A sibling for Abigail

[Starshapeddreams]

Hello,

Baby girl no 2 due next week, we can't agree on a name for her. We have a short list of names we both like but we can't agree on what her name will be. Big sister is Abigail.

Our short list is
Hannah
Jessica
Beth
Lydia

Any advice or suggestions very welcome.

Jessica is lovely. All your choices are but in the same vein, how about:
Matilda
Florence
Eloise
Rosalind (Rosa)
Charlotte
Harriet
Phoebe

Love Beth, it’s a timeless classic but not so much of a fan of the others which all feel quite 90s/early 00s. Lydia has a very harsh and unpleasant sound to it.

I like all your choices except Lydia. Probably because of the Lydia Chlamydia rhyming thing.

Other suggestions would be: -

Sarah
Emily
Sophie
Faye
Fern
Ellen

As soon as I saw the title I was going to suggest Jessica as I think Abigail & Jessica go so nicely together!

Also like Lydia very much and the other two names are also very pretty

Another name which I think matches nicely with Abigail is Julia

The minute I saw the title my mind immediately said Jessica, then I read your opening post and saw your list and lo and behold Jessica was 2nd on the list. So despite liking your other suggestions, I am sticking with Jessica as my favourite.

Jessica

Jessica is just perfect with Abigail :)

I like all of your other name ideas too.

I know an Abigail and Evelyn (Abbie and Evie) which is also nice.

Other ideas

Eliza
Harriet
Imogen
Caroline
Georgia
Lucy
Vivien
Francesca
Florence

Lydia is my favourite

Chloe
Sophie
Eliza

I love the name Lydia and don’t come across many - I have one myself but she’s 16.

I like Lydia. Also

jemima
eliza
phoebe
harriet
helena
martha
esther
georgia
tabitha
grace
emily
julia

Margot
Julia
Mary (Marie, Maria)
Helen
Victoria
Susanna
Claire
Alison
Ruth
Miranda

I'm biased as I have a Jessica. If I had another girl she would be an Abigail. I think the names go really well together.
I also like Beth on your list.
Hannah is nice but not as strong as your other choices IMO.

Lydia

The others with Abigail are Very Christian

Imogen

Charlotte
Imogen
Naomi
Martha
Elisabeth
Bethany
Beatrice

Jessica is just right - the only other name that sprang to mind was Rebecca.

I think another biblical name would work well
Eg
Miriam
Naomi
Sarah
Jemima
Esther
Zara
Georgia
Tabatha

Bethany or Hannah

I know a very lovely young Abigail, whose sister is called Lucy. (And an older one, whose sister is called Amanda.). Will you shorten it? I have a friend who is Abigail and always known as Gail, whereas I know a lot of the youngsters are Abi - and that may make a difference too.

Abigail and Lydia.

Suggestions:

Abigail and Violet
Abigail and Chloe
Abigail and Laura
Abigail and Tessa
Abigail and Frances
Abigail and Kate
Abigail and Jasmin

Jessica

Huh? Lydia is a Biblical name but Jessica (unless you count Yiskah) and Beth (unless short for Elizabeth) aren't? If she wants to avoid a Biblical theme she'd be better off with one of those two. Lydia and Hannah are much more directly biblical. But, as all 4 names can be linked to Biblical names, maybe it's deliberate.

I love Hannah and Jessica. Not sure I could choose a favourite out of the two. Less keen on Lydia and Beth.

Abigail, Hannah and Beth are derived from Hebrew @theduchessofspork but not particularly Christian other than Lydia.

Jessica is from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

Susannah or Christina would go with Abigail IMO.

Jessica and Hannah are lovely. I'd choose Jessica of the two.

Suggestions:
Caroline
Susannah
Josephine
Elizabeth
Lucy
Naomi
Zoe
Cecelia

Abigail and Jessica
Abigail and Naomi