Sibling for Eloise

[Banderz]

Our daughter's name is Eloise and we are expecting another child in the summer. We won't find out the gender.

Our final names are

Girl: Matilda, Simone or Esme

Boy: Arlo, Robin or William

Which are the favourites?

Eloise and Robin sound so sweet… just another option but I also think Robyn is gorgeous for a girl too!

And Eloise is spelled Éloïse in French, but that’s not how the OP is spelling it, so I’d assume they wouldn’t use the French pronunciation for Genevieve either.

Simone or William would be my favourites

But they are - op has said it’s no good because the dh doesn’t want a four-syllable name. They are a European family.

I've just seen your latest comment as well as this one. Im not sure why your engaging in such a pedantic way, it's just not necessary

I really like Matilda, strong historical associations, good shortenings (i like Mattie).
Simone has a trendy vibe, and i know a baby Simone, but I just don't like the moan bit of the sound.
Esme feels twee to me.

Robin and William both great. Arlo ok.

I'd choose Matilda for sure of the girls, and Robin or William for a boy.

Girl: Matilda
Simone - Sim-own or Sim-onn?
Esme - Es-mee/Ezmy or Es-may/Ez-may?

Boy: Robin or William. I don't like Arlo.

Simone = Sim-OH-neh

That's an Italian boy's name

Vanian

Yeah, Sim onn sounds nice. Si moan doesn't. Don't know where the OP is based but, if in the UK, you'll get the latter pronunciation.

And a German, Austrian, Dutch, Danish girls name

I say Es MAY! Just makes me think of Sewing bee but that's not a bad thing!

@Lollylavender, But not pronounced Sim-OH-neh in any of those languages.

Yes it is.

Matilda or Arlo

Notice lots of really old fashioned names are making a comeback.

Think Robin is OK.
But not any of the girls names.

Matilda and William

@Lollylavender , which ones?

All nice names OP! I like them all except Esme (nothing wrong with it, just not a fan of the sound) and Arlo. It's not the popularity of Arlo that would bother me, it's the trendiness. I think it will sound really dated by the time DC is an adult.

Simone is particularly lovely in my opinion, and if you have a girl, I think I'd want something similarly gorgeous in comparison to Eloise so she doesn't feel short-changed. Eloise and Simone are both relatively unusual despite being familiar and very elegant. Matilda is nice but sounds a bit "solid" in comparison to Eloise to my ear.

I like both Robin and William a lot, but I have known a few male Robins who weren't fans of their names (not sure why, it's a very nice name). So I would probably go with William for that reason.

In all of the languages I mentioned Simone is a girls name and pronounced Sim oh neh (3 syllables)

Simone and Robin

No it isn't.

Which one isn’t in your opinion?

Which ones not which one.