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Need help with girls name for sister Isla

66 replies

emmatake2 · 13/05/2022 09:26

We are expecting our second baby and struggling to come up with girls names we like as much as we liked Isla. We have a definite boys name but can't find a girls one we love. I'm not keen on long names as we have a long surname and won't choose something that can have a lot of nicknames.

Here are some names we like but feel like they could be beaten:

Lucy
Hannah
Freya
Holly
Amy
Rosie
Keira

Any suggestions?

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MysticCT · 13/05/2022 14:01

I immediately thought of Freya before I clicked on it. I think they are both lovely names.

catbirddogchild · 13/05/2022 13:59

Lisa the natural match for Isla Surely

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emmatake2 · 13/05/2022 13:58

Thank you so much, lots of new ones for us to consider. I do really love Zoe but we already have a Zoe in the family so can't use it

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GreyTS · 13/05/2022 12:04

Zoë, I have one and her best friend is Isla, love the sound of them together....Isla and Zoë

hoomaeyy · 13/05/2022 12:00

Love Hollie!

How about Cora, Etta, Ines, Rosa

Fivemoreminutes1 · 13/05/2022 11:58

Bella
Libby
Maeve

Mamadothehump · 13/05/2022 11:58

Paige? Brooke?

Fivemoreminutes1 · 13/05/2022 11:57

Hazel
Thea
Scarlett
Anais
Sasha
Nina
Fern

Snowiscold · 13/05/2022 11:55

Lara.
Zoe.
Cara.
Kirsty.
Polly.
Tessa.

MissPocket · 13/05/2022 11:48

I like Lucy.

Pippa
Cora
Connie

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 13/05/2022 11:40

Isla is so popular that I think you need to take this into account when naming DC2. Alma is too unusual as a combination. You’ll have a disappointed child in every souvenir shop you enter.

Zoë would be lovely.

AMegaPint · 13/05/2022 11:31

I don't think Isla & Alma sound like a good sib set personally. It's a bit of a mouthful together with both names ending in a.

From your list, I love Lucy & Rosie.

DrFoxtrot · 13/05/2022 11:07

Alma suggested by PP is lovely!

womaninatightspot · 13/05/2022 11:06

Mirren

BlueChampagne · 13/05/2022 11:00

Love Lucy!

Freya
Zoe
Morven

Alfonsomango · 13/05/2022 10:48

Alma is beautiful and has the simplicity of Isla. It's derived from Latin meaning nourishing. But it's the Portuguese and Spanish word for soul