Which one?

[mayna.livejournal.com]

I think I've narrowed down name choices to these two. Unfortunately the middle name is pretty unchangeable because of my husband's desire to name a child after his grandmother, so I know it doesn't flow that well, and I don't really care that much, I just want a first name that I like (hence why he gets to insert Virginia for a middle name). Last name is Narotski (also unchangeable, ha ha).

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[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I chose Vivian for the first and Vivian Virginia for the second. I really don't like either of the combos, but to me saying a -ca name followed by an -ia name doesn't roll off the tongue so well. And it feels like it should be an alliteration, but isn't. I don't like the double of Vi-Vi of Vivian Virginia, but it's easier to say and the name is prettier. Also, if you think about it 'Vivi' could technically be short for Vivian or Vivian Virginia, which is cute and would give additional/obvious honor to the namesake. :)

Of course, I personally love the name Virginia and would just go with that for a first name. ;)

Are you down to these two or do oyu have others in mind?

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I'm not opposed to the double vi-vi thing just because I don't like he doubling, it just sounded a little odd to me. It would be overkill if your last name was Velasquez or something, though! :)

[mayna.livejournal.com]

I just realized last night that her initials would be VVN which would be car license plate-ese for Vivian. ha ha. ;-) I think that's kind of cool actually. Without being stupid like naming someone Chanda Lear or Alice Wunderland or something like that.

[mayna.livejournal.com]

Well I had a longer list, and did a poll, and then talked to my husband... eliminated all the ones he HATED and then pondered the ones that he either liked or at least was OK with ("I wouldn't pick it but it's not horrible" which was the case with our son's name, Gregory William that he chose), and I was left with Vivian and Rebecca. He loves Rebecca and is just "ok" with Vivian. But then again I'm just "OK" with Virginia at least for a MN so I don't feel bad if he's not in love with the first name. ;-)

I've got a ton of criteria for a name so I'm happy to at least have a shorter list...
1. Can't rhyme with any other family member's name (Kaylee, Craig, Jill, Brianna would rhyme with Maylie, Bill, Greg, and Dianna so those are out)
2. Can't sound similar to our other daughter's name (Maylie... so no Mallory, no Molly, etc)
3. Can't sound horrid with our last name, last name flow is really important for a boy, not as important for a girl but Nimue Narotski would be out since that sounds kind of hard to pronounce
4. Should have a short nickname if it's not short to begin with (and I like nicknames)

I also preferred it not to end in an N, but a name like Gwen or John would be bad with Narotski, but a longer first name ending in N isn't as bad (doesn't disappear) and if the nickname is fine then it's ok. Like Vivian is longer so even though it ends in N it's not too horrible, but Vivi or Viv for a nickname would sound fine with Narotski.