Sophie or Phoebe

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Which do you prefer? Surname starts and ends in N and has a ssss sound in the middle.

Phoebe, beautiful name

Phoebe, Sophie is blah.

Both are really lovely names. In my area, Sophie is not very popular at all - I only know of one aged about ten. Sophia on the other hand is a very commonly used name.

Phoebe

Sophie, beautiful name! I know it’s popular but I don’t know many (2 under 10s).

Phoebe. More distinctive.

haha my name is Sophie and one of my favourite names is Phoebe!

either one would be good

I like Phoebe, but Sophie is gorgeous, prefer it to the currently more popular Sophia. There are load of them, though ...

We couldn't decide between Phoebe and Sophie, but when DD was born she looked more like a Phoebe.
Sophie is top of my girls' list if we have another

Phoebe!!

I have a dd named Phoebe I’m still in love with the name and she’s 13 now. I think it’s such a pretty name. I’m sure I read somewhere that the meaning for it was sunshine which is just perfect for my dd
Sophie is very popular atm so I wouldn’t go with it just for that reason but also a lovely name

Thank you do much! Her middle nane will be Irene so her initials will be PIN or SIN though.

Very few people use their middle name when using their initial trough so I wouldn't let that put you off

Phoebe. More classical.

Sophie. It is a beautiful name. Where I work not all classes have a Sophie and there is never more than one in a class if there is.

Sophie being blah is a bit rude though.... After

My Sophie was almost a Phoebe so I love both. And to all those saying how popular Sophie is as a name, I know more Phoebes than Sophies (and I'm a primary teacher)

Having said that, PIN is probably safer than SIN 😬

I much prefer Phoebe. I know so many Sophies. SO many Sophies.

I love Phoebe

I love them both (helpful)

Sophie is a bit like Jack - it was consistently in the top 5 from 1996 for fifteen years and only dropped out of the top ten in 2015. Consequently there are a LOT of them around, aged all the way up to their twenties, plus all of the Sophias.

I like both we have a Phoebe and currently the only one in her school. Sophie would have been a possibility for us if dc didn't have a very close cousin called Sophie. I don't know many children with either name actually, one other Phoebe that I can recall.

Both are lovely names I'd probably wait until baby arrived and decide then.

I have 3 teen Phoebes (out of a house of 78) at my school, and there are 2 Sophie's. So if you're in the south east both names, along with Olivia, are by far the most popular, in my experience.

I like Sophie more!