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We are looking at names for a sib set. Do these go together? We are going for a nature-ish theme since me and DH both have nature-ish names. We also have middle names to go with these first names.


 


Rosalia (girl) - NN Rose, Rosie, Rosa


Rowan (boy) - the Celtic tree of life is the mountain ash, aka the rowan tree; no particular NN yet


Glorianna (girl) - NN Glory, Gloria, Morning Glory


Phoenix (boy) - the mythical fire bird; no particular NN yet


 


Nickname sugestions for Rowan and Phoenix would also be useful as well. If you want to know middle names, let me know.


Last Edited: 05/09/2012 - 03:59 PM | Replies
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Quoting Negai_Boshi

Rosalia - I really like a lot of Rose- names, but Rosalia's one I personally avoid. I'm kind of a huge Pokemon nerd, have been since I was a kid, and Roselia (with an e, not an a) is a Pokemon, so.... It's just not something I would use. I don't think a lot of people would think of that connotation, but it would bother me...

 

Hmm, I was a huge Pokémaniac back in the day also, but I didn't remember Roselia until I looked it up. 

05/09/2012 - 03:59 PM
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Quoting lilacblooms

Rosalia - Adoraaaabbbleee.

Rowan - I think this is a very cute name. Rory could be a nickname?

Glorianna - This feels very overdone next to your other names. Why not just Gloria?

Phoenix - Very cute, a bit out there... but I like it! Nix could be a cute n/n

 

Other Ideas:

Ivy, Camilla, Primrose, Zinnea, Saffron, Isla, Skylar, Winter, Aster, Holly, Iris, Juniper, Laurel, Lily, Violet

Asher, Grover, Cole, Skylar, Oliver, Reed/Reid, River, Stone,  Forrest, Linden,  August

DH doesn't like Gloria and I think Glory is too short for a first name. Glorianna is the only form of Gloria that we both agree on.

05/08/2012 - 07:25 PM
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Rosalia - Adoraaaabbbleee.

Rowan - I think this is a very cute name. Rory could be a nickname?

Glorianna - This feels very overdone next to your other names. Why not just Gloria?

Phoenix - Very cute, a bit out there... but I like it! Nix could be a cute n/n

 

Other Ideas:

Ivy, Camilla, Primrose, Zinnea, Saffron, Isla, Skylar, Winter, Aster, Holly, Iris, Juniper, Laurel, Lily, Violet

Asher, Grover, Cole, Skylar, Oliver, Reed/Reid, River, Stone,  Forrest, Linden,  August

05/08/2012 - 10:44 AM
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LOVE Rosalia, it's a great name and I love Rosie as a nickname. It's elegant, classic, feminine, and unique. 

Rowan is cute, not my favorite but I like it. I don't think it needs a nickname. I don't like Row haha.

I don't like the name Glorianna.

Phoenix is unique. Not my style but it could grow on me and I like Nick as a nickname. Some other nns are Nix, Nick, Finn

 

05/07/2012 - 11:42 PM
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Quoting Negai_Boshi

Rosalia - I really like a lot of Rose- names, but Rosalia's one I personally avoid. I'm kind of a huge Pokemon nerd, have been since I was a kid, and Roselia (with an e, not an a) is a Pokemon, so.... It's just not something I would use. I don't think a lot of people would think of that connotation, but it would bother me...

 

Rowan - LOVE. I didn't know it was the Celtic tree of life, that's really cool. I don't really think it needs a nickname, it's simple enough as it is.... Row would be an obvious one, maybe as something more casual...

 

Glorianna - When I was 4 and my mom was pregnant with my sister, I wanted more than anything for my parents to name her Gloria. I have no idea where I'd heard the name, but I loved it. And I was so mad when they named her Haley instead. So, Gloria has a special place in my heart. Glorianna seems too unnecessarily long for my tastes...

 

Phoenix - While I don't think I'd use it, theres a good handful of people who really like it. I think it sounds really good with the other names, Rowan and Phoenix sound great as brothers!

We are pronouncing Rosalia as Rose-uh-lee-uh. :) I never played Pokemon (though I've heard of it) so I never thought of that. DH says Rosalie (Rose-uh-lee) sounds like it's cut off short, but says the 'uh' completes it. As for the nickname Morning Glory for Glorianna, it would be a family pet name, I wouldn't shout it across a playground or use it in public. I'd probably use Glory/Gloria. Glorianna is a bit long, I agree, but DH hates Gloria and Glory is too short for a full name to me. Glorianna is the only form of Gloria that DH likes (I found 27 forms with various spelling variations).

 

Would Rory be too much of a stretch for a nickname for Rowan? I like Nix and Phee/Fee/Phoe for nicknames for Phoenix, though I'd probably use Nix. I just would like nickname options and then add to the nickname pool/list as we discover the baby's personality.

05/07/2012 - 09:15 PM
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I think I like Rosalie (ROH-zuh-lee)  better than Rosalia (I'm saying ro-ZALE-ee-uh, not roh-zuh-LEE-uh). Rosie is an adorable nickname.

 

I love Rowan! It's at the top of my list right now. I am a bit strange so the nicknames I would go for would be Ro/Row (obviously), but I also like Captain (because he's rowin' a boat) and that turns into Walt or Abe (because of the Walt Whitman poem "Oh Captain! My Captain!" which is about Abraham Lincoln). So, I have this way too planned out for someone who won't be having kids for another ten years, haha.

 

Gloriana and Phoenix aren't really my style!

05/07/2012 - 07:10 PM
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I love Rowan and Phoenix together, they're gorgeous and would make lovely brothers.

However, I don't like the girls names. Rosalia is fine but I'm not keen on Glorianna, I mean it's OK but nothing I'd use. I guess Glory and Gloria are sweet enough nicknames but I think people might give you funny looks shouting Glorianna across the school playground - I might be wrong though!

Also, please don't inflict the nickname 'Morning Glory' on your daughter, see this link for the reason why (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=morning%20glory). I personally wouldn't want anyone to catch on to this!

Rowan doesn't really need a nickname, and neither does Phoenix but I like the nn Nix.

05/07/2012 - 08:48 AM
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Rosalia - I really like a lot of Rose- names, but Rosalia's one I personally avoid. I'm kind of a huge Pokemon nerd, have been since I was a kid, and Roselia (with an e, not an a) is a Pokemon, so.... It's just not something I would use. I don't think a lot of people would think of that connotation, but it would bother me...

 

Rowan - LOVE. I didn't know it was the Celtic tree of life, that's really cool. I don't really think it needs a nickname, it's simple enough as it is.... Row would be an obvious one, maybe as something more casual...

 

Glorianna - When I was 4 and my mom was pregnant with my sister, I wanted more than anything for my parents to name her Gloria. I have no idea where I'd heard the name, but I loved it. And I was so mad when they named her Haley instead. So, Gloria has a special place in my heart. Glorianna seems too unnecessarily long for my tastes...

 

Phoenix - While I don't think I'd use it, theres a good handful of people who really like it. I think it sounds really good with the other names, Rowan and Phoenix sound great as brothers!

05/06/2012 - 09:01 PM
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If you have seen my posts in the Some Names We've Heard Lately board, we have unusual names here too. But that's probably due to a lot of foreign students coming to our college to get degrees. Phoenix seems a bit tame to me, but then again I've seen names that are 10 letters long and that I have no clue how to pronounce.

05/06/2012 - 11:21 AM
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Yeah, Acorn beats Phoenix in oddness. I guess I'm a name conservative because I was brought up in a preppy white suburb where most people's names are "average." (Elizabeth, Susan, Alexandra, Nicholas, Thomas, Andrew...)

05/06/2012 - 11:08 AM
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Quoting Bunko0

I absolutely adore Rosalia. I see the appeal of Rowan but it's kind of a fad name, getting very popular very fast. I would use Gloriana, not Glorianna, because Gloriana is more accepted as a name (and it's unusual to begin with). Phoenix, like Rowan, is a bit of a fad name, but I find it less "realistic" than Rowan. That is, I don't see it as a name that would really work in the everyday world. Honestly, if I met a guy named Rowan, that would be cool, but I'd think a guy named Phoenix was odd. 

It might just be where we live, but we have names that I find to be odder than Phoenix. I went to school (college) with a guy named Acorn and he was not a Native (we live near a reservation).

05/06/2012 - 10:56 AM
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I absolutely adore Rosalia. I see the appeal of Rowan but it's kind of a fad name, getting very popular very fast. I would use Gloriana, not Glorianna, because Gloriana is more accepted as a name (and it's unusual to begin with). Phoenix, like Rowan, is a bit of a fad name, but I find it less "realistic" than Rowan. That is, I don't see it as a name that would really work in the everyday world. Honestly, if I met a guy named Rowan, that would be cool, but I'd think a guy named Phoenix was odd. 

05/06/2012 - 10:50 AM
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