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[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

What do you think of these 2 names?

Elinor Delphine
Jasper Mathieu (not some made up version of matthew, it's the french spelling, and i prefer it.)

they've been growing on me lately.

Comments

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

I like both the names, just maybe not the spellings. I like Eleanor better, and I like the way Matthew sounds more than the way Mathieu sounds. But Jasper is nice.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Eleanor, but Elinor looks...egh. I like Eleanor Delphine. Jasper is okay, but I don't particularly like it much. I like the sound of Jasper Mathieu, and I like the French spelling.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

elinor is my favorite spelling, most people don't like it, but whatev. hahah.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

i like elinor delphine, but i much prefer eleanor. personal preference though... :) pretty name.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Elinor and Jasper are two of my favorite names, and I think they sound nice as a sibset. And Elinor is my favorite spelling of the name. :o)

Your middle name choices are very unique, but I like that about them. I like it when people get creative with middle names. :o) I don't think I've ever heard Delphine before. What does it mean?

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

from behind the name:

Feminine form of the Roman name Delphinus, which meant "of Delphi" in Latin. Delphi was a city in ancient Greece, the site of an oracle of Apollo. The name of the city is possibly related to Greek δελφις (delphis) "dolphin". The Blessed Delphina was a 14th-century Provençal nun.

i just think it's really beautiful.

and elizabeth! now i really want to watch p&p. haha.

[soulsplinter8.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I like the spelling Elinor best because that's how it's spelled in Sense & Sensibility. :o) Yayyy Jane Austen!

[chucklincanuck.livejournal.com]

My cat's name is Jasper!

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

I like the spelling Elinor, because of Jane Austen.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

Ditto :D

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

that's why i like it. haha. elinor dashwood is one of my favorite literary characters.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Delphine - it's lovely. I think it's Greek for 'with womb' (as that's where the word dolphin comes from).

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

As an Eleanor, I can assure you that your daughter will always have to spell her name for people no matter which spelling you decide on, but that educated people tend to guess "Eleanor" far more often than all the others.

Also, Jane Austen has a character named Eleanor as well, if that's part of your motivation.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

yeah, in the book it's spelled elinor though. that's why i prefer that spelling.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

I'm saying there is also and Eleanor, spelled that way. She's in Northanger Abbey.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

I like Elinor, but with Delphine it's almost too much.

Jasper I'm OK with. Just so you know, Mathieu is pronounced very differently from Matthew! It's like the difference between Thomas in English and Thomas in French.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Elinor Delphine is lovely.

I've never really liked Jasper, but Mathieu's nice.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like both a lot. and i love that spelling of elinor. for some reason i'm not a fan of eleanor at all..just elinor.