Help me find a really pretty, princessy girls name

[babyblabber]

DD is Sophia (DS is Noah). DD2 is arriving by section in 4 days and we still don't have a name. I LOVE the name Sophia, it's everything perfect for girl IMO. i know it will get shortened to Soph at times but that's not the worst. I can't find something I like as much for poor DD2!

DH has vetoed Poppy, Penelope (my favourite at the moment), Aurelia, Lola, Layla, Mila, Annabel, Alannah, Alexa, Phoebe, Arabella.

Names I love but don't want to use coz i don't like the shortened versions are: Juliet, Elodie, Rebecca, Eloise, Julia, Aurora, Isabella, Valentina, Vivienne, Olivia. These are the exact type of name i want but can't get around the shortenings which i really don't like.

I also love Clara but we're in Ireland and most people pronounce it differently to me (like Lara as opposed to Clar like Car -ah) and that would annoy me!

I LOVE Rosa and Elena but can't use them due to friends and family.

The only name we remotely agree on is Chloe and while it is a lovely name I'm not sure if it's fancy enough, especially as it's been so popular for so long, I'm worried it's a bit boring now.

If we'd had girls, my top name was Esme. I also like Jeanne...
DFs have DDs called Arianne, Amelia which are nice. I love Delphine!

Eleanor? Victoria? Charlotte (Charlotta)

Ariane or Arianna

Mariella

Grace
Ella
Lily
Ruby
Lottie
Freida
Maeya
(Dd's and Dn's names)

Susannah
Imogen
Alexandra
Cecilia
Beatrix
Helena

Natalie
Stephanie
Phoebe
Julienne
Anastasia

Francesca
Violet

Aurora
Bianca
Merida
Ella
Belle
Anna
Elsa
Jasmine
Ariel

Anastasia
Araminta
Anamaria
Aurora
Athena
Adelina
Amalia
Alyssa
Cordelia
Carlotta
Cassandra
Callista
Delilah
Genevieve
Helena
Isadora
Juliet
Johanna
Jessamine
Liliana
Lucia
Lorelei
Lucinda
Lavinia
Mariana
Mattea
Natalia
Ophelia
Octavia
Penelope
Rosalind
Rosanna
Ramona
Romina
Susanna
Tabitha
Theodora
Tessa
Viviana
Victoria
Viola

Go with one of the names you like and don't use the shortened versions. My name is one of those you listed and no one ever tries to shorten it.

Conversely, my sons all have names which could be shortened in 2 or 3 different ways. They are all known by just one of the possible shortenings, only one of them has ever had anyone try to use another form, and he just says " no, its x not y".

Alessandra

Louisa
Ottilie
Verity
Alexandra
Sylvie
Freya
Lilly
Daniella

Juliana
Caroline/Carolina
Alexa
Aliai
Marguerite
Mireille
Estelle
Eleonore/Eleanor/Leonor
Isabella
Matilda
Henrietta
Ariane
Amalia

Sophia means 'wisdom' much better than being princessy

Go with one of the names you like. My mother thought she'd given me an unshortenable name - my friends found otherwise!

Sybil
Aria
Adrianna
Laura
Lorelei
Penny
Rosabella
Rosalie
Bethany
Estella
Lyla
Myla
Maya
Anya
Ada
Gaia
Alexia
Aubrey
Brianna
Bettina
Selina
Serena
Jasmine
Tianna
Octavia
Oona
Meredith

Chloe goes much better with Sophia and Noah than any of your fancier names.

Emily seems the obvious choice?

i'm not a fan of Chloe to fair - it seems a bit harsh compared to your other DC names

or what about:
Liberty
Lucia (loo chee a)
Arianna
Louisa

meant to say I know of a family with Noah, Sophia and no3 is Amelia

Emilia

Annabelle

To be honest, I don't get the shortening thing. I am a Rebecca and have ever ever been called Becky. Now as an adult I am always known as rebecca, because when people ask me my name that is what I say. Just as my friend Jenny never ever introduces herself as Jennifer.

So I think you do get to use the whole name if you are clear.

Cinderella is a princess's name. But does shorten to Ella or Cinders, so not so good.

Helena
Eleanor
Grace
Eve

Estelle. I'm not sure it has a short version though, Stella maybe?