[name_m]Hi[/name_m] All! My husband and I are struggling to settle on a name for our baby girl due in [name_u]June[/name_u]. She will be a little sister to big sis, [name_u]Everly[/name_u] [name_u]June[/name_u]. Any name suggestions are welcome! We aren’t fixated on having both be “E” names, but aren’t opposed either. Here is a list of names we like:
I like nature names, names with great meaning, hipster, old/vintage names, sweet and girly names, badass princess names, and literary connection names. THANKS!!
Of your list, I prefer [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] and [name_u]Eloise[/name_u]. [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] might be a little too similar to [name_u]Everly[/name_u], but it’s gorgeous so if it doesn’t bother you, I’d go for it. I like all of your other names, but they aren’t quite as frilly or airy as [name_u]Everly[/name_u]… and [name_f]Mae[/name_f] seems to lack something as a first name up against [name_u]Everly[/name_u]. It would make a beautiful middle name, though. [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] or [name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f] would be lovely. Although then you have “month” middle names for both children and I’m not sure if you like that idea?
those are my favorite pairs. If you use one of the E names, my favorite would be [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]. I like that it has different sounds than [name_u]Everly[/name_u] so that they aren’t too matchy.
From the list that you have, I really like [name_u]Eden[/name_u], [name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_u]Fallon[/name_u], and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “[name_u]Josie[/name_u]” as sisters to [name_u]Everly[/name_u].
Some of the ‘E’ names on the list seem too close in sound and rhythm to be easy to have in the same family: [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_u]Eloise[/name_u], and [name_f]Elowen[/name_f] fall in that category (based on the way I say the names in my accent), and even [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f]. Like [name_u]Everly[/name_u], all of those names are three-syllable names which have the emphasis on the first short ‘E’, and all five names also contain a prominent L sound. If your daughters are close in age and go to the same school, it might be hard for teachers to get the names right all the time. While that’s really only a short period of your life, it’s a formative one, so that frustration of always being called by your sister’s name (not having a clearly independent identity to the adults around you) might have more of a lasting impact?
If you’re still considering other names, your list made me think of:
[name_f]Willow[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
[name_f]Bryony[/name_f]/[name_f]Briony[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Merrin[/name_f]/[name_f]Merryn[/name_f]
[name_f]Fern[/name_f]
[name_f]Bronwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabeau[/name_f]
[name_f]Annalise[/name_f]
[name_f]Carys[/name_f]/[name_f]Cerys[/name_f]
[name_f]Coraline[/name_f]
[name_f]Arlette[/name_f]