Brother or sister for Ella

[mumbybumby]

Hi everyone, I need your help!
Despite being obsessed with looking for names I just cannot think of any I like or that we agree on!
Big sister is called Ella with 3 syllable surname beginning with B.
For a girl I want a feminine and strong name.
For a boy, something strong and not too common.
(not much to ask, eh?)
If anyone can help it's you guys!
Thanks :)

Girl:

Mary
Lydia
Hannah
Kate
Louisa
Tori
Lauren
Hattie
Judith
Rosanna
Rebecca

Boy:

Coram
Benn
Connor
Reuben
Raef
Beaumont
Marco
Philip
Edmund
Fraser
Giles

Hmm like Louisa and Lauren. Always liked reuben too - knew a gorgeous little boy called Reuben.

A friend of mine has Sam and Ella, I laugh everytime I think of it

Honestly, Sam and Ella, really ?

I know! In her defence she isn't from here so she doesn't get it but her DH is English and really should have said something!

Oh no! Poor things!
My parents were cruel enough to burden my brother and I with the same embarrassing initial, which, when added to our surname spelled something rude!
I will never intentionally do any such thing to my children! :)

tooearlytobeup
I have an Ella with a brother called Joseph ..am three weeks off number three and my names list is pretty much exactly what you had considered !!

I like Ava ...and I (obviously) like Joseph for a boy .....

I like the jaxx theme. How about a Django, Miles, Charlie, or as suggested earlier Louis?

How odd duritzfan - Joseph was one of the only boy's names I had last time.
Good luck for three weeks' time - do you know what you're having?

I know an Ella with a sister called Mona.

Saucetastic - unfortunately we are a little limited by DP's surname as it is a good old solid Yorkshire name and doesn't really go with anything too fancy or modern. I do like Charlie though but with DP's surname it sounds like he should be in a nursing home from the off!
Honestly, deciding on a name is nearly as hard as the actual bloomin' birth!

I have an Eleanor (known as both Ellie and Elle) and DD2 is Grace. Name is similar to Ella and I always thought their names go really nicely together.

Yes I agree with you BrigitBigknickers - I think Ella goes very well with Grace. Thumbs up to all of you with a Joseph - have decided to call my 2nd boy (due soon) Joseph!

In that case, my Yorkshire Grandad's siblings names are all very sturdy and i think they're lovely: Annie Edith George Harry Daisy (Margaret) Arthur Though, some of those names could head to the nursing home on their own steam!

I know 6 Ella's. They all have siblings, oddly enough!

Ella & Jack
Ella & Charlie
Ella, Daisy, and Alfie (Alfred I presume)
Ella & Will (William again presuming)
Ella, Henry, Finn, and Sophia or Sophie (can't remember baby's name )
Ella & Faith

mumbybumby we have been told its a girl ....
When are you due ??

I had chosen a boys name by twenty weeks pg this time ... decided on Evan - still love it ..dh and I are still arguing over a girl's name ...

I love Ella with Grace too...
was supposed to be my Ella's middle name but my dd when she was born was tiny and jaundiced and wrinkly - premature - she just didnt look like a Grace !!
We called her Ella Hannah instead

I like Sofia ..with an 'f' ... Like Max, but that's quite common around here.. LOVE Charlie but doesnt work with my surname...

I love the name Joseph ... my ds is 15 now and it has suited him from the minute he was born to now - he calls himself Joe most of the time ..his nickname is "J"

The other boys names I had on my list were Jai and Jed...

RaisedFromPerdition LOVE the chicken's names !!!

I want chickens one day ... want to call them Nugget and Kentucky