Sisters for Octavian

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

What girls' names go well with a brother named Octavian?

My husband and I like Aurora (Rory for short), Ramona (Romy for short), and Amelia (Amy for short)...but we're not sure if they sound maybe too quirky/more modern with the very traditional Octavian.

How important to you are sibling names that "go" together? What makes two names "go", in your opinions?

ETA: We plan on using Tavi as the nn for Octavian (pron. TAY-vee).

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I would hardly call Octavian "very traditional." It's pretty out there and quirky in today's world, imo. Of the three names you listed, I think Ramona works best with Octavian. Amelia would be my second pick.

I think it's fairly important. They need to have a similar feeling to them (which is difficult to explain, but it's more of a "I know it when I hear it/see it" thing).

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

I guess by "traditional" I really mean "old fashioned" sounding - we like Octavian because it's clearly a real name with a rich history, family significance, but like you say it's pretty uncommon in 2012.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Yes, I would consider Octavian old-fashioned instead of traditional.

I like Aurora or Amelia best with Octavian. I love Rory as a nn for Aurora, bu my personal preference for a nickname for Amelia would be Lia.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Ramona is the one we definitely feel is the most "quirky" when compared to Octavian.

I like Mia as a nickname for Amelia but husband prefers Amy.

[lutine.livejournal.com]

I think Aurora goes best. I like the name Amelia more, but it doesn't "match" as well.

I don't necessarily think they need to "go together," so long as they don't completely clash.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

what do you think is the worst offender for sibling names?

I think alliteration is pretty bad (EX: Alexander and Amanda) but I actually like alliteration within a single name (EX: Ramona Rose).

[lutine.livejournal.com]

Rhyming is the worst.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Ugh yes, that is a HUGE fail in naming!

[jexia]

Imogen!

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Hubs and I both love Imogen but we disagree about the nickname, and I want to use a nickname while having a more "classic" full name (I have a nickname for a classic full name - Katherine - and I've always liked being able to use a more formal name when the occasion arises)

[forthemorrow.livejournal.com]

I personally most like Aurora with it. I think it sounds like it matches really well (& not at all with Ramona or Amelia, esp Amelia). And I LOVE the name Ramona. Haha. It was really important for us.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

At this point, Aurora is the leader for us too.

[everharts.livejournal.com]

I'd say Ramona, mostly because the other two - for some reason - seem a little too feminine. That and there's the added bonus that Octavian and Ramona look rather nice when written near one another, and, of course, Ramona is a rather lovely name. :)

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Ramona is my favorite on its own, but I feel like it's weak next to Octavian. Glad to have someone in its corner though, it's a beautiful name!

[rorylareina.livejournal.com]

Ramona's the best of the ones you've chosen. I have a hard time matching names in the Classical/Greek/Roman vein because there's a sort of imperiousness about them. Ideas:

Juliana
Junia
Athena
Constanta
Regina
Portia
Johanna
Lavinia
Simone/a

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we don't want to use two Classical (thank you! That was the word I was looking for to describe Octavian) names because it's too matchy and a little pretentious, I think.

I love Julie/Juliana, but my husband isn't a fan. He likes Regina, but I can only picture Mean Girls and Once Upon a Time when I hear that name now!

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I like all 3 with Octavian, it just depends on the "feel" you're going for. For example, I think Aurora next to Octavian is a little intense because both names demand a sort of attention for being almost too regal. BUT if you say "Rory and Octavian," that sounds a lot less snooty and actually pretty cute.

Ramona does sound, as you said, a bit weak next to Octavian, but I think Romy is great (similar to Rory, which is probably why it sounds good.)

And Amelia's femininity and softness nicely offsets Octavian's harshness and masculinity.

Amy is an okay nn for Amelia. And Lia just seems like too much of a stretch because of what syllable gets the emphasis. What about Mel?

And does Octavian have a nn?

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Yes, we plan to call Octavian "Tavi" for short - long A, just like in the name (Tay-vee).

Yeah, I think I like Aurora the most because Rory sounds a lot like Romy and I love Romy, haha. I told a PP that I like Mia as a nn for Amelia, but husband isn't a fan. I'm also a little worried about Amelia's popularity; we don't want to pick a really uncommon name like Octavian and then have a really popular girl's name.

(Also, my cat is called Aurelia which is super close to Aurora. Whyyyy didn't we save that name for a person?!)

[earn-my-wings.livejournal.com]

Oh dang, your cat name is so close! haha!

I think Tavi is super cute! I can't decide if Tavi and Rory are cute or too cutesy together.

Yeah, Amelia IS getting popular :-/ However, I don't think it will ever have a "generic" feel like a Jennifer or Brittany, so it might still be okay. It does flow nicely with Octavian, anyway.

[starcrossed.livejournal.com]

Flavia
Charlotte
Junia
Meadow
Sidonia
Letitia
Aurelia
Madelina
Konstantina
Maybelle / Mabel
Antonia
Lavinia
Atlanta
Annabella

I also think Amelia goes really well :)

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

I love Aurelia, but that's our cat's name, haha!

[chelseathirteen.livejournal.com]

I love the sound of Tavi and Rory together.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's my favorite nickname combo too!

[amori-maris.livejournal.com]

I like Aurora best of your three choices. It's just such a pretty, dreamy name.

I know a woman with an Octavian and she named his sisters Ekaterina and Isadora. I always thought it was such a pretty sibset, and Aurora and Isadora have the same feel to me.

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

Isadora is so pretty!

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Individually, I like them in this order: Ramona, Amelia, and Aurora.
By nickname, I like them in this order: Rory, Romy, and Amy.
With Octavian/Tavi, I like them in this order: Aurora/Rory, Ramona/Romy, Amelia/Amy.

I think Tavi and Amy sound too similar what with them both having the long A in the first syllable and ending with the long E.

I like names to go together, but it's not awful if they're a little off. Now, if it was Mary and Z'quanaTarian, that would be too different from one another. I think the names you have work well enough. What makes them "go" can be something like they are from the same or similar region/language or it can just be a feeling--these just vibe right together. For me, many names have colors associated with them and so sibsets are best when the colors don't clash on top of working together for other reasons, but I'm just weird like that. ;)

Other name ideas:
Philippa (nn Pippa)
Verity (nn Vera)
Helena (nn Lena)
Thomasina (nn Tamsin)
Persephone (nn Penny, Peri, Persi)
Felicity (nn Litty? Lici/Lissi? Eliss?)
Lucia (nn Lucy)
Lydia (nn Lydie?)

You seem to like longer names with a nickname so I tried to follow that, but here are some other ones I thought went well:
Cora
Luna
Daphne
Cecily

[clutchedpearls.livejournal.com]

I really love Helena and Phillipa, but my husband unfortunately doesn't. And our dog's name is Luna!

I do like some short names - I mostly love girl names that end with an a or ah sound.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I think Aurora goes the best with Octavian.