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Alternative to Phoebe and Isobelle

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ChocolateEmergency · 25/02/2020 23:25

I love Phoebe But Dh has vetoed.

DH loves Isabella which I don’t mind but am not keen on Izzy, which it will inevitably be shortened to.

Can you suggest some compromise names.

I’m secretly hoping there is a really obvious name which sounds like both that I can’t think of.

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mathanxiety · 27/02/2020 05:56

Violet
Stella
Cleo
Mirabel
Leonie
Georgia
Flora
Florence
Emilia
Sylvie
Molly
Isla
Rosanna
Lucy

StCharlotte · 26/02/2020 23:26

I have family members Phoebe, Cecilia and Ariana. I love them all.

What about Gabrielle?

tararabumdeay · 26/02/2020 22:51

Clarissa. I've recently met one who's not posh but she's got balls. She's reinvented the name for me.

hollyangel · 26/02/2020 22:44

Sylvia
Imogen
Charlotte
Ingrid
Martha
Sylvie
Vivienne
Felicity
Margot
Pippa
Phillipa
Natalie
Maggie
Camille
Mila
Natasha
Alice
Natalia
Aedamar
Amelia
Alicia
Juliette
Zoe
Adriana
Astrid
Greta
Heidi
Daphne

HedgeHogFoxBadger · 26/02/2020 22:17

i have a Phoebe who is 17 and still love the name, also have a Delilah.
Arabella?Delphi (would be my next go to name) Claudia?

Ellmau · 26/02/2020 19:23

Alicia
Felicia
Arabella
Alexandra
Daphne
Damaris
Amaryllis
Athena
Ismene
Phyllida
Jocasta
Diana
Rosanna
Marina
Celeste
Gabrielle
Cassandra
Serena
Selina
Miranda

TheVanguardSix · 26/02/2020 18:29

Sorry, I've spelled Eleonor in the Polish way. But you know what I mean. Swap the first o for an a.

TheVanguardSix · 26/02/2020 18:27

Cosima
Artemis
Chloe
Zoe
Mina
Nina
Noa
Isolde
Isadora
Eleonor

FawnDrench · 26/02/2020 18:22

Cressida
Francesca
Genevieve
Araminta
Eloise
Marcella
Celestine

Whatsyourflava · 26/02/2020 16:43

Love Imogen

Whatsyourflava · 26/02/2020 16:42

Ottilie (Ottie)
Sadie
Holly
Cleo
Jemima

BlueChampagne · 26/02/2020 12:43

Florence
Rosalind
Lucinda
Athena

Second Lucy, Lydia and Fiona

LaLaLandIsNoFun · 26/02/2020 08:26

Calliope

DoctorBambino · 26/02/2020 08:23

Eloise
Penelope
Poppy

daisypond · 26/02/2020 07:55

Fenella
Isadora
Fiona

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/02/2020 07:53

Daisy.
Emily.
Beatrice
Halle
Bonnie

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 26/02/2020 07:51

Annabelle
Rosabelle
Lilibelle
Marielle
Arielle
Elizabeth
Amelia
Poppy
Penelope
Harriet
Edie
Sadie
Heidi
Gracie

Peachbubble · 26/02/2020 06:38

Anna
Jasmine
Lucy
Matilda

cobwebsoncornices · 26/02/2020 05:46

Chloe

maddiemookins16mum · 26/02/2020 05:45

Imogen.

ArriettyJones · 26/02/2020 05:42

Imogen?

BasiliskStare · 26/02/2020 05:39

Sorry - not my business - please ignore post above

I quite like Celia or Cecilia - bit old fashioned but not in a mimsy way. But then not too sure if counts as a Phoebe or Isabella cross iyswim so probably won't work

BasiliskStare · 26/02/2020 05:34

Why is Phoebe vetoed ?

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ChocolateEmergency · 26/02/2020 05:31

@bridgetreilly we have a close friend called Ella and I love Bella and would actually call the baby just that... But... I’ve had to concede it really doesn’t go with our surname.

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Standrewsschool · 26/02/2020 05:21

Freya
Penelope
Natasha
Maisie
Freya
Clara
Olivia
Naomi