So we are expecting can’t seem to settle on either girl or boy choices. We love the meaning of the combinations we have but I have slight issues with them all and would value your opinions.
girls:
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] -my husband’s fav- I feel uncomfortable saying
Boys:
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
At first we were decided on [name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
Any thoughts?
You can use [name_u]Ori[/name_u] as a nickname for [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]- that way, you and your husband both get your favorite name!
Gideon North is cool. I see your point about North though. Would Westley be of interest?
Girls I think you should start again. I can see you like Princessy names would that be correct? -
I did favor [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] some years ago but outgrew it. And funny enough I have the name [name_m]Jubal[/name_m] on my longer list but I am just not feeling it this time. Thanks for your suggestions though!
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Orianna[/name_f] just sounds too similar and also technically are the same names.
[name_f]Zorina[/name_f] means “dawn” and might be worth some consideration. It’s rare, it incorporates the “-or”, and it retains the beautiful meaning.
[name_f]Roxanna[/name_f] / [name_f]Roxana[/name_f] / [name_f]Roxanne[/name_f] also mean ‘dawn’! I think this is pretty underused and striking.
[name_f]Solana[/name_f] means “sunshine” (Another variation of this name is [name_f]Solenne[/name_f])
[name_f]Lucienne[/name_f] means “light”
[name_f]Neoma[/name_f] means “moon”
[name_f]Enya[/name_f] means “fire”
[name_f]Nuria[/name_f] means “fire of the [name_m]Lord[/name_m]”
Are you open to meanings of “gold”, like [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Auriel[/name_f]?
Let me know if any of these help!
Although I love [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] & [name_f]Orianna[/name_f] is nms (word association), from the top 3 girl names you have in consideration, I would choose [name_f]Orianna[/name_f] [name_u]Ember[/name_u]. It covers all your bases: the meaning you love, the sound you like, & the nickname [name_u]Ori[/name_u], while avoiding the short length of just plain [name_u]Ori[/name_u] and the pronunciation issue of [name_f]Aurora[/name_f]. Plus it avoids the rhyming & repetitiveness of [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Orianna[/name_f], which is a bit of a mouthful.
[name_u]Love[/name_u] seeing [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f], by the way, my great-great-grandmother’s name! 
For the boys’ names, to me [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] [name_u]North[/name_u] flows best by far with your other children’s names. I know plenty of people who go by their middle name from birth so to me it wouldn’t be a problem calling him [name_u]North[/name_u]. Not crazy about [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Mori[/name_m] (styles seem to clash) or [name_m]Hew[/name_m] [name_m]Mori[/name_m], just seems more like a video game character than a flesh-and-blood baby to me. (I do tend to like unusual names though! I think it’s just the sound. You could try [name_m]Hew[/name_m] as nn for [name_m]Hewitt[/name_m]) But since you do like that style of name, you might like one that’s been going around lately which is Oberyn, a take on [name_u]Auberon[/name_u]/[name_u]Oberon[/name_u]. [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] “[name_f]Callie[/name_f]”, [name_u]Finlay[/name_u] “[name_u]Finn[/name_u]” & [name_u]Oberon[/name_u] “[name_m]Obi[/name_m]” sounds like a great sibling group!
Thank you for the great comments guys!
Roseofjune I really like [name_f]Enya[/name_f]!
Peanut thank you so much for your reply, it felt like a conversation with an old friend and helped me find my way back to my original picks that I was confident about before. Guess I just needed to hear it from someone apart from family. And I bet your Great Great Grandmother [name_f]Caledonia[/name_f] was a kickass lady.