Lyra's sibling is called...

[Ontheflipside_]

36 weeks pregnant and the sex of the baby is a surprise.

For a boy we love Harry and that will be his name.

Girls is the struggle. We can't have/don't want another L name, which rules out names we like such as Lilian. Our surname is also a colour, so we don't want a flower or gem.

Don't like anything too twee or floral sounding. Would like something feminine and strong, like Lyra....

Names we like but won't use:
Lilian
Ruby
Charlotte
Sienna
Violet
Harper

Names we like and might potentially use:
Bridget (Bridie)
Nina
Harriet (Hattie)
Eloise

If anyone has any other suggestions please give me your thoughts!

Can't use Sylvie, Sylvia or Vida unfortunately

Really nice, but too floral/ cutesy for us

Bit too unusual for us, but thank you

I have a Harriet which was shortened by her friends to Hattie when she started school. I absolutely love the name

I like Freya, but not enough to use it

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

I think Nina is my number one choice. Now have the struggle of a middle name 😅

Lyra Elizabeth and Nina Catherine
❤️

Love Harriet and thought of that, then saw it was on your list.

Meredith?
philippa?

Love this ❤️

I personally prefer Harriet with Lyra just because of the different ending, but also really like the name Nina!

You could do Nina Harriet and incorporate both of your favourites?

If your surname is Green, I think Nina Green is too many ee sounds. Nina Brown would be fine though.

Penelope or Alexander (but Harry is fine).

I like Nina but also ..Freya ?

Aurelia
Persephone
Ophelia
Juliet
Etta
Sienna
Jasmine
Thea

I adore Nina Green! I actively sought out assonance in my children’s names but didn’t manage it with either! Sounds so poetic to me to have a hint of internal rhyme. Interesting others would avoid. Why naming is so subjective, I suppose

Love Nina generally. Feminine and strong. Great choice OP

Willow?

Clever.

i also suggest Stelmaria, Sacilia and Kirjava

Lyra by itself or with another girl's name just sounds like a strong girl's name, but I'd be concerned that Lyra and Harry together is too overwhelmingly mid-1990s children's fiction themed. :-/

Cleo or Imogen. I think it's better to avoid another name ending in "a", and I love Harriet but it doesn't have the right vibe to me.

Realta
Luna
Nova
Aurora

Go with Cassia/Cassie or Heidi
They are gorgeous!

Lyra and Nina sound gorgeous together but I also love Aurora, works well with Lyra as it has that whole celestial theme.

Or how about Aurelia?

I really don't like Harriet, I don't know why but it just feels like the name of someone boring, prim and proper, no offense to anyone with this name!

My first thought was Lola
Lyra and Lola, you said you don't want an L name again but it has a lovely ring to it

Bridget and Harriet are absolutely gorgeous!

Other suggestions:
Juno
Vera
Cleo
Naomi
Edith
Estelle
Tamsin

Late pregnancy insomnia and heartburn has me up!! So many lovely suggestions. Thanks so much everyone.

I am slightly conscious that the 'a' sound for both of their names might be too much. Which is why my second choice was Bridget. DH absolutely adores Harriet and whilst I really like it, it doesn't feel on the same wavelength as Lyra, Nina or Bridget.

Turns out we prefer 2 syllable names (Hattie would be the NN for Harriet) but prefer 3-4 syllable middle names.

Ahhh we had Lyra's name picked out so surely from about 25 weeks, so this feels hard 😂