Help with final two of each sex!

[nameconundrum]

Love classic names- literally couldn't care less about popularity before anyone comments on that. Baby is coming in less than a month and we don't yet know the sex.

Boy:
Edward
George

Girl:
Eliza
Emily

And should say for Edward we prefer Ed as the diminutive, also like Ted

Beautiful names! George and Eliza are my favourites.

Edward and Eliza.

Eliza is the most memorable and beautiful of them.

Edward and Emily

George and Eliza

Edward and Eliza (would call Elizabeth so full option is there, nn Eliza)

Edward and Emily are lovely. George too. Don't like Eliza reminds me of a Victorian maid 😂

George and Emily, but they're all good names.

Very consistent choices, I know so many sibling pairs with different combos of these names.

Edward and Emily.

I really don't like George but I do like Eliza also, just slightly prefer Emily

Eliza is Victorian Maid to mr too (I don't dislike it but it definitely conjures up that image even though I have known quite a few).

George and Emily are my favourites

I know sooo many Edwards, Georges and Emilys. I know you don't care about popularity but your children may...?

George and Eliza would be my choice. I do like Ted (Edward) too. Not so keen on Emily.

Why would they? There are so many different names out there nowadays that even a top 20 name is unlikely to have duplicates in a class. It's not like it was 50-100 years ago. I'm more concerned about picking out names for them that don't date badly, which steadfastly popular, classic names don't tend to.

I have friends who picked Ottilie as they wanted something meek unusual- there are three of them in her nursery class.

My advice is not to decide now. Take all these names to hospital with you; it's nice to have a choice between two once baby has arrived. In my experience you'll know what you want deep down / which one suits then.

Why would they?

They may not like the need to add a surname initial to identify themselves.

It will also depend on how popular your surname is....

George and Eliza.
All classic, beautiful choices though.

I have friends who picked Ottilie

If you look at the statistics you will see that Ottilie has been rising steeply recently and has actually become very popular. So it's to be expected to find 3 in a nursery class.

I love all four, I love classical names too and mine all have top 20 names and I love them.

Edward
Emily

I prefer Eliza as Emily is an unpleasant sound to me. I really like Eliza.

I like your boy names equally. Prefer Ted over Ed.

But personally I'd wait and see if you think one suits the baby more than the other.

Prefer George as it won't get shortened. Edward is nice but I'm not keen on Ted
Of the two I prefer Emily. Not keen on Eliza, but do like Elizabeth.
Emily is ok but I prefer Emma.

Edward and Eliza

Good choices, I like them all but George and Emily would be my preferences.

Edward and Eliza

George and Emily