Girl "C" names

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Hi Everyone,
I need some advice. I'm not pregnant and won't be for three or more years, but I am in a very serious relationship. One that will (hopefully) end in marriage. He and I enjoy discussing the names of our future children, and I'm turning to this community for advice.

My mom's name is Cecelia Marie. I'm Caitlin Marie. I've never liked either of our names (though I much prefer mine to hers) but my mom named me with the joy that she and I would have the same initials. I would like to do the same for my daughter one day.

So, what are your favorite "C" names for girls? I like Charlotte and Clara very much, and did like Cailee and Cree, but Cailee/Cree Marie is wayyyyy too rhyming for me. He likes Carmelena (his paternal grandmother's name) but I'm less than thrilled with it. He's very willing to compromise and seems to like Clara more than Charlotte.

What do you think of Clara Marie? Like it? Hate it? Also, any other "C" names you think would go well with Marie. The last name begins with an "M" and is eight letters and very Italian sounding, if that helps.

Thanks, guys, I appreciate any suggestions you have. :-)

Comments

[thalionhiril.livejournal.com]

Love Clara, not crazy about Marie, but as it's a family name I totally understand. They do go well together.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

Calypso (Kah-LIP-so)
Cynthia
Cosima (KOH-simah)
Cicely
Cassandra
Camilla
Celestia

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Cosima and Celestia are really pretty and I've never heard them before; I like them a lot.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Carmelena is a bit much for me. I can take or leave Clara - it's pretty, but the only Clara I've ever known was about a hundred years old, so it's an old lady name in my mind. I also like Claire, Catherine and Charlotte.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Understandable, it is a bit old fashioned. I think Claire is a nice name, too, and I was actually supposed to be named Claire, but my dad hated it (hahahah). I like Catherine but it is the name of about 5555423 people I know (born in 1988) as well as one of my best friends, so I think it's a bit too much.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Oh, I also like Celia - which is similar to your mother's name (obviously). Just a thought :)

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Celia is nice, I agree; like it much more than Cecelia....which I don't know why I don't like much at all. Just not crazy about it.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I love C names!

Charlotte
Claire
Claudia
Cecilia
Cecily
Cecile
Camille
Camilla
Camelia
Clara
Coral
Catherine
Caitlin
Cara
Catalina

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Coral is really nifty. I'm super in to nature-y names (love River tons), so I think it's really cool.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Those are both pretty. I like the NM Cassie a lot, but not as a full name; Cassandra would definitely work for that, I think. :-)

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Clara Marie a lot.

Catherine
Camille
Camilla
Celia
Claire

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

katherine is just about my favorite name, so i'd go with catherine. and i actually love cecelia, i'll probably use it as a middle name eventually. i prefer claire to clara, but i don't mind clara.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

What do you like as a first name to go with Cecelia? I think a lot of names could go really well with it, actually.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I love Clara Marie.
Clementine, Cleo, Chloe, Claire, Carley, Charlotte.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

I really like Clara Marie (my middle name's Marie after family, too). Charlotte is beautiful, too.

I also like Catherine, Camilla, Cara, Carolyn/Caroline, Clementine, and Corinne. Clara has special meaning to me, though, because my family sees the Nutcracker every year. :-) Charlotte and Catherine are beautiful as well.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Aw, I love the Nut Cracker, too. Thanks for the feedback!

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

True, true. And I think Lena/Charma are both superbly awesome nicknames.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I think Clara Marie would be very pretty with an Italian last name. I know a guy whose last name is Maggioli, so that's what I'm using to go on and I really like it.

I'm surprised nobody's said Christina Marie, that would go well too.
My favorite C-names for girls:
Chloe
Catherine
Cadence
Charlotte

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

His last name is actually very, very similar to the one you listed above. It's funny, because I was expecting Christina to pop up as one of the first names. I like that name a lot, actually, but he doesn't want it only because his sister is Cristina. Thanks for the help!

[http://users.livejournal.com/-glass-/]

Colette.

I never see it mentioned and it's one of my favorite names.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Colette Marie has a nice ring to it. I've never met anyone with that name before, actually, though I've heard it in movies and such.

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Here are my favorite C names, maybe something wil strike your fancy -

Catharine Marie
Caroline Marie
Catra Marie
Circe Marie
Cadence Marie
Calla Marie
Chloë Marie
Cian Marie
Cora Marie
Campbell Marie
Coraline Marie
Clarity Marie
Clemency Marie
Clementine Marie

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I really really like Caroline, actually. Just unsure if I prefer Caroline/Carolin. Also, Cian is very pretty....how do you pronounce it?

[hopscotchn9.livejournal.com]

What about Carmen Marie?

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Very pretty. And it represents from Carmelena, too. :-) Could be a great compromise...though I don't know how dead set he was on Carmelena in the first place.

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I love Clara but I'm inclined to pronounce it Claire-ah because that was my grandmothers middle name (Her name was Ellen Clara).

I also love Charlotte because I love the name Lottie.

My favourite C name is Caoimhe (pron. Keeva) but I would understand why others wouldn't want to use it :D

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

Okay, I had to put that name in some files for a website I'm doing (was the name of a contestant on a BBC Reality Show...) and it took me FOREVER to figure out the right spelling...because for awhile I could have sworn they were calling her "Queefer"...and I knew that wasn't right.

Anyone care to explain the Irish/Gaelic (I guess?) spelling system? Like I don't understand how Niamh is "Neeve" either....

[yourcrowbar.livejournal.com]

Charlotte
Catherine
Carolina (pn Caroleena)
Chloe
Christina
and i guess my middle name, Camille

my mom's name is Carmelita...might be too ~out there~ though

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Like Carolina a lot. Naively, I always pronounced it like Carolina (as in North or South) but you may very well have something there with the "...leena" ending; especially since one of his nicknames for my is "lini" (pronounced lean-ey).

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Chloe is really cute. That's another name I don't hear much in my neck of the woods.

[singhappy02.livejournal.com]

Caroline and Charlotte are my two favorite C names, and I think both would go decently well with Marie.

I also like Cora, but not as much. Cora Marie isn't too bad either though.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I agree. As I mentioned somewhere above, Caroline is also one of our mutual likes. Cora is pretty, too. I knew a Cora whose middle name was Zella, and I think Marie goes wayyyy better with it than Zella, personally.

[shechoselove.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but Clara Marie doesn't seem to flow well. (Obviously, this is just my opinion.)

I like:

Chloe
Claire
Catherine

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

And I respect your opinion; I'm glad to know. I think maybe the "a" next to the "ie" ending is a bit weird, but I'm unsure if that's because I've just been saying it so much while reading these comments. :-)

[murderprotocol.livejournal.com]

I like Clara Marie - and I like Caitlin too, for that matter. My favourite C names are Chloe, Claire, Corrinne and Cassandra. I don't mind Colleen either.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

I like Colleen a lot. :-)

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I think Carmelena is beautiful and it is nice to give a nod to his family as well.

I really like Charlotte, might use it myself. I prefer Clara to it's counterpoint Claire.

Cree sounds too harsh and that is not a pretty spelling of Kailey.

Marie is a pretty vanilla mn, so almost anything you like would probably go with it.

Some of these are NMS, but all are names I've heard before,y faves are bolded--
Christiana
Catherine
Catrina
Catrine
Chandra
Chaney
Charlene
Carlene
Chlorine
Corinne
Corinna
Cora
Coral
Coraline
Carys
Chayla
Calliope
Cara
Carmen
Carmella


um.. sure there's tons more.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that list. My favs from it are Chayla and Christiana. Both very pretty IMO, and I think you're right on Cree. It's a bit short and tough. (Plus, if you say Cree Marie very quickly it sounds like Creamery, lol.)

[orbg.livejournal.com]

Carmine, Cerise

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Would Cerise be prn like Ceres?

[marije.livejournal.com]

The name Clara always conjures up an image of a cow to me!!

But I absolutely LOVE Charlotte Marie.

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your honesty!! :-) I always think cow with Daisy, but Clara Bell, isn't she a famous cow or something?

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Clara Marie makes me think of Marie Claire, so I'm not a fan. I like Ceclia and Cassandra.