Hey back again, sorry but I saw this and wanted to post it for you all.
Nameberry.com has an article about Edwardian names and alliteration. And the fondness people in this period had for giving these striking alliterative/assonant names.
Here are the names they listed:
Arabella Adela
Aurelia Amelia
Ava Ada
Bella Isabella
Cordelia Cecilia
Edith Elsie Lydia Lavinia
Eleanor Ella
Eva Evelyn
Iris Idalia Ilene
Iris Nerissa
Iva Eva
Johanna Joan Sophia Maria
Lucy Lucilla
Pearly Persis
Penelope Polymnia
Primrose Primula
Ophelia Adelia
Rosalind Rosella
Austin Augustus
Donald Ronald
Edward Edwin
Frank Francis
Herbert Gilbert
Jasper Jospah
Joseph Josiah
Leopold Leo
Percy Percival
Sidney Leslie Lawrence
Theodore Ivore
Valentine Vincent Victor
If you were to give your kid an alliterative/assonant name what would it be? Do you know anyone who has a purposeful or not purposeful name like these?
I think it is cute but I think it can be done more subtly.
Nameberry.com has an article about Edwardian names and alliteration. And the fondness people in this period had for giving these striking alliterative/assonant names.
Here are the names they listed:
Arabella Adela
Aurelia Amelia
Ava Ada
Bella Isabella
Cordelia Cecilia
Edith Elsie Lydia Lavinia
Eleanor Ella
Eva Evelyn
Iris Idalia Ilene
Iris Nerissa
Iva Eva
Johanna Joan Sophia Maria
Lucy Lucilla
Pearly Persis
Penelope Polymnia
Primrose Primula
Ophelia Adelia
Rosalind Rosella
Austin Augustus
Donald Ronald
Edward Edwin
Frank Francis
Herbert Gilbert
Jasper Jospah
Joseph Josiah
Leopold Leo
Percy Percival
Sidney Leslie Lawrence
Theodore Ivore
Valentine Vincent Victor
If you were to give your kid an alliterative/assonant name what would it be? Do you know anyone who has a purposeful or not purposeful name like these?
I think it is cute but I think it can be done more subtly.
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Date: 2011-11-18 12:18 am (UTC)Amelia
Isabella
Elsie, Lydia
Ella
Eva
Sophia
Lucy
Rosalind
Joseph
Leo
Theodore