Critique my list please!

Background: baby #4 is due in [name]August[/name], we live in the UK, just outside [name]London[/name] and our surname is 3 syllables, beginning with W, ending in s.

There are lots of names I like, but I’m struggling to find one I adore for our last baby.

The contenders are currently:

[name]Primrose[/name] [name]Sadie[/name] W…s
[name]Isadora[/name] [name]Primrose[/name] W…s
[name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] W…s

My husband’s suggestion is

[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] W…s

Thoughts? Any other suggestions?

[name]Lovely[/name] list, well done!
We almost named our baby [name]Primrose[/name] so I just love this:) I am not fond of [name]Sadie[/name] though.
[name]Isadora[/name] [name]Primrose[/name] is lovely, I also like [name]Isolde[/name] [name]Primrose[/name].
[name]Oriole[/name] [name]Claire[/name] is fine but I find [name]Claire[/name] pretty filler. [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Carmel[/name]? [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Blair[/name]? [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Clover[/name]?
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] is gorgeous though I am not a fan of both name, they just go so well together. You husband is pretty good namer:)
Some ideas:
[name]Isadora[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Primrose[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
Also, what about using [name]Sadie[/name] as a nickname for [name]Isadora[/name]? It’s less predictable than [name]Izzy[/name] or [name]Dora[/name] and much like killing two birds with one stone.

@celeste82- I think I could offer more helpful advice if I knew the names of your previous children. It is difficult to select a name without that knowledge. However, obviously :slight_smile: I think [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] is just adorable and wonderful and that is my favorite name from your list. [name]Primrose[/name] makes me think of the “Hunger Games.” I don’t care very much for [name]Ottilie[/name], but you get points for being creative and [name]Isadora[/name] reminds me of [name]Isabelle[/name]/[name]Isabella[/name] and I’m soooo over that name thanks to the “Twilight Series.” Good luck! I’m sure you will find a wonderful name for your fourth.

I love [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Primrose[/name]. [name]Primrose[/name] [name]Sadie[/name] feels incomplete to me but that is only because where I live [name]Sadie[/name] is a nn. [name]Ottilie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] has great flow and sounds really pretty. [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] is cute but my least favorite of the group.
Suggestions,
[name]Seraphina[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Sadie[/name] [name]Odette[/name]
[name]Ottilia[/name] [name]Primrose[/name]

I’m not a big fan of the name [name]Primrose[/name]. It’s too cutesy for me. [name]Ottilie[/name] gets kind of jumbled up in my mouth, but that’s probably just a problem I have. So my favorite off your list would have to be [name]Isadora[/name].

Thank you, such great, helpful input!

[name]Sadie[/name], [name]Frances[/name] & [name]Claire[/name] are all family names, so I agree they’re not the most original but they have meaning for us and our other children all have family middle names.

[name]Isadora[/name] I love and the plan would be to use [name]Sadie[/name] as a nickname. I like [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Frances[/name] actually, especially as our eldest daughter’s middle name is [name]Rose[/name] so [name]Isadora[/name] [name]Primrose[/name] would feel a bit repetitive.

Our other children are [name]Madeleine[/name] [name]Rose[/name], [name]Gabriel[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Nathaniel[/name] [name]Ray[/name].

I like your husband’s pick the best - [name]Sadie[/name] [name]Frances[/name] is beautiful :slight_smile: