Sister for Sebastian

[Almondbiscotti]

My favourite girl name was always Sophie but as my name starts with S my DH feels he would be outnumbered/immasculated by 3 S's in our family. Reasonable?

We have therefore come up with a short list of Camilla (Millie as nn) or Eloise (DH concerned nn may be Ella - would it?)

Would welcome any other suggestions. Our surname starts with a W.

TIA

DS does fine as the only S in a house full of As, including his sister.

Seems an odd reason not to use a name yiu love. Before I saw your choices I would have said Naomi. Of your choices, I much prefer Eloise; the only one I know is abbreviated to Lulu.

When I read your title I came to say Sophie before I opened the thread. If you like Sophie just go for that. My dd is a Sophie and I like Sebastian. Dh is a s too and it's never bothered me.

Eleanor

Lillian

I agree with PP, I've heard Eloise shortened to Lulu.
Alice
Ruby
Tabitha
Lydia
Martha
Matilda
Tallulah
Isabelle
Colette
Phoebe
Florence

Belle?

My sister is Annabelle but thanks!

Does Alice ever get shortened to Ali?

What do you all think to Camilla?

Of* not to!

Don't love Camilla. Just makes me think of Prince Charles.

The Sebastian I know has a sister named Gabriella.

Felicity

Not a fan of Fliss or Floss but Felicity was in our short list for a while only thing is BIL's brother has gone and used it. Would you use the same name if a distant relative had done?

I think CPB will be v old or dead by the time this one is old enough to know though...

We do like Felicity, Camilla, Alice, Eloise and Sophie. Torn between Camilla and Sophie as worried about nick names for the others- Fliss, Ali, Ella, Lou...Not a fan.

I've never heard Alice shortened to Ali.
I've heard Eloise be shortened to Ellie but not Ella

Camilla makes me think posh/royal family, although I do like the nn Cam.

The Sebastian I know has a sister called Cecilia. Beautiful name IMO!

Claudia.

Not keen on Camilla. Eloise would probably be LuLu.
I like Sophie/Sophia the best, it goes well with Sebastian.
Other names;
Jasmine
Heidi
Rosanna
Caroline
Anya

I like Camilla. I think the nickname is usually Millie?

Love the name Cecilia but it's my mother's name!!! Love Heidi too but DH doesn't. May put Anya to him although we have my sister as Annabelle in our family and DH mother is Anya

Camille?

Eloise is a beautiful name. (the one I know, gets her name shortened
to Elle or Ellie, never Ella)

Not too keen on Sophie tbh, (too overused for me), much prefer
Sophia, has a nicer sound to it (but thats just my opinion).

Other suggestions:

Seren
Esther
Adeline
Juliette
Celeste
Genevive
Eleanor
Phillipa
Marcia
Kaitlyn
Lois
rosa
Olivia
Matilda
Martha
Ruby

We have a Sebastian and a Matilda which I think work well together 😊

If we were to have another girl, we like Martha, Rosie or Florence.

Sophie is lovely, as is Eloise. The Eloise I know is called Ellie 90% of the time so worth bearing that in mind as a potential nickname too!

I love Eloise but I’m biased since it’s DD’s middle name. It could be shortened to Ellie rather than Lou.
Camilla makes me think Parker Bowles and I don’t agree that she’ll be too old/dead by the time yours is old enough to know; we’ll probably have Queen Camilla so the association will be even stronger!!

Sophie is really boring (just my opinion).
Really like Alice, I know a few between newborn and 35 and have never heard it shortened.
Felicity just isn’t my thing but I wouldn’t let BIL’s brother put you off if you love it.

I think it's a bit silly of him to feel outnumbered and utterly unreasonable to feel emasculated, especially since you will have equal numbers of men and women in the house!

I do know an Alice nn Ali, though it doesn't flow naturally to me. I don't mind Camilla but I don't love it. I think Claudia is a great suggestion. Other ideas:

Juliet
Rosalind
Lois
Emmeline
Caroline