Please help me pick

[girlmum6]

Please help me pick my daughter’s name. We have an Emilie and Florence. We are expecting a third daughter and I like both of names but can’t decide which to go for:

Phoebe
Matilda

I also like Eliza but might use that as a middle name. Another option I love for a middle name is Autumn…is that acceptable for a November baby? Thank you.

All your names are lovely! I’d go with Matilda just based on how it flows with your other daughters names.

Matilda Autumn is gorgeous.

Matilda. Great name with lots of options for nn: Mattie, Millie, Tillie, Tilda.

It also avoids two children's names starting with the same sound.

I love them both. Very hard to choose between.

I think Matilda flows better with other names. It's easier to spell and pronounce phonetically. I love the story of Matilda as well.

Phoebe is less popular though, less likely to be one of multiple Phoebe's in the same class, which is a risk with Matilda I think.

Maybe wait until she gets here and see what she feels like?

Oh I love them both. And your other girls names, all beautiful. I’m slightly swayed towards Matilda but I love them both

Agree with previous poster that Matilda Autumn is lovely

I like Matilda the best

I vote Phoebe!

Phoebe Eliza, Phoebe Autumn, both sound great.

I like both but every other child I know is called Matilda, shortened to Tilly, which sounds awful.

Matilda too. Fits so well with your other names.

I know a gorgeous little Mati.

Matilda Autumn is difficult to say. The first name ends in letter A and the second name starts with a letter A.

Phoebe is much nicer. Less common and very pretty.

Matilda is everywhere at the moment.

Thank you all. Appreciate the responses. Luckily she is due in November so hopefully we could get away with Autumn as a possible middle name.

Phoebe Eliza

Matilda!

Phoebe.

Wait until they're born....see which they suit more we did this and the one we had thought was our favourite she looked nothing like that but suited our second favourite perfectly and she is that now

Phoebe. Matilda is so overused and Tillie is awful. It’s also too similar to Emilie.

Like Matilda but love Phoebe!

Phoebe is gorgeous and Phoebe Autumn even more so.

Please not another Matilda! I can't move for Matilda's at our local playgroups.

I k ow a Florence with a sister Iona and think they are really beautiful together

Was going to suggest something similar. Our second son didn’t look like his selected name, so was named something different.

Autumn is a great middle name.

Matilda Autumn is difficult to say. The first name ends in letter A and the second name starts with a letter A.

I agree, and Matilda Eliza sounds a bit awkward with the same ending sound, too. I do love Matilda though as a first name.

How about Matilda Elizabeth?

I like all of them. Matilda sounds best with your other daughters.

Phoebe is much nicer than Matilda, as well as being more elegant and less popular. It goes well with Autumn, which is a great name for a November baby, or October, if she arrives a bit early.

Autumn is a beautiful name. Call her Autumn Matilda.

Love Phoebe

I'd choose Matilda on the basis that I'd like to avoid repeating the F sound of Florence (Phoebe).
Both names are great though.

Matilda Autumn would be lovely. Definitely nice for a November baby.