{"id":15928,"date":"2022-07-04T09:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T13:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/?p=15928"},"modified":"2022-09-21T07:04:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T11:04:34","slug":"baby-girl-fox-sister-to-corinna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/2022\/07\/04\/baby-girl-fox-sister-to-corinna\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Girl Fox, Sister to Corinna"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Swistle,<\/p>\n

We could do with your help naming baby girl due at the end of September. Surname (Fox) so we have to be a little careful with first names but I haven\u2019t found this to be a problem. Baby girl has an older sister (2.5 yrs) Corinna Everly (nn Cory, Cor, Rina).<\/p>\n

We have ties to Cyprus, Italy (particularly Rome) and Singapore. We found Corinna on a Greek baby name list and fell in love. It isn\u2019t a name we hear often, is feminine but not overly so, feels strong and isn\u2019t too out there.<\/p>\n

Our boy name at the time was Caspian Everett. Our boy name this time was Ethan Everett. We also considered Logan Percival.<\/p>\n

Girls names we have considered:
\nArabella Wren – I\u2019m worried that Arabella is too posh and would she be just another Bella? My husband loves it.<\/p>\n

Morgan Rose – Rose is a family name so despite its popularity we are happy with it as a middle name. I also think it gives some feminine balance to Morgan which is a concern of mine and in reality she would go by her first name. Having said that it is nice to be able to use a more out there middle name. Also not sure I like \u201cmorg\u201d (morgue!) as a natural shortening.<\/p>\n

Kaia – name I love, Singapore links but not sure about another c or k name.<\/p>\n

Sylvie – a name I have recently come across. It feels strong and feminine with out being overly so. Haven\u2019t found a middle name that convinces us this is the one yet.<\/p>\n

Erin – We love this name but haven\u2019t found a middle name combination that convinces us yet. It was a contender for Corinna\u2019s middle name.<\/p>\n

Thalia – we both love the name. Greek links. I\u2019m worried about spelling variations. I don\u2019t love Natalia. I have the same problem with Lorelai (nn Rory!) – not the easiest to spell. Same with Vivian\/Vivienne. Too many spelling options (a problem we have had with Corinna).<\/p>\n

Emerson – feels too masculine against Corinna.<\/p>\n

Hazel – vetoed by husband based on someone he knew by the same name.<\/p>\n

Elowen – sounds lovely but we have no Welsh links and will she be another Elle? A friend has a baby Elodie which I think is beautiful.<\/p>\n

Other names I\/we like but don\u2019t love: Maeve, Iris, Claudia, Ottilie, Sienna.<\/p>\n

We would love to hear your suggests for completely new names or middle names for some of the names on our list that aren\u2019t quite doing it for us.<\/p>\n

Thanks!
\nJoanna<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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First, a few comments on the current list. Sylvie Fox makes me think of the expression “silver fox”; it’s not a negative association, just a little odd. Kaia and Erin both seem like they have too many sounds in common with Corinna: Kaia shares beginning and ending sounds, and so feels it falls short on sounds in the middle; Erin repeats the -rin entirely and has only the E- to herself. I do think Arabella\/Elowen would neatly join the Bella\/Ellie groups, though the long forms are still refreshing (and I don’t think Arabella is too posh). I would never have thought to shorten the name Morgan to Morg.<\/p>\n

The name that jumps out to me based on the name itself but also your description of the name: Thalia. You both love it. You mention it has Greek links. It has some spelling issues, but so do so many names; I wouldn’t rule out a name for that. For a middle name, I would be inclined to choose a name similar in style to Everly, so I would choose Emerson or Morgan: Thalia Emerson Fox, Thalia Morgan Fox. Or Erin would be nice: Thalia Erin Fox. Or, I wish I’d at least CONSIDERED using my own first name as my daughter’s middle name (there’s a tradition in my family of using the father’s first name as the son’s middle name, so you’d think it would LEAP to mind): Thalia Joanna Fox.<\/p>\n

From my list of names I am sad I couldn’t use: Anastasia. Corinna and Anastasia. Anastasia Fox.<\/p>\n

Browsing through Nameberry’s list of Greek girl names<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Delia; Delia Fox; Corinna and Delia
\nIsadora; Isadora Fox; Corinna and Isadora
\nLydia; Lydia Fox; Corinna and Lydia
\nPenelope; Penelope Fox; Corinna and Penelope
\nPersephone; Persephone Fox; Corinna and Persephone
\nPhilomena; Philomena Fox; Corinna and Philomena
\nVeronica; Veronica Fox; Corinna and Veronica<\/p>\n

From this list I would pick Lydia for you: it’s similar to Sylvie; it’s feminine but not frilly; I find it pleasing with your surname; and it’s great with Corinna.<\/p>\n

I am also keen on Veronica, for the same reasons as Lydia but also I like the crackle with Fox.<\/p>\n

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Name update:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to you and your readers for your thoughts. We ran through your name suggestions over the first 24 hours with our little one and settled on Thalia Rose. We agreed with your readers that Corinna and Thalia was one of the more natural name combinations giving the girls a connection without being too similar. We also like that both girls have nature middle names. I doubt we would have used Thalia without your reassurance around spelling issues – I expect like a lot of your readers we would rather have a name that may raise a few questions than a top 10 name that everyone immediately recognises.<\/p>\n

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Hi Swistle, We could do with your help naming baby girl due at the end of September. Surname (Fox) so we have to be a little careful with first names but I haven\u2019t found this to be a problem. Baby girl has an older sister (2.5 yrs) Corinna Everly (nn Cory, Cor, Rina). We have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-name-update"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-48U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15928"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16015,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15928\/revisions\/16015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}