Girl names for Gabriel's sister

[catahoulatte]

Holy cow, it's a girl.

So with little input so far from DH, here's my (very loose) list which I would much appreciate some additions, subtractions, and critique on. Last name is short and starts with an A...so while there are A names that I absolutely love, a lot of them sound cartoonish with our last name.

Seraphina (doubt DH will go for it. Too matchy/themed with Gabriel??)
Noelle
Katherine (Except she's not being named after MIL who is Katerina. Too close?)
Colette (Don't think I love it. But I do love the French vibes from a lot of girl names so this is on the right track)
Juliet
Lillian
Vivienne...maybe?

[serejane]

Juliet is gorg.

Also, I love the name Gabriel!

[catahoulatte]

Feb 13, 2015 12:59:47 GMT -5 serejane said:

Juliet is gorg.

Also, I love the name Gabriel!

Thanks! I'm a fan I also think Juliet is my front runner right now.

[Idani]

Yay! Congrats to you all!

Seraphina and Colette are by far my favorite names on your list. I also like Vivienne.

NOelle I like but generally as a middle name more than a first.

I would avoid Katherine if MIL is Katerine simply because I wouldn't want people to assume we were naming after her if we were not.

Juliet and Lillian while nice are just blah and everywhere to me when compared to Gabriel which I adore.

Suggesting:
Clara
Sylvia
Josette
Annette
Penelope
Nina
Aurora
Felicity

[catahoulatte]

Feb 13, 2015 13:04:02 GMT -5 Idani said:

Yay! Congrats to you all!

Seraphina and Colette are by far my favorite names on your list. I also like Vivienne.

NOelle I like but generally as a middle name more than a first.

I would avoid Katherine if MIL is Katerine simply because I wouldn't want people to assume we were naming after her if we were not.

Juliet and Lillian while nice are just blah and everywhere to me when compared to Gabriel which I adore.

Suggesting:
Clara
Sylvia
Josette
Annette
Penelope
Nina
Aurora
Felicity

Thank you! I always appreciate your input. I agree about the Katherine thing, and though we love it, we likely won't use it to avoid confusion. I am going to bring up a few of these to DH and see what he thinks. Felicity, Aurora, and Penelope in particular.

[ashiscute]

I like Seraphina, Noelle, and Juliet the best. I agree Katherine should probably be removed. Lillian/Lily is really popular by me so I just feel sort of bored by that. Juliet is also on my short list!

Also, I could have used you on UO yesterday while everyone was giving reasons for boys names on girls!

[catahoulatte]

Feb 13, 2015 13:35:02 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

I like Seraphina, Noelle, and Juliet the best. I agree Katherine should probably be removed. Lillian/Lily is really popular by me so I just feel sort of bored by that. Juliet is also on my short list!

Also, I could have used you on UO yesterday while everyone was giving reasons for boys names on girls!

I know!! I'm glad you were on that island with me on the original thread a couple of days ago. Work has been so crazy lately that I completely missed the entire UO thread yesterday! Tag me next time, I'm in your corner for sure

[Deleted]

You have a lovely list, my favorites are: Vivian, Colette. I adore Seraphina but the "theme" might be a little strong with Gabriel.

[catahoulatte]

Feb 13, 2015 13:53:35 GMT -5 @kellbell said:

You have a lovely list, my favorites are: Vivian, Colette. I adore Seraphina but the "theme" might be a little strong with Gabriel.

Thanks!! Unintentional for sure but I really don't want a theme going.

[leahb12]

You have a nice list going. Juliet is my favorite. Suggestions:
Josephine
Alice
Eva
Matilda
Margot
Rosalie
Eloise
Miriam
Camille
Miranda
Daphne
Gwendolyn

[catahoulatte]

Feb 13, 2015 15:08:50 GMT -5 leahb12 said:

You have a nice list going. Juliet is my favorite. Suggestions:
Josephine
Alice
Eva
Matilda
Margot
Rosalie
Eloise
Miriam
Camille
Miranda
Daphne
Gwendolyn

Nice picks! Several of these have been on my list at one point or another. DH vetoed Miriam, and I love Camille and Rosalie a ton. Matilda I've been on the fence about but I may add that one too.

[abvintage]

Love Colette! It's not too common and very pretty!

[billyhorrible]

Vivienne is my favorite on the list.

[packerfan4life]

Noelle, Seraphina, and Colette are my favorites

[bromios]

Seraphina - LOVE!!! Not too matchy at all, gorgeous, use it!

Noelle - Also love, but maybe with fewer exclamation points

Katherine - Bores me a bit, and I prefer it spelled with a C. Also, quite likely to be assumed to be a nod to Katerina, since they are the same name.

Colette - Makes me think of toothpaste and colonoscopies, so I really don't like it.

Juliet - LOVE!!!

Lillian - Really, really dislike. I like Lily okay, but Lillian just feels like the name didn't know when to stop.

Vivienne - This name has always given me such strong bitch vibes that I can't even assess it on its own merit.

Other suggestions:

Bianca

Bernadette

Christiane

Eloise

Evangeline

Emmanuelle

Francesca

Isabelle

Isadora

Josephine

Miranda

Marisa

Mireille

Myrrhine

Natalia

Petra

Penelope

Raphaela

Sabine

Simone

Sabela

Therese

Valerie

Zephyrine

[jazzra369]

Love Noelle! If we have a girl this is going to be her middle name no matter what.

I like Serafina a little better then Seraphina. It seems less fussy.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Congrats on the girl!

Seraphina- I don't care if it's themey; I love Seraphina so much.
Noelle- Love.
Katherine- It would too close for me personally. We took Eleanor off our list because MIL mn is Ellen. Also, I prefer Catherine.
Colette- Not a fan.
Juliet- Love.
Lillian- Not a fan.
Vivienne- Like.

Add:
Alexandra
Anastasia
Bernadette
Clara
Delphine
Evangeline
Emmanuelle
Genevieve
Helene
Isabelle
Isadora
Josephine
Lyra
Louisa
Magdelene
Marguerite
Odette
Ophelia
Petra
Philippa
Rosalind
Rosalie
Rowena
Simone
Sylvia
Thea
Valentina

[mags]

Gabriel is my favorite boy name!!!

Gabriel and Colette
Gabriel and Noelle

[yogisews]

I love Vivienne, but I am partial because that is DD's name. I like Colette too but like you love the "French vibes" from a lot of girl names. I prefer the spelling of Catherine but if you don't want to name her after your MIL, stay away from the name, way too close imo. Juliet, Lillian and Noelle are not my style.