Help me with my girl shortlist - it's very short....

[Yuzuko]

Hey all!
I have a son Sam ( Samuel) and a daughter called Rowan. I'm having another girl in June this year and have got stuck on a couple of names but not yet convinced. Middle name is likely to be either Rose or Helen.

1. Ariel, with the nick name 'Ari' ( pronounced 'Ah' ri , not Air-ee).
   I LOVE the boys name Ari and I'm disappointed not to be able use it. So I've been thinking of more feminine names that I could shorten to Ari. They include : Ariel, Aria, Arielle, Ariadne, Ariella..... of these I still like Ariel the best. My dh is not convinced- he thinks it's either too Disney mermaid princess... or too Israeli prime minister . Personally I like that it's a very unisex name and I associate it more with Shakespeare's character in the tempest, who is a sprite sometimes played as feminine and sometimes as male. I also love the meaning which is either 'lion' or 'eagle'.
   Someone has suggested I just stick to Ari, but feminise it slightly by spelling it Arie. Any thoughts?

2. Josie - short for either Josefina/Josephine/ Josefine. This is favourite of Hubby and he keeps on using it, just hoping it will stick! My family background is Italian so to me I like the Josefina with the 'a' sound on the end rather than the more traditionally French/English Josephine. I don't really like the meaning of the name 'god grows greater ( or something like that!) ' but I do like the sound. I also think Josie or Joey are very cute nn for a girl.

So I guess she could be:

Josefina Rose
Josephine Helen
Ariel Rose
Arie Rose

Does Anyone have any thought or gut reactions to these names???

Thanks in advance.

I love the suggestions of Arietty and Arianwen. Great ways to get Arie (prefer this spelling) nickname. Harriet also works really well.

Josie. Or Jodie.

Josefina

Ariel is something to do the laundry with.

I like Josephine most from your list.

my fav out of all the names is Josephine but not with Helen as it doesn’t flow, I think Josephine Rose is darling. otherwise Josefina Rose x

Ariel. It's different but not weird, it's easy to say and spell, theres the Little Mermaid and TMNT associations and I think lots of different characters could pull it off - a girly girl, tom-boy, geeky girl, quiet, outgoing etc etc.
Josie/Josephine is so plain and dated and boring.

What about Arrietty (from the Borrowers) and Ari for short?

I like Josefina Rose.

I know too many Arielles or Ariels. My mind goes to Little Mermaid or just blah! I just dont care for it!