Name blog - A Name by any other Rose

Hi Tara
Its been a while since I stalked your blog and to be honest can't even remember if I have logged a request for names in the past!

We are 27 weeks pregnant with our third and are after a bit of inspiration. We have some ideas but would love to know what you would suggest. Needs to go with Ashleigh Jade and Gabriella Paige ;)

Thanks
Love Raelene

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Hi Raelene,

Sorry it has taken me so long to make a suggestion! Now I know you are nearly settled on a boys name so I will stick to girls suggestions today.

Gabriella and Ashleigh are names with such completely different backgrounds and influences it is hard to know what to suggest. But I think I can understand the connection between the two. Both have a light, lifted, spirit. To me they bounce and spring, they are happy, cheerful names.

Interestingly they are both names that have a basis in male names. Gabriella the feminine form of the French name Gabriel (an Archangel). Ashleigh a feminine spelling of the traditionally English male name Ashley, a last name that has become standard as a first name.

Some names that come to mind as having the same spirit as Ashleigh and Gabriella are:

Imogen - a beautiful, classy, Shakespearean name. I think it is a perfect match.
Madeleine - a little Maddy is a happy name.
Lorelei - ok, very Gilmore Girls but still sooo cheerful and elegant at the same time.
Juliet - I wish SOMEONE would choose this name. So elegant, so beautiful, so pretty. Perfect.
Alexis - A funky name that is a feminine form of Alexander.
Sophia - not Sophie, but Sophia. Soft, pretty, sweet. Lovely.

Anything interesting there?