What do you like?

[mommyandmore]

Hello! We have DC number 2 arriving in April. Our DD is called Nora. What are your thoughts on these names? We are from the UK, Near Brighton ☺️

Emmeline - will it be confused with Emily?
Margot - Too popular?
Elize

Arnold NN Arnie
Henry - used to love it but I've gone off it recently and I'm not sure why!

Any other suggestions are welcome! 🤩

I prefer Eliza to Elize

Jonah
Edward

Hanne
Heloise

I love Emmeline. How do you pronounce it?

Other suggestions
Aveline
Eloise
Evangeline
Luciana
Alice
Gwen
Madeleine
Madeline
Louise

Nolan
Frederick
Otto
Hugo
Lucian
Victor
Jeremy
Ansel
Peter
Paul
Lucas
Ivor
Elias
Elliott

Like emmeline but agree will be confused w Emily. Margot goes well with Nora. Eliza is nice. Arnold is nice with Nora and actually quite like it. Henry I love.

Margot or Eliza are lovely with Nora. I like Emmeline too, if you don’t mind people mishearing as Emily, and Emmy is a nice nn.

Boys - I think Arnie / Arnold could make a comeback, but hasn’t yet so it still sounds very old man to me. Arthur, Alfred, Albert (Artie, Alfie / Freddie, Albie / Bertie) are safer options, if you prefer? Henry is great if you don’t mind its popularity.

Emmeline - will it be confused with Emily? Yes.
Margot - Too popular? Probably, but it goes with Nora
Elize - looks like a bad spelling of Elise

Arnold and Henry both good. Arnie is less common.

Girls ideas

Florence
Alice
Mabel
Iris
Violet
Elsie
Maisie
Connie

Stanley
Frederick
Leo
Robert / Bobby
Harry
Edward /Ted
Toby
George
Max
Frank

Emmeline - it's ok.
Margot - Awful.
Elize - ok. What about Eloise or Elena? Or Louise?

Arnold - no
Henry - ok

What about Elliot or Felix?

I like Emmeline and Elize.
Don't particularly like Henry and hate Arnold but then I'm not into these grandad names.

Margot and Emmeline are lovely. What about Ivy, Emma, Violet, Lois?

I'm not keen on either of your boys names I'm afraid. What about Elliott, William or Edward?

Nora is such a pretty name!

All the names on your list are good names.
Many good ideas from previous posters too.

Thanks everyone for your replies! Some great suggestions! I know Arnold is a bit marmite 😂 and I don't know if I'm brave enough to use it tbh.

DH mentioned Camille last night NN Cami which I also quite like. I do love French names as they are so pretty and elegant in my eyes.

Thanks all for your honestly and suggestions so far! X

Do you like Nora and ..
Hugh
Christopher
Digby
Camilla
Eliza
Zena

I had a friend growing up called Emmeline. Never recall any confusion with Emily, even when we were tiniest. Just down the road in Kent.

With the greatest of respect, no to Arnold. Edwin, Frederick, Thomas?

Love Emmeline, also like Margot.

Love Arnold and Like Henry

Personally I love elegant Emmeline best (no I don’t think it’ll get confused for Emily by 90% of people as Pankhurst is pretty well known), and quite like pretty Elise too (with this more well known spelling) and Camille is nice enough.

But although they aren’t exactly my style, I do think Margot and Nora go brilliantly together as a sibset - kind of trendy, retro hipster cool (20’s New York jazz club sort of names).

But while all your girls names are fine, please don’t go with Arnold 🤣 It’s too associated with the actor in the UK (and since it’s a classic film I can imagine he’ll still have “I’ll be back” said often enough once he’s old enough to watch /understand). Weirdly though personally I also find it has a geeky sound too (a bit like Eugene).

Classic Henry is lovely though, or maybe consider continuing to go the retro hipster/cool route with a name like Raymond (Ray), Wilfred (Wilf), August (Augie) ?

I like Arnold nn Arnie - it must be about to come back and goes well with Nora

I like Emmeline too and don't think it would be mistaken for Emily, any more than the other way round - it's fairly well used

Henry is nice but way overdone, Margot quite overdone, and Elize a bit odd

Maybe...

Enid
Clio
Lois
Stella
Cecile
Ida
Daphne
Frances
Ines
Vita
Oona

Ernest nn Ernie
Laurence nn Laurie
Robert nn Bobby
Toby
Victor
Dashiell
Owen
Corin
Ivor
Philip nn Pip
I also like Ignatious nn Iggy...

Nora and Margot
Nora and Henry

Some suggestions:

Nora and Alice
Nora and Isobel
Nora and Juliet
Nora and Tess

Nora and Benjamin
Nora and Jeremy
Nora and Francis
Nora and Elias