Tertia
I can't stop thinking about this ancient numerical name. I find it more mystical than Octavia, more refined than Nona, and more delicate than Decima. What do you think?
Some combos, as always:
Tertia Aloïse
Tertia Antigone
Tertia Betony
Tertia Cecily / Cicely
Tertia Celeste / Celestina / Celestine
Tertia Clarice / Clarisse
Tertia Clotilde
Tertia Constantina / Constanze / Costanza
Tertia Edith
Tertia Endelienta
Tertia Enid
Tertia Eleonora / Eleonore
Tertia Eloise / Héloïse
Tertia Eulalia / Eulalie
Tertia Eveline
Tertia Fabiana / Fabienne
Tertia Felicity
Tertia Frances / Françoise
Tertia Gugulethu
Tertia Guinevere
Tertia Gwendolen
Tertia Gwenllian
Tertia Harriet / Harriett / Henrietta / Henriette
Tertia Hedwig
Tertia Ianthe
Tertia Inez
Tertia Iolanthe / Violante / Yolande
Tertia Isabella / Isabeau
Tertia Iseult / Isolde
Tertia Leonora
Tertia Leontina / Leontine
Tertia Lucile
Tertia Mahaut / Mathilde / Maud / Mechthild
Tertia Melisande
Tertia Nadine
Tertia Natalia / Natalie
Tertia Nimue
Tertia Odette
Tertia Ottilie / Ottoline
Tertia Philomel / Philomela
Tertia Philomena
Tertia Ptolemais
Tertia Raphaela
Tertia Rohese
Tertia Rosalind
Tertia Rosamund
Tertia Saraswati
Tertia Tatiana / Tatienne
Tertia Thessaly
Tertia Thisbe
Tertia Violetta / Violette
Tertia Viviana / Viviane / Vivien
Tertia Winifred
Tertia Zénaïde
Tertia Zolzaya
Tertia Zuleika
Some combos, as always:
Tertia Aloïse
Tertia Antigone
Tertia Betony
Tertia Cecily / Cicely
Tertia Celeste / Celestina / Celestine
Tertia Clarice / Clarisse
Tertia Clotilde
Tertia Constantina / Constanze / Costanza
Tertia Edith
Tertia Endelienta
Tertia Enid
Tertia Eleonora / Eleonore
Tertia Eloise / Héloïse
Tertia Eulalia / Eulalie
Tertia Eveline
Tertia Fabiana / Fabienne
Tertia Felicity
Tertia Frances / Françoise
Tertia Gugulethu
Tertia Guinevere
Tertia Gwendolen
Tertia Gwenllian
Tertia Harriet / Harriett / Henrietta / Henriette
Tertia Hedwig
Tertia Ianthe
Tertia Inez
Tertia Iolanthe / Violante / Yolande
Tertia Isabella / Isabeau
Tertia Iseult / Isolde
Tertia Leonora
Tertia Leontina / Leontine
Tertia Lucile
Tertia Mahaut / Mathilde / Maud / Mechthild
Tertia Melisande
Tertia Nadine
Tertia Natalia / Natalie
Tertia Nimue
Tertia Odette
Tertia Ottilie / Ottoline
Tertia Philomel / Philomela
Tertia Philomena
Tertia Ptolemais
Tertia Raphaela
Tertia Rohese
Tertia Rosalind
Tertia Rosamund
Tertia Saraswati
Tertia Tatiana / Tatienne
Tertia Thessaly
Tertia Thisbe
Tertia Violetta / Violette
Tertia Viviana / Viviane / Vivien
Tertia Winifred
Tertia Zénaïde
Tertia Zolzaya
Tertia Zuleika
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It's different, and kind of cool, but it does remind me of the word Tertiary.
I've never seen this name before. I think I may prefer it written than how it actually sounds out loud though...TURR-sha.
The name Trista has been on my mind lately, which I think has a similar feel, but I fear too many people would be confounded by it and mispronounce it as Trisha.
Tristan on a girl might be cool, like a variant of Kristen, but I usually don't like the idea of stealing established boys names to use on girls (since society has a terrible problem of teasing boys who have unisex name as having a girl's name).
I've never seen this name before. I think I may prefer it written than how it actually sounds out loud though...TURR-sha.
The name Trista has been on my mind lately, which I think has a similar feel, but I fear too many people would be confounded by it and mispronounce it as Trisha.
Tristan on a girl might be cool, like a variant of Kristen, but I usually don't like the idea of stealing established boys names to use on girls (since society has a terrible problem of teasing boys who have unisex name as having a girl's name).
I love Trisha.
I personally can't stand it.
From your list I think Enid works perfectly as a middle, uncomfortably old-fashioned and sorta awkward.
From your list I think Enid works perfectly as a middle, uncomfortably old-fashioned and sorta awkward.
The -tia ending is intriguing.
For ancient numerical names, I love Septima most.
For ancient numerical names, I love Septima most.
I'm not a fan. I wouldn't scream and run away, but I wouldn't use it either.
I had a colleague once who was known as Tessa. Her actual name was Tersia, which works OK in Afrikaans, and she was indeed her parents' third daughter. They'd had a boy name ready, but felt let down and flustered and just went for Tersia: but, she said, the more they got to know her and love her, the more Tersia turned into Tessa!
I had a colleague once who was known as Tessa. Her actual name was Tersia, which works OK in Afrikaans, and she was indeed her parents' third daughter. They'd had a boy name ready, but felt let down and flustered and just went for Tersia: but, she said, the more they got to know her and love her, the more Tersia turned into Tessa!