Girl name help!

[TheFamousMrEd]

C-section is booked for next week and I’m still really stuck on a name! I like more classic, longer names that can be shortened.

Older brother is called Alexander, so needs to match with that. No H names.

So far we like:
Charlotte (lottie)
Eleanor (Ellie)
Annabel (Annie) is it too weird to have another A name?

All suggestions welcome!

Clarissa
Anastasia
Matilda
Catherine
Christobel
Gwendolyn
Valentina
Miribelle

Alexander and Charlotte are perfect
Penelope
Isabelle.
Georgina.
Louisa.
Eleanor
Abigail
Cynthia
Madeleine
Jessica
Catherine
Virginia
Jennifer
Scarlett
Delilah
Cecelia
Victoria
Florence

Alexander and

Matilda (Tilly)
Josephine (Joni)
Rosemary (Rosie / Romy)
Penelope (Penny)
Jessica (Jess)
Abigail (Abbie)
Harriet (Hattie)
Katherine (Katie)
Elizabeth (Eliza)
Eloise (Ellie)
Philippa (Pippa)
Henrietta (Hettie)
Emilia (Emmy / Milly)
Caroline (Callie)

I love Charlotte and it's perfect with Alexander. I like Annabel and I think it's different enough because it's an An name, not another Al name. Eleanor is nice but I only like the full version and I think Ellie/Nell/Elle is pretty inevitable.

Alexanders I know have sisters called:
Sophia
Audrey
Anais
Elizabeth

Other ideas:
Arabella (Bella)
Amelia (Amy)
Bethany (Beth)
Clarissa (Clary)
Cassandra (Cassie)
Caroline (Carrie)
Dorothy (Dottie)
Evangeline (Eva)
Francesca (Frankie)
Florence (Flora)
Georgina (Georgie)
Gabriella (Gabby)
Isabella (Izzy)
Imogen (Immy)
Joanna (Jo)
Josephine (Josie)
Juliette (Etta)
Katherine (Katie)
Lilianna (Lily)
Lucinda (Lucy)
Miranda (Mimi)
Matilda (Tilly)
Madeleine (Maddie)
Margaret (Maggie)
Natasha (Tasha)
Natalie (Tally)
Octavia (Tavia)
Olivia (Livby)
Philippa (Pippa)
Penelope (Penny)
Rebecca (Becca)
Romilly (Romy)
Rosanna (Rosie)
Sylvia (Sylvie)
Susannah (Susie)
Tamara (Tammy)
Victoria (Toria)
Vivianne (Vivi)

All lovely names, I love Nell for Eleanor too.

how about as other options

Josephine - Josie
Roberta - Bobbie
Elizabeth - Betty
Jemima - Jem / Mils
Camilla - Mils / Cam / Milly
Harriet - Hattie

Love annabel but would go for Charlotte to avoid repeated initials

Alexander and

eloise
isobel
beatrice
tabitha
emily
clara
sophia
eva
harriet
juliet
penelope

Genevieve

Alexander and ..

Catherine
Bridie
Charlotte
Edwina
Annabel
Eleanor
Eloise
Ellinor
Felicity
Grace

Charlotte (Lottie) is lovely. Classic, pretty and a great literary name. (Charlotte's Web and Charlotte Sometimes two of the best children's books ever written!)

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Charlotte is my favourite name, but husband has suddenly decided he doesn’t like it 😵‍💫 I’m hoping he changes his mind!

Alexander and Charlotte

Katherine

I think Alexander and Eleanor sound the best together, though Ellie is a very popular nickname at the moment. I prefer Nell. Alexander and Charlotte are also quite complimentary. I'm not a fan of sibling names with the same initial so I'd avoid another A.

Other suggestions:

Beatrice
Olive
Elizabeth
Gwendolyn
Eloise

Rosalind
Miranda
Margaret
Helen

Best of luck with your c section lovely ! Xx

Harriet, Hattie
Penelope, Penny, Nelle, Nellie
Dorothea/Dorothy, Dottie
Emilia, Emmie
Josephine, Josie
Matilda, Tilly
Olivia, Livi
Florence, Flossie
Georgia, Gigi
Marigold, Goldie
Ottilie, Ottie
Evangeline, Eva, Evie
Adelaide, Ada, Addie
Arabella, Bella
Rosemary, Rosie, Rose,
Rosanna, Rosa
Cecilia, Cece
Imogen, Immy

Personally of your choices I’d go for Eleanor - it’s a great match with Alexander as it’s equally classic, yet popular with great historical namesakes (Eleanor of Aquitaine and Alexander the Great) and they both have some of the most nickname choices of the classic names too (Alexander has about a dozen but Eleanor also has nearly the same amount Elle/Ellie/Ella/Nell/Nellie/Leni/Lena/Nora/Nore)

Having said that I always thought if I’d have had a boy and girl I’d have named them Alexander and Antonia - both the same number of syllables and both timeless names from Classical antiquity. I love that Antonia has so many nicknames too (Ann/Annie/Anna/Anya/Toni/Tonya/Nina/Nia). I don’t think same first initials matters for different sex siblings - I share my initials with a brother and it’s never caused any confusion with post as it’s always Mr/Miss then Initials or full name.

Baby girl arrived safely last week, with no c section needed as she flipped around from being breech!

We settled on Eleanor (Ellie) for her name in the end :)

That’s lovely news! Congratulations on baby Eleanor (Ellie) - gorgeous name 💕

Rosanna
Susannah
Annabel
Eloise
Geraldine
Estella
Victoria
Octavia
Catherine
Melissa
Nicola
Emerald

Of no help whatsoever but on our short list of unfortunately 5 girls names we also have
lottie (Charlotte)
and
anna (annalise)
so I think we have similar tastes. It’s so hard to decide isn’t it!