{"id":10397,"date":"2014-08-22T06:45:56","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=10397"},"modified":"2014-08-22T06:50:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T10:50:46","slug":"baby-girl-senepapna-sister-to-sydney-andrew-andy-and-natasha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2014\/08\/22\/baby-girl-senepapna-sister-to-sydney-andrew-andy-and-natasha\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Senepapna, Sister to Sydney, Andrew (Andy), and Natasha"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

I am a big fan and have been reading your personal site since the twins were babies and your baby naming site since it started.<\/p>\n

I am hoping you can help me now. It is very last minute. I am having baby number 4 on Tuesday morning!<\/p>\n

It is a girl, our last name is Senepapna – A Sri Lankan name.<\/p>\n

My older children are Sydney Sumithra, Andrew Michael (goes by Andy), and Natasha Annushika. We had no problems picking their names and went with names we loved, not focusing on any sort of naming group or pattern.<\/p>\n

I want the baby’s name to be common enough that everyone knows how to spell it since the last name, she will have to spell for everyone. My husband wants a name that can be shortened to a nickname like all of the other kids.<\/p>\n

Her middle name will most likely be Nilmarnie.<\/p>\n

Top contenders for me are:
\nIvy
\nScarlett (Suggested by my oldest since the baby will be red and screaming when it is born)
\nVivienne nn Vivi<\/p>\n

My husband vetoed Ivy because there is no nickname and does not like the nickname Vivi. I don’t love Scarlett.<\/p>\n

If it had been a boy the name would have been Maxwell Patrick or Samuel Patrick.<\/p>\n

My husband does not know the sex, so has been focusing more on boy names. The only names he seriously suggested were Elsa or Anna since the older girls like the movie so much. While they are pretty names, I don’t want to use them since it is obvious where the names came from.<\/p>\n

I know this is short notice, but if you can help I would really appreciate it!<\/p>\n

Sarah<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 <\/p>\n

The name Violet would be a sort of combination of those top three names: the long-I, the V, and the botanical theme of Ivy; the -let ending of Scarlett; the strong V-sound of Vivienne. Nicknames could be Vi or Lettie.<\/p>\n

Or Eva would have the nickname Evie, which is very close to Ivy.<\/p>\n

Or Avery, but I’m not sure if that has enough of a nickname: Avie?<\/p>\n

Fiona comes to mind.<\/p>\n

Or Miriam.<\/p>\n

Or Eliza.<\/p>\n

Or Georgia.<\/p>\n

Or Sabrina.<\/p>\n

Or Noelle.<\/p>\n

Or Evelyn: that has some of the sounds of Vivienne; maybe Evvie is different enough from Vivi that your husband will like it. Or she could go by Lynnie.<\/p>\n

Or Vienna.<\/p>\n

Or Everly, though that’s not as easy to spell as some of the options. On the other hand, I think of most names as needing to be spelled. Vivienne could be spelled Vivian or Vivien; Scarlett could be Scarlet.<\/p>\n

Or Lillian: again, similar to Vivienne. The nickname Lily is pretty, and botanical like Ivy.<\/p>\n

Or Jillian.<\/p>\n

Juliet\/Juliette doesn’t have quite the -let ending of Scarlett, but it reminds me of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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