Ok, so need a name to go with Martha but can't find anything I like nearly as much !!!

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Could really do with some mumsnet help on this.
Boys and girls names please.
Any ideas ??

I love Martha!

Girls
Susannah
Phoebe
Lydia
Clara
Hannah
Cordelia
Anna
Georgina
Alice
Eleanor
Esther
Emily
Flora

Boys
Joseph
George
Samuel
Wilfred
Dominic
Patrick
Rufus
Miles
Oscar
Henry
Timothy
Nathan/Nathaniel
Silas
Isaac

a couple more

Tilda (Matilda)
Ellen

Joseph
Reuben

Elspeth
Bethan
Charlotte

Elizabeth both a bit safe
Isabel/le
Katharine
Louisa

Basically anything reasonably traditional, but not dull.
Anna, Jayne, Janet, Susan work, but I'd feel DD1 got more thought.

I have the very very common name and DSIS the more interesting one and im

Classic, traditional names that go well with Martha are imo

Florence
Cordelia
Catherine

Isaac
Quentin
Sebastian

Really like Matilda. But I'm a little worried about it being too popular also would Martha and Matlida sound a little odd? A friend has suggested Mary for a girl which I like but has the same M and M problem.

I have a Florence & DD2 is due beginning of Jan. Martha, Harriet, Eliza & Elsie are our forerunners so far!

I wouldn't go for two names beginning with M personally.

It seems that you like traditional but not overused girls' names, so how about:

Clara
Louisa
Eliza
Beatrice
Josephine
Alexandra
Helena

For boys:

Joseph
William
Christopher
Julian

Nell

They've already been suggested, but second / third the suggestions for Beatrice and Harriet. They both sound lovely with Martha.

Iris
Suzanna
Bridget

Hugo
Solomon
Patrick

Florence
Louisa
Beth

Thankyou for all the help
So far I like
Mary
Rosa
Matilda
Penelope
Beatrice
Harriet (out because DH hates it)
Juliet (DH thinks its silly )
Madeleine
Annie

Albert
Frederick
Isaac
Jonah
Elijah

DH wants Esther for a girl

for boys he likes names like Andrew and David (Andy and Dave - No thanks!!!)
I think I've got my work cut out

Any opinions on these lists would be welcome

What's silly about Juliet? It's a lovely but also completely "normal" name. Prefer Julia myself, but Juliet is very pretty.

I like your name list - although I think Mary and Matilda are a bit too similar and "matchy", in my opinion. I like Juliet, Beatrice and Harriet best.

I like Frederick as a boys name best (this was what I wanted for ds, but dh didn't like it). The other names are fine (although I wonder whether he would have to put up with jokes about "Prince Alberts" when he hits adolescence?).

Girls:

Ella
Florence
Lucinda

Boys

William
Tobias
Henry

I know a few little Martha's - lovely name - how about any of these for a sibling:

Boys
Seth
Arthur
Toby
Noah
Rueben
Peter

Girls
Esme
Eliza
Verity
Libby
Polly
Harriet
Ivy
Iris

Good luck with your decision.

I wouldn't go for Mary & Martha, unless you are very Catholic and don't mind the biblical connection.

Mabel for a girl and Miles for a boy.

Flora
Lydia
Romilly
Henrietta (Hettie)
Elodie

Dilly?

I know sisters called Daisy and Martha. Could have Margaret on birth certificate and call her Daisy.
How about:-
Tamsin
Eloise
Eleanor
Eliza

I love some of the boy suggestions you've already had.
Would Peter work for your husband?! A bit random I know but quite a nice name.

I think Esther does work really well with Martha. Also like Harriet, Susannah and Alice. How about Agnes? I think of Martha as traditional with a bit of a quirk. It's a lovely name. Hope you can find something just right!

Hmm.. something about Esther and Martha doesn't quite work for me, there's something slightly similar about them? Annie or Penelope sounds better to me. How about Agatha?

I actually think Andrew is ok! I think if you always call your child by a certain name you've got a shouting chance of them keeping that name at school, because they'll always introduce themselves as 'Andrew' - so you might avoid 'Andy' if you don't like it! Elijah and Isaac are lovely though.

I have a Martha. Don't have another begining with M. When they're older there will be trouble with the post etc.
We liked:
Isabel,
Eliza,
Rosa,
Rhiannon.

Nancy might work too.