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[Katie-Nana]

You picked a beautiful name for your first daughter, Mary-Alice.  As Abby Sandel from Nameberry and Appellation Mtn (one of my favorite name bloggers) would say, you may have a bit of the Already-Used-Your-Favorite-Name syndrome.

 

Looking at the potential family names, Mattie Belle stands out as something that would match Mary-Alice nicely in both style and loveliness.  It may be due to my geographically location (South Eastern US) but I have never heard of the Mattie Belle steamboat.  The only downside in using Mattie Belle would be the potential for misspellings...plus with all the Madeline's and Madison's, etc. going by Maddie or Maddy it may be a bit popular for your taste. 

 

I also thinking Jane & Lucille (or Lucy) would make lovely sibling names for Mary-Alice. But if you are looking here for advice, these probably aren't to your taste.

 

Some similar names which my work...

 

Adair to honor Geraldine (same meaning)

 

Carine (KUH ren) or Cora to honor Corena

 

Nora to honor Norma

 

Ella-Nora or Eleanora would honor both Norma & Lucille as it has same meaning (light)

 

Reina to honor Regina and Reininga family

 

Marta to honor Martha

 

Ginger or Flannery or Ruby to honor Garnett for similar meaning 'dark red or red' and 'red stone'

 

Joan or Joanna to honor Jane

[PaperHeart]

I love all of Katie's suggestions. 

If you want to use the names already on your list, Jane Lucille/Lucille Jane is probably my favourite.

And Mary-Alice is lovely! 

 

 

Alternatives that are a similar (Mostly) style to Mary-Alice:

Lucy, Celia, Lucia, Lucinda, Cecile (Lucille)

Matilda (Mattie)

Isabel(le), Annabel, Arabella, Bellamy, Belinda, Christabel, Mirabel, Mabel (Belle)

Georgia, Dinah (Geraldine)

Cora, Cordelia, Caroline, Coraline, Renee, Coral, Corinne, Cornelia (Corena)

Abby, Arbor, Breanne (Barbara)

Reina, Rina, Rhea, Ginny, Ginevra (Regina)

Marnie, Mattie, Thea (Martha)

Lily, Lillian, Lila, Lilia, Lilith, Leanne, Camille (Lillienkamp)

Etta, Scarlett, Margaret, Violet, Ruby (Garnett)

Jean, Joan, June, Jeanette, Janelle, Janet, Janis, January (Jane)

Nora, Eleanor, Lenore, Noelle, Marnie (Norma)

Hallie, Amelia, Mila, Tillie, Tammy, (Hamilton)

Anna, Anais, Ada, Darcy, Deirdre (Anderson)

Regina, Renee, Reina, Nina (Reininga)

Odelle, Odette, Dominique, Dorothy, Demi (Odom)

Sandra, Sadie, Andrea (Sandring)

Nouvelle, Zoe (Nuz)

[jckgirl]

Regina Jane or Regina Belle sound kind of pretty but they don't really go with Mary-Alice... How about Jane Belle?

[Bunko0]

I like a lot of those names, actually. But if you really want some variants, here you go:

 

Luciana

Lucinda

Mattea (ma TAY a)

Reina (Spanish form of Regina)

Janina, Joanna, Ivana (all forms of Jane)

Andrea

Andromeda