Thoughts on These girls names- are they all just a bit meh!

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So, 4 weeks to go and our name list isn’t getting any shorter.

Names currently in the running are
Sophie
Josie
Emmi (Emilia)
Eva/ Eve/ Evie
Bella

Ella
Amber

DH and I can’t agree on any of them.

My favourite is Ella. His is Amber problem is, we have a son called Sam.
(Sam and Ella sounds like a form of food poisoning) and Sam and Amber May be too samey!
All suggestions welcome

Autocorrect changed my post! Meant to say I like the pronunciation Jo-see, but not Jo-zee.

Yes they are all meh.

Emmie is lovely and very girly..i really like that

Sam and Ella lol I used to pronounce it like this as a kid!!
Amber is lovely though!

Amber for me. It wouldn't cross my mind that they were same. To me they're not.
Emilia is also pretty but rather popular.
Do you especially like short names?

How about Ava?
Or I really like Amber out of those.

Oooh, I like Ember!

What about Belle? Just chucking around names that have similar sounds to Amber and Ella.

Eva reminds me of Hitler sorry
Sophie is lovely

Eleni (pronounced Ell-enny)?

I love Sophie & Josie with Sam

Elle is beautiful and close enough to Ella although more 'grown up' and sophisticated.

I know Ella is a name in its own right, but to me it always just sounds like a pronoun, the least though you could put into naming your female child is to call them Elle or Ella - "she" in French or Spanish...

Also of course Sam n Ella will blight them for a few years, though not once they're together less...

Anything else is probably ok, Josie is sweet but why not use the whole name - the same for Bella, if you called her Arabella or Isabella she'd have choices if there are 3 Bellas in the class/ team/ office...

Elka is a cool name (though technically also a pet form I think, but as that doesn't bother you - it sounds less cutesy and meh without losing the short and sweet practicality).

Please don’t got for Ella!

You’ve picked very popular names that are everywhere right now. Bella and amber are cute. So I’m going to suggest some others just because:-

Ebony
Esme
Eden
Jude
Jessie
Malia
Mali
Marley
Mila
Maya
Ayla
Harper
Piper
Cassie
Danni
Della
Freya
Fleur
Gia
Heidi
Imogen
Isobel
Janelle
Jaya
Rae
Savannah
Kayla
Cara
Lois
Layla
Lowri
Misty
Kitty
Nia
Noelle
Joelle
Quinn
Summer
Autumn
Thea
Thalia
Tinka
Via
Willow
Hettie
Hallie
Hope
Faith
Darcy
Seren
Jessica
Charlotte
Cody

Sophie - lovely, classic
Josie - ok
Emmi (Emilia) - no. I like Emma. So many Amelias, Emilias, Emilys and Amelies.
Eva/ Eve/ Evie - overused
Bella - ok
Ella - ok but not with Sam
Amber - ok but maybe not with Sam

Thank you for all of your suggestions.
It’s so hard picking the right one- though ylu’ve Given us lots to think about

In your position I'd probably go with Bella.

Lara? Phoebe?

My daughter (Sophie) goes to an all girl’s school and if you wanted to get trampled to death, you could call any one of those names except for Josie. (Charlotte and Olivia would bring mass stampede too.)

Ooooh, and Lily as well.

I like Amber and think it’s fine with Sam.

Josie/Josephine is growing in popularity as the “granny” names come back into fashion.

I’m biased but i like Sophie and Emily/Emilie as they are my and DD’s names classic names are often lambasted as being overused and boring but they are popular for a reason.

I like Amber and Josie too. Or how about Joss?

Cora? Clara? Belle?

My favourite is Bella, but I have a daughter called Bella so I'm probably biased! lovely name and we get a lot of compliments on it!
Amber to me is a bit dated, Eva and Evie are both very lovely, how about Ava? Sophie is lovely as well :)

I really don’t like Emmi, and I should know

I like Evie but I prefer Belle or Bel to Bella.

Ella and Sophie are my favourite.

I have a friend called Josie/Josephine. It’s quite cool and retro imo but I personally prefer the others.

Love Josie. It was on my list. Pretty and quite unusual these days, without being "out there".

Josie is a great name