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Help[Opinions] Susanna/Susannah
I personally like both spellings of Susannah equally - I'm more used to seeing it with the H (and it makes it look more complete and a little more feminine, but Susanna has a subtle sweetness too). And I like them paired with different names, for example I like Susannah Blythe best but prefer Susanna Margaret. Which do you prefer? Reasons why would be lovely.
More specifically, if for you it depends on pairings, which works better in a group (siblings or just stylistically)
Susannah / Susanna
Martha
Eliza
Susannah / Susanna
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susannah / Susanna
Margot
Greta
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
More specifically, if for you it depends on pairings, which works better in a group (siblings or just stylistically)
Susannah / Susanna
Martha
Eliza
Susannah / Susanna
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susannah / Susanna
Margot
Greta
"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
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I also enjoy both spellings, leaning more to the "h" side. That "h" somehow lends an extra dose of warmth to the name for me. But the combination is really the deciding factor. For your groupings, I prefer...
Susannah
Martha
Eliza
Susannah - though I really think both work; I went with the overall warmth of the names
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susanna
Margot
Greta
Susannah
Martha
Eliza
Susannah - though I really think both work; I went with the overall warmth of the names
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susanna
Margot
Greta
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I like both spellings, and for the longest time, I thought h was my preferred spelling. Also, one of my best friends is named Susannah, so I thought I'd just go with h.
Presently however, Susanna is resonating with me. This is partly due in fact, as you said, to my appreciation of other names more stylistically concordant with Susanna, particularly Caroline and Amelia. You must admit that [Susannah, Caroline, and Amelia] is not quite as dazzling as [Susanna, Caroline, and Amelia].
Nice to see some of my own subtle observations corroborated in someone else's post. :)
Side note: my stock combo is also Susanna Margaret, though I also like Susanna Margarethe.
Presently however, Susanna is resonating with me. This is partly due in fact, as you said, to my appreciation of other names more stylistically concordant with Susanna, particularly Caroline and Amelia. You must admit that [Susannah, Caroline, and Amelia] is not quite as dazzling as [Susanna, Caroline, and Amelia].
Nice to see some of my own subtle observations corroborated in someone else's post. :)
Side note: my stock combo is also Susanna Margaret, though I also like Susanna Margarethe.
This message was edited 1/2/2014, 8:57 AM
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I prefer Susanna because it's closest to the original Greek, Sousanna, and because it just looks lighter without that h. I don't normally care for that at the end of a feminine name and will choose the alternative every time (i.e., Sara, Rebecca, Lia, etc.). My only exception is Leah and I'd probably not ever use it because I don't really care for the way it looks.
Between your two combos, I easily prefer Susanna Margaret because Blythe -- as nice as the meaning is -- sounds like 'blight.'
Re: sibsets, I prefer the one with the boy names because the others have nns or short forms and I'm anal enough to like all my names to have a similar style (for example, either Katherine, Victoria and Anna or Kate, Toria and Annie). I like consistency. Also in your last set, Margot and Greta are both forms of basically the same name (Marguerite, Margareta) and that bugs me. :-)
Between your two combos, I easily prefer Susanna Margaret because Blythe -- as nice as the meaning is -- sounds like 'blight.'
Re: sibsets, I prefer the one with the boy names because the others have nns or short forms and I'm anal enough to like all my names to have a similar style (for example, either Katherine, Victoria and Anna or Kate, Toria and Annie). I like consistency. Also in your last set, Margot and Greta are both forms of basically the same name (Marguerite, Margareta) and that bugs me. :-)
This message was edited 1/2/2014, 7:26 AM
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I'm a fan of Susannah ever since I found out my grandpa wanted to name his daughter that, but my grandma vetoed it. I would love to use the name as a way to honor him. I only really like the spelling Susannah, personally, but I wouldn't mind seeing a Susanna either. I would use the name in the middle name slot because I'm not a huge fan of nicknames Susie, Sue, Anna, etc.
For me, Blythe is a masculine name because of my association of it to Anne of Green Gables. Susanna Margaret is good. I would rather go with Margot Susannah.
I love the names of the combo Susannah/Margot/Greta better but I think the names of combo Susannah/Martha/Eliza go better together. If that makes any sense.
For me, Blythe is a masculine name because of my association of it to Anne of Green Gables. Susanna Margaret is good. I would rather go with Margot Susannah.
I love the names of the combo Susannah/Margot/Greta better but I think the names of combo Susannah/Martha/Eliza go better together. If that makes any sense.
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I also like both, but prefer Susannah because it seems more balanced to me. Between Susannah Blythe and Susanna Margaret, I would choose Susanna Margaret simply because I love Margaret. As for the sibsets:
Susannah (because these names all seem traditional to me)
Martha
Eliza
Susannah (same reason as above)
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susanna (for some reason, dropping the 'h' looks better to me)
Margot
Greta
Susannah (because these names all seem traditional to me)
Martha
Eliza
Susannah (same reason as above)
Rufus
Arthur
Edmund
Susanna (for some reason, dropping the 'h' looks better to me)
Margot
Greta
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