Which name? Older sibling James

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Which is nicest? Any other suggestions in the same style?

Emma
Rachel
Sarah

Andrew
Matthew

I like Rachel. The youngest one I know is 10.

Emily
Katherine
Rebecca
Louise

Thomas
Benjamin
Paul

Great names
I’d pick emma and Matthew

James is a lovely name

ooh, any of them! Although I should probably throw in a vote for Emma!
I don't think there are many younger Sarahs and Rachels around, or Andrews. I know a few Matthews but they're in the 10-15 age group now. I think any of those work well with James, they're all good traditional names.

Suggestion:

Peter
Christopher nn Kit
Barnaby
Eliza

I like all of them too, with a slight preference for Emma and Matthew.

Martin springs to mind for some reason, or Mark, Jonathan, Peter, Simon, David and Paul.

Such a refreshing change from all the other name threads.

Katherine (Beth or Kitty)
Elizabeth (lizzy)
Frances (Fran)
Josephine (if you’re happy with a double J)

Alex
Thomas
Blair
Christopher (Kit)
Stuart
Euan

My DS1 is James and his siblings are above.

Oh and I also considered Sylvie

Gorgeous list. Rachel is definitely due a come back. Also love Sarah and Emma.
The only name I don’t like out your list is Matthew.
Other suggestions that you might like.
Amy. Jessica. Laura. Louise. Kate. Georgia. Clare Hannah. Rebecca. Megan. Faye.

Thomas. Daniel. Joseph. Alexander. William.
Ben. David. Michael.

I like Emma and Matthew. Benjamin?

Katherine
Anna
Harriet?
Clara
Christine

But Emma and Mathew are lovely
I’d go with those

Sarah and Andrew are my favourites

Hannah
Alice
Anna
Emily
Rebecca
Catherine/Katherine
Laura
Eleanor
Lucy
Abigail
Susanna

Benjamin
Christopher
Charles
David
Daniel
Luke
Michael
Nicholas
Peter
Robert
Samuel
Thomas
William

All lovely names, hard to choose between them. Not very helpful I know

I have a James, his sister is called Jennifer. Other names we had in our list were

Elizabeth
Madeleine
Emmeline

William
Daniel
Nathaniel

Jemima?

Any of them sound great, but Rachel and Matthew are my particular favourites.

Thank you all. Some of these suggestions are lovely.

Middle name for a girl will be Elizabeth. Middle name for a boy likely to be Eric.

My name is Katharine and my husbands is Jonathan so we won't use either of those.

I think my favourites are Emma and Matthew but I can't convince DH on Matthew unfortunately.

I think you can pair James with pretty much any classic traditional or biblical name. Emma and Mathew are my favourites from your list.

Katharine
Anna
Sophie
Charlotte
Esther/Hester
Leah
Ruth
Emily
Rebecca
Laura

Thomas
William
Edward
Henry
Edmund
Alistair
Patrick
David
Michael
Richard
Nicolas
Dominic

I like all of them very much.

My favourites are Emma and Andrew.

I love the name Rachel

DS is James, it's a lovely name! Also in the running were Alexander, Michael, Aidan and Aaron. If he'd been a girl he would have been Caroline, Alice or Helena.

My favourites are Emma and Matthew too @whichnamenow - what does your partner not like about it?

Lucy Elizabeth
Phoebe Elizabeth

Magnus Eric
Daniel Eric