Please help me find a perfect girl name

[moonsunandstars]

Hi :)

So I already have a Samuel, Rose and Elisabeth.

I'm currently 13 weeks pregnant.

They told me at the hospital that it's too early to tell gender, but I saw nothing between the legs on a scan and a nub analysis on the Internet says that it's 80 % a girl.

So based on the names of my existing children, which name would you recommend?

I used to like Florence, but not so much anymore.

Thank you :)

echo others, what dose your DH like? Also agree your current DCs have lovely strong classic names, putting something twee in the mix won’t feel right.

I have a friend with a Samuel and Elizabeth too, their third is Ivy.

If a boy

Christopher
Joseph
Arthur
Edward

Alexandra

I second Alexandra! Elisabeth and Alexandra sounds very regal!

Alternatively, Anna, Alice, Grace, Hannah, Matilda, Madeline, Miriam, Honor, Eleanor, Charlotte, Faith, Catherine (it has a lot of nicknames!), Mariana or Victoria might work (depending on your surname, of course).

Iris would also sound lovely, if you don't mind having two flower names!

Samuel, Rose, Elisabeth and….

Mabel
Persephone
Alice
Clara
Agnes
Grace
May
Winifred
Georgia
Hazel
Halle
Matilda
Lucia
Kitty
Margot
Emilia
Ivy
Marnie
Felicity
Harriet
Jessica

Then what names has he suggested?
Based on your DC's names, I would also choose something very classic like all the other suggestions.
My first thoughts were Lucy or Catherine but I'm pretty sure those have been suggested.
How about a slightly more unusual classic like Helen, Helena or Celia? Maybe Harriet or Maria.

Bella
Iris
Thea
Sophie
Nell
Tess
Molly
Dora
Lottie

Martha
Kitty
Camilla
Imogen
Amelia
June
Kate
Jemima
Tilly

Lucy
Sophie
Kate
Alice

Diana

Dorothea
Gloria
Delores
Peony

I think so far I like the name Matilda best.

I also like the fact that it's easy to pronounce in different countries.

I'm not English and it was important for me to pick names for my children that are easy to pronounce in different countries.

This was what also put me off the name Florence.

Frances Jane Lucy Josephine Margaret Lisa Joan Anna

If I were having a daughter, she’d be Jane.

Venetia
Anastasia
Phillippa

I think you need a name with an S in it. Or an S or Z sound. The other names all have that letter or sound

Alice
Cecily
Florence (very nice even though you're having second thoughts)
Celeste
Jessica
Josephine
Louisa
Celine
Cecelia
Zara

Lara
Gemima

Talia
Cassandra/Cassia
Collette
Zoe

Meredith

I think Florence is perfect with Samuel, Rose and Elisabeth. Matilda also works very well with them.

I can't believe your husband rejected all those names! He must be very picky.

I haven't combed through to make sure I'm not repeating but I'm giving some suggestions I'd call unusual but still classic in the hope that some of them might not have come up yet:

Aurelia, Anastasia, Amalia, Ariadne, Alessandra, Antonia, Aurora, Bronte, Cordelia, Calliope, Clarissa, Constance, Diana, Fenella, Georgette, Henrietta, Harmony, Isadora, Isolde, Jacinta, Jocelyn, Larissa, Lorelai, Miranda, Millicent, Melisande, Naomi, Octavia, Persephone, Philippa, Rhiannon, Sorrel, Saskia, Tabitha, Tamara, Vanessa, Verity, Xanthe, Ysanne

I'm a big fan of Cora recently

Samuel, Rose, Elisabeth and
Georgette
Henrietta
Charlotta
Matilda
Lucinda
Helena
Belinda
Francesca
Felicity
Marianne
Juliette
Adelaide
Constance

Maisie
Elodie
Clara
Violet
Imogen
Emily
Lily
Anya

Over the weekend I realised I really like the name Helen.

It's classic, elegant, feminine and not too common nowadays.

Would also fit with my other children's names.

But my husband is dead set against it because our next door neighbours infant daughter has that name.

I told him that it doesn't matter as we're not friends with them anyway and only exchange words every few months, but he won't budge. :(

Louisa.

Too close to Elizabeth, even though they spell it with an "S".

What a shame!
I think Helen is a beautiful name, not ditzy, it won't date, easy to spell etc.
Keep persuading him, it's a classic.