{"id":14614,"date":"2020-03-25T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T14:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=14614"},"modified":"2022-09-03T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T18:48:32","slug":"baby-girl-thompson-sister-to-madeline-maddie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2020\/03\/25\/baby-girl-thompson-sister-to-madeline-maddie\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Thompson, Sister to Madeline (Maddie)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello!<\/p>\n

I’m due this summer with my second child, a girl, and my husband and I are in the throws of the great name debate of 2020. Our first, named Madeline, nn Maddie, and a mutual decision and we both love her name. This time around, we have two different top choices, and very few names are jumping out at us. To complicate matters, we both love a good nickname, but I’m getting a little sick of the “ie” names, which is a little limiting.<\/p>\n

My top choice:
\nJuliet (nn Jules or Jet (is this a stretch? I think its fun))<\/p>\n

His top choice:
\nChloe
\nVirginia (nn Ginny)<\/p>\n

Other names we like:
\nPenelope (nn Penny\/Poppy)
\nGabrielle\/Gabriella (nn Gabby)
\nSavannah<\/p>\n

We do not want a name that starts with a B, E, or V (I feel more strongly on this than he does). Any other recs? Thank you so much!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The only name standing out to me as an odd choice with Madeline is Virginia—and I’m not sure I can even put a finger on why. Visually they’re so nice together: approximately the same length, a nice overlap\/difference in letters. Part of it is the startling usage gap: Maddie\/Addie names have enjoyed a surge of popularity in recent years, while the Ginny\/Jenny names are having a well-earned rest. The name Virginia has been almost completely off of my own personal name radar (which may mean it is due for a big comeback soon), but I hear about Maddies all the time. It gives me a personal feeling of Name Difference that may have nothing to do with the actual compatibility of the names; these impressions are so dependent on the particular names in our particular social circles.<\/p>\n

Still, from your husband’s list, Chloe makes a lot more sense to me: like Maddie\/Addie names, it is enjoying some popularity right now. “Maddie and Chloe” seems right as a sister set. A downside of Chloe is that it doesn’t have a natural nickname; another downside is you mention being a little tired of -ie names, and it has that sound.<\/p>\n

I like the way the name Juliet spins the name Madeline: from contemporary favorite to vintage charm. Madeline and Chloe are current sisters; Madeline and Juliet could be in a historical novel. They’re visually appealing to me together. There’s still a bit of a popularity gap. Hm. I’m aware of how very subjective all this is, but if you’re asking for our own personal opinions, and you are, I like Madeline\/Maddie with Juliet\/Jules best of the options discussed so far. I think Jet is one of those cool nicknames that depends on the child: on some kids it’s not going to sit comfortably, and on others it’ll be a natural fit.<\/p>\n

I think your whole “other names we like” list is great. I don’t have a sense for how far down your preference list those are: is it that Juliet is by far your first choice and Virginia\/Chloe are by far your husband’s first choices, and the other names are only technically in the running; or are you both pretty prepared to forsake your own favorites for the joint favorites? Madeline and Penelope, Madeline and Gabrielle, Madeline and Savannah—those all make sense to me as sisters. There are some nickname options if you want to avoid the -ie\/-y sound: Nell for Penelope, Ella for Gabrielle\/Gabriella, Vanna\/Anna for Savannah.<\/p>\n

More names to consider, if you haven’t already:<\/p>\n

Abigail\/Abby
\nAmelia\/Mia
\nAnnabel\/Anna\/Bella
\nAudrey
\nCharlotte\/Charlie\/Lottie
\nClarissa
\nEloise (I like the literary tie-in, but it starts with E)
\nGrace
\nJosephine\/Josie\/Posey
\nKatherine\/Kate
\nLaurel
\nLucy
\nNoelle\/Ella
\nNora
\nRosalie\/Rose\/Rosie
\nSabrina\/Bri\/Bree<\/p>\n

I included a few that don’t have good nicknames. Part of the reason was that I wondered if a solution to “we love a good nickname”\/”we’re tired of the -ie thing” might be a standalone name with a nicknamey quality: Lucy and Nora, for example, can be used as they are or can be used as nicknames, so maybe they satisfy the nickname urge as they are. (Though of course Lucy still ends in the -ie sound, so maybe that gets us nowhere.) And part of the reason was that sometimes even if a name isn’t Right, it can remind people of OTHER names that ARE right.<\/p>\n

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Name update:<\/strong> Juliet (Jet)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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