Does anyone have a big sister Isabella?

[octaviarose]

I am really struggling with a name for DC2 due very soon. Big sister is Isabella which although I know is very popular we both loved and still love. We have boys names sorted (phew) but would love some more girls names suggestions.
Thanks.

Allegra
Alexandra

Sophia
Marianna
Charlotte
Clara

I know a Tallulah, Evangelina and Maia (May-ah), each with a big sister Isabella.

MammaT

I have an Isabel (we discussed Isabella but went with Isabel in the end) and her little sister is Charlotte (often shortened to lottie).

Both the Isabel and Isabella I know have a lottle sister called charlotte X

There will be LOTS and LOTS of people having a big sister Isabella because Isabella has been a VERY popular girls' name recently.

In my opinion names don't need to match. Choose a name YOU love, regardless of what others have chosen for their children.

The whole matching name thing reminds me of Edward Scissor hands, where the people all drive the same type of car and live in the same type of house and the grass is all the same length etc and no one truly differs or is allowed to differ from anyone else.
I hope it doesn't get to the point where people automatically say- if your name is Mary, then your younger sister must be called Jane.

I agree that names don't need to "match", but surely if you like a certain name then something similar to that name will be to your taste.

I seem to like names that are quite ordinary, classic, well known eg:

Isabel(la)
Charlotte
Amy
Sophia
Emily
James
George
William etc

Something like Ptolemy or Araminta would not be to my taste, plus TBH, siblings called Jane and Esmerelda (for example) sounds a bit odd as Jane is quite a plain name and Esmerelda sounds quite fancy! :o

Imogene and Lydia are my friends 2 girls after her Isabella

I have never once heard two brothers or two sisters names and thought the 2 names don't go together. They are not naming the same person, they are naming two individuals.

I've met a number of people who have children in the same order who have the same names yet they haven't met until school. There's 5 families at school where you have to use the last name to check which family you're asking about.

We have Isabella and Jessica.Both apparently 'popular' but not around our way,they are the only ones in their school.

Shimmy - i once knew a family who had 2 girls called Christine and Ruth - which I thought sounded strange together given that one was Jewish sounding and the other Christian. They also had 2 sons both called William after their Dad but one was known as David and the other was Billy - it was a bit bizarre, but the younger William ended up being tragically killed in a car accident.

yes i have 3dd and big sister, dd1 is isabella
dd2 is genevieve
dd3 is madeleine
i always get alot of comments about how pretty all their names are!
good luck!

Of the ones I know, both have sisters called Isla which I think is lovely!

Or:
Catherine
Harriet
Madeline
Josephine
Lydia
Amelia
Christina
Sophia
Louisa
Annie
Rebecca

I know an Isabella and Emilia

I know of

Isabella and Matilda
Isabella and Olivia

Actually, now come to think of it don't know that many Isabellas - tons of Isabel/les though!