Struggling to choose a baby name

[steph2608]

3 weeks to go and DH and I still can’t decide on a girl’s name (team yelllow). In the running currently are:

Matilda (nn Maddie)
Ottilie
Juliette
Felicity
Harriet
Charlotte (nn Charlie/Lottie)
Isobel
Imogen
Cleo

We have a 4 year old daughter called Alice Isla so looking for something that fits with this.

Any thoughts or suggestions welcome!

Thanks

Matilda or Imogen don’t like any of the others.

Matilda or Ottilie

Felicity is lovely.

Harriet. Only because I have one!

Harriet or Juliet

Ottilie is so cute.

I think Matilda, Imogen or Harriet sound best in combination with Alice.

In order, I like:
Felicity
Harriet
Juliette (though I prefer Juliet)
Matilda (nn Maddie)
Isobel
Charlotte (nn Charlie/Lottie)
Imogen
Ottilie
Cleo

I think they're all fine with an Alice.

Juliette Ottilie

All nice, but I think I would pick Matilda or Imogen.

I had literally never heard Ottilie before Mumsnet - so I find that a little more unusual, but still nice.

I like felicity and Harriet! So pretty.

Ottilie, Isobel and Juliette are my least favourite of the bunch. The others are all nice , and I think they all go quite nicely with Alice too

I think Cleo is lovely

Harriet or Isobel

Oh I like all those names. Not very helpful I know but at least your baby will have lovely name. Could you and your DH/ partner not write your favourite 3 on a list and if one coincides that'll be the one.

Maddy for Matilda is a bit odd.

Pick one of the other ones.

My favourites are Juliet (spelt this way) and Felicity. Matilda is also nice but I would nn Tilly. X

You have loads of good choices! Maybe when she arrives one will jump out 😊 To me

Top 4
Matilda - though to me Maddie would be an odd nicknane, surely Mattie, or one of the loveliest little girls I know is Tilda/Tildie
Felicity
Harriet
Cleo (love this one!!! My favourite for a girl was Clio like the Greek muse but my husband vetoed due to the Renault... And now we have all boys, so I will need to get a female pet of some kind to give the name to...)

Not for me
Charlotte (nn Charlie/Lottie) - lovely name, but around here every second girl under 2 seems to be Charlotte
Isobel - too many spelling options, will annoy her forever
Imogen - fine, but not as lovely or as classy as your others
Ottilie, Juliette - too frilly, again a pain for spelling

Cleo Juliette has a nice ring to it!

Unfortunately my niece is Millie (short for Amelia) and so Tilly isn’t an option for us as a nickname for Matilda

Milly and Tilly is fine for cousins, surely? Not for sisters, but personally I would have been thrilled to either have a namesake or a mini-me, and through their lives even close cousins are not going to be associated by everyone as a pair.

My husband's best friend has the same name as him, and even though they've gone through boarding school and then being housemates together, people get used to it pretty quickly - this is a lot less than that.

Felicity is a lovely name and not over-popular at the moment. I don't like the nicknames Fliss/Flick/Flee very much, but Lissi or Fi are OK.

Isobel is really nice but rather overused at the moment. Juliette would be a good choice I think.

Not a fan of Matilda or Ottilie.

Ottilie, Juliette or Cleo... just because the other names although pretty are all in the top baby names for the last few years so will be everywhere

Matilda! Love it.

Really like Cleo too. Alice and Cleo sound really good together.

I like Isobel, Cleo, Harriet and Juliet, spelled this way.

Thanks for all the responses. It’s definitely given me food for thought. I am now trying to convince DH that the better spelling is Juliet. I think it’s more straightforward.
I really like the suggestions of Juliet Ottilie and this is probably the front runner now.

I also love Matilda but it is so popular now I think she would end up being one of a few in a class. I like Ottilie the best but think it may be too “out there” for a first name contender.

Cleo is a lovely name but DH thinks it’s not a “proper” name. I think we are discounting Charlotte and Isobel just due to popularity.

Thanks again for your comments. They’ve really helped!