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Need help with girls name for sister Isla

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emmatake2 · 13/05/2022 09:26

We are expecting our second baby and struggling to come up with girls names we like as much as we liked Isla. We have a definite boys name but can't find a girls one we love. I'm not keen on long names as we have a long surname and won't choose something that can have a lot of nicknames.

Here are some names we like but feel like they could be beaten:

Lucy
Hannah
Freya
Holly
Amy
Rosie
Keira

Any suggestions?

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Alfonsomango · 13/05/2022 10:48

Alma is beautiful and has the simplicity of Isla. It's derived from Latin meaning nourishing. But it's the Portuguese and Spanish word for soul

BlueChampagne · 13/05/2022 11:00

Love Lucy!

Freya
Zoe
Morven

womaninatightspot · 13/05/2022 11:06

Mirren

DrFoxtrot · 13/05/2022 11:07

Alma suggested by PP is lovely!

AMegaPint · 13/05/2022 11:31

I don't think Isla & Alma sound like a good sib set personally. It's a bit of a mouthful together with both names ending in a.

From your list, I love Lucy & Rosie.

ZoyaTheDestroyer · 13/05/2022 11:40

Isla is so popular that I think you need to take this into account when naming DC2. Alma is too unusual as a combination. You’ll have a disappointed child in every souvenir shop you enter.

Zoë would be lovely.

MissPocket · 13/05/2022 11:48

I like Lucy.

Pippa
Cora
Connie

Snowiscold · 13/05/2022 11:55

Lara.
Zoe.
Cara.
Kirsty.
Polly.
Tessa.

Fivemoreminutes1 · 13/05/2022 11:57

Hazel
Thea
Scarlett
Anais
Sasha
Nina
Fern

Mamadothehump · 13/05/2022 11:58

Paige? Brooke?

Fivemoreminutes1 · 13/05/2022 11:58

Bella
Libby
Maeve

hoomaeyy · 13/05/2022 12:00

Love Hollie!

How about Cora, Etta, Ines, Rosa

GreyTS · 13/05/2022 12:04

Zoë, I have one and her best friend is Isla, love the sound of them together....Isla and Zoë

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emmatake2 · 13/05/2022 13:58

Thank you so much, lots of new ones for us to consider. I do really love Zoe but we already have a Zoe in the family so can't use it

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catbirddogchild · 13/05/2022 13:59

Lisa the natural match for Isla Surely

MysticCT · 13/05/2022 14:01

I immediately thought of Freya before I clicked on it. I think they are both lovely names.

ElenaSt · 13/05/2022 14:06

Eloise.
Grace.
Sylvie
Nora

ElenaSt · 13/05/2022 14:06

Jolie

user1492757084 · 13/05/2022 14:13

Isla and ...

Lucy
Bridget
Rosie
Catriona

all beautiful

Rainbowqueeen · 13/05/2022 14:18

Daisy
phoebe
claire
Grace
Chloe

17caterpillars1mouse · 13/05/2022 14:26

I love Hannah
And I really like Lucy and Holly

Some suggestions

Isla and Imogen
Isla and Rachel
Isla and Constance NN Connie
Isla and Bethany or Bethan
Isla and Emmeline
Isla and Sophie
Isla and Jasmine
Isla and Heidi

Any you like?

Workawayxx · 13/05/2022 14:26

I like Isla with a sibling name that doesn't end in an "a" sound.

Lucy
Zoe is lovely but I see you can't use it
Holly
Grace
Sophie
Rose
Poppy
Lily

Thejugglestruggle · 13/05/2022 14:32

Cora
Clara
Elodie
Seren
Sophia
Tabitha
Antonia
Margot

(The list of girls names never used, from a boy mum 🤣)

bjjgirl · 13/05/2022 14:34

Eva

KimWexlersPonyTail · 13/05/2022 14:34

Isla and Isabel
Isla and Imogen