DD2 is due in 3 weeks and we haven't got a name yet. DD1 is called Joely, which has turned out to be a name we never see or hear anywhere and which people get wrong all the time (Joey, Jolie, Jodie, Josie, Jolene etc).
I still love her name and she totally is a Joely, and once people see it written down they 'get' it, but I do wish it wasn't quite so tricky for people to say/hear.
So, we want something for DD2 that matches in the sense that it's a little bit quirky and unusual, doesn't say too much about us as a family so people don't prejudge (i.e. not too posh/trendy etc) but isn't so out there that she spends her whole life spelling her name (as her poor big sister will)!
Here's our not very extensive shortlist, some of which I know don't really fit our own criteria!
Cecilia
Cecily
Clementine
Clara
Edie
Elspeth
Esme (pronounced Ez-mee, before the traditional Ez-mee/Es-may bunfight starts!)
Lily
Polly
Surname begins with B and is one syllable, so names beginning with B don't sound great. For a different reason, avoid names beginning with A too.
Ideas for middle names include:
Adelaide
Rosalind
Hope
Elizabeth
What names can you think of that are 'like' these and will make us go, 'yeah, that's the name!'