Please Help!

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I’ve name changed for this as I intend to give my surname out and therefore don’t want it linked to any other posts.

Baby girl was born 3 weeks ago and me and DH cannot agree on a name.

We both want something “normal” so no apples or Otillies.

We both like but can’t have Amelia
I like Bella, Lola, Phoebe, but DH has said no.
DH likes Isabella, Chloe but I’m not keen.

Our surname is Side and we have a son already, so the name has to go with that as well.

Please help, I’m getting really stressed about this!

I like Cora and Cleo

Bellina.
Penelope.
Annabel/Annabella.

Annabelle Side

I may be overthinking this, but some shorter names ending in an a or i sound, could sound like a crime. For example Anna Side/homicide. S can also combine awkwardly with some preceding consonants. I think you avoid both issues with a longer name, ending in a vowel, as pps have suggested.

I think a longer name works well with a short surname. I can't think of any that haven't already been mentioned but I think Bethany Side sounds lovely and could go well with your sons name too ?

Chloe Side is perfectly fine OP. Beautiful in fact. I was going to suggest Holly.

I think the e or y ending works well with Side. Possibly 3 syllables better than 2.

So Chloe, Amy, Holly, Molly, Emily, Melanie, Natalie, Stephanie (if you like alliterative names ) Valerie, Kimberley, Verity, Naomi, Clemency

Elodie Elizabeth Side

I think you're over thinking it. Chloe Side sounds perfectly nice, and Molly would go fine with the type of name your son has.

Also the suggestions of Isabella nn Bella are good - you'd both get what you want and your DH sounds like he is being pretty unreasonably difficult by saying he would shorten to Izzy!

The name Sandi/Sandy will be the most in vogue name mid decade. Get ahead of the curve and use it now!

There are a lot of names here which I like but we can’t have because of other family members for example Holly, Bethany, Emily.

I do really like Amelia but there is a half sibling called Emily and I read a post on here where everyone said Emily and Amelia are too similar.

Whilst I quite like Sandy, I really don’t think Sandy Side works.

To the person who said about the homicide and the e/y ending I think you’re right. I think that’s my actual issue with Isabella, I don’t think Isabella Side works. It would need to be Isobel Side which is even more likely to be shortened to Izzy rather than Bella. But still Bella Side or even Belle Side just doesn’t work.

Juliet
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Harriet
Madeleine
Clara
Genevieve

Go for something that ends in a consonant sound. No Y or IE or A ending.
Vivien.
Marianne.
Charlotte.
Caroline.
Juliet.
Rachel.

You can give her a different surname? Side is a pretty awkward name, what made you decide to use it?

Side is a pretty awkward name, what made you decide to use it?
Because that’s their name. Are they supposed to give their child a random surname?

Millicent
Elizabeth
Felicity
Annabel

@pinkyredrose that’s a really random reply, it’s our family name. What other name do you suggest?

Charlotte is a good suggestion.
Lottie is a nice nickname.

Three or four syllables sounds good with Side I think.

Elizabeth Side
Imogen Side
Felicity Side
Sophia Side
Eleanor Side

You can give her a different surname? Side is a pretty awkward name, what made you decide to use it?

This is just such a weird comment. You can't imagine why they'd give their child the family surname?

Chloe is a lovely name
Chloe slide is great

Amelia and Emily aren’t too similar for half siblings i don’t think. Particularly not if there’s a bit of an age gap so they’re not likely to have same friends

Imogen Slide is also really noce

*nice

I know siblings called Amelia and Emily.

Think hard about how Firstname Surname looks like and sounds.
You might want to avoid Tyne, Mersey, River, Brooke etc