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Name which I like:
Anna Ariadne
Anna Artemis - Artemisia is too complicated
Anna Demetria
Anna Francisca
Anna Genovefa - I prefer this version because... I like it. Or Anna Jenovefa
Anna Galadriel

Favourites:
Anna Medea -- I really really love the flow of this one.
Anna Demetra - Demeter is one of my favourite names, and this is very close!
Anna Hermione - I think this has a lovely sound.
Anna Minerva
Anna Cordelia

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Really love the mix of unusual mythological names which can be hard to pull off, with the ever timeless and simple Anna!!

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Least favourites:
Anna Zenobia - Just not a big fan of 'z' names
Anna Tinuviel - a bit too lord of the rings for my taste
Anna Harmonia - much prefer Anna Hermione
Anna Genoveva - It only makes me think of Genovia from the Princess Diaries :')
Anna Nerissa - Too many 'n' sounds in a row for me.

Five favourites:
Anna Minerva - I like the A sounds on each
Anna Galadriel - Fantastical
Anna Persephone - I love the musical sound of this pairing
Anna Zenobia - Strong
Anna Zipporah - One of my favourite biblical names

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Five least favourites:
Anna Demetra - Sounds too much like the masculine version, Demeter
Anna Pomona - Not sure why?
Anna Tinuviel - Sounds like a male fantasy name
Anna Cordelia - Reminds me of Anne of Green Gables
Anna Cosima - Sounds too close to Cosmo, the women's magazine

Favorites: (if I remember, I'll come back and add explanations for the favorites. But mostly it's just sound and associations)
Anna Cassiopeia
Anna Tinuviel
Anna Persephone
Anna Hermione
Anna Theodosia

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2nd favorites:
Anna Galadriel
Anna Cordelia
Anna Minerva
Anna Zenobia
Anna Pandora

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Least favorites:
Anna Demetra -- it's not bad, but it sounds like it's missing a syllable to me. I'd prefer Demeter or Demetria
Anna Nerissa -- it looks good, but it sounds too confusing with all the N's like "anana-rissa"
Anna Paloma -- also not exactly bad, I just don't like Paloma much especially compared to the other middle names on this list
Anna Pomona -- same as with Paloma
Anna Medea -- seems too short compared to the others.

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I love Ariadne and Artemisia but I don't like double letter initials.
Middle names that start with vowels also tend to be harder to say with a name like Anna ending in a vowel.

My favourites are:
Anna Cassiopeia: both Anna and Cassiopeia sound timeless - Anna is a classic that suits a girl or woman of any age, nationality and time period, and Cassiopeia is mythological, but also a bit sci-fi sounding (in a good way).
Anna Hermione: Hermione is lovely, but it's associated too much with Harry Potter, which isn't as visible when it's in the middle place. I also think they go great together.
Anna Persephone: go together wonderfully, and I like most mythological names.
Anna Theodosia: I actually thought about naming my (theoretical, since I'm 15) future daughter that - Theodosia is one of my absolute favourite names, but it's not very usable, and the lovely Anna "neutralises" it.
Anna Zenobia: I like the sound, plus the fact that it works in Poland.

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I don't think I could choose least favourite combinations, because I adore most of them!

Top 5

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Anna Cybele
Anna Galadriel
Anna Hermione
Anna Tinuviel
Anna Zipporah

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I like those because they could be hard to pull off by themselves, but they're wearable and whimsical with Anna. Also, in general, I prefer the ones that don't start or end with A.

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No strong opinions on the rest, except maybe Iphigenia; it sounds cool, but I don't like the sacrifice association.

This message was edited 5/28/2019, 8:49 AM

Faves from your options:

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Anna Hermione - I think this best suits your stated purpose, provides a nice variety of sounds, and the names feel nice together vibe-wise

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Anna Cordelia - ditto sound variety; for me, vibe-wise, these names both have elegance and spunky energy

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Anna Lavinia - enjoy the feel of these together

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Anna Eudora - ditto sound variety; the one combo here for which I would not personally prefer Anne over Anna

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Anna Ophelia - ditto sound variety; sort of a “night sky” elegance to this one

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Least faves from your options:

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Anna Ariadne - don’t care for the vowel transition from end of fn to beginning of middle

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Anna Artemesia - ditto

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Anna Iphigenia - ditto

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Anna Nerissa - don’t care for the close fn to mn “n” sounds

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Anna Pandora - don’t care for the “Ann’ / “Pan” rhyme

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You didn’t ask for suggestions, but here goes...

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Anna Belphoebe
Anna Clementine
Anna Corisande
Anna Florimel
Anna Gwendoline - I’m using the “-LEEN” pronunciation
Anna Jubilee
Anna Lucienne
Anna Melicent
Anna Melisende

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This message was edited 5/28/2019, 8:48 AM

Hi !!!!

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I dislike:

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@Anna Megaera I'm Italian and 'megera' is a current way to say "an unpleasant woman" as you can read in the description.
@Anna Medea: Medea was a mad and evil person in the myth.
@Anna Desdemona: Desdemona means "unfortunate fate".
@Anna Evadne: I simply dislike Evadne. I have no links with this name.
@Anna Iphigenia: the sound is unpleasant, Iphigenia's story is sad and her name is too over the top in 2019 in my opinion (but it is better than Megaera, Desdemona, Medea and Evadne).

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My favourites are:
*Anna Cordelia
*Anna Minerva
*Anna Paloma
*Anna Zenobia
*Anna Zipporah (but I prefer it spelled Tzippora)

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I also like
Anna Tinuviel
Anna Cybele
Anna Galadriel
Anna Demetra
Anna Ophelia
Anna Persephone
Anna Lavinia

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Anna Paloma & Anna Cordelia are the best combos here in my opinion.

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I love many of these names but I prefer to see them as first names instead of be covered by the 'so neutral' Anna.

This message was edited 5/28/2019, 8:20 AM

Love Anna! Loads of these are great - I had trouble choosing.

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Anna Cordelia - Love this. It's very balanced IMO. Reminds me of one of my favourite combos, Anna Clarissa.
Anna Demetra - Demetra is strong and weighty, compared to the light and sensible Anna, so they complement each other nicely.
Anna Eudora - I'm not massively keen on the vowel sounds running into each other, but I'll overlook it because I adore Eudora and I think they're really delicate yet also cutting together.
Anna Hermione - Hermione's a great name because it strikes the balance between usable and out there very well. The rhythm is good here too.
Anna Persephone - Amazing rhythm and Persephone is a great middle.

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Anna Ariadne - I'm not a massive fan of alliterative names and I think the fact that Anna also ends with an "a" makes it worse. Ariadne's neat, though.
Anna Galadriel - Galadriel just sounds a bit scifi to me.
Anna Iphigenia - I love Iphigenia, but it's very long. That could be forgiven, but also, "na" and "Iph" run into each other and I just don't think the two names go that well.
Anna Nerissa - I dislike the "na Ne" in the middle; it's easy to stutter over.
Anna Pandora - kind of rhymes, though Pandora is pretty cool.