Sofia and Olive?

[ForeveronEtsy]

What do you think of Olive as sibling for Sofia?

I’m really warming to it...just need to convince dp!
And think of a boys name....
Due in 6 weeks

Beautiful

Lovely names

Lovely alternative to the more popular Olivia too

I’m really starting to like Olive recently, Liv is a nice nn too. Hazel and Fern have a similar feel to me. Boys suggestions maybe Zachary, Luca, Isaac or Ivan?

Sofia is lovely and quite graceful. To me, Olive is the exact opposite, very lumpen and an unattractive sound. They're very different.

Ha - no from me - Olive just makes me think of Popeye and salad. I don’t get it. Sofia is so elegant and with such a rich history, if I were a sister called 🫒 I would be really pissed off.

Lois, Ines, Cleo, Bea(trice), Iris, Frances, Caitlin, Margot, Astrid, Marianne, Felicity all might be alternatives if you want something with a different feel to Sofia, or Cassia, Adela, Serena, Claudia, Flora, Miranda, Stella/Estella, Cordelia, Cecily/Cecilia if you don’t.

Patrick, Rufus, Dominic, Francis, Jude, Nicholas, Max, Guy, Hugh/Hugo, Luke/Lucas might be good for boys

It woul be a no from me because I remember Olive from On the Buses TV show - but I think the response you get will depend on the age of the poster.

Hmm mixed reviews!
Thank you for the suggestions. I get what you mean about them being a different style. I think this is what I’m struggling with!
Maybe Olive as a middle name?
Liking the boys suggestions

Love both these names

I think it's nice though I prefer Olivine out of the feminine Olive names.

Hope it all goes well for you

I like Olive. I also think the name Lydia goes well with Sofia.

I'm not keen. Sofia is so lovely, particularly like that spelling too. It is graceful and has a lovely international vibe. Olive sounds matronly and frumpy. Sisters can have a competitive dynamic and you are giving one sister a definite advantage with names here! Names with a similar vibe to Sofia would be Ana or Lara?

Sofia is a beautiful Italian name. Goes lovely with

Francesca
Alessia
Lucia
Arianna
Gaia

Matteo/Matthew
Antonio/Anthony
Marco
Lucas
Rocco
Rosco (I used to know an adorable Rosco)

Really dislike it. Who wants to be named after an olive?

Much prefer Olivia but it is everywhere.

I don’t think it goes very well with Sofia.

Olive is lumpy. Olivia or livia.

Olivia is a yes, Olive is a no for me.

It is a no from me. I dont like Olivia though tbh either.

I also think Sophia and Olive are different style names

Sofia sounds very popular European, Olive is more unusual English retro/vintage to me (so I'm not keen). I think Olivia, although super popular in the UK, works much better somehow. Other names that work with Sofia to me (all popular in a few different European countries) :

Emilia
Maya
Anna
Eva
Elena
Ella
Mila

Elias
Lucas
Leo
Felix
Alexander
Gabriel
Max(imilian)

I know an Olive. Everyone feels vaguely sorry for her for her name and she hates it.

I'd feel hard done by if I were the Olive and not Sophia tbh.

prefer the italian suggestions, either olivia or olive as a middle name, olives are like marmite and it reminds people of frumpy women because of olive from on the buses
www.bing.com/images/search?q=on+the+buses+olive&form=HDRSC3&first=1&tsc=ImageBasicHover

Olive 🫒 is an oily green vegetable.

I'm really not keen.

Sofia snd Olive don’t sound right at all they are very different names

Argh you know what I think you are right!
The issue I am having is I want it to go with Sofia (so similar style) but not sound too Italian as I am only half Italian and it seems a bit much if that makes sense.
So any more suggestion of pretty, timeless names please?
Jury is out for boys names! The ones I like tend to be popular and traditionally English, like George and Freddie