Too samey?

[Buzimomma]

DD is Arabella. Problem is that I seem to be drawn to very similar sounding names so I'm just wondering if it would it be crazy to consider calling DD2 something like Mariella or Raphaella? Are they just too samey and matchy?

Melissa would be okay - and lovely name.

And I really like Christabel.

I really like Christabel too but think it may be too samey with Arabella - "bel" overload perhaps??

Yes, you're probably right. Do you like Cassandra/Cassie?

Eliana and Ariella

Eliana pronounced el-ey-na

Elaina sorry! Can't spell

Mabel might be different enough? But Arabella is flowery and warm, Mabel is steady and understated.

Mabelle

Gabrielle

Think they are too similar, sorry. How about Marietta?

Sorry more!!!

Elsa

Elenora

Electra (my favourite)

Eliza

Elodie (mumsnet top name!)

Elona

Eloisa

Thanks for the replies. Not really keen on Cassandra (dated to my ear), Ariella is pretty BUT ends in "Ella"! Mabel is the name of our family dog. Don't want a name where there's any confusion over pronunciation so that also rules out many names I really like.
Marietta is really lovely, that's going on the list, thank you!
Also like Elodie, but I fear it's going to be the new Amelie which is incredible popular around here!

Theodora

Hermione
Alannah
Lucia
Amara
Zarana
Celeste
Delphine
Seraphina
Merrilees
Anastasia

Georgiana
Felicity
Verity
Emmeline
Rosaline

Eloise?
Martha?
Maeve
Verity?
Vivienne?

It appears that you like names with 3 or more syllables (preferably ending in 'a'). Some suggestions based on these assumptions:

Alexandra
Belinda
Claudia
Dorothea
Evangelina
Francesca
Henrietta
Isadora
Josephine
Lucia
Magdalena
Natasha
Ophelia
Penelope
Rosalind
Sylvia
Tabitha
Veronica

One of my new favourite actors has two sons: Levi and Livingston. What was he thinking? Sorry, another 'no'.

Francesca? Marina? Sienna? Victoria? Florence? Lucia?

Melinda
Felicity