# Help me rename my daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018 "2005-09-23T05:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/61 "2005-09-23T20:41:21Z")
Here’s some of my faves: Jade Aralynn Dakota Morgan Aurora ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/62 "2005-09-23T23:35:41Z")
Isolde Guenevere Gwyneth Musette Musetta Aurore Arianna Laura Claudia Niobe Antonia A name beginning with a vowel seems to be euphonius, flowing with the end of “Elizabeth”. But I’m coming up short on those. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/63 "2005-09-24T03:18:35Z")
Can’t go wrong picking from the names on [this list](http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/talan/reaney/index_early1.html). I especially like Magot. Actually if I were to suddenly up and spawn female progeny I’d be tempted to name her Idony or Juicia but everyone would think I made them up. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/64 "2005-09-24T03:20:41Z")
Helga Edna Maude Bertha Winnifred Lucrecia Betty Joan Helen Mabel Hagar Madge Flo Hilda ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/65 "2005-09-24T03:48:17Z")
> [@Idlewild](#): > > I especially like Magot. Margo, yes, Margot, yes, but Magot?! Oh, no! Everyone would double the ‘g’ and her life wouldn’t be worth living. Please, keep this serious. It is my daughter’s destiny we are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Punkyova](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@The\_Punkyova](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Punkyova)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/66 "2005-09-24T03:59:51Z")
Check the vowels in your last name, and match them with the first name. That makes the names flow together well. For example: Kimberly Miller. Or Kathryn Hansen. If your last name really were Thornhill, it could be something like Corinne Thornhill, or Morgan Thornhill (the unaccented a reduces to a schwa), Lorissa Thornhill. It’ll help you to narrow things down, if nothing else. ---
**Author:** ![Idlewild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8491ac/32.png) [@Idlewild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idlewild)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/67 "2005-09-24T04:04:13Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > Margo, yes, Margot, yes, but Magot?! Oh, no! Everyone would double the ‘g’ and her life wouldn’t be worth living. > > Please, keep this serious. It is my daughter’s destiny we are talking about. Anglo-saxon names are serious business. ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/68 "2005-09-24T04:56:26Z")
Theodosia Hialeah Lahaina Lyonessa Tarina Absinthe (as in Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder) Chickamauga Tatra Genoa Alemagne or a great one from one of Jack Vance’s sci-fi books… …Alusz Ephegenia Eperje-Tokay ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/69 "2005-09-24T05:19:02Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > _Ranchoth_, no _I_ want to give her a new first name. I thought I’d dealt with that. And she’s okay with that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/70 "2005-09-24T05:39:55Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > _Ranchoth_, no _I_ want to give her a new first name. I thought I’d dealt with that. I didn’t realize this, I thought you were just giving her a middle name. In that case, I really like the following: Rhiannon Elizabeth (very regal…Welsh goddess/Queen of England) Elizabeth Anne (my own name, which I love) Victoria Elizabeth (a myriad of nick names in that one) ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/71 "2005-09-24T06:34:31Z")
> [@Bites When Provoked](#): > > … Laina… > [@laina\_f](#): > > Bites When Provoked _laugh_ Think of all the time it would’ve saved if my parents had been that forward-thinking! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/72 "2005-09-24T06:56:27Z")
With T & D in the last name, no T’s in the middle, it will sound like a stutter. Especially with Natalie. I’d go with something one syllable (possibly two), to offset the 3 syllable first name and long last name, starting with a consonant sound, & ending with a consonant sound, being careful of l’s and n’s (start getting weird alliteration things if they’re too heavily there). And you want want the initials to work. I like Natalie Claire or Natalie Beth (not Elizabeth with Natalie). I also kind of like “Jane” “Christine” “Grace” “Rose” ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/73 "2005-09-24T07:34:19Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Chickamauga This is my favorite so far. I just enjoy saying it. [sub]Chickamauga, Chickamauga, Chickamauga …[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/74 "2005-09-25T04:52:44Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Lahaina Personally, I love this one, because it’s mentioned in Don Henley’s masterpiece “The Last Resort”. (“And you can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina, Just like the missionaries did, so many years ago”) But Natalie does not, so that’s that. She has just been through the thread with me, and her favourite so far is Louise, with Cordelia and Veronica close seconds. Thank you so very very much. It means a lot to all of us. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/75 "2005-09-25T05:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Which reminds me - if you’ve got any ideas of what I could call my digital camera, as well. It’s a Canon Powershot, I think. Silver, anyway. And quite small. But not as small as the really small ones. Does bits of video too. Hmmm, I have two Canon Powershots. So yours is small. silver…how about “Sliver”? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/76 "2005-09-25T05:52:21Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > But Natalie does not, so that’s that. She has just been through the thread with me, and her favourite so far is Louise, with Cordelia and Veronica close seconds. > > Thank you so very very much. It means a lot to all of us. If my parents had had a girl, they would have named her Louisa (“Lucy”). So please don’t let that dissuade you. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/77 "2005-09-25T06:39:17Z")
I used to dream of a woman named Elouisia, but I have never found anyone by that name. (It could have been spelled _Alouisia_ or _Eloisia_, I guess.) Tell Natalie that if she chooses _Louise_, she will have to take the middle name _Ianna_ so that she will be named after the state where New Orleans is. 😉 Or maybe we should change her name to Katrina Rita. Did she behave in Paris? I’ll bet she liked the boats. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/78 "2005-09-25T06:50:17Z")
Anna Grace Rosamond Anna Clair Rose Grace Geez Louise… Ella Rose Zoe-Chloe ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/79 "2005-09-25T09:35:38Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > Tell Natalie that if she chooses _Louise_, she will have to take the middle name _Ianna_ so that she will be named after the state where New Orleans is. 😉 > > Or maybe we should change her name to Katrina Rita. Did she behave in Paris? I’ll bet she liked the boats. So much food for thought… As for Paris, her favourite bit was the fun fair set up near Le Louvre. She DID enjoy the van Goghs in the Orsay Museum, though. Like me, she was surprised how small the canvases were. As for the Batobus, it’s a wonderful way to get around. It poured with rain when we were on board, and she enjoyed watching the deck hand clamber on top and pull up the shelter sections one by one with a long pole. We were surprised it wasn’t automated. (And the Pole was pretty cheesed off, I can tell you…) She enjoyed the cuisine too, though personally I would incline to believe that steak and fries tastes the same whether you’re in Burgundy or Gascony. Perhaps her palate is discerning enough to tell a Charolais from a Limousin bifsteak, though how that might be with the amount of ketchup she uses is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![zelie\_zelerton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/59ef9b/32.png) [@zelie\_zelerton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zelie_zelerton)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2005, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018/80 "2005-09-25T09:47:29Z")
Just a word about destiny… take great care with the initials of her new name. Think how things panned out for poor Bill Jefferson Clinton 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-rename-my-daughter/323018.md?page=5)