A sister for Isobel

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We had a baby girl on Saturday and she is still nameless! We're considering the following:

Phoebe
Lara
Elsa
Freya

or something else entirely?

Names I also like but cannot use include:

Iris
Anna
Rose
Ava
Stella

Phoebe, Freya or Sophie all sound lovely with Isobel.

congrats btw

Really spooky but I saw your thread title and thought Lara.
Then I opened it and it's on your list.

I am due in a few weeks, and have a DD who is Isobel too. We had chosen Imogen as a girl's name (or rather she had) we are having a boy though.

What about Elodie?

Some really beautiful names on here, thank you! (and thanks Oliviamn for the congrats!) We have considered most of them at some point too. Needless to say the poor little baby is now two weeks old and still nameless but I think we've finally narrowed it down to Phoebe or Freya. DH wants Phoebe, it's just me that's having a few wobbles. She was an eye-watering 11lb6oz at birth so she's already made quite an impact and she just didn't look like a lot of the names we originally considered, in fact she looked like a little Buddah for the first few days!

I've only come across one Phoebe around here, it's a classic name and relatively underused, the only issues are I that call DD1 Bee so that's out as a nn and we'd possibly be setting her up for a lifetime of spelling her name/ correcting misspellings.

Freya is quite popular where we live at present (we moved from London last year and I never came across another there but I've met several little Freyas where we are now). My only concern is that it may become the next Lily in terms of popularity and I can't decide if I think it's a strong name or not! Lovely meaning though!

Gah!

Love Phoebe and she can be Pheebs as a nn so not like Bee.
Also love Sophie but we can't use it so we're going for Isla.
Know a few Freyas but no Phoebes.
Whatever you choose it will be right for her. Congrats x

Phoebe definitely. My friend just had a phoebe and I love it but she spells it Pheobe which looks 'wrong' to me but she prefers it that way so who am I to judge!?

I have a great-auntie called Isobel and she has sisters called Josie, Ellen, Gwendoline and Patricia. Not sure about the Gwendoline and Patricia, but Josie and Isobel sound lovely together. Just another suggestion for you!

Phoebe is much nicer than Freya, which seems more faddy.

Phoebe is a lovely name and not that many about whereas Freya is very popular.

Of the two I would definitely choose Phoebe. It's more classic than Freya.

As others have said Freya is the more faddy having gone from 118th to 19th in name rankings since '96. Phoebe has risen considerably too but only from 65th to 28th.