C. writes:<\/p>\n
Hello! I’m hoping you can help us out with naming our baby girl, due Feb. 2013. Hubby and I just cannot seem to agree on a name.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nOne thing we do agree on is the middle name: Valeska. It was my grandmother’s name. He loves the name, and initially wanted to use it as a first name (Valeska Rose was his choice), but I already have a daughter named Valerie Marie, and for me they are just too close, plus Valerie is called “Val” much of the time, and I feel like we’d end up with 2 Val’s. So – to the middle name goes Valeska, and we’re both fine with that.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nAs some additional background, he also has a daughter from a previous marriage, Savannah Grace. The baby’s last name will be Holland.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nI really like the name Elle. I think Elle Valeska is lovely, and I especially like how Elle sounds with Holland.\u00a0\u00a0I also have a relative I’m close to whose name is Anne Valeska, and I feel like Elle Valeska is a sort of homage to her.\u00a0He says he can’t get past the fact that “he’s just saying a letter.” (L) \u00a0He likes Audrey and Emersyn, both of which I am not fond of. Audrey is too popular right now, and I don’t care for it with Valeska. And I just don’t like Emersyn. I feel like we need a simpler name to go with Valeska.<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSome other first names I like: Blake, Drew, Isla<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo, what do you think? Is Elle strong enough to stand on its own? What other names do you recommend?<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThanks so much!<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nIf you love the name Elle but it’s not enough for him, and if you have an Anne you’d enjoy honoring, then I suggest the name Annabelle. You could still call her Elle if you wanted to, but your husband would have more to say. But perhaps the name is too similar to her sisters’ names: the Elle very close to Val, but even more the -annah of Savannah with the Anna- of Annabelle.<\/p>\n
Another option is Stella, which eliminates the sound-alike issues. Stella Holland; Valerie, Savannah, and Stella. <\/p>\n
One fun way to tie all three girls’ names together would be to use a name with a V sound in it: Avery, Victoria, Evelyn, Eva, Violet, Genevieve, Ivy, Veronica, Silvie. But there is already a V in the middle name, so that does result in quite a bit of V. My favorite is Eva Valeska: Eva is relatively simple, and similar in some ways to Elle.<\/p>\n
I don’t think I would use Blake or Drew; they seem too boyish with the only-for-girls names Valerie and Savannah. Isla is great with Valerie and Savannah, but seems geographical with the surname (Isle and Holland).<\/p>\n
His choice of Valeska Rose suggests to me the idea of swapping the names: Rose Valeska gives you the simplicity you’d prefer, while using a name he loves. And while Rose is very common as a middle name, it is still relatively uncommon as a first name. Rose Holland; Valerie, Savannah, and Rose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C. writes: Hello! I’m hoping you can help us out with naming our baby girl, due Feb. 2013. Hubby and I just cannot seem to agree on a name. One thing we do agree on is the middle name: Valeska. It was my grandmother’s name. He loves the name, and initially wanted to use it […]<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3iyiG-1z6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020","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=6020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swistle.com\/babynames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}