Help me narrow my baby name list

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Already have a Charlotte (Lottie). Surname is double barrelled one syllable names, first starts with an S (eg Smith-Green)

girls I like:
Phoebe
Lucinda (Lucy)
Elodie
Sophie
Clara

boys:
James
Samuel
Henry
Isaac

Any thoughts on narrowing down? Middle names already chosen -Elizabeth for a girl & Thomas for a boy.

tia x

Neither Lucinda nor Elodie work with Elizabeth as a middle name imo. Lucinda Elizabeth is a mouthful and Elodie Elizabeth is too alliterative. Any of the other three girls' names are fine.

Of the boys' names I like James and Samuel best but they're all nice!

I like all your girls names.
James is absolutely everywhere. It
must also be the most common middle name for boys so I would avoid it. I prefer Samuel from your list. Classic and with a good nickname.

Have just returned from a weekend at Center Parcs and I was amazed at the number of times I heard “James”. Seems to be a very popular name. Nothing wrong with that if you like it but just FYI.

Always loved the name Phoebe, defo my fave on your list. Elodie is becoming very, very common FYI

I like the shortenings Sam and Sammy for Samuel and also like Isaac.

Re making it work with a middle name, my ds has a middle name that doesn’t go at all with his first name, it sounds very strange out loud, but it’s never been an issue. It’s more just funny. No one has ever said his full name including his middle name out loud for any kind of official purpose. It really doesn’t matter whether it goes well together or not IMO

Sophie and James are perfect

Elodie and James.
The only thing is that Elodie is very popular at the moment. There might be quite a few in her class.

Sophie or Phoebe
Samuel or Henry

I like them all! (For once 😄).

All the girls names are lovely.

Slightly prefer Samuel and Isaac over Henry (a bit dull) and James (although I love the nickname Jamie which is very popular where I am in Scotland).

And I agree with a PP, you never/extremely rarely hear the full name said out loud so it doesn’t really matter if the first name goes with it or not.

Choose Sophie, definitely. Or either Samuel or Isaac.

Elodie sounds very similar to Lottie, I would avoid for that reason, although it is a lovely name. I like Lucinda, seems original and pretty shortening to Lucy too.

All lovely names, Elodie and James are my favourites. I think you have to ignore what is perceived as popular as its area dependant.

Love all your boy names, equal favourites are James and Henry.

Favourite name for a girl from your list is Clara
followed closely by Elodie.

Sophie, Phoebe and Clara are lovely, I prefer Lucy to Lucinda, and not as keen on Elodie, prefer Eloise

Boys, James and Henry are good classic names, I like both. Isaac is nice but not as keen on Samuel
Henry Thomas is the one I would pick

I strongly dislike Elodie and not a fan of Henry. The others are all nice though.

Phoebe and Samuel are my favourites

Elodie and Isaac are both lovely names

Like Clara and maybe Elodie best but Sophie goes better with Charlotte.

Henry is my favourite and lovely with Charlotte

I like Phoebe and Elodie, but Phoebe goes best with Elizabeth.

Also like Samuel & Isaac, both go with Thomas but Samuel flows better.

I don't like same starting letter for siblings personally as it gets confusing for post and admin, so I'd rule out Clara (also this sounds quite similar to Charlotte to me as the first syllable rhymes), and Elodie is too similar to Elizabeth if you want to be picky, and I don't really like Lucinda. So that leaves Phoebe or Sophie for a girl.

For boys I don't think James Thomas goes, so that leaves the other 3 all of which I like. Would probably pick Samuel just because it's the least commonly used these days.

Clara and Samuel

Phoebe - nice but it's popular
Lucinda (Lucy) - dislike Lucinda, like Lucy
Elodie - meh, another Ellie name. Looks pretty but doesn't sound nice.
Sophie - like but Sophia and Sofia are overused
Clara - dislike, I can't see why anyone likes it

James - would use but not as a middle name
Samuel - like it
Henry - ok
Isaac - ok but the Issac misspelling would annoy me.

Don't worry about the middle name, they rarely get used.
Smith-Green be too much?

Lucy or James for me.

Thanks all! I’m not sure I’m any closer to narrowing down but everyone’s opinions are really useful.
Leaning away from Elodie on the basis of “trendiness” and being too alliterative with Elizabeth.
I don’t mind a name being popular (e.g. James), but I don’t want a trendy name that will really date him/her one day!

Also thinking Zac could be a sweet shortening for Isaac although I like it as a name on its own.

Edit to say I’ve never come across the Issac spelling? Only ever seen Isaac. Slightly concerned about that & Phoebe- will everyone know how to spell and pronounce?

Edit to say I’ve never come across the Issac spelling?
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I like all but Sophie and Henry.