Respondents: 133 (This poll is closed)
I honestly love every single one of them! [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Ruby[/name], [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] (nn [name]Sophie[/name]), and [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] are my favorites, I think. I think [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Sophia[/name]/[name]Sophie[/name], and [name]Ruby[/name] are all stunning and gorgeous!
Good luck!
[name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Ruby[/name] are both nice names. It just depends which you like better. If you really like the name [name]Sophia[/name], I would use it in the middle name slot. Good luck to you! :).
I [name]Love[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]. [name]Ruby[/name] is a terrific name that I hope will become as popular in the US as it is in the UK. And, [name]Elizabeth[/name] is a classic that’s always been a favorite of mine. It’s even one of those names that I can envision saying together all of the time. I was never one to go for nn’s Too much. I always prefer to call someone by the longer form of their name, and their full name with it flowed well. This one definitely fits the bill. I could totally hear myself calling “[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]” across a playground…or scolding when she’s a teenager, lol.
I’m also a fan of the shorter name coming first. There are exceptions, sometimes the combination just won’t work (like in my own name), but I think overall that set up sounds best. So, I think that [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] would be my second choice.
I wouldn’t go for [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], even though it sounds like a very sweet name. [name]Sophia[/name] just seems so Overly popular at the moment. For good reason, it’s a beautiful name, but I don’t think I could pick it as a fn, knowing that she’d more than likely be one of 4 or 5 in her class, based on how many there seem to be.
My vote is for [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], all the way. 
I [name]Love[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]. [name]Ruby[/name] is a terrific name that I hope will become as popular in the US as it is in the UK. And, [name]Elizabeth[/name] is a classic that’s always been a favorite of mine. It’s even one of those names that I can envision saying together all of the time. I was never one to go for nn’s Too much. I always prefer to call someone by the longer form of their name. [name]Even[/name] their full name, if it flowed well. This one definitely fits the bill. I could totally hear myself calling “[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]” across a playground…or scolding when she’s a teenager, lol.
I’m also a fan of the shorter name coming first. There are exceptions, sometimes the combination just won’t work (like in my own name), but I think overall that set up sounds best. So, I think that [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] would be my second choice.
I wouldn’t go for [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], even though it sounds like a very sweet name. [name]Sophia[/name] just seems so Overly popular at the moment. For good reason, it’s a beautiful name, but I don’t think I could pick it as a fn, knowing that she’d more than likely be one of 4 or 5 in her class, based on how many there seem to be.
My vote is for [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name], all the way.
I’ve read your other thread and I vote for [name]Ruby[/name]. I’m so sorry that this is so difficult for you. I voted for [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] since I love both names, but [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] is great too. I wish you the best of luck!
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]! It sound great together; better than the other choices… maybe [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]? You can give her all the names you love!
I like them but some of the names are quite popular (maybe this is an [name]England[/name] thing)
Looked at your other thread - [name]Ruby[/name] is totally a normal name. I would calm your nerves : D. I work in schools and there was a little [name]Ruby[/name] in the kindergarten class, she was a normal well-liked little girl.
[name]Ruby[/name] is what you’ve already been calling her, I would totally keep it.
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] is gorgeous, but [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] is also beautiful, more classic and gives her more options for nicknames IF you or she decide to make use of it. Which you don’t at all need to, I just personally like flexibility. I also like [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] a little more with your last name.
Have you called her [name]Bee[/name]/[name]Bea[/name] at all? Seems logical to me from [name]Ruby[/name] and [name]Elizabeth[/name] kind of backs it up with the b in beth and all the [name]Betty[/name] nicknames. [name]Just[/name] if you want something else.
The only one I’d advise against gently is putting [name]Sophia[/name] first - it’s sooo popular (rightfully so, gorgeous, but, you know…) AND it is pretty sing-songy with your last name (unless by “similar to” you were meaning a name that didn’t start with S?). Not unforgiveably sing-songy, and that could make it more memorable, but I still think [name]Ruby[/name] has better flow. AND it’s what you’re used to calling her : D.
Good luck!
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] has a sweet vintage quality ([name]Ruby[/name]) mixed with a more serious, traditional vibe ([name]Elizabeth[/name]) so I think it’s a lovely balance.
[name]Hi[/name] [name]Riva[/name],
I read your other thread, and I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. It seems like you can’t embrace [name]Ruby[/name] as a name, but you can’t quite let her go either–a really tough place to be! I didn’t vote because I really think all your choices are lovely and though I get wanting other peoples’ opinions/rankings, I kind of think that in your case the issue is finding/choosing a name that you can best live with. That is, I can say that [name]Ruby[/name] is a perfectly respectable/“normal” name, but if after everything, you find it lacking in the kind of substance you want in a name, well, that’s worth taking into consideration (though not necessarily a deal-breaker). I’d suggest making a list of things that are most important to you in a name–not discounting either your head or your heart. Which of these names comes closest to satisfying both head and heart? I also wonder if it might be helpful to think of the “good enough” name? I don’t mean that you should strive for feeling ho-hum about a name but that maybe it’s a bit too much pressure to come up with a name that completely blows both your mind and your heart–would it take the pressure off to think in relative rather than absolute terms? Which name comes closest to providing what you want (even if in some ways it’s not perfect?).
Like you, I also have a somewhat unusual (though not outlandish) name, and though I appreciate it now, I hated having an unusual name growing up–I was shy and really wanted to blend in. So I didn’t have so many qualms about naming my daughter a popular name (she is a [name]Sophia[/name]). Had I been named [name]Jennifer[/name], who knows, I might have wanted to name my child Apricot or something. I think it’s inevitable, or at least natural, that what we name our babies bears some connection to our relationship with our own name, even if we understand (and it’s not always easy to!) that our kids are totally separate people from us. Anyway, I bring this up partly because of your [name]Sophia[/name]/[name]Sophie[/name] choice. Maybe when ranking/listing your criteria–if you decide to do this–you could rank how important popularity is to you and how important your friends’ eye-rolling-at-popularity is to you?
Good luck! and keep us updated.
[name]Hilary[/name]'s advice here is beautiful. Well said.
Thanks, jesba!
I love [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] most.
A lot of pretty options though!
I voted for [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I voted for [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name], but I really like all your pairings.
I’m sorry you’re having a hard time. I hope you can settle on the name that feels right and get a little peace.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] is one of my all time favs. I also like [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name].
I don’t love any of them, but [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] nn [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] would be my favorite.
I like [name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name].
In order I like:
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name] - these are both nice, I don’t know that I really love either better than the other.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]
[name]Ruby[/name] [name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Sophia[/name] - this one just doesn’t flow well