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[sal_amanda]

My daughter's name is Eleanor and we call her Nora.  We're waiting to adopt domestically right now so we don't know if we'll be having a boy or a girl.  We're hoping to be able to find a middle name that will have some significance for where this child comes from, but we're trying to get settled on first names, and it's girls' names that I keep toying with.  It's mostly my decision because my husband picked Nora's name (his grandmother's name is Eleanor, but she goes by Ellie), but I do want him to be okay with it.  He's mostly mellow and neutral about things like this so when I do get a reaction from him, I try to keep it in mind.

I most like Beatrice with a nickname of Bea, and that's likely what I'll go with.  I also liked Charlotte nearly equally as much, but I keep seeing it too much.  It's not off the table completely, but it's moving down the list.  I posted the other day about liking Loretta with a nickname of Etta, but my husband has a strong enough negative view of it that I probably won't push it much.  And this community has gotten me liking Freya lately, and surprisingly, when I mentioned it to my husband, he actually liked it.  I really didn't think he would.

Here's my question.  Since we already call our daughter Nora, would it be too similar a sound to have Etta or Freya?  Just because of them all being two syllables with "a" on the end.

And actually, since my husband hates Loretta, but I like the idea of Etta, what are other Etta names you can think of?

Thanks!

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[queenfinn.livejournal.com]

I think Nora and Etta are fine together. The only thing they have in common is the "ah" at the end. If you were thinking Laura and Nora I would say no, they rhyme.