valentina
Winter
Xanthe
Zephyrine

[fem]

Jun 14, 2016 20:45:54 GMT -5 cassiopea said:

Thanks. I like Aurora, but I feel it's too matchy. We also both like Ophelia, but I worry about the whole tragic Shakespearean heroine thing. I am literally open to anything, except something super mainstream like Emily. Definitely doesn't have to be a Greek mythology name.

We are using Ophelia for DD#2 due in September. I had the same worry about Shakespeare but quickly learned most people around me aren't up on their Shakespeare references.

Also my name is Emily.

[cassiopea]

Thanks so much for the list. Emily is a classic, I just feel like it's so far removed from my big girl's name.

[fem]

Jun 14, 2016 22:06:17 GMT -5 cassiopea said:

Thanks so much for the list. Emily is a classic, I just feel like it's so far removed from my big girl's name.

I spent a lot of my life hating having such a common name and swore I would avoid that with my kids.

Don't mind the name, just the popularity.

ETA: Sorry I didn't have more suggestions for you, others are much better at that than I am. Was just trying to say I obviously like Ophelia.

[cassiopea]

Thanks. I'm glad somebody likes it. Most of our relatives hate it. Oh well, they hated Andromeda's name too. They got over it.

[bromios]

dreadpiratebuttercup, how excited are you for this one?!? I love Andromeda. Here are other names I love (there are so many A names I love but I generally dislike matching first letters, so I've only included my very favorite As that I think could be worth it):
Ariadne
Aeronwy
Amphitrite
Alastriona
Artemisia
Alazne
Berenike
Cressida
Clara
Coraline
Caoimhe
Ceridwen
Callisto
Danae
Demelza
Demeter
Dafna
Emmanuelle
Elowen
Eleri
Elektra
Elisheva
Eos
Freya
Ginevra
Hero
Iona
Isabella
Julia
Juliet
Juniper
Juno
Kore
Laurentia
Lyra
Liadan
Leto
Myrrhine
Mnemosyne
Mira
Natalia
Niamh
Nike
Persephone
Perpetua
Petra
Raphaela
Raphaëlle
Sabina
Sabela
Seraphina
Saoirse
Saralinda (13 Clocks reference)
Thetis
Valentina
Winter
Xiomara
Xanthe
Yael
Zephyrine
Zénaïde

[Stormtroopooper]

Sticking with Greek (sorry for repeats):

Aella
Alexandra
Astraia
Athena
Calliope
Daphne
Delia
Eudora
Hermione
Hero
Ianthe
Iris
Maia
Melia
Persephone
Philomela
Phoebe
Thalia
Theia

[helenahhandbasket]

What a cool freaking name.

Celestine
Ganymede
Ursula
Phaedra
Delphine
Zinnia
Safira
Phoenix
Hyacinth
Oceana
Cosima
Zelda
Twila

[Deleted]

Andromeda is awesome and so is Ophelia. In Quebec, Ophélie is quite popular so I don't think the Shakespeare association is as strong.

Suggestions:
Alethea
Astraea 
Beatrix
Bryony
Cassia
Chrysanthe
Cordelia
Delphine
Echo
Guinevere
Gwendolen
Honora
Isolde
Karme
Lysandra
Melisende
Phillippa
Rosamund
Sybil
Verity
Virginia
Xaviera
Yvaine (Stardust reference)
Zinnia

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Jun 15, 2016 2:39:34 GMT -5 bromios said:

dreadpiratebuttercup, how excited are you for this one?!?

I may have squeed just a little.

[bromios]

Jun 15, 2016 9:24:10 GMT -5 helenahhandbasket said:

What a cool freaking name.

Celestine
Ganymede
Ursula
Phaedra
Delphine
Zinnia
Safira
Phoenix
Hyacinth
Oceana
Cosima
Zelda
Twila

Oooo, yes, I also love Cosima!

[cassiopea]

Thank you guys so much for all your awesome feedback! Will definitely show these to my husband when I get home.

[seamonster]

Andromeda is a hard one to top or match. It's an awesome name. But I'll try:

Thalia
Atalanta
Octavia
Olympia
Athena
Artemis
Hero
Althea
Hypatia
Antigen
Danae
Boudica
Fedelma
Cordelia
Bellona
Freya
Brunhilde
Zenobia
Fionnuala

[seamonster]

I missed your username. It's perfect.

[bromios]

If Cassiopeia isn't your actual name, add that to my list!

Edit: Nevermind, I just remembered that the mythology of having an Andromeda and a Cassiopeia would be super weird, although fitting for your username (although hopefully you are a better mother than she was...).

[cassiopea]

We were actually talking about how Cassiopeia is absolutely not on the table. Because it would be super weird. And because she was actually a terrible mother. It's always awesome when somebody gets the mythology behind the name.

[honeylemon]

Omg Andromeda

Has Calliope been suggested yet?

[seamonster]

When I said Cassiopea was perfect I meant it in that OP is Andromeda's mother. I almost suggested it as a name, but remembered the story.

[cassiopea]

Jun 15, 2016 19:32:01 GMT -5 seamonster said:

When I said Cassiopea was perfect I meant it in that OP is Andromeda's mother. I almost suggested it as a name, but remembered the story.

I just thought it was funny. Not offended or anything.

[cosmicav]

Andro.meda is a beautiful name!!! I'm sorry I don't have a lot of great suggestions but I love what has been suggested already. Here are a few more (sorry for repeats!) :

Octavia
Lorelei
Xiomara
Lyra
Beatrice
Phoebe
Nadine
Imogen

[Stormtroopooper]

Jun 15, 2016 18:51:59 GMT -5 honeylemon said:

Omg Andromeda

Has Calliope been suggested yet?

This is one of my faves! My H and I argue over which is the better name: Calliope vs Cassiopeia. I love Calliope and it's meaning: "beautiful voice."

[purple]

Andromeda is an amazing name!

Of the suggestions thus far, Calliope leaps out at me if you want to stick with the Greek theme.

But Ophelia's amazing too. I do instantly think of Shakespeare, but I'm a Shakespeare geek so definitely not typical. I think of Shakespeare whenever I hear the name Jessica and most people probably don't even know that he invented it! The combination of Andromeda and Ophelia tells me that you like strong, classical names and you're not afraid of your family standing out :-)

[purple]

Andromeda is an amazing name!

Of the suggestions thus far, Calliope leaps out at me if you want to stick with the Greek theme.

But Ophelia's amazing too. I do instantly think of Shakespeare, but I'm a Shakespeare geek so definitely not typical. I think of Shakespeare whenever I hear the name Jessica and most people probably don't even know that he invented it! The combination of Andromeda and Ophelia tells me that you like strong, classical names and you're not afraid of your family standing out :-)