View Message

I love Odessa and like Odette. I feel indifferent about Oceane. I've always thought Tess could be teased out as a nn for Odessa. And ever since seeing All I Wanna Do years back, I've loved the nn Odie for either :)

---

Miriam Odette is a combo that just came to mind

I've loved Odette since I was a little girl, back when I was a fan of the movie "The Swan Princess" (it's the name of the title character). It's a simple yet very pretty name.

---

Odessa has always reminded me of "odyssey" (and therefore "The Odyssey"), which is a plus. Also a very pretty name.

---

Oceane... if I were French, living in France, this would be my daughter's name.

---

I have really bad associations with Odette, but Odessa and, especially, Oceane, are beautiful. (apologize, can't make the accent with my keybaord. )

---

Oceane is beingused ocasionally in my (French-speaking) community.

---

There's Ophelia, as an O name. And Opal.

I love Odessa. It's so pretty, but I wouldn't use it. Odette is pretty too, but I like Odessa better.

---

NNs for Odessa:
Hmmm...I don't know...

---

Maybe Dessa, Essie, Essa, Dess, Osa, Oda, Ode...Sorry some of those are just plain weird :)

---

Combos:

---

Charlotte Odessa
Audrey Odessa
Lucy Odessa
Margaret Odessa
Odessa Claire / Claire Odessa
Odessa Jane or Jade / Jane or Jade Odessa
Florence Odessa
Odessa Faith / Faith Odessa

---

A lot of names sound good with Odessa! Like any?

I like all of them, but Odette is my favourite. I really like the ballet association too. The problem is the first syllable sounds like "ode" as in odious and odour, or "odd". That bothers me a little. I would use Etta/Ettie as a nickname for Odette and Essie for Odessa. Maybe Annie for Océane? Although I don't think it really needs a nickname.
I love O names! It's such a deep, thoughtful letter, like the sea or a dark sky.
Océane is really pretty but I prefer it as a middle name. Odessa is also nice but my least favourite of the 3, I just don't like -essa endings.
Some Odette combos:
Odette Constance
Odette Delphine
Odette Domitille
Odette Esmée
Odette Gaelle
Odette Florence / Flore
Odette Ghislaine
Odette Jasmine
Odette Iris
Odette Ludivine
Odette Marguerite
Odette Noémie
Odette Salomé
Odette Coralie
Odette Sidonie
Odette Valentine
Odette Zephyrine
Odette Isolde

---

my mind is blank for Odessa and Océane though, sorry.

I love Odessa and Océane! I'd use either of those as a fn-- Odessa could have nns like Essa and Ode. I think Oceane could work on its own as a fn too. I don't like Odette as much-- the "ette" is too girly, and it's too hard with the "d". The "essa" in Odessa softens up the hardness of the d, but that doesn't happen in Odette.

---

I like:

---

Odessa Luned
Elaine Odessa
Odessa Muirgen
Anna Odessa
Odessa Lenore
Charlotte Odessa
Odessa Artemisia
Eleanora Odessa
Odessa Rowan
Calliope Odessa
Odessa Wilhelmina
Violet Odessa
Odessa Rain
Philippa Odessa
Odessa Ione
Laurel Odessa
Odessa Calanthe
Hesper Odessa
Odessa Raven
Elowen Odessa
Odessa Wren
Lily Odessa

... Load Full Message

This message was edited 8/18/2011, 10:49 PM

Océane is pretty. Odette and Odessa don't excite me, but I don't hate them either... I kinda like Desssa better than Dessie, but I'm not sure I'd be inclined to go the nn route w/ Odessa... I did meet an Odile from France last week. I quite like the name Oceana (prn'd O-shee-na w/ emphasis on 2nd syl). Guess there's not so much in the girls' name dept. starting w/ O though... I do know an Olga and an Orith though.

---

Pairings:
Odessa Brielle
Odessa Chantal
Odessa Charisse
Odessa Joanne
Odessa Vivian
Odessa Carmel
Odessa Janelle

---

Oceane Carmella
Oceane Jacinta
Oceane Vanessa
Oceane Erika
Oceane Lucille
Oceane Lucia
Oceane Bettina

This message was edited 8/19/2011, 4:00 AM