Husband and I can’t decide on second girls name - high anxiety!

Phoebe, Amy or Imogen would be my choices. Olivia and Sophie are soooo popular. Lovely names but there are just so many of them.

Go with Marianne as the first name it’s really pretty and much less chance of getting lots of Marianne’s In your child’s class when they go to school

My favourite from your list is Olivia Marianne Rose. An alternative might be Amber Marianne Rose?

I'd go for Phoebe.

The reason is that Chloe has a name that is not phonetically easy for an English speaker.

I had a friend with an unusual name who thought she was stupid as a 5 year old because she couldn't write her name and everyone else in her class could.

Chloe and Phoebe are both spelled in a similar way.

I think of all the names Olivia goes best with Chloe.

I know a few Chloes. Their sisters are Caitlin (actually two people I was at school with have daughters named Chloe and Caitlin), Alexandra, Ella, Emily, Madison, Ruby, Scarlett.

Freya, Olivia or Imogen are my favourites. Good luck op

Freya - great strong name, yes!
Olivia - over used and will hugely date her
Phoebe - always seems a bit wet/meh to me
Amy - dull
Imogen - another good name, goes well with Chloe
Francesca - I like it. Frankie is a cute Nn
Sophie - like Olivia, over used and now a bit dull whereas 10 years ago was lovely.

Id make final decision when you meet her.

I have a Chloe and if we'd had another girl these were the names on our list:
Fern
Molly
Esme
Ella
Marissa

I think Freya and Imogen are both lovely and go well with Chloe.

Phoebe and Sophie sound too like Chloe. People will get their names mixed up.

How about first name your choice, 2nd and third names, his choice. I love Freya Imogen Sophie

I think Chloe & Freya sound lovely together for sisters.

Freya Marianne Rose is beautiful.

Both 2 syllables but with very different sounds. Although I love Phoebe, Sophie & Imogen I think the O is too similar to Chloe.

Im so sorry to hear of your loss & wishing all the best for a wonderful birth xx

They're all lovely names. Sophie would go best with your chosen middle names imo

I like Chloe and Freya.

with Chloe I also like:
Hannah, Lara and Natasha

Phoebe or Francesca

I think these are the combinations that don't work!

I think Marianne is lovely and doesn't need special treatment to soften it.

You and your husband are definitely ij the same stable name-wise. They're all nice.

It's good that you're recognising what you're making this mean. Go easy on yourself, and him.

Freya and Sophie are my favourites. I think Sophie pairs lovely with Chloe though!

Phoebe is beautiful

They’re all pretty! I have an Olivia who was born when it was the number 1 name for girls. I didn’t realise! She is now in her 20s and rarely comes across another one! So I’d say to choose a name regardless of how popular it is.

I absolutely love the name Phoebe.

What about Heidi op? Was my first thought when I read your 1st daughters name.

My favourite is Marianne too. It’s lovely.

I like Imogen best. But your wishes take precedence-so I would go for Freya. Chloe and Freya sound lovely together.

I would put those names together in a list, you rank them, he ranks them, add together the ranking and see what comes top. That way it's a logical numerical decision where you've both decided (as long as you like all the names enough and none are hates). Sometimes it just has to be done where you're not both going to get your favourite.

My personal favourite would be Francesca. You've both got the FR sound on your list and I don't think this is dissimilar to Freya at all. Francesca Marianne Olivia sounds lovely to me (one from each list).

I also like Felicity as mentioned above, got the F sound and the l and soft c you both like, or how about Daphne, Frederica, Frida, Fiona, Faye, Farrah, Lucy, Constance.

Haha! I hadn’t thought of that, but I did think of them learning to write their names and being a bit puzzled about the pronunciation of the oe! I think I first heard of the two names together years ago when Stephanie Beacham named her daughters.

Firstly - don't stress about the name now - concentrate on the birth and deal with the name later if necessary. I didn't name any of mine before birth and it took quite a few weeks with one of them (which I don't necessarily recommend!).

You've got two names and your husband has five so I'd get his choices down to two. Suggest that you each rank his choices 1-5 then get rid of the bottom three choices. Then check that you can both live with the names you are left with. Then see if you can compromise with one of the names as a first name and the other as a middle name?

Chloe Amelia Grace and Thea Marianne Rose

I think Freya is beautiful and that would be my choice but as your husband isn't keen in your choices and he isn't keen on yours can you think of different names?
A friend used an app which helped . It worked a bit like a dating app . You use it independently and then swipe when you see a name you like . If you have both swiped like on the same name you can use that one. And maybe have X Marianne Freya.