Sister for Frida

[TheBeanpole]

DD1 is Frida (which we know is a bit of a marmite name, but we love it and it suits her very well).

DD2 due any day and we can't quite find something we like as much.

Current front-runners are:
Dorothy (Dora for short, probably)
Nell (just Nell, not short for anything)
We both like Aphra but think it sounds too much like Frida? Possibly as a middle name.
Ivy was near the top of the list but DP went right off it when he saw how popular it was getting.

I also like Edme - a family name and I haven't heard of any others, but think she will basically just get called Esme all the time.

Any thoughts on the above or other ideas. We quite like granny-ish names, as you might be able to tell...

Is it pronounced Free-da. My Nan was a Freda short for Winifred.
Out of your suggestions. I quite like Nell.
Other suggestions
Elsie
Kitty
Josie
Ivy
May
Mary
Annie
Sarah
Betsy
Jane
Dottie
Ada

I'm not keen on Nell.

Dorothy is okay and Dora is a cute nickname.

Love your choices. Also like

Thelma
Tabitha
Margot
Mabel
Faye
Joy

Agnes

Clara
Astrid
Alma
Freya
Nora
Ellen
Agnes

Edith

Dorothy/Dora and Nell are both sweet.

How about Greta? Margot? Bridget? Ingrid? Maeve?

Dorothy is my favourite.

Miriam
Sylvie
Ada
Blythe

I opened the thread to say Dorothy! I also like Nell.

Edme will as you say be misread as Esme (autocorrect tried to change it as well!) it also makes me thing of those edamame beans!

I also love Mabel.

Nell is lovely.
Also Estelle.

Nell. It's perfect.
I quite like the name Della since I came across it in a film but I would avoid a name or nickname ending with the same 'a' sound as her sister. Just my own personal preference.

I know sisters named Hayley and Bailey. Some think it's twee cute but no, just no.

Greta?
Ida?

Vera
Nora
Ruth
Elsa
Martha

DS would have been Frida if he'd been a girl. Of your list I really love Aphra, I actually work with one at the moment and she's fab.

Other names we thought about: Ingrid, Elsa, Erika, Gudrun, Ola, Freya, Birgitta, Greta, Sigrid.

Nell is lovely.
How about

Florence
Cora
Rose
Violet

Is Frida pronounced the same as Frieda? Or is Frida 'frid-a'?

Margot or Nora or Rita

Greta
Hazel
Margo
Lois

Out of your list I prefer Aphra and Ivy. Otherwise

Alba
Maud
Peggy
Doris

LOVE Frida (also my preferred spelling!)

Also like Nell and Aphra, so how about:

Anaïs
Millicent (Mille/ Milly)
Petra
Anouk
Ingrid
Lola
Emmy
Ivy
Roberta
Wilma
Dusty
Elma
Elva
Seren
Björk
Paloma
Elise
Petra
Pearl
Estelle
Ida
Aida
Isolde
?

My dd is called Aphra Birdie Scout.....it's rare to hear people suggesting it Frida is lovely.

Other names I just love are...

Juno
Indie
Junia
Greta
Fleur
Wren
Maude
Mabel

Marta
Daphne
Sadie

Oh love the suggestion of Daphne!

Oooh, loads of suggestions and some Dorothy and Nell love!

Frida is pronounced Free-dah, the same as with the 'e'.

Greta, Nora and Agnes I also like but have friends who have recently used them. I LOVE Astrid, but DP is not so keen (thinks sounds too 'themed Scandi'). He also has the thing that ample has where he doesn't like the ends of the name to be the same.

Think definitely now on the list are Ida, Edith, Mabel and Clara. Might still roll with Dorothy or Nell though.

Thanks for all the fab suggestions.