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i have two seperate lists for/of girls names.  One Biblical. One mostly heritage.

Abigail ^
Hannah
Jael*
Leah
Lyida ^
Naomi
Tamar*
Damaris
Elizabeth
Janae*
Persis ^
Phoebe
Priscilla
Amira*
Adina (AH-dee-na)*
Amara*
Sarai*

*= like a lot
^= not too sure i like it much
 and
Melisande*
Phadre/Phaedra (FAY-drah)*
Bronwynn^
Lorelei
Adelaide*
Rosalind
Ilse
Ysobel
Quinn
Cordelia*
Raelin*
Roisin (RO-sheen)*
Aine (AWN-ya)
Iseult*
Séarlait (SHEHR-let)
Rowan
Emma^
Joyce
Sophia^
Sylvia^
Valerie
Vivienne*
Zoe^

*= like a lot
^= not too sure i like it much

what i need help on is this:

what most people who came across this name by audio or visual encounter would think.
what names go well together? i want my children to have one name be Biblical. but when it comes to girls, i draw a blank on how to combine names the go well together from the two lists i have.

Date: 2007-06-07 07:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] doctor-psych.livejournal.com
Naomi Quinn
Naomi Joyce ( I like this one better)
Janae Cordelia. ( I like that combo)...

Date: 2007-06-07 07:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrsduryee.livejournal.com
Abigail - I think of the salem witch trials with this name, which I think is kind of trendy. Abigail goes well with 1 syllable names: Abigail Joy, for example. From your lists, I like Abigail Ilse.
Hannah - I hate this name. Sorry. It doesn't go with anything. I DO love her story though...and I would pick a name like Joy to go with it too. I know a Hannah Kathleen.
Jael* - Ew. It sounds masculine to me, and I think of the Top Model girl.
Leah - Love this name. Leah could go with a long name, like Melisande.
Lyida - Did you mean Lydia? Reminds me of the Amish, which is fine. 1 syllable mn.
Naomi - Naomi Roisin, Rowan.
Tamar* - so beautiful. This name needs a really feminine mn.
Damaris - not so into this...maybe nice with Rose, Joy, Ilse, etc.
Elizabeth - The best name that goes with everything, imo. Elizabeth Joyce is nice.
Janae* - ew. So 1980s.
Persis - sounds very Greek...and masculine.
Phoebe - cute! Long, lovely name. Or Pheobe Quinn. That's cute too.
Priscilla - Roisin again.
Amira* - LOVE this. Amira Vivienne is nice.
Adina - With the mn Quinn, so cute!
Amara - SOOOOO lovely! Amara Joyce, Amara Leigh, Amara Faith
Sarai - LONG and lovely again. Sarai Josephine, Sarai Rosalind

Melisande* - This is nice.
Phadre/Phaedra (FAY-drah)* - too weird for me
Bronwynn^ - precious...and trendy
Lorelei - so cute with Ruth. ([livejournal.com profile] thunderofsins from this comm should have her very own little Lorelai Ruth by now!)
Adelaide* - so cute!

I already commented enough...

Date: 2007-06-07 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmmrorschach.livejournal.com
First of all, any name with A and E next to each other is instant fail. The lower case A is written like an upside down mirror image of lower case E. This is visually dissonant. ae ae ae. See? You must take into account not only how a name sounds, but also what it looks like on paper. A and E together looks like a damn jigsaw. Also, using accent marks is also instant fail. And then there's Lyida. I'm not even going to begin saying what's wrong with that name.

Besides that, they're good. I approve.

Date: 2007-06-08 01:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mmmrorschach.livejournal.com
With all the stupid miss-spellings running around in this community I assumed you meant to spell it that way, even though it looked wrong. Lydia is OK just because she's that one chick from the Beetlejuice movie.

Date: 2007-06-07 10:50 pm (UTC)

Date: 2007-06-07 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trtlstars.livejournal.com
Roisin Sarai (Just happened to like it)
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