Elizabeth, Catherine and...?

[knittedgoldfish]

We've found out we're expecting a third girl (!!) and we are really struggling for a name this time.

I like Constance but DH has vetoed. He wants Mary or Madeleine but I hate both.

Help us please!

Anna
Clara
Enid
Hope
Jemima
Ophelia
Penelope
Ruth
Esther
Vivienne

Rachael, Rebecca, Georgia, Harriet.
Are your daughter's in age order E and C? If so, I'd be tempted to have an A name as I like things to have an order and alphabetically, that would be counting down backwards skipping a letter each time EdCbA. (Equally if they're C then E I'd go for a G name.) A names... Annabelle, Anna, Alice, Annalise, Agatha

Josephine
Roberta

Really like Phillipa, but yes I think it would end up as Pippa.

Also, I know two Vitas, one of whom is short for Victoria so Vicky is not inevitable - also know a Tori but Vita goes better I think
Charlotte?

Is Philippa destined to be Pippa?

I'm a Philippa and I have never been Pippa. I am Pip or Phil though to various people.

FWIW I think Sophia is beautiful in its own right and it would go well with the other names.

I did know a Victoria who was called "Tori" and another called "Tor", but I personally wouldn't risk the association with the Tories (depends on your politics I guess!)

Alaxandra or Victoria, Cassandra at a push? Amelia would work too...Josephine? Juliette? Margaret nn Maggie? Rosalind? Roseline? Rosemary?

Harriet
Elenor
Clara
Penelope
Martha
Jane

Victoria
Beatrice

Isabelle,
Isabella
Rosalyn
Charlotte
Alexandra
Georgina
Juliette

Ruth

Florence. Alexandra. Annabella

Imogen
Margaret
Beatrice
Grace
Stephanie
Lucinda

Hannah came to mind immediately.

Agatha
Jemima
Veronica
Thora
Imelda

Olivia

Vanessa
Vivienne

Florence

Hillary

No Tories here thanks, hence also no Margaret!

Elizabeth is usually Lizzie but Catherine is never shortened. We'd prefer to not shorten any name we choose but Lizzie's (the oldest) got shortened at school, which we expected.

Quim I'll use that the next time he pleads!

Amelia

Old English/medieval names

Elizabeth, Catherine and Alice
Elizabeth, Catherine and Cecily/Cicely
Elizabeth, Catherine and Elinor/Helena
Elizabeth, Catherine and Isolde
Elizabeth, Catherine and Marianne
Elizabeth, Catherine and Bryony
Elizabeth, Catherine and Isabel (although is Isabel another form of Elizabeth?)

Philippa also fits the theme :)

We won't suggest Teresa then

One of the reasons I love the name Elizabeth (apart from the association with Elizabeth Bennett) is all the options for shortening it.

Harriet

Isabella

I think it's inevitable that both names will be shortened in the future so I wouldn't hold fast against Victoria just because you don't like Vicky. Your daughter might but you could always call her by her full name.

Alexandra to complete the three, without a doubt.

Miriam