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I love love love the nickname Annie. It's one of the sweetest girl nicknames in my opinion, and not so widely used that she'd have to be Annabel to distinguish her from all the other Annies in her class. Susannah is a nice full name for Annie as well, though I'm enamored with the nickname Sunny for Susannah at the moment.
Katherine "Kate" is also one of my favorites, though I prefer the spelling Catherine. You can't go wrong with Katherine, and Kate feels much more elegant than 90's Katie.
Eliza and Louisa are nice names, but don't do much for me personally.
Virginia is one of my personal favorites. I'll probably use it as a middle name, but I really love the nickname Ginny. It has such a cozy, summer morning kind of feeling to it.
Beatrix is nice, but I greatly prefer Beatrice "Bea." I think the x sound is just a little abrupt for my taste. I love Bea as a nickname, though. Ginny, Annie, and Bea might be the cutest sisters ever.
Julia and Claire are both very pretty names, but I'm not overly fond of either of them. They work well as baby names in today's climate, and are definitely prettier than many alternatives!
Mary is one of my favorites as well. I'm more likely not to use a nickname, but if I did I would pick Molly over Polly. Personal preference on that one, I believe.
As far as the boys go...
Magnus and Edmund are a little clunky for me.
Henry is one of my favorites as well. I love the nickname Harry and the no-nickname route equally well.
James is lovely, masculine, strong, and subtle. I adore James top to bottom, front to back. Jamie is my favorite childhood pet name for James, though I more likely to leave it simply James. Great name.
Oliver is growing on me. I like it much better than the female Olive or Olivia, and I like the French form Olivier as well. I have a friend at school named Oliver who goes by Ollie. I like how it sounds.
Peter is a good solid Christian name. I like meeting little boys at church named Peter, but I don't think it's for me.
William, Charles, Alexander are all at the same place for me. Regal and strong, definitely on the list for a future son. Of the three, I like William best.
Leopold is cute on a little one and ages well, plus comes with the perk of Leo as a nickname!
Katherine "Kate" is also one of my favorites, though I prefer the spelling Catherine. You can't go wrong with Katherine, and Kate feels much more elegant than 90's Katie.
Eliza and Louisa are nice names, but don't do much for me personally.
Virginia is one of my personal favorites. I'll probably use it as a middle name, but I really love the nickname Ginny. It has such a cozy, summer morning kind of feeling to it.
Beatrix is nice, but I greatly prefer Beatrice "Bea." I think the x sound is just a little abrupt for my taste. I love Bea as a nickname, though. Ginny, Annie, and Bea might be the cutest sisters ever.
Julia and Claire are both very pretty names, but I'm not overly fond of either of them. They work well as baby names in today's climate, and are definitely prettier than many alternatives!
Mary is one of my favorites as well. I'm more likely not to use a nickname, but if I did I would pick Molly over Polly. Personal preference on that one, I believe.
As far as the boys go...
Magnus and Edmund are a little clunky for me.
Henry is one of my favorites as well. I love the nickname Harry and the no-nickname route equally well.
James is lovely, masculine, strong, and subtle. I adore James top to bottom, front to back. Jamie is my favorite childhood pet name for James, though I more likely to leave it simply James. Great name.
Oliver is growing on me. I like it much better than the female Olive or Olivia, and I like the French form Olivier as well. I have a friend at school named Oliver who goes by Ollie. I like how it sounds.
Peter is a good solid Christian name. I like meeting little boys at church named Peter, but I don't think it's for me.
William, Charles, Alexander are all at the same place for me. Regal and strong, definitely on the list for a future son. Of the three, I like William best.
Leopold is cute on a little one and ages well, plus comes with the perk of Leo as a nickname!
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Wow! Thanks for all of your opinions! Sunny for Susannah is an adorable idea, but I'm so attached to Annie I don't think I could use an Ann- name without the nn Annie. As far as Ginny goes, I like it in theory but I have a little sister named Genevieve and she sometimes goes by Genny and Ginny just sounds like her name with a REALLY THICK southern accent (we're in the Southern US). I think I like Virginia in full best.
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I have a sister named Elizabeth too! She goes by Beattie, but that's totally unrelated to her actual name.
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