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Iris- I like it. I like that it's a floral that's not overly frilly, and I like the imagery of the flowers and also of a rainbow (because it means "rainbow.") Oddly I don't automatically think of an eye.

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Dahlia- I also like it. I think it's elegant and dark. I also like the possibilities of Dolly and Lia as nicknames, which lighten it up a bit.

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Eulalie- I want to like it but the pronunciation throws me. I can barely get it right all the time, and I think if my daughter was named Eulalie saying the name would get old really fast.

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2a. I'm assuming you mean what you listed below. So:

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Iris Paloma
Dahlia Eve
Eulalie Ginevra

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1. I love both Iris and Dahlia, but Eulalie is not my style (and neither is Eulalia, since I generally dislike names that start with the 'y' sound).

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2.
a. Iris Amelie (though I'd like Iris Amelia better)
Dahlia Beatrice
Eulalie Isabel

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b. Iris Amelie Lenore
Dahlia Beatrice Corinne
Eulalie Isabel Amandine

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3. Iris Amelie / Jasper Bellamy
Dahlia Beatrice / William Carson
Eulalie Isabel / Thierry Toussaint

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1. I like Iris. It sounds dignified and modest, not too flowery nor too stuckup.
Dahlia is good. I'm not a big fan of the sound of it (like doll, and the fact that it's Dahl -ia, from surname Dahl, is kind of ick). But it's really pretty nice as a name. A little more flowery than Iris but doesn't lack power.
Eulalie isn't my style... too lilty with only Ls as consonants, not enough oomph. Sounds like you lay lee, right? Nms, awkward IRL IMO

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2a. Iris Paloma, I. Demetria, I. Tiffany
Dahlia Eve, D. Pilar
Eulalie Ginevra, E. Marceline, E. Desiree

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3. What is her brother's name?
I looked at your babynames.com list. Then added my own suggestions
Iris & Martin; Dominic
Dahlia & Jasper; Cedric
Eulalie & Solomon, Julian; Laurence, Raoul

1. What do you think of the name? Is there a specific image or thought you get from it?

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Iris: I like a lot. I like how serious it is, how bright and sharp, and that it means rainbow and is a Goddess.

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Dahlia: I also like. It is a bit sultry for me sometimes, and occasionally I feel like it's trying too hard to be cool, so that makes me shy away from it. But I love the Black Dahlia connection and the chilly noir element therein so, yeah.

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Eulalie: very cute, very bubbly. I like it in theory but I can't help feeling that a real-life Eulalie would be overwhelming in her personality.

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2a. From the list, which middle name do you prefer? If you simply cannot resist or think my options are awful, an additional suggestion would be fine.

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I like:

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Iris Amelie
Dahlia Eve (though I think Eve Dahlia flows better)
Eulalie Iris

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2b. (Optional) For the combo you picked, what would you make the second middle name?

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Can we pick our own?

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Iris Amelie Fay
Dahlia Eve Margaret
Eulalie Iris Francine

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3. What is her brother's name?

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Iris & Gordon
Dahlia & Oscar
Eulalie & Christian

This message was edited 7/9/2012, 11:02 AM

For each name...

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1. What do you think of the name? Is there a specific image or thought you get from it?

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I like all three.

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I love Iris. It's my favorite out of the three, and one of my favorite names in general. It sounds sophisticated without being snooty, and it's feminine without being too frilly.

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Dahlia is another name that I love. Dahlia and Eulalie both have an air of playfulness, but they have a seriousness about them as well.

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2a. From the list, which middle name do you prefer? If you simply cannot resist or think my options are awful, an additional suggestion would be fine.

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Iris Paloma, Dahlia Eve, and Eulalie Ginevra. I also like Dahlia Beatrice and Eulalie Iris.

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2b. (Optional) For the combo you picked, what would you make the second middle name?

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Iris Paloma Eve

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Dahlia Eve Paloma

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Dahlia Beatrice June - I prefer June to Juno, but I like the way Dahlia Beatrice Juno flows.

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Eulalie Iris Ginevra

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3. What is her brother's name?

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Iris and Theodore
Iris and Theo
Iris and Dominic
Iris and Jules
Iris and Graham
Iris and Edward
Iris and Edmund
Iris and Edwin
Iris and Malcolm
Iris and Henry
Iris and Jasper
Iris and Conrad
Iris and Alden
Iris and Arlo

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Dahlia and Felix
Dahlia and Simon
Dahlia and Theodore
Dahlia and Theo
Dahlia and Ambrose
Dahlia and August
Dahlia and Augustus
Dahlia and Jules
Dahlia and Julian
Dahlia and Jude
Dahlia and Tobias
Dahlia and Ferdinand
Dahlia and Matthias
Dahlia and Jasper
Dahlia and Conrad
Dahlia and Ulysses
Dahlia and Arlo

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Eulalie and Theo
Eulalie and Theodore
Eulalie and Jasper
Eulalie and Conrad
Eulalie and August
Eulalie and Augustus
Eulalie and Edward
Eulalie and Edwin
Eulalie and Edmund
Eulalie and Jude
Eulalie and Jules
Eulalie and Henry
Eulalie and Felix
Eulalie and Ambrose
Eulalie and Simon
Eulalie and Arlo
Eulalie and Malcolm
Eulalie and Matthias

oooo Beautiful sister set

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Iris would be the quirky older sister who is a little wild and hippie-like and very intelligent, she'd be vegetarian and make her own clothes as well as refusing to use any product tested on animals. She'd be really good at science.

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Dahlia would be the sensible sister who keeps the other two in line. She'd be mothering in nature and very composed. Dahlia would always do her homework as soon as she got it and nag others to do their to. She'd want to be a doctor or a nurse.

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Eulalie would be the wild-child who likes to rebel. She'd be into dance and theatre and have a lot of friends.

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Just how i'd view them as sisters :)

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Iris Amelie, Dahlia Beatrice and Eulalie Daffodil, though Eulalie Violet is the first thing that came to my mind

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Iris, Dahlia and Eulalie would have a brother called Samson :)

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Iris

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1. What do you think of the name? Is there a specific image or thought you get from it?
-I think it's pretty in a clunky sort of way. Iris is an old jalopy in a junkyard that needs a little work, but once you get it fixed, it's amazing. Or something.

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2a. From the list, which middle name do you prefer? If you simply cannot resist or think my options are awful, an additional suggestion would be fine.
-Iris Eulalie, because it has off-beat sing-song quality to it.

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2b. For the combo you picked, what would you make the second middle name?
-Iris Eulalie Jean. I don't know why, I just think it sounds good.

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3. What is her brother's name?
-Frederick.

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Dahlia

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1. What do you think of the name?
-I think it's dark and beautiful. Haunting.

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2a. From the list, which middle name do you prefer?
-Dahlia Beatrice. The others don't sound "right."

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2b. What would be the second middle name?
-Dahlia Beatrice Lily.

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3. What would be her brother's name?
-Nicholas.

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Eulalie

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1. What do you think of the name?
-I think it sounds like "ukelele." It's kind of corny, but in a good way. It's won me over.

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2a. Which middle name do you prefer?
-Eulalie Iris.

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2b. What would you make the second middle name?
-Eulalie Iris Gwendolen.

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3. What would be her brother's name?
-Howard.