Comments on: Beyond Thelma and Hamlet: Anagram Names

By: NameGoddess

NameGoddess — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 09:00:10 +0000

Here’s some to add, just for fun! An idea I like better, actually, is to have anagram nn’s. P.S. I know a Hamlet! He’s the third consecutive one is his family!

Adlai — Dalia
Adamina — Damiana
Adrian — Nadira
Frea — Rafe
Agneta — Teagan
Agnes — Senga
Agostina — Santiago
Anelie — Elaine
Isla — Lisa — Ilsa
Andreia — Ariadne
Aino — Iona
Anita — Tania
Aithne — Ianthe
Alain — Liana
Alanis — Salina
Albena — Anabel
Alec — Cale
Alex — Lexa — Axel
Ali — Lia (nn’s for Alister & Cordelia)
Liesa — Elias
Alon — Nola
Alton — Talon
Alun — Luna
Alvaro — Valora
Amira — Maria
Marisa — Samira
Morana — Ramona — Romana
Amy — May
Anais — Siana
Anatoli — Natalio
Ander — Arden
Andres — Sander
Diana — Naida
Andrei — Nerida
Angelos — Solange
Nate — Tena
Antero — Renato
Ares — Sera
Raisa — Sarai
Arista — Sarita — Sitara
Roma — Omar
Ashlie — Sheila
Azrael — Lazare
Abel — Bela
Basia — Sabia
Bea — Abe (twin nn’s for Beatrice & Abram!)
Booker — Brooke
Bronte — Torben
Carlie — Claire
Carlo — Coral
Cilla — Lilac
Claus — Lucas
Clay — Lacy
Cleo — Cole (nn’s for Clementine & Colin)
Cliona — Nicola
Cyril — Lyric
Andel — Nelda
Daria — Adair
Nadir — Indra
Edwin — Wendi
Efa — Fae
Eoin — Ione
Elin — Neil
Eliott — Lottie
Kale — Lake
Kelan — Lenka
Ellis — Liesl
Elnora — Elanor — Lenora — Lorena
Eloise — Eliseo
Leona — Noela — Olena
Leandro — Leonard — Rolande
Elsa — Sela
Ema — Mae
Emery — Meyer
Enrico — Corine
Ernie — Irene
Nero — Oren
Etta — Tate
Evadne — Naveed
Forest — Foster
Frida — Farid
Galen — Angel
Alon — Nola
Gian — Inga
Giulia — Luigia
Giustina — Ignatius
Hale — Leah
Hallie — Leilah
Hera — Rhea
Lissa — Silas
Mira — Amir
Ian — Nia
Ioseph — Sophia
Isaac — Casia
Isaak — Kaisa

By: Kira

Kira — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:17:18 +0000

Some more anagram names just for fun:

Abram – Ambra

Adamina – Damiana

Aretha – Eartha (for the music lover)

Booker – Brooke

Camelia – Micaela

Cameron – Romance (haha)

Carol – Carlo

Daniela – Adelina

Dorothea – Theodora (gifts of God)

Edina – Aiden – Andie – Diane

Elias – Elisa (I actually know a married couple with these names)

Emily – Miley

Gary – Gray

Irma – Mira – Amir

Kia – Kai

Kiera (- Keira) – Erika

Liliane – Leilani

Linnea – Anneli (both Swedish)

Marcela – Carmela (Spanish sisters?)

Maria – Amira (I quite like these together!)

Nicol – Colin (Lovely Scottish combo)

Noam – Mona

Nora – Aron

Olivette – Violette

Oneida – Idonea

Robyn – Bryon (for the tryndee ones…)

Roman – Norma

Sarah – Rasha – Sahar (An Arabic trio)

Sinead – Denisa

Vasily – Sylvia (or Vasili – Silvia)

Velma – Melva

Vera – Reva

Sorry if some were already posted by someone else…

By: Nysha

Nysha — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:15:50 +0000

My best friend wanted to use Adrian & Darian for her twins, but ended up with Alexander & Arianna instead.

Ezra & Reza would work if you didn’t mind crossing cultral lines.

By: youcantcallitit

youcantcallitit — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 01:11:13 +0000

Pretty much.

By: Polly

Polly — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:18:59 +0000

Or even just a feminist in general.

By: charlottevera

charlottevera — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:35:26 +0000

Yes, that is much better.

By: youcantcallitit

youcantcallitit — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:21:06 +0000

Oh I can easily imagine a pair of lesbian professors naming their son after Susan Sontag. She’s a worthy namesake.

By: youcantcallitit

youcantcallitit — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:19:25 +0000

I love Saskia and Kassia! Another pairing I’d be tempted by– I have such a huge crush on the name Saskia.

By: youcantcallitit

youcantcallitit — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:17:28 +0000

Or Rohan and Norah would be lovely.

By: Polly

Polly — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:22:22 +0000

There were triplets in a Birth Announcement recently named Alice, Celia and Lacie.

I agree that this kind of ‘matching’ is preferrable to too similar sounding names, like the Milly and Molly as mentioned above.