My long short list (girls)

[Idontlikerainymondays]

Struggling to narrow this down.
We already have a Hannah in the family.

Amelie
Annabelle
Arabella
Clara
Connie
Emma
Emilia
Freya
Genevieve
Heidi
Isabella
Juniper
Kitty
Lucy
Martha
Phoebe
Polly
Rosanna
Rosalie
Rosie
Sophia
Sadie
Savannah
Zara

Middle name ideas (depending on the name we choose)

Kathleen (family name)
Wren
Nell
Faith
Hope
Autumn
Eloise
Elise

I really like

Emma Kathleen
Lucy Kathleen
Rosanna Hope
Annabel Faith
Clara Faith

There are some lovely names on your list . . .

Lovely list!

My favourites are

Clara Faith / Hope / Louise
Emma Faith / Hope / Kathleen
Lucy Eloise / Nell / Wren
Pheobe Eloise / Nell / Wren

I wouldn’t recommend Annabelle Arabella Emma or Savannah with Hannah.

Hannah and Lucy are the perfect sib set.

I also like
Hannah and Sophia.
Hannah and Isabella.
Hannah and Rosie.
Hannah and Phoebe.
Hannah and Martha.
Hannah and Freya.

I like Hannah. Is Hannah your DC?

Love: Emma, Polly
Like: Lucy, Martha, Phoebe
OK but they are diminutives: Kitty, Connie, Sadie, Heidi, Rosie, Nell
Not keen: Rosanna, Faith, Hope, Autumn, Elise

Overused, too frilly or dated: Amelie, Annabelle, Arabella, Emilia, Isabella. Genevieve, Sophia, Zara, Eloise,
Don't like: Clara, Freya, Juniper, Savannah, Rosalie, Wren

Kathleen (family name) - use this

What's the surname? You don't have to say but some of the names might not go with it. e.g Martha McArthur.

Hannah and Heidi/Rosannna/Savannah not good for siblings

I would have Kathleen as the middle name because of its family connection and it works with all of them apart from Kitty.
My favourite is Genevieve. I would avoid the A names, Emma and names with a 'anna' in them with a sibling Hannah.

Thank you.

Sorry, I should have said, Hannah is my sister, so will be aunty to the baby, not a sib set. 😊

Annabelle, Clara, Juniper and Polly

wren, autumn and Eloise are my favourite of your middles

I like Clara, Emma, Rosanna, Savannah and Genevieve

But Emma and Genevieve and my top 2 from your lost.

Your whole list is nice, I don’t think you could go far wrong with any of the names, we must have a similar taste as a fair few of these were on my list! I wouldn’t worry at all about whether the name goes with your sister’s name.

points I’d think about (and did think about in some cases!) for names on your list:

Amelie, Arabella, Clara and Freya I think are having a bit of a moment, so I’m not sure how well they’ll age.

I personally would use Catherine, Caitlin or something similar on the birth certificate for Kitty. I’d also consider Constance, Cornelia, Corinne for Connie.

I think Rosie is adorable on a child but might sound too cutesy on an adult. I love Rosanna and Rosalie on your list so you could have Rosie as a nickname for one of those (or go Rose or Rosa).

Genevieve would likely be shortened to Jen or Jenny, so consider whether you like those. I’m personally not keen on Sav or Savvy for Savannah and it would be likely to be shortened, I considered the name (and would again for a future baby) and think I would impose Annie.

Really like - Emma, Clara, Connie, Freya, Lucy, Martha, Phoebe, Polly, Rosanna, Zara

Dislike - Annabelle (like Annabel though), Arabella, Isabella, and Savannah - too frilly for my taste. Juniper - too trendy.

I’d pick Emma, Phoebe or Polly. Kathleen is my favourite middle name as it had family significance, and I’m not keen on the other options.

I love Clara, Freya, Lucy and Sophia from that first list.

Really love all the second names, except Autumn.

Lovely names!

Ideas for combinations

Emma Kathleen
Freya Elise
Heidi Wren
Heidi Kathleen
Martha Nell
Kitty Hope
Sophia Kathleen
Emilia Kathleen
Rosalie Autumn

If you already have a Hannah, I would avoid another ending in an A sound.

I like:

Hannah and Genevieve
Hannah and Lucy
Hannah and Kate (Kitty)

Genevieve Faith
Lucy Elise
Kate Autumn

@Theoldwoman , Hannah is OP's sister.

Lucy or Martha Kathleen

Savannah Hope
Genevieve Faith
Lucy Kathleen

Really nice list. I like Freya, Polly and Eloise.

I absolutely adore the name Arabella and love all of your middle name suggestions too!