We have one daughter double first named [name]Cornelia[/name] [name]Carter[/name] and she goes by [name]Cece[/name]. We are set to welcome our second daughter and cannot find anything that is exactly right. We would love to give her a double first name like her sister. We both love the second name [name]Louise[/name], it also honors both sides of the family. Currently we have agreed on [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Louise[/name] and [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name], but neither seem to be the clear choice. I thought someone may have some suggestion or help us pick the clear winner.
What do you plan to call her? [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Louise[/name]? Or just [name]Sadie[/name]? IMHO, I like both names, but they both seem a bit long to go with [name]Cece[/name], especially if you intend to call her by her double name.
[name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] - I think in addition to a double barrel it makes sense for there to be some sort of nickname, and Lilu is too cute!!! AND I love [name]Liv[/name], [name]Livvy[/name], [name]Livvy[/name] [name]Lou[/name]. [name]Livia[/name] is a great name although I do wonder about people hearing it as [name]Olivia[/name] all the time. [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Livia[/name] are so much better matched than [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Sadie[/name], too. I do think [name]Sarah[/name] nn [name]Sadie[/name] is better balanced (still off, but better), and she could be [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Louise[/name] nn [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Lou[/name] (Actually, [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Sarah[/name] are off, but [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Louise[/name], or [name]Cornelia[/name] [name]Carter[/name] and [name]Sarah[/name] [name]Louise[/name], comes a little closer). With [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name], you might be tied in to alliterative names (CC and LL) but you could choose to break it and those also aren’t that hard (it is a challenge, but not, like, a crazy one). Some other suggestions to get you thinking…
Instead of [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name]…
- [name]Lavinia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] (Lalu, [name]Lala[/name], I do wonder about both lav and loo though, hmm, pretty obscure though)
- [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] (Liddy [name]Lou[/name], Lilu, Lylu).
- [name]Louisa[/name] with a different middle. [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Sadie[/name] is OK but has a lot of SA. [name]Louisa[/name] [name]Livia[/name] is too much I think. But [name]Louise[/name] is what you love, and you could go with just [name]Louise[/name], but I think [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Louisa[/name] fit more naturally than [name]Cornelia[/name] and [name]Louise[/name].
- [name]Eloise[/name] with a different middle, maybe. [name]Eloise[/name] [name]Sadie[/name] kind of runs together but it’s OK, [name]Eloise[/name] [name]Livia[/name] works ([name]Ellie[/name], [name]Lola[/name], [name]Loli[/name], [name]Ellie[/name]-[name]Liv[/name]?). [name]Eloise[/name] and [name]Cornelia[/name] are nice together for sure!
- [name]Lovisa[/name] with a different middle. ([name]Elouise[/name] and [name]Lovisa[/name] are both [name]Louise[/name] relatives, like [name]Louisa[/name]).
- [name]Sylvia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] ([name]Sylvie[/name] [name]Lou[/name]!)
- [name]Edith[/name] [name]Louise[/name] ([name]Edie[/name] [name]Lou[/name] - [name]Edie[/name] has always touched the same notes as [name]Sadie[/name] for me)
- [name]Adelaide[/name] [name]Louise[/name] (Aidy [name]Lou[/name], Lady [name]Lou[/name]) - [name]Adelaide[/name] and [name]Cornelia[/name] fit so nicely together.
- [name]Marguerite[/name] [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Margaret[/name] [name]Louise[/name] (I like both, [name]Marguerite[/name] seems to fit [name]Cornelia[/name] a bit better) - [name]Maisie[/name] [name]Lou[/name] ([name]Maisie[/name] and [name]Sadie[/name] remind me of each other)
- [name]Mary[/name] [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Mary[/name]-[name]Louise[/name] - [name]Mary[/name] is such a natural double-barreler, and if you like [name]Sadie[/name] you might like [name]Mamie[/name]?
Good luck!
[name]Cece[/name] does have a middle name. Her full name is [name]Cornelia[/name] [name]Carter[/name] Drechsler S. She is also under three so we call her [name]Cece[/name] but I am hopeful that she will want to use her full double first name in a few years (maybe when she can write both). We intend to also give this baby four names. first name [name]Louise[/name] [name]Harper[/name] S. I would love for her to go by both her first names but I realize that isn’t always the case. If we use [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Louise[/name] I would prefer either both names or [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Lou[/name]. My family has generations of double first names mostly the are something [name]Lou[/name]. So I would really like to keep [name]Louise[/name] in the second spot.
I am not a fan of [name]Sarah[/name] in any form. I did look further a field at [name]Cerelia[/name] and [name]Sarina[/name].
If we went with our other choice [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name]. I am afraid we wouldn’t use both names or [name]Louise[/name] would get dropped. I am concerned that [name]Livia[/name] is too close to [name]Olive[/name] and [name]Olivia[/name] and the poor girl will be forever correcting everyone.
We have a niece that is the same age as our daughter that is a [name]Margaret[/name] nn [name]Maggie[/name].
[name]One[/name] of my Sisters is [name]Mamie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] (double first name)
Our last name is a short german name that starts with a SCH so it creates a really hard shift phonetically.
Here is our longer list…
[name]Adela[/name] or Adeila
[name]Lela[/name] or [name]Leila[/name]
We liked [name]Wilhelmina[/name] but my sis in law is due in a few months and her boy name is william IV so we felt we couldn’t use it.
[name]Elsie[/name]/[name]Elsa[/name]
[name]Ester[/name]
[name]Ann[/name]/ [name]Anna[/name]
I am still hopeful the perfect name will appear before she does;)
I think you have some beautiful choices! I love [name]Livia[/name], and to me [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] really rolls off the tongue which is nice! but, yes I do see your concerns.
Out on a limb, but what about [name]Greta[/name] [name]Louise[/name]? I think that is so pretty together.
I think [name]Anna[/name] is name that works well as a double first name. [name]Anna[/name] [name]Louise[/name] [name]Harper[/name] S. [name]Anna[/name] [name]Louise[/name] . [name]Annie[/name] [name]Lou[/name]. [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Louise[/name] would be preferable to [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] to me - I have a problem with [name]Livia[/name] for the reasons you specified.
[name]Isadora[/name] [name]Louise[/name] would be an easy way to get [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Lou[/name], and [name]Isadora[/name] matches [name]Cornelia[/name] nicely.
Och, I love the idea of [name]Livia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] (or another alliterative name–I think [name]Livy[/name] [name]Lou[/name] is just adorable, though!). I think something like [name]Lilia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] or [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Louise[/name] would be gorgeous, as well–[name]Lily[/name] [name]Lou[/name] and Liddy [name]Lou[/name] are adorable! I think [name]Felicity[/name] [name]Louise[/name] would be lovely, as well, although I’m not sure what you’d do for a nn–maybe [name]Izzy[/name] [name]Lou[/name] or Lity [name]Lou[/name]/Liddy [name]Lou[/name] or even Flicka [name]Lou[/name] (although that sort of sounds like flick at you, haha)? I’m not generally a fan of the general nns–Fliss, [name]Flick[/name], Flicka–but I think something like [name]Lissie[/name] [name]Lou[/name] or Flissy [name]Lou[/name] would be pretty cute. 
Any baby announcements yet?