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.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

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

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I love C names!

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

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I like Clara Marie a lot.

Catherine
Camille
Camilla
Celia
Claire

[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.

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

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

[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.

[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

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

Colette.

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

[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

[hopscotchn9.livejournal.com]

What about Carmen Marie?

[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

[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

[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.

[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....

[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

[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.

[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.

[orbg.livejournal.com]

Carmine, Cerise

[marije.livejournal.com]

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

But I absolutely LOVE Charlotte Marie.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

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

[cathblue7.livejournal.com]

Charlotte, Catherine and CAROLINE are my favourite C names for girls! :o)

[arbus.livejournal.com]

my mother was colleen marie.

i was born carrie marie, and have always gotten complements on how pretty of a combination that is. when i was in college, i started going by caroline (never legally changed it) but i like that too (obviously)

i think clara marie or claire marie are both nice. :)