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in reply to a message by Lisa
I love Iris - it is (and might still be?) very high on our name list for the child we're hoping to have in the next year or two.
I might have to demote it, because we just welcoming a cousin Lily - which may make Iris a little matchy.
But I love it. It seems literary and intellectual, as well as pretty; a flower name that isn't over cute.
Love the mythology reference.
More people than you think may think of an eye -- we named our first child August, and *everyone* thinks its a month name, even though I just think of the Romans and Augustus.
But eyes are good body parts, so little is lost.
I might have to demote it, because we just welcoming a cousin Lily - which may make Iris a little matchy.
But I love it. It seems literary and intellectual, as well as pretty; a flower name that isn't over cute.
Love the mythology reference.
More people than you think may think of an eye -- we named our first child August, and *everyone* thinks its a month name, even though I just think of the Romans and Augustus.
But eyes are good body parts, so little is lost.
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I don't feel that Lily and Iris match too much for cousins. If anything it would make me want to use Iris even more. Lily and Lillian are too similar for cousins or Lily and Lilia. But choosing a different flower name would not be too similar.
August and Iris are cute together in a sibset.
When I hear the name August I think first of the month and then not long after I think of Augustus.
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August and Iris are cute together in a sibset.
When I hear the name August I think first of the month and then not long after I think of Augustus.
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This message was edited 9/18/2016, 3:29 AM
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