Message: "Laudine" - Behind the Name

Laudine

by Wordsmith

9/23/2015, 4:07 PM

I discovered this name a few days ago and immediately became smitten with it. I love its sleek sensuality and unaffected mystique. Read about a beguiling namesake here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laudine

What do you think of these combinations?

Laudine Agatha
Laudine Agnes
Laudine Alice / Alix / Alys
Laudine Amabel
Laudine Amy
Laudine Charlotte
Laudine Constance
Laudine Eleanor / Elinor
Laudine Emily
Laudine Esther
Laudine Harriet
Laudine Hester
Laudine Iris
Laudine Isabel / Isabelle
Laudine Jennifer
Laudine Jessica
Laudine Judith
Laudine Julia
Laudine Lilian
Laudine Margaret
Laudine Margery
Laudine Marian / Marion
Laudine Marigold
Laudine Marjorie / Marjory
Laudine Martha
Laudine Mary
Laudine Millicent
Laudine Miriam
Laudine Muriel
Laudine Rosalind
Laudine Rosamond / Rosamund
Laudine Rosemary
Laudine Sibyl
Laudine Sylvia
Laudine Vivien
Laudine Winifred

#Laudine

This message was edited 9/23/2015, 4:27 PM

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- Ew_Chloe (New_Chloe)

9/24/2015, 6:41 AM

I really like it. It's tragic and stormy and makes me think of laudanum so it's terribly romantic in a Gothic Victorian way. How are you pronouncing it - like "law-deen" or "low-deen"?

These combos catch my eye:

Laudine Alice / Alix / Alys
Laudine Amabel (I immediately thought Laudine Annabel would be a pretty pairing)
Laudine Amy
Laudine Charlotte
Laudine Eleanor / Elinor
Laudine Emily
Laudine Esther
Laudine Hester
Laudine Iris
Laudine Isabel / Isabelle
Laudine Margery
Laudine Marian / Marion
Laudine Marigold
Laudine Mary (Mary-Laudine would also be a beautiful doublet)
Laudine Millicent
Laudine Muriel
Laudine Rosalind
Laudine Rosamond / Rosamund
Laudine Rosemary
Laudine Sibyl
Laudine Sylvia
Laudine Vivien

- EMB

9/24/2015, 6:03 AM

Oh I like it! I really like your list, but Laudine Eleanor, Laudine Miriam and Laudine Winifred are especially nice.

A few others I'd like:
Laudine Adelaide
Laudine Henrietta
Laudine Demelza
Laudine Petra
Laudine Gwendolen
Laudine Ruth
Laudine Beatrice
Laudine Violet

- Anneza, nsi (guest)

9/24/2015, 2:40 AM

Thank you so much - its a wonderful reference! The closest I've ever come to Laudine before was on a ghastly teacher I had in year 5, whose name was actually Lordine but it sounded the same. And was, I thought and still think, horribly pretentious. But Laudine is positively laudable!

I like lots of your combos, but especially the ones with a really medieval ring to them. Jennifer and Lilian seem too modern, but Judith and Rosamond are wonderful and so is Laudine Vivien, though perhaps too obviously Arthurian?

- Alda

9/23/2015, 6:43 PM

I have a weakness for -ine names. This one has me enamored. Thanks for posting.

- noel (glaucous)

9/23/2015, 4:55 PM

I think it's interesting. I wouldn't describe it as sensual. It makes me think of "laud" (also more vaguely "lord" "lard" and "loud"). I'd consider it to be in the same group as Faustine and Claudine as "uncommon two-syllable names with an -ine ending".

My favorite combos listed were:

Laudine Alix
Laudine Harriet
Laudine Hester
Laudine Rosalind
Laudine Rosemary

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