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[kilobites.livejournal.com]

My partner just added three names to his girls' names list, but we're curious... which of these three do you like best and why? What would you pair them with?

June
Linnea
Iris

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[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Definitely Linnea. Partly by process of elimination; June is not terrible, but to me it seems very dated. Iris is somewhat better--it has that so-out-it's-in quality--but still not what I would choose. Linnea is a completely different style, unusual and offbeat (in a good way). I think it's beautiful.

Middle name suggestions:

Linnea Bryony
Linnea Florence
Linnea Verity
Linnea Charlotte
Linnea Zinnia
Linnea Patience
Linnea Cecily
Linnea Adelaide
Linnea Mercy
Linnea Serenity

[german-e12.livejournal.com]

Linnea Zinnia? Maybe I'm pronouncing it wrong, but doesn't Linnea RHYME with Zinnia??? That sounds off to me, but I really like a lot of your other suggestions.

[kilobites.livejournal.com]

Not quite, but it's close.

Lin-AY-uh Zinn-ee-UH

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

lin-AY-uh ZEEN-ya? I wouldn't say it rhymed, but I guess it doesn't sound too good together. I was just thinking of Zinnia as being a little offbeat, like Linnea, so they might go well together, but I didn't give proper thought to the sound. Oops. I'm glad you like some of the others, at least.

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

I think maybe I pronounce Zinnia a little different from most. I grew up in the South. :)