Imogen/ Elizabeth. Any others similar?

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Hi all.
Currently 22 weeks pregnant and found out we’re having a little girl.

Looking at names and there’s not many DH and I can agree on. Our surname is pretty unusual, a different spelling but same pronunciation of an illegal drug, beginning with C. So some names sound very wrong with it, including one of my top choices Robyn.

Dh’s top choice at the moment is Elizabeth. He likes traditional names, but not too “old”. I like Imogen, because I think it’s a little more unusual without being too out there. I like Elizabeth too, but would like something a bit more uncommon.
We both like May as a middle name. Any other first names we could consider?

Rebecca May
Jennifer May
İsabelle May
Evelyn May
Stephanie May
Sara May
Hannah May
Francesca May
Jessica May
Natalia May
Edith May
Daisy May
Penelope May
Olivia May
Georgia May
Alexandra May
Bryony May
Erin May
Dorothy May
Rachel May
Lydia May

Love Imogen.

Elizabeth is ultra traditional and none of the diminutives are nice.

I don’t like Robyn but it would be more original than May as a middle name. Everyone’s middle name is May these days and if it’s not the middle name it’s hyphenated.

I had both those names on my list - others were:
Claudia
Ruth
Astrid
Cressida
Hazel

Imogen is definitely not unusual. It may have been 10+ years ago but there are a lot now.

Other similar names:
Isabelle/Isabella/Bella/Belle
Rose
Eleanor

Eliza

Harriet?

I like both names but just to warn you Imogen isn't unusual. In my school of 500 kids there is 1 Elizabeth and 4 Imogens.

Imogen is a beautiful name.
My suggestions:
Meredith May
Evangeline May
Adeline May

Thanks all.

A few names suggested are also on my top list but DH isn’t keen. Will need to suggest Harriet, Edith and Meredith as I love those too.

I do realise May is very common at the moment hence why we ruled it out as a first name but it is a family name to honour both our grandmothers. I hope Imogen isn’t too common here, I haven’t heard any friends or family name their babies it but I’ll question about and see if there’s any in play groups or baby classes my friends take their little ones too. Not that it will matter too much, I do love the name!

Possibly not very helpful but I love Elizabeth. And I like Beth as a shortened version. Could Elisa be an alternative?

No Elizabeths at DC's school but I know several Imogens.

Imogen was top of my list of girls names for DS2, Isabelle for DS1.

I also loved (but DH didn’t)
Bethan
Liliana
Grace
Annie
Charlotte
Evelyn (but too many pronunciations)
Eloise
Emily
Josie
Maisie
Claire

How about Margot? To me it has a similar vibe as Imogen or Elizabeth. Maybe Clara too.

Ingrid
Astrid
Elspeth
Eleanor
Anna

Anything too wordy might become s skeleton sentence with “.,,,,,, May Cockayne”

I love Evelyn but DH wasn’t keen on that.
Another I do really like is Margot.

Elizabeth is really the one we both like (he more so than I) and I would like it shortened to either Eliza or Beth if we do go with that name.

Starting a list to remember all these names so can narrow them down over the next few months.

Victoria
Katherine
Clementine
Honor
Lucinda

DD was nearly Elizabeth with nn to be Bess.

The Elizabeth and Imogen I know have sisters called Amelia and Jemima respectively.

My little one is called Elizabeth, Eliza for short. I love the name Eliza.

Adelaide
Philippa
Naomi

Imogen or Margot are both fab.

Olivia
Holly
Ivy
Laura
Rachel
Julia
Emily
Francesca
Sara
Joanna
Georgia
Lucy
Thea
Louise
Sabrina
Heather

Elise instead of Elizabeth? Though I do love Elizabeth

I have an Imogen and an Emmeline

Elspeth
Emmeline

Juliet?

We had both Elizabeth and Imogen on our list.

We also had:
Eliza
Annabelle
Isabelle
Harriet
Juliet

Baby ended up being none of them though