Variations for these names

[zebrapanther1311]

We are struggling with finding the perfect girl name. So I want to look at family names and maybe see what I can come up with. So what can you come up with that's a nod to these names without actually being these names(I don't like any enough for first names)

Rachel
Cynthia
Nolee
Breanna
Marie
Margaret
Tricia
Ann
Sue
Angelia
Shelia
Daniel
Samantha
Alexander
Rhei(Ray)
Terry
Kathy
Orin
Reginald
Caleb
Sol

[sandandsea]

Regina
Raquel
Susan
Bree
Anna/Anne
Angelica
Danielle
Samuel
Alexis
Alexandra
Xander
Terrance
Katherine
Kate
Orion
Cher

Sorry, just reread and saw you wanted girl names - ignore the boy ones in my list!!!!

[xcrissx]

Feb 16, 2015 19:24:27 GMT -5 zebrapanther1311 said:

We are struggling with finding the perfect girl name. So I want to look at family names and maybe see what I can come up with. So what can you come up with that's a nod to these names without actually being these names(I don't like any enough for first names)

Rachel
Cynthia
Nolee--Noel
Breanna--Brianna (I think it's prettier with the I)
Marie--Maria, Marianna
Margaret--Maggie
Tricia--Patricia,
Ann--Anna, Annabell, Analise. Any name that ends in -ann
Sue--Susan
Angelia--Angelica
Shelia
Daniel--Danielle, Dana
Samantha
Alexander--Alexandra, Alexis, Alexa
Rhei(Ray)
Terry
Kathy --K/Catherine
Orin
Reginald--Regina
Caleb
Sol

I played that game where I just wrote down the first thing I thought of. So none of those are probably profound or difficult to think of.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Posting before reading thread.

Rachel- Rachelle, Raquel
Cynthia- Artemis, Artemisia, Diana (Cynthia was an epithet for the Greek goddess Artemis, known as Diana to the Romans)
Nolee- Noelle, Magnolia or Finola nn Nola
Breanna- Bridget nn Bri/Bree, Anna, any name with Anna in it
Marie- Miriam, Miren, Marianne
Margaret- Margot, Marguerite, Pearl (Margaret means pearl)
Tricia- Theresa?, Alice (Patrick/Patricia means nobleman)
Ann- Hannah, Anna, any name with Anne or Anna in it, Grace (meaning of Anne)
Sue- Susanna, Shoshana, Susan, Lily (meaning)
Angelia- Angelina, Evangeline
Shelia- Celia, Cecilia (other forms of Shelia)
Daniel- Danielle, Daniela, Danica
Samantha- Maybe just use an S name?
Alexander- Alexandra, Alexandria, Alastriona, Alessandra
Rhei(Ray)- Rhiannon
Terry- Therese, Theresa
Kathy- Catherine, Catriona, Caterina, Kathleen, Carina
Orin- Orla, Oriana
Reginald- Just use an R name
Caleb- Callista, Calixta, Calypso, Calliope, Calla
Sol- Frida, Irene (Solomon means peace)

[drl]

Rachelle
Maria
Dean

[bromios]

Some of these are other versions of the names, others just have a similar sound:

Rachel - Rochelle

Cynthia - Anthea, Thea

Nolee - Noelle

Breanna - Bronwen, Bree

Marie - Miren, Maria, Mira, Mireille, Miriam, Mara

Margaret - Marguerite, Pearl (the literal meaning of Margaret), Greta, Megan

Tricia - Beatrix, Beatrice, Theresa

Ann - Annabelle, Anwen, Andrea, Anthea, Andromache, Andromeda, Annika, Anna

Sue - Susan, Suri

Angelia - Evangeline, Leah

Shelia - Siofra, Saoirse, Sian, Shirin, Rochelle

Daniel - Danae (dan-eye-ee, basically)

Samantha - Samira, Simone

Alexander - Alexandra, Alessandra, Alexandrina, Alastriona (al-as-tree-na), Alice

Rhei - Rhea, Rhiannon

Terry - Theresa, Theodora

Kathy - Catherine, Catriona, Katerina, Katrina

Orin - Oriana, Orla, Aurora, Aurelia

Reginald - Regina, Ginevra

Caleb - Clara, Chloe, Charlotte, Calliope, Callisto, Camellia, Cybele, Claudia

Sol - Heloise, Eloise, Marisol

[billyhorrible]

Rachel - Rochelle, Rachelle
Cynthia - Cecilia, Cilla
Nolee - Nora
Breanna - Brenna, Brenda, Brianne
Marie - Mary
Margaret- Mairead, Margot
Tricia - Terese
Ann - Anna
Sue - Susan, Susannah
Angelia - Angelica, Angela
Shelia - Shelly, Cecilia
Daniel - Danielle, Danika
Samantha - Sabrina
Alexander - Alexis, Alexa, Alexandra
Rhei(Ray) - Reina
Terry - Theresa
Kathy - Katherine, Kate
Orin - Ellen, Helen
Reginald - Regina
Caleb - Kayla
Sol - Sunny