Sibling suggestions for Rosalind and Benedict

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We're expecting our third (we don't know the sex yet, might wait until the baby arrives to find out).

Our children are Rosalind Mary Ellen (nn Rosie) and Benedict William Charles (nn Ben). We like quite traditional, formal names, that aren't overly popular, but with options for nicknames that are less formal while they are little.

We use family names for middle names, likely choices for middle names for a girl would be Jayne, Olive or Josephine. For a boy John, Patrick or Joseph. I quite like Madeline for a girl, I also like Emmeline but DH won't go for it. I'm at a bit of a loss for boy names though, we could go super traditional, so George, Henry etc. But nothing is inspiring me.

Suggestions are appreciated!!

Christina
Juliette
Adeline
Clementine
Avery
Jennifer
Adelaide
Vivienne
Daniella

Christopher
Marcus
Timothy
Gabriel
Roderick
Thomas
Montgomery
Fabian

Harriet
Charlotte(Lottie)
Annabelle
Isabelle
Constance(Connie)

Sebastian
Dominic
Hugo
Lawrence

I actually love Josephine (Josie) but we can't have Josie and Rosie, too matchy matchy I think.

I do like Edmund! My oldest is obsessed with the Narnia books so she'd be very happy with that as a choice. She's not quite there with the Shakespeare yet (she's 7, I'll give her time!)

As I say, it's a family name, so it would be Jayne with a y because that is how the grandparent we'd be honouring spelt it.

I do like Edward, Edward Joseph John has a nice ring to it, and Rosie, Ben and Teddy is cute while they are little.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I do agree we've backed ourselves into a Shakespearean corner. Rosalind was intentionally Shakespearean, Benedict was incidentally so but we're probably committed at this point. I actually love the name Juliet but it rhymes with our surname so might be out because of that.

Juliet or Gabriel.

Nicholas
Patrick as a first name
Nathaniel
Stephen
Peter

Thomasina
Clementine
Eleanore
Frederica

Lawrence
Rupert
Jonathan

Juliet
Margot
Claudia

Clementine, Isobel, Cordelia

Albany or Alexander?

I see. No offence meant. I didn’t realise the spelling was a family spelling.

None taken, it was my husband's grandmother who was apparently lovely but I never actually met the woman!

That is so funky! Love it!

Cordelia (coco / Didi / delia / Leah)
Celia (cece)
Beatrice (Bea, trixie, Bebe, Betty, birdie)
Primrose (rose)
Imogen
Rosaline

augustine (Gus)
Leonard (Leo)
leopold
wilfred (Will)
phineas (Finn)
Archibald (Archie)
Bartholomew (Bartie/bart)

Hero

Rosalind, Benedict and…

Christopher - Kit
Edmund - Ned, Eddie, Teddy
Laurence - Laurie
Peter
Augustus - Augie or Gus
Nathaniel - Nat or Nate
Gregory - Rory
Francis
Jonathan
Philip - Pip

Charlotte - Lottie
Catherine/Katherine - Kit/Kitty
Emmeline - Emmy
Miriam - Mimi
Felicity - Fliss, Lissy
Georgina - Georgie
Genevieve - Ginny, Evie, Vivi
Henrietta - Hettie
Margaret - Maisie, Maggie
Philippa - Pippa
Susannah - Susie, Sunny, Annie, Suki
Louisa - Lulu/Louie/Lula
Helena - Nell/Nella/Nellie
Lucinda - Lucy
Marianne - Mari, Annie
Penelope - Penny, Nell, Nellie

Emilia is a bit of a feminist icon in Othello. She does meet a tragic end, but she has some cracking lines prior to that!

they sound like posh names, so my working class posh name suggestion🤣 are
Harriet
Sebastian
Horatio
Florence
Fabien
Henrietta

Juliet and Laurence/ Laurie.

Walter

I think another Shakespearan name would be contrived.

Xanthe
Christabel
Cicely
Marina
Penelope
Genevieve
Daphne

Julian
Tristan
Gawain
Gulliver
Magnus
Ambrose

Beatrice
Oliver
Orlando
Claudius
Ferdinand
Viola

Matthew
Nicholas
Hector
Samuel

Eleanor
Vivienne
Georgina
Harriet
Alice