Help! 2 weeks to go but stuck for girls name.

[Peanut15]

Hello, we are struggling with names for dc2. She'll be a sister to Oliver - we had no idea how popular that would be so wanted something a bit more unusual but still very traditional and classical. Middle name is mcgregor and surname is 3 syllables beginning with h.

Name we like most at the moment is Emma but it seems a bit simple.

Names I like but can't use:
Maud
Helen
Amy
Octavia

Names dh likes but we can't use:
Elizabeth
Sarah
Victoria

We both liked Isabel bu have been put off due to it's popularity.

Any other suggestions gratefully received!!

Anna? It is somehow stronger and less simple than Emma, and I think more beautiful.

Katherine?
Olivia?
Audrey?
Vera?
Fiona?

Anna, Audrey and Vera don't grab me.

Love love love Olivia but I couldn't have an Oliver and an Olivia could I!?

Katherine could be a contender. We'd have to shorten to Katie for everyday use - it seems a bit plain too, like Emma. We like queenly names though!

Thanks for the suggestions.

Olivia is also really popular so that may annoy you.

Beatrice
Florence

I don't think there is anything wrong with having both an Oliver and Olivia. It doesn't sound clunky when you say it together in everyday household context? I think what would be weird is having a third O-child.
You could shorten to Kitty, which isn't quite so plain as Katie?
If Helen is out, could you have Helena? Or Eleanor (which sounds a bit like Helen/a when you say it?); or Leonora (Leo strikes me as a nice nn for a girl too; I suspect Nora wouldn't fit if you don't like Vera)

Amelia
Eliza
Zara

Or same vibe as Isabel:
Arabella
Theodora
Penelope

How about Arabella? Can shorten it to Bell/Bella but still quite queenly and magnificent.

Or Annabelle?

Or Iona?

How about Isadora instead of Isobel?

I love Isadora, thanks to Ms Duncan.

Isolde
Gabriella
Caroline

Hmm, there's quite a divergence in the names you like. Some ideas:

Lucy
Ruth
Beth
Bethany
Briony
Emily
Cecily
Emmeline
Elise
Annabel
Margaret (lots of good nn options)
Verity
Imogen
Rebecca
Rosalind
Matilda
Juliet

I don't think you could have an Oliver and an Olivia, what a strange suggestion!!
If you like queen type names what about
Charlotte
Alexandra
Beatrice
Mary
Caroline

No Oliver and Olivia won't work??..

I have an Oliver and a Charlotte. Will call dd2 (due in a week) Annabel.

Lara

How about Esther, similar to Emma but much less popular, definitely Queenly as she was a Queen in the bible.

Go with Emma. You like it most, and it's perfect, very calm, clear, timeless, beautiful, totally un - faddy.

What about Avelyn? I've just come across it in an early 20th century Angela Brazil novel. Unusual (I've never heard it before) but not in a way that people will think it's made up. Kind of a combination of the more popular Ava and Evelyn. They call her "Ave" for short, so I think it must be just two syllables: "Ave-lyn", which makes more sense than "Av-a-lyn".

Yes, I don't think you can have an Oliver and an Olivia.

I like the suggestions of Charlotte and Katherine. Emma's nice too.

What about Edith? Eleanor? Matilda?

Lara, Matilda, Theodora, Maisie, Elizabeth (lovely nn's - Lizzy, Libby etc.)
I personally agree though, Oliver and Olivia are too similar....

Emma is beautiful IMHO and so timeless!

Oliver and Ellen
Oliver and Lois
Oliver and Orla
Oliver and Scarlett
Oliver and Maisie
Oliver and Francesca
Oliver and Esme
Oliver and Jemima
Oliver and Tilly
Oliver and Hope
Oliver and Kate
Oliver and Annabelle
Oliver and Zara
Oliver and Petra

Emmeline?
I like Emma though. It has a simple, elegant dignity to it.

Edith
Maeve
Coraline
Esther
Harriet

Constance (Connie) ? Ollie and Connie... Hmm...

Adelaide
Teresa
Rosalind
Susannah
Rachel
Victoria
Jane/Jean
Maria
Julia
Davida
Naomi
Estelle/Estella
Fenella
Bianca
Laura
Lorna
Marina
Penelope
Sarah

Eliza also seems to fit well with your criteria.