Message: "What would you name..."

What would you name...

by Ottilie

3/22/2015, 3:24 PM

two brothers to Romilly, Josephine, Viola, and August? August is, of course, the only boy.

And, if you have time, how do you think the above names work together?

Much obliged!

Ottilie

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- Pink Princess +1

3/23/2015, 10:08 PM

I think the names work nicely together. As for two more additions, I quite like Edgar and Leopold or Felix and Edmund.

- Ottilie

3/24/2015, 1:39 PM

Thank you! Felix and Edmund have both been such popular suggestions!

- HaySkyNat +1

3/23/2015, 4:13 PM

Jarvis and Flynn

- Ottilie

3/24/2015, 1:38 PM

Thanks!

- Elec Fan (guest) +1

3/23/2015, 10:58 AM

I think Roderick and Maurice would go nicely, or Bram and Maurice if you don't want any initials to match.

I think the names work wonderfully together. They're all aristocratic,, yet friendly.

- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:17 PM

Thank you! I do love Bram and Maurice, though I used the latter on a pet, so it's rather unusable to me now.

- Polyxena (peth) +1

3/23/2015, 10:01 AM

They work quite nicely together. Romilly is perhaps a little more modern sounding than the others but I don't think it detracts from the set.

Brothers:

Felix
Hallam
Roland
Darwin
Beckett
Frederick
Inigo
Larkin
Lucian
Magnus
Ralf
Casper
Wilfred
Wilbur
Carey
Eugene
Raymond
Francis
Conrad
Ambrose
Hector
Tarquin
Benedict

- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:18 PM

Thank you. Felix, Beckett, Frederick, Casper, Wilbur, Ambrose and Hector are darling!

- kudriashkajo (jodirae) +1

3/23/2015, 8:30 AM

Romilly and Josephine seem very natural together. Romilly and Viola are also nice together. Viola and Josephine are a bit surprising, but I think Romilly bridges the gap, I think. August fits right in, I think. The set is wonderful.

I'd add two brothers from this list:
Sterling
Montgomery
Sullivan
Dermot
Alastair
Giles
Felix
Calloway
Callahan
Spencer
Simon
Oliver

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- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:19 PM

Thank you! Alastair and Montgomery are lovely.

- Flora (booksandtea) +2

3/23/2015, 7:47 AM

Romilly seems a little out of place. The others work well.

Theodore & Felix

- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:20 PM

Thank you!

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/23/2015, 8:31 AM

Oh yes, Theodore! Good idea.

- Puck (BBH) +1

3/23/2015, 7:41 AM

Simon
Tobias

They're swell together.

- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:20 PM

Thank you!

- EMB +2

3/23/2015, 4:53 AM

I really enjoy this sibset.

For brothers, I'd add:

Warren and Theodore
or
Leopold and Elias
or
Anselm and Ephraim

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- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:21 PM

Thank you. Theodore, Leopold and Elias are all fabulous.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/23/2015, 8:31 AM

I never thought of Anselm, he'd be great in there!

- Cynthiana +2

3/23/2015, 3:49 AM

My first thought was Hugo and Basil.

- Ottilie

3/23/2015, 12:22 PM

I'm not sure Basil is usable here, but I do love it. Thank you!

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/23/2015, 8:32 AM

Wow, both really good calls! I'd also like Hugh in that set.

- Indy (Likeyeahwhatev) +1

3/22/2015, 8:19 PM

The first two names that come to mind are Cecil and Peter.

- Ottilie

3/22/2015, 10:18 PM

Thank you!

- Ismene (Madyson) +3

3/22/2015, 7:22 PM

Romilly feels way too "new-age" next to the other 3. I think Rosemary, Josephine, Viola, and August would fit much better.

As for brothers....

Benedict
Edmund
Dashiell
Pierce
Samson
Conrad
Elton
Thaddeus
Neville
Walter
York
Malcolm
Gerard
Xavier
Finnegan
Clement

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- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/23/2015, 8:32 AM

Conrad, Malcolm, and Clement! Nicely done.

- Ottilie +1

3/22/2015, 10:19 PM

EEK!! No!

Romilly isn't going anywhere, especially not for drab old Rosemary. Also, I find it kind of funny that you say Romilly feels too modern, and then suggest Xavier, which always comes across as uber-modern to me.

Thank you!

- Ismene (Madyson)

3/22/2015, 11:46 PM

I actually thought about that when suggesting Xavier, but I can still picture it on a old man/someone of a different time period- which is the impression I get from Josephine, Viola, and August. I tried to include names that could play both roles (feel antique but also sound sort of modern) and bridge the gap between Romilly and the others

- Constant +2

3/22/2015, 5:00 PM

Josephine, Viola and August all share an old fashioned romantic quality. On its own Romilly sounds like a modern hipster, but when combined with the other three names into a sibling set, it takes on a stately Victorian feel and reminds me more of the classical scholar Jacqueline de Romilly then it does alone. In order to go along with the other names, I would give the two brothers old fashioned English names that are a tad unusual now days.

Bertrand and Everard
Jerome and Francis
Roderick and Gerard
Sebastian and Theodore
Marcus and Randall
Roland and Percival
Hector and Cornelius

Bernard
Bertram
Gerald
Edmund
Magnus
Maximilian
Howard
Harald
Edgar
Alfred
Frederick
Eugene
Richard
Eustace
Gilbert
Simon
Ferdinand
Ora
Laurence
Hugo
Mortimer
Thaddeus
Leopold
Titus

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/23/2015, 8:33 AM

Sebastian and Gilbert are great ideas! Thaddeus too.

- Ottilie

3/22/2015, 10:21 PM

Thank you! Such fabulous suggestions! I'm liking Magnus, Frederick, Gilbert, Laurence and Hugo especially.

- Pie +1

3/22/2015, 4:36 PM

Arlo & Louis. No idea why, that's what popped into my head.

- Ottilie

3/22/2015, 10:21 PM

Thank you! I only wish Louis weren't so popular, or else he would definitely be much, much higher up on my list.

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