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Posts that mention the name Cassandra

Baby name needed: Girl name for Olivia & Marie’s sister

Lise is expecting her third little girl and would like some name suggestions. Her first two daughters are named Olivia and Marie. She says:

We have a long last name so it has to be easy to spell. Also we speak French and would like the name to be easy to pronounce in French and English.

Here are a few names that I thought might work:

Adele
Amelie
Andrea
Angeline
Anna
Camille
Caroline
Cassandra
Celia
Charlotte
Clara
Danielle		Elodie
Emma
Estelle
Eva
Gabrielle
Iris
Josephine
Julia/Julie
Justine
Laura
Louisa/Louise
Lucille		Natalie
Nicole
Nina
Pauline
Penelope
Rebecca
Rosalie
Sarah
Sophie
Stephanie
Therese
Valerie

Which of the above do you like best with Olivia and Marie? What other names would you suggest to Lise?

Baby name needed: Boy name that’s “strong, unusual”

Cassandra is expecting a baby boy in early June and she’d like some name suggestions.

She’s looking for “strong, unusual names” with one or two syllables. So far, Cassandra likes the name Fox and her partner prefers Aston. The baby’s surname will begin with an L and have one syllable. (Think Ladd.)

When I hear “strong,” I think of plosives (p, b, t, k, etc.). So I focused on short names with strong sounds that aren’t currently in the top 100. Here’s what I came up with:

Bennett
Brent
Brett
Brock
Cash
Chet
Clark
Colt
Corbin
Craig		Dane
Dax
Deacon
Drake
Duke
Emmett
Flint
Frank
Garrett
Grant		Gray
Holt
Jax
Jett
Kai
Keaton
King
Knox
Paxton
Pierce		Quinn
Rex
Rhett
Stone
Tate
Trent
Tucker
Victor
Zack
Zane

Which of the above do you like best? What other names would you suggest to Cassandra?

Update: The baby has arrived! Click here to see the name.

Baby name needed: Girl name for Genevieve’s sister

A reader named Jen has a daughter named Genevieve Grace. She’s now expecting her second daughter and she’d like some baby name ideas. She writes:

[W]e are looking for another delicate, feminine, pretty name that is not over used, is traditional, and goes well with our last name. So far we like Penelope, but I don’t know if I’m sold on that or not.

The baby’s surname starts with D and has just one syllable, so Jen would like the baby’s first name to contain at least two syllables. (And end with something other than D, probably.)

Here are some names that I think might work:

Anastasia
Angeline
Aurelia
Beatrice
Cassandra
Clarice
Claudia
Clementine
Coralie
Cordelia
Cynthia
Eleanor
Eloise		Eugenia/Eugenie
Evangeline
Frances/Francesca
Harriet
Helena/Helen
Isadora
Johanna
Josephine
Letitia
Lucinda
Lydia
Marguerite
Marianne		Marlena
Meredith
Miriam
Oriana
Sophronia
Sylvia
Tatiana
Theodora
Theresa
Valencia
Venetia
Vivienne
Wilhelmina

Which of the above do you like best with Genevieve? What other girl names would you suggest to Jen?

Baby name needed: Girl name for Elizabeth’s sister

A reader named Lauren is due in about a week, but she and her husband have not yet been able to agree on a name for their second daughter:

My first daughter’s name is Elizabeth Rose. For our second I love Sara but my husband doesn’t, he likes Catherine. We haven’t even thought of a middle name yet. I like classic spellings and nothing that sounds too boyish as a nickname because of the last name Floyd.* Last night we thought of Madeline with nickname Maddy…but [we’re] not sure.

Personally, I think Catherine goes quite well with Elizabeth. Both are classic, formal-sounding names that can be shortened in a variety of ways for everyday use. But Sara and Madeline are great names as well, and a similar case could be made for either one. (Which of the three do you guys like best?)

Here are a few other names Lauren and her husband might also like:

Abigail
Amelia
Bianca
Cassandra
Caroline		Cecilia
Charlotte
Judith
Julia
Leah		Lillian
Lydia
Margaret
Martina
Mary		Melanie
Miriam
Penelope
Rachel
Rebecca		Sophia
Sylvia
Tabitha
Victoria
Vivian

Simple, short middles on par with Rose include Claire, Grace, Joy, Lynn, Marie, and Nicole.

What other names would you guys suggest? (How about combinations of firsts & middles?)

*The actual surname is not Floyd, but it is (similarly) a short F-name that is used as a masculine first name.

Update, 6/10: The baby has arrived! Scroll down to the 4th comment to find out what her name is…