3 potential names for baby no.2 but which one?

[sallymander]

So, we already have a James and we don't know if he is going to have a brother or sister. These are the 3 names we've shortlisted. 2 girls and 1 boys name. Which of these girls names do you think sounds better?

James and Eleanor or James and Matilda. Our boys name is Christopher, wish we had a second option for boys names too but could not agree on anything. If we like Christopher, what else might we like?

Thanks for the help ladies :-)

Will you shorten the girls names at all? Ellie or Tillie?
Christopher is quite a traditional name. Perhaps you would like others like Andrew, Thomas, David etc?

I like the shortened versions less than the full name, but would probably be Tilda or Ella if we did shorten it. I really do like Thomas and David but close family members already have boys with those names sadly.

How about Tristan?

joshua
Joseph
Stephen.

matilda of the girls names.

Matthew? I like both girls names but I think Eleanor sounds nicer with James.

Love Matilda

Haven't heard of any other girls with that name either recently

Eleanor is lovely, or Ellen.

What about Christian ?

I love Matilda and think Eleanor is pretty too. However, I think Eleanor goes better with James, both classic names.

Boys names
Henry/Harry
George
Matthew
Michael
Thomas
Alexander
Samuel
Sebastian

Matilda, and congratulations.

Love matilda.

Boys:
William
Sebastian
Seth
Alexander
Jude
Benjamin
Joseph

Eleanor - beautiful but I prefer Elinor.

Prefer Eleanor, in part because it begins to sound like heroes of Roald Dahl..
But I do like Matilda, either as itself, Tillie or Mattie.

Like all the classic boys names.above, but also

Jonathan
Timothy
Daniel
Rupert
Rufus
Rudolph
William
Benedict
Augustus
Guy
Giles
Edward
Piers
Edmund
Hugh/ Hugo

Oh, and esp,
Tobias nn Toby

Matilda gets my vote and goes really well with james.

Spooky! My 2 are James and Eleanor, you have excellent choice

I much prefer Eleanor.

Nicholas for a boy?

I prefer Eleanor, but like both.

What about Daniel or Matthew?

I prefer Eleanor, but like both.

What about Daniel or Matthew?

James and William
James and George
James and Gabriel
James and Alexander
James and Frances
James and Edwin
James and Joseph
James and Luke
James and Joel
James and John
James and Laurence

Boys
Matthew
Mark
Paul
Daniel
Jonathan
Joshua
Jacob
Luke
Christian
William
Leon
Leo
Guy
Gregory
Rory

Girls
Like Eleanor best out of the two.

Thank you guys, some lovely suggestions there. I do really like boys names starting with J, but feel we can't really have that with James as it may get very confusing if they share initials. A lot of the other names on your lists I like too but because both me and hubby have large families and youngest of all cousins a lot of them have already been taken up! I like Sebastian but was vetod. Quite like Daniel, hmmm.... Do people like Christopher? We think it's a nice name and haven't heard of any little boys called it, but perhaps that's because people don't really like it, too old sounding? Not sure.

None the wiser about Eleanor or Matilda, you seem to like both - oh dear. Maybe we should let our son choose!

Why thank you, Bootsy and thank you for the congrats Bouncy.

I have a James, and for various reasons David and Thomas were out of the picture too. I love Christopher. I also like Matthew.

I would choose Eleanor out of your list - I think Matilda is like Noah, timeless but very trendy. My girls choices involve Rachel, Hannah and Catherine.

Edward
Jonathan
Thomas

I think Christopher is a lovely name sallymander - it suits baby, boy and grown-up imo
Eleanor would be my choice for a girl- it's a beautiful name and goes well with James.

Love both girls names but prefer Eleanor slightly more.

Other boys names- Matthew, Adam, Henry, Edward? Christopher is lovely though!