still struggling....

[MrsRV]

...to love a name for DD2 due in 7 weeks. DD1 is Ella Rose...

Amy, Alice, Ariane, Aria, Amelia, Amelie, May, Mia, Poppy, Holly, Ruby, Brooke, Connie, Pheobe.

What do u think? surname ends "...sie".

If your surname ends "sie" then I'd avoid first names ending in an -ie sound which rules out Amy, Poppy, Holly, Ruby, Connie and Phoebe.

Ella and Brooke seem to go well together as do Ella and May and Ella and Mia (tho those two maybe a bit similar).

Ariane/Aria/Amelia seem like a different sort of name from Ella, to me at least.

Maya is another option you might like?

My favourites are Alice & Brooke

Brooke.

I also like May but feel it is way overused for a middle name but as a first name has a very nice simplicity to it.

Alice goes well with Ella, I think. I also like Ariane and Connie (but I prefer it as a nn for Constance).

Alice

For some reason I missed Alice! Agree it goes well and is a nice name.

It's quite similar to Ella sound-wise though. "Ella and Alice" is a bit of a tongue twister.

Ruby! I'm now an advocate as that's going to be dd2's middle name :-) But also love Alice. I agree with previous poster about avoiding an "ie" name with your surname.

Poppy or Connie or Amelia

Brooke. i also like alice but ella & alice sound too alike iyswim.

The names I like from your list are Alice Ruby Phoebe and Constance (nn Connie).

I don't like Brooke as it reminds me of Brooke Bonds tea, and think it is a bit dated.

I would't use Holly for a child born in Spring/Summer, though it might be sweet for a Christmas baby.

If your baby is born in May, then that would be a pretty middle name.

Mia will be very popular because of the recent almost royal baby name.

I don't think Ella and Alice sound too alike, and how often are they going to be introduced as a pair? Only for a few years in childhood.

If you go for Phoebe make sure you spell it correctly!

I like Connie, Alice and Phoebe best, but agree Alice sounds too much like Ella.