Middle name fiddling

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

Here I am, once again toying around with potential middle names for Alma.
It's getting quite complicated, as we have ruled out several initials due to incompatibility (exes or people we know and don't want to be reminded of). My boyfriend lately suggested Ophelia and Suspiria. I swear, I don't know where he gets these ideas! :) We're in Italy, so they'd be pronounced Oh-PHAY-lee-ah and Soo-SPEE-ree-ah.
My best bet so far is Gabriella, which also happens to be my late grandmother's name, but I don't love it.

Would you like to suggest middle names with the following initals? Last is name is Lorusso.
The more out-there, quirky, bizarre, the better, but no kr8vv spellings please :)
Ideally, names that could be read easily in both English and Italian. Thank you all!!

A
B
D
F
G
H
J
K
M
O
P
Q
R
S
T
V

Comments

[danne-gerous.livejournal.com]

Love Alma. Ophelia is pretty and I like Shakespearean names. Suspiria reminds of the film, which I love but as much of an Argento fan as I am, I couldn't separate the connotation in my head.

Gabriella is nice too.

Delphia
Philomena
Antonia
Persephone
Ursula
Rowena
Eulalia
Isadora
Leonore/ Leonora/ Lenore/ Lenora
Dorothea
Eugenia
Seraphina
Theodora/ Thora
Elinor/ Elinora
Penelope
Wilhelmina
Titania
Adelaide
Ariadne
Octavia
Beulah

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your suggestions!! :)
You spurred my research into the Shakespearean direction, and I've actually found out that most names in our families belong in Shakespeare's works :P
It makes sense,since he appeared to be very into Italy and latin-sounding names!
Titania is very interesting!

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

I like Gabriella and Lorusso, separately and together.
Ophelia is alright. Suspiria, not liking as much.
Beatrice?

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

I have considered Beatrix in the past, but Beatrice is a friend's daughter :(

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

I like short names with something like Alma.

For example, Alma Rose, Alma Grace, Alma Claire, Alma Jane..I think it flows better with your last name to have a short one in there.

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

I have been thinking of Alma Jade in the past, as Jade would have a personal meaning for us. But I tend to follow the opposite thinking: since Alma is short, I'd like her to have variety with a longer name.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Arabella
Bianca
Donatella
Francesca or Fernanda
Giovanna
Helena
Josephine
Katherine
Mariana
Ophelia
Penelope
Quiliana
Rosalie/Rosalia
Serafina
Teresa
Veronica

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Oh, sorry, I didn't see that you were already considering Ophelia. Oops!

Gabriella LoRusso sounds like a really good combination, I think.

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your suggestions! :)
I have considered Josephine and Serafina actually!
Teresa is one of his exes, so it's out ;P

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

You're welcome.
Cool. :)
Oops. Maybe Talia? Someone above said Titania---that's pretty.

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

I wanted to say Cecelia, but C is not on the list :(

Vittoria, Paula/Paloma, Olivia, Rita, Vera, Raquel, Beatrice/Beatrix, Giulia/Giulietta (I can't spell it properly, sorry!), Francesca

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

C is not on the list because one of the people I don't want to be reminded of is a Cecilia :P
Thank you for your suggestions! I actually love Rachel, but it wouldn't work too well in Italy. You spelled Giulia and Giulietta absolutely perfect! :)

[sparklymoon.livejournal.com]

I think it came to mind because in my Italian class, there was a girl named Anna-Cecelia.

Valentina? Verona? Adele? M/Ariana, Allegra (love the meaning), Aurelia... For me, it would need a longer name because it's short (personal taste) something like Evangelina, Luciana (looove the Luc-names), Maddalena... I think for me because it is so close to Anna, it could go well with pretty much anything!!!

Buona feste nuova amica :)

[todaydream.livejournal.com]

For some reason, the name Valeria immediately popped into my head.

[sakuya-baby.livejournal.com]

Azzurra
Bibiana
Detta (I just like the sound of Alma Detta)
Filomena
Giovanetta
Michelina
Ottavia
Piera
Renata
Simonetta
Tatiana
Vittoria