Rose, Florence or Raphaela as a sister for Elodie?

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I’m almost 35 weeks now with our second daughter and have cut down our list to the following as a little sister for Elodie (who was born at 38 weeks)!

Rose Willow
Florence Willow
Raphaela Willow

Willow is an honour name for my Dad (William). I should also mention I’ve had a lot of issues with name regret over Elodie’s name (the pronunciation) 😕.

Other front runners from our list that we’ve removed to try and settle on one name were:

Allegra
Persephone
Claudia

Would be great to know which you prefer, which you think works best with Elodie, and what connotations the different names have for you?

Thank you so, so much - I’m a bit confused and would love to settle on a name soon if at all possible, any advice very gratefully received.

Thank you so much everyone!!! All really very helpful comments. I think I need to take a few days off from thinking about it and hopefully come back to it with a fresh perspective. Your opinions are really helpful - I’m tallying up all the preferences to see which names are generally preferred.
Do you think that Allegra being an allergy medication in the US is reason to rule it out? I was thinking that in some ways Allegra and Claudia both go well with Elodie as they have the same number of syllables 😂
Thank you so much for your feedback on Elodie - I think I have just stressed myself out because we live in France at the moment and it sounds very pretty in French. I still say Elle-oh-dee in English (emphasis on the Elle), but most English people seem to naturally say El-uh-dee, so I just question myself when I’m saying it. Sounds silly I know. I tend to stress myself out a lot overthinking things so all of the kind comments on the name Elodie were really very much appreciated-thank you!
It’s just so tricky to choose one final name! Thank you so much everyone. Any other opinions very welcome xx

Of the first 3 I think Rose goes beSt with Elodie but agree Rose Willow is too horticultural.

I think Allegra goes very well with Elodie and works well with Willow and no pronunciation problems.

I think Elodie is lovely. I would also say El-o-di.

Random ones - Phoebe? Aurora?

Raphaela. But I also like Claudia.

Orla?

Rose is my favourite.

Allegra sounds a bit like a car to me. I like Florence. I have no idea whether it fits well with Elodie, im not good at that sort of thing. I presume they all go well with your surname - it seems more important to me because your DD will likely be using it into adulthood whereas the link to sibling name will
become less important as time goes on.

I’m pregnant and we’ve chosen Elodie! I love it it’s interesting to hear how it might be pronounced! We’re saying El oh Dee like you.

I’d go for Florence it’s beautiful and perfect with Elodie!

That's a solid list.

I'm biased against Florence because a) abbreviation to Flo, makes me think of periods (objective reason) and b) having to deal with a Florence in a professional capacity who is a total and utter bitch, which has now tainted the name for life for me (subjective reason). Plus side - Florence and the Machine, Florence from the Magic Roundabout.

Of your list, I love Rose Willow (botanical theme!), and Allegra Willow. All of the names you've listed work with Elodie as sibling names too so I think you're fairly safe there. Really loving Willow as a middle name incidentally!

I think Florence goes best with Elodie. I like all three options though.

I just had french DP say all the names to me with french pronunciation and I think Florence sounds the best both with a french accent and an English accent.

I like Florence or Claudia with Elodie.

I'm not so sold on Allegra as I find it quite a hard sounding name.

Thank you so so much to everyone who took the time to comment-each and every response was super helpful. We still can’t make the final decision and she could be born any day now!

Votes on the following as a sister for Elodie would be very much appreciated! (I really want to use the name Rose somehow and Willow is an honour name for William, just in case you were wondering why on the multiple middle names). Also not sure on which spelling for Raffaela! We have a one syllable last name, just in case that’s useful to know :)
Thank you so so much!!

Elodie and...

Raffaela Rose Willow [Last name]
Rose Willow [Last name]
Claudia Rose Willow [Last name]

I love Florence with Elodie. Elodie is beautiful, am surprised people struggle with the pronunciation.

Florence!

Thank you - my husband loves Florence too...I think it’s that a lot of English people say El-uh-dee and I’m trying to say Elle-oh-dee if that makes sense? Really appreciate your opinion 😀😀

I was kind of ruling out Florence as slightly frumpy perhaps? It seems very popular on here though! Thank you for your comment xx

Sorry just saw your update. I vote Rose.

I like Willow Rose 🌹

From your list, I like Rose Willow

Thanks so much all - I think we only want to use Willow as a middle name so looks like Rose Willow is proving popular...
Rafael is a boys name I’ve always loved so not sure if that means we should therefore use the feminine version...and Claudia is a newer one (to us) that we’re liking (I like it phonetically and think it balances well with Elodie.
I love Rose though...not that popular as a first name (right)? and seems classic and to work for all ages...

Florence goes best

Claudia Rose Willow.

I like all the names. I think Rose Willow is a bit too horticultural for my taste, but I like Rose as a first name. I like Raphaela the most. Florence is OK, I don't dislike it. I like Claudia as well.

Gorgeous 3 choices. Personally I would go for Florence with Elodie. :)