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Help[Opinions] Ophelia
Despite the sad, Hamlet and Pan's Labyrinth connotations, what do you think of the name Ophelia?
What would be good middle names?
Good nick names?
Good sister names?
What would be good middle names?
Good nick names?
Good sister names?
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I love the name Ophelia despite negative associations. I think it sounds so soft, pretty and feminine, I love its meaning and I like the fact that its very unusual here. Other mns I like:
Ophelia Belle
Ophelia Blessing
Ophelia Constanza/Constance
Ophelia Cadence
Ophelia Carys
Ophelia Ceridwen
Ophelia Coralie
Ophelia Esme
Ophelia Esperanza
Ophelia Harmony
Ophelia Inez
Ophelia Joy
Ophelia Lenore
Ophelia Marie
Ophelia Melody
Ophelia Mercy
Ophelia Mireille - Love this.
Ophelia Monet
Ophelia Nyx
Ophelia Rosalie/Rosemary
Ophelia Sarai
Ophelia Serenity
Ophelia Soleil
Ophelia Sonnet
Ophelia Summer
Ophelia Tigerlily
Ophelia Tuesday
Ophelia Belle
Ophelia Blessing
Ophelia Constanza/Constance
Ophelia Cadence
Ophelia Carys
Ophelia Ceridwen
Ophelia Coralie
Ophelia Esme
Ophelia Esperanza
Ophelia Harmony
Ophelia Inez
Ophelia Joy
Ophelia Lenore
Ophelia Marie
Ophelia Melody
Ophelia Mercy
Ophelia Mireille - Love this.
Ophelia Monet
Ophelia Nyx
Ophelia Rosalie/Rosemary
Ophelia Sarai
Ophelia Serenity
Ophelia Soleil
Ophelia Sonnet
Ophelia Summer
Ophelia Tigerlily
Ophelia Tuesday
This message was edited 8/30/2007, 6:18 AM
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You're welcome and I'm glad you like them. =)
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Your list of suggested mn's
looks like it came right off my PNL. Ditto half the sisters suggested. You know I love your taste in names!
looks like it came right off my PNL. Ditto half the sisters suggested. You know I love your taste in names!
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Looking at our PNLs, I think they consist of most of the same names. That probably explains why it looks like I'm taking them all from your list! And you know I love your taste in names, too. =) I think your sons and daughters all have wonderful names. Sophia Ophelia Seraphina is particularly striking, imo, because of the repeat "phee" sounds, making it sounds very soft and quite sing-songy. Ophelia and Seraphina are in my top 10, and Gideon, too. Also, I think Mahalia's very beautiful and its kinda sad that your daughter hates it.
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I really like it, but I don't like any nicknames. Because I'm obsessed with Greek names, I prefer to use it with other Greek names.
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You rang? :-)
My Sophie's mn is Ophelia (full name Sophia Ophelia Seraphina); I have the same sort of (illusory) proprietary feeling about it as I do about Scarlett and Gideon. I think it's quite lovely, of course. =D
Good mn's could be...
Ophelia Antoinette
Ophelia Claudette
Ophelia Dominique
Ophelia Josephine (really like this)
Ophelia Naomi
Ophelia Penelope
Ophelia Rosalie
Ophelia Violette
... and of course Ophelia Seraphina, or even Ophelia Sophia. :-)
I like the nn Fifi, personally. It works with my Sophie's name because the -phi- syllable appears so often; and it's repeated in Ophelia Josephine above, which is probably why I like it so much.
Good sister names, imo, would include Scarlett (can't help it!), Octavia (the O thing), Claudia, or perhaps something similarly Shakespearean, such as Juliet, Miranda, Rosalind, Helena, Bianca or Cordelia.
My Sophie's mn is Ophelia (full name Sophia Ophelia Seraphina); I have the same sort of (illusory) proprietary feeling about it as I do about Scarlett and Gideon. I think it's quite lovely, of course. =D
Good mn's could be...
Ophelia Antoinette
Ophelia Claudette
Ophelia Dominique
Ophelia Josephine (really like this)
Ophelia Naomi
Ophelia Penelope
Ophelia Rosalie
Ophelia Violette
... and of course Ophelia Seraphina, or even Ophelia Sophia. :-)
I like the nn Fifi, personally. It works with my Sophie's name because the -phi- syllable appears so often; and it's repeated in Ophelia Josephine above, which is probably why I like it so much.
Good sister names, imo, would include Scarlett (can't help it!), Octavia (the O thing), Claudia, or perhaps something similarly Shakespearean, such as Juliet, Miranda, Rosalind, Helena, Bianca or Cordelia.
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I'm afraid my boyfriend (whom we have talked about and I sincerely hope is my future DH) is always afraid a girl's name might be too frilly.
I love Ophelia Josephine and Ophelia Penelope.
We both adore Sophia, but I'm not sure I could use it, because of the repeated 'ph' and 'ia' sounds.
I love Cordelia and Rosalind.
If I can be nosy, ;), what is Scarlett's full name?
I love Ophelia Josephine and Ophelia Penelope.
We both adore Sophia, but I'm not sure I could use it, because of the repeated 'ph' and 'ia' sounds.
I love Cordelia and Rosalind.
If I can be nosy, ;), what is Scarlett's full name?
This message was edited 8/29/2007, 8:39 PM
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It's Lillian Scarlett Mahalia
Lillian for my great GM and GM (and me, per David); Scarlett because red is my favorite color and I wanted a little Scarlett from the age of, oh, twelve; and Mahalia for our ancestor Catherine Mahala (no I), who was a midwife during the late nineteenth century (I wanted to become a midwife, and Scarlett was my first baby born with a midwife). Catherine Mahala is the same ancestor for whom my mother Catherine Ann is named, so she and Scarlett have that link in common as well.
Unfortunately, Scarlett hates Mahalia with a purple passion and claims she'll drop it from her name first chance she gets. :-(
Lillian for my great GM and GM (and me, per David); Scarlett because red is my favorite color and I wanted a little Scarlett from the age of, oh, twelve; and Mahalia for our ancestor Catherine Mahala (no I), who was a midwife during the late nineteenth century (I wanted to become a midwife, and Scarlett was my first baby born with a midwife). Catherine Mahala is the same ancestor for whom my mother Catherine Ann is named, so she and Scarlett have that link in common as well.
Unfortunately, Scarlett hates Mahalia with a purple passion and claims she'll drop it from her name first chance she gets. :-(
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Sophie Ophelia Serafina...
Wow, that's a mouthful of syllables there. Do you ever call her Sophie-Ophie? And her initials spell SOS.
Wow, that's a mouthful of syllables there. Do you ever call her Sophie-Ophie? And her initials spell SOS.
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Yeah, when we picked her name before she was born David claimed he would call her Sophie-Ophie (Ophelia was more his idea than mine), but I think he only ever did it once or twice. Fifi is much easier! And Tofu, she gets called Tofu a lot. But mostly just Soph, or Belle, like her sister. Both the boys get called Bubba, and both the girls get called Belle. It just happened that way.
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Lol..
We call my darlin' niece Sophie-Doffie. :-D
We call my darlin' niece Sophie-Doffie. :-D
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