Help Me Decide Between These Names!

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone! I’m planning to have three kids, but I currently have 8 names I love (four of each gender). Please help me narrow it down by picking two names of each gender.

Girls
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eliza[/name_f])
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Emma[/name_f])
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f])
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lina[/name_f])

Boys
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]

If [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] isn’t to your liking, please suggest another pairing with [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]. (It’s an honor name that’s very important to me.)
Thank you so much!

[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] – I like [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] more than [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nowadays

I would pick [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] for girls and [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] for boys.

  1. [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]). I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]ELIZA[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is great and [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] is unexpected (nice honor name).
  2. [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lina[/name_f]). I don’t like the name [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] that much, but the nicknames are wonderful - I like [name_f]Lina[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f] (like [name_u]Evan[/name_u] without the N) and [name_f]Evie[/name_f] in this order.
  3. [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Emma[/name_f]). [name_f]Emma[/name_f] feels like a full name to me, but I do love [name_f]Emi[/name_f] ([name_f]Emmy[/name_f]).
  4. [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f]): it may be at the end of this list, but it’s a great combo. [name_f]Leonie[/name_f] as a nickname?
    * [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] would be a cute petname/ nickname.
  5. [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] - beautiful! By far the best combo.
  6. [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
  8. [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m] - no real preference between number 3 and 4

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] & [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]!
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] & [name_u]Luca[/name_u]!

[name_f]Evelina[/name_f], [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m]. :slight_smile:

Girls
1 [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]
2 [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

Boys
1 [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
2 [name_m]Joshua[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]

I would choose:

Girls:
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f]) - [name_u]Love[/name_u] this!
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lina[/name_f])

But I would personally replace [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] with [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] as the first name and choose [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]!

Boys
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]

Thank you for the responses! In response to elifsu, I wouldn’t change [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] to [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] because I prefer the [name_f]Emma[/name_f]-leen pronunciation, and then her first name would rhyme with her middle name.

Thank you all!

I like [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f], and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m].

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] are the best combos imo.

[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]

[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] & [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m] & [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]

Girls
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Jeanne[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Eliza[/name_f])
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Emma[/name_f])

Boys
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m]

[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u] and [name_m]Lucas[/name_m] [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m].

They are all great names. It seems you have a definite liking for E names on girls. Personally I think any could go together great as a sibset except for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f]. While you have different nicknames picked out both have [name_f]Elle[/name_f]/[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] as a common easy nickname and so they are just too similar together for siblings in my opinion. I think the same for [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] and [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] as both could potentially by [name_f]Lina[/name_f].

I would choose [name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f], [name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] and [name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u].

My favourites:

[name_f]Eleanora[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Nora[/name_f])
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Evie[/name_f]/[name_f]Lina[/name_f])
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m] [name_u]Jude[/name_u]