The new year is almost here! You’re at the liquor store stocking up on some extra champagne for the small get-together you’ll be hosting tomorrow night. (Your friends will be very impressed by your wreath!)
As you shop, you chat with a friendly lady who says she wishes she could do the champagne toast this year, but she can’t because she’s pregnant. You congratulate her, and as you gather up the last of the bottles, she mentions the type of baby name she’s searching for:
Wilbur’s little sister needs an uncommon name with history. Names that we love but can’t use are Sylvie, Lenore and Albertine.
“Do you have any suggestions?”
You’re a name-lover, and you could potentially give her dozens of suggestions. But these bottles are getting heavy, so you only have time to give her five baby name suggestions before you lumber over to the register.
But here’s the fun part: Instead of blurting out the first five names you come up with (which is what you’d be forced to do in real life) you get to press a magical “pause” button, brainstorm for a bit, and then “unpause” the scenario to offer her the best five names you can think of.
Here are a few things to keep in mind as you brainstorm:
- Be independent. Decide on your five names before looking at anyone else’s five names.
- Be sincere. Would you honestly suggest these particular baby names out loud to a stranger in the store?
- Five names only! All names beyond the first five in your comment will be either deleted or replaced with nonsense words.
Finally, here’s the request again:
Wilbur’s little sister needs an uncommon name with history. Names that we love but can’t use are Sylvie, Lenore and Albertine.
Which five baby names are you going to suggest?
Francine
Lucina
Muriel
Odette
Pauline
Adelaide
Clementine
Florence
Gemma
Ines
Enola
Augustine
Harriet
Dolores
Inez
Bronwynne
Winifred
Bretagne
Lynette
Yvonne
Mabel
Leonie
Pernilla
Prudence
Pauline
Edith
Flora
Philippa
Averil
Eglantine
Georgiana
Cicely
Jemima
Antoinette
Ottoline
Agnes
Eugenie
Henrietta
Leonie
Vera
Clementine
Agnes
Octavia
Philippa
Cecily
Calla
Alexandrine
Cecilie
Hortense
Missouri
Claire
Camille
Florentine
Laurence
Nancy
Damaris
Eugenie
Hildred
Sabine
Venetia
Azelie
Evangeline
Leonie
Phyllida
Sybilla
Augusta
Cecily
Justine
Roxanne
Marina
Beatrix
Jemima
Georgiana
Opal
Millicent
The names that i would suggest would be:
Beatrice
Victoria
Elizabeth
Joan
Marie
Irene
Ginevra
Bernadine
Eugenie
Theodora
Zuleika
Leontine
Marion
Rosamond
Ofelia
Delphine
Josephine
Lavinia
Mavis
Theodora