Isla Penelope? Opinions wanted pretty please...

[Lozzabell]

So I'm pregnant with my first...
We don't know what it's going to be but are pretty decided on the name Max if it's a boy, and Isla if it's a girl.

I really like Penelope as a middle name for Isla...

I'd love to hear people's thoughts/opinions/suggestions on this as it's obviously quite unusual...

I think it sounds beautiful but agree that Isla is very popular atm.
We named our DD Iya Elizabeth (and everyone at first calls her Isla by mistake!)

Perhaps Ava rather than Isla...

I think both names are OK but they don't really sound well together.

Ava is very popular as well. However, my son had a popular name and I don't care, if you love a name use it! For what it's worth I think the names work equally well both ways round. I prefer Penelope but she's your daughter not mine

Think they sound lovely together but I think Penelope Isla would be better as she won't be stuck with a name that could be common for her age bracket in the future and Isla hasn't really got the greatest NN potential (I am a great believer of good NN potential due to having a name with one NN that in reality just chops off the latter half of my name ) whereas Penelope has Nellie, Penny etc.,

Beautiful names, but a few years ago 4 of my friends had daughters and 3 of them were called Isla!

My dd has Penelope as a middle name so obviously I love it.

Thank you all so much for your advice/opinion. It's really helped and changed my mind massively!
What I stupidly didn't think of, is that (obviously) just because I don't know any Islas etc doesn't mean it's not popular for the new generation.
I spoke to a nursery teacher yesterday who also told me she had 4 Islas at her nursery!
So... I've since found a name I really like - and from what I know it's not very common :|

It's Aela - pronounced Ale-a (not eye-la)
A Celtic name.

So I'm now thinking Aela Penelope...

Hmmm. In my opinion Aela still sounds very similar to Isla and might be confused with it and mispronounced.

Do you like names beginning with vowels? Some might be a bit too Irish/Scottish.

Ailbhe (Ale-va)
Eilish (Ai-lish)
Eilidh
Ailsa
Elsa
Iona

Any good?

Hmmm yes they are almost the same... but I'm still drawn to it.
Other possibilities are:

Molly (DH grandmothers name)
Emmie/Emmy (my great gran name)

After much deliberation - I 'think' we may have decided on Emmeline Penelope. Emmy/Emmie as nn.
Love the grandma and Pankhurst connection too.
Everyone's help has been invaluable.
After all this I'll probably end up having a boy haha

Emmeline/Emmie is absolutely gorgeous!

I really like it is a pretty name and penelope is a nice middle name for it, congratulations on your pregnancy :) x