A sister for Bella..

[GreekGracie]

Hi everyone,

we are having our second daughter in August and for the life of us can’t decide on a name. We have a daughter named Bella Blue already and was hoping for some suggestions.

Our list so far:
Alba
Lacie
Nixie
Indie
Gigi
Sydney - my fave
Lumi
Lennie
Bonnie
Maeve
Eden
Roxie - husbands fave

but none are jumping out on us! Help please :)

Don't tell me to calm down, it is patrobising. It's ridiculous, because it is beautiful (m) hyphen beautiful (f) and a repetition of a sibling's name

I really like Alba, Maeve and Indie
i really dislike Gigi, Nixie, Lacie, Lumi, and Lenny
The others are ok.

Thats your opinion though doesnt mean everyone else will agree or think the same as you! You sound stuck up tbf considering your name "Fay" means fairy! 😂

Blame the parents

Has it crossed your mind that it might be a made up username? [hint: try saying it]

Our Bella's sister is Ellie. I hate Nixi what about Nora or Eileen ? Lexi is ok I suppose. Phoebe ? Elsie ?

I love both Bonnie and Sydney.

Given that you like Sydney, what about Sigourney?

I'm killing time waiting for a train so....

Roxine
Jenny
Thea
Wren
Iola
Edita
Avril / Avrie
Aerin
Edelie/ Adelie
Adelaide
Nancy /:Nancie
Byrdie
Celia
Connie
Corinne
Coralie
Delia
Daphne
Risa
Dulcie
Elva/Elvie
Nelle
Ivy / Ivie
Jolie
Kendra
Lexi
Marcie
Maxine
Sadie
Merryn
Mckenzie
Minnie
Fauna
Hazel
Ferne
Celina
Enya
Faith
Audrey
Earla
Harley
Maida
Wynnie
Ginia

My brother has a Bella and a Sienna

Actually, Faye is lovely.

watches your point go by

Not saying it wasn't but who is she to comment on a thread with her ridiculous comment to a name suggestion? Soon piped down when I pointed out that Fay means fairy! There was no need at all for her comment to my suggestion god knows what her problem is with the name Beau or Bella though 🤔

I love the name Bella Blue! I also really like the name Bonnie, and as bonnie means beautiful in Scotland I think it would go perfectly with Bella.

The issue is that both Beau and Bella mean beautiful so you'd be calling your child Beautiful-Beautiful

Also, Beau is the Masculine form so not a girl's name.

Why would you recycle a sibling's name?

It's hyphenated.

@AlwaysBeAMummyTo6

I like that Fay means fairly. Don't see what's wrong with it. Each to their own, I wouldn't take it so personally myself.

*fairy

Bonnie Blue was the name of Scarlett and Rhett's daughter in Gone With Wind wasn't it?

Talking of which, I also like Tara

didn't realise Bella meant beautiful tbh so thanks for pointing that out 😀but Beau can be used for either a girl of a boy's name though and I think Beau sounds better for a girl than a boy. But anyway that probably rules the suggestion out anyway if both names mean beautiful 😂

either a girl or a boys name*

also can I ask what's the problem in "reycyling" a siblings name? When I'm sure most of us have our dads, grandads, brothers, uncles, aunties, nannas, sisters or mothers name in our names if you understand what I'm saying. So I find that comment interesting 🤔

recycling*

Isla
Luna
Everly
Hallie
Willow
Vivienne
Esme
Lila
Ivy
Elowen

From your list, I like Bonnie and Eden best.

No rules about it but it seems a bit strange to use the same name twice for siblings

Linda means beautiful too

You could have siblings Susan and Lily, Deborah and Melissa, Ian and Shaun etc where both names have the same meaning

Alba or Sydney from your list are my favourite. I would say Bella maybe goes more with Alba x

Our Bella's sister is Harper ☺️

My name is roxanne. I've always loved being a roxanne. Everyone always talk about the name and it's like an automatic ice breaker everywhere I go. I've done really well in life and I honestly think being a roxanne helped simply because you get picked for stuff where people want to meet a roxanne. Even in job interviews I seem to be selected and then everyone mentions the name when I see them and always in a positive manner.

I also get a lot of references to the song but again, it's just an ice breaker and because it's made it so east to speak to people (I had to adjust growing up) i think it's contributed to me being confident meeting anyone.

I don't like to be called Roxie as I think that's not so great.

Nigella

I have a Bella and a Zoë.

Bizarrely, this was the sibling suggestion on the Mumsnet baby names page for Bella (can’t find it now). I didn’t find this until after we’d named both.