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HelpRosemary? and a male sibset, and Old English names.
Rosemary has been growing on me steadily for the past few days, to the point that it's on my Top 10, possibly even Top 5.
Some names I like with it (as possible sibsets or something) include Cordelia, Beatrice, Celia, Jesse (m), and Calvin. Rosemary and Margaret would be really sweet twins, I think, with the possible nns Rosie and Maggie.
Another sibset that has been floating around my head today is Alfred and Aubrey (m). I like the fact that they have similar etymological roots, but don't have the same meaning or sound.
Also, I've been on an Old English name kick. Some new favourites:
Female:
Ethelinda
Cyneburga
Ælfgifu (Aelfgifu)
Annis
Beowin
Ælfwaru
Ætte
Dunnan
Male:
Aldred
Ælfwine
Æthelred
Bregowine
Colman
Hædde
Leofwine
Mungo - this is probably Welsh, not Old English, but I love it so!
Osmund
Thorstein
edit: for some reason my hyperlinks didn't work, so...you'll just have to trust me that I got the names that aren't on this site from reliable, historical lists of Anglo-Saxon names, because I don't have them bookmarked and I have to go to bed!
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
Some names I like with it (as possible sibsets or something) include Cordelia, Beatrice, Celia, Jesse (m), and Calvin. Rosemary and Margaret would be really sweet twins, I think, with the possible nns Rosie and Maggie.
Another sibset that has been floating around my head today is Alfred and Aubrey (m). I like the fact that they have similar etymological roots, but don't have the same meaning or sound.
Also, I've been on an Old English name kick. Some new favourites:
Female:
Ethelinda
Cyneburga
Ælfgifu (Aelfgifu)
Annis
Beowin
Ælfwaru
Ætte
Dunnan
Male:
Aldred
Ælfwine
Æthelred
Bregowine
Colman
Hædde
Leofwine
Mungo - this is probably Welsh, not Old English, but I love it so!
Osmund
Thorstein
edit: for some reason my hyperlinks didn't work, so...you'll just have to trust me that I got the names that aren't on this site from reliable, historical lists of Anglo-Saxon names, because I don't have them bookmarked and I have to go to bed!
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
This message was edited 2/10/2005, 9:48 PM
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That's so weird that you mentioned Rosemary and Margaret together as twin names. A close friend of mine always planned to use the name Rosemary Margaret for a baby girl. She recently had a baby boy, and I haven't talked to her in a while so I don't know if she still plans to use Rosemary Margaret.
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Rosemary is pretty but it's the name of my half-aunt so I could never use it
Cordelia and Rosemary - nice
Beatrice and Rosemary - beautiful!
Celia and Rosemary - beautiful again!
Jesse and Rosemary - I love Jesse but it sounds like too much of a nickname rather than a formal one
Calvin and Rosemary - these don't look right together for some reason
Rosemary and Margaret - with the nns Rosie and Maggie this is really cute
Alfred and Aubrey go really well but I don't like Aubrey - something about the 'elf power' makes me chuckle :)
I like:
Annis
Ætte - how do you pronounce this?
Hædde
Mungo
alice x
Cordelia and Rosemary - nice
Beatrice and Rosemary - beautiful!
Celia and Rosemary - beautiful again!
Jesse and Rosemary - I love Jesse but it sounds like too much of a nickname rather than a formal one
Calvin and Rosemary - these don't look right together for some reason
Rosemary and Margaret - with the nns Rosie and Maggie this is really cute
Alfred and Aubrey go really well but I don't like Aubrey - something about the 'elf power' makes me chuckle :)
I like:
Annis
Ætte - how do you pronounce this?
Hædde
Mungo
alice x
This message was edited 2/11/2005, 4:06 AM
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Ætte pronunciation.
The Old English "Æ" is pronounced like the "a" in "cat", and words were accented on the first syllable, so I'm assuming AT-te, with the final "e" pronounced the Italian/Old English way (similar to the Modern English sound /ay/).
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
The Old English "Æ" is pronounced like the "a" in "cat", and words were accented on the first syllable, so I'm assuming AT-te, with the final "e" pronounced the Italian/Old English way (similar to the Modern English sound /ay/).
~ Caitlín
"Blue tinted individuals who go about armed to the teeth and quoting twelfth-century poetry are not easy to comprehend." ~ Lloyd Alexander
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Thanks :)
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Rosemary and Margaret are lovely names for twins and Maggie and Rosie are just the most darling of NNs! I can't think of more perfect twin names!
I really like Rosemary and Celia together (one of the Princess of Wales's nieces was Celia Rose) and Rosemary and Cordelia together. I LOVE Beatrice, but I'm kind of liking the combo of Beatrice Rosemary better than I'd actually like them as a twin set, KWIM? Calvin is the name of my soon-to-be-born nephew and I've grown to love it a lot.
I also like Old English names and compiled a list of my favorites a while back. I'll have to dig around for it.
I really like Rosemary and Celia together (one of the Princess of Wales's nieces was Celia Rose) and Rosemary and Cordelia together. I LOVE Beatrice, but I'm kind of liking the combo of Beatrice Rosemary better than I'd actually like them as a twin set, KWIM? Calvin is the name of my soon-to-be-born nephew and I've grown to love it a lot.
I also like Old English names and compiled a list of my favorites a while back. I'll have to dig around for it.
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