Marital harmony

[roastpots]

OK we are really struggling to reach agreement on a name for DD2. DD1 is Alice May.

My shortlist: Imogen, Rose, Hannah, Rebecca, Harriet, Naomi, Cara
DH's shortlist: Jessica, Hazel, Rosie, Iona

Potential family mn: Josephine, Eleanor, Dove, Margaret

Any help with reconciling all of this into a nice name that we both agree on?! Or any other ideas of names that we might both like? I really like DD1's name, although I was almost put off because of the popularity of Alice. So I would prefer something a little less popular for DD2 if possible.

[VanitasVanitatum]

Rose aka Rosie? Would seem to be your only area of agreement.

[AuntieStella]

How about a 'Rose' name, which you can each shorten the way you prefer?

Rosa, Rosemary, Rosamund, Rosalie, Rosalind?

And I think any of your family middle names (with possible exception of Dove) would work.

[acatcalledjohn]

Why not find a longer version of Rose/Rosie: Rosalee, Roseanne, Rosemary. A short Rosie might well develop to Rose later in life.

[TheCowThatLaughs]

Rosemary?

[acatcalledjohn]

Actually, I am with Auntie on the spelling of Rosalie.

[TheCowThatLaughs]

What about Rachel or Romana?

[roastpots]

Thanks for your replies. I've been trying to find a longer Rose name that might worked but I don't really like any of them. And the main thing that would put me off calling her Rose is that people might call her Rosie, which I find a bit cutesy. So it doesn't bode well that DH already prefers Rosie!

[Deerhound]

I like Roslyn myself (like Roslyn chapel near Edinburgh whuch us beautiful).

[Deerhound]

*which is

[Annietheacrobat]

I like Marital but Harmony doesn't do it for me

[Dailylurker]

My little girl is Rosie and she has never been called Rose as it's a separate name, I wouldn't think Rose would become a Rosie for the same reason.

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

Eleanor?

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

Ps I love Imogen and Harriet. Am trying to persuade DH on Imogen for DC2 but he isn't keen and we have a close relative called Harriet. He also likes more 'cutesy' names.

[Rhubarbgarden]

Hazel Dove is wonderful. Love it.

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

Ooh just saw you have eleanor as a middle name (really need to read more comprehensively).

[RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie]

Love:
Harriet / Naomi / Hazel

I'd go for:
Naomi Elinor
Hazel or Harriet Rebecca
Harriet Naomi

Don't like Josephine or Margaret much and hate Dove, sorry.

Love Alice May.

[marshmallowpies]

Love Hazel - can't use it as plant/flower names don't work with our surname. Would avoid Rose names for the same reason but I do have a secret hankering for Rosalie (don't usually like names ending in 'or' but do like Rosalie for something!)

Josephine and Margaret were/are my grandmothers so I think both names are great!

[roastpots]

Thanks everyone. The thing that puts me off Imogen is the shortening Immy. Do you think that's inevitable?

[GotToBeInItToWinIt]

I know 2 Imogens and neither are shortened at all.

[FraterculaArctica]

Perhaps not much help but I love your taste - I'm a Harriet (and like being one!) and Imogen is top of my shortlist if I ever have a DD! Think Eleanor is by far the nicest of your middle names (Ellie for a nn puts me off it for the first name). I like Jessica and Hazel of your DH's names too and don't think the two of you are too many poles apart in taste, compared to some I've seen on here!

[BikeRunSki]

Iona Josephine would be lovely! Two of my favorite names.