I’m trying to narrow my list… again. I don’t know how people keep their list at a manageable number! My list usually hovers between 12-15 names, and I’d much prefer it down to around 5-8. Can you help me weed some of these out? My problem is that I love them all together, and I love them individually… ugh. Anyway, here’s the list. [name]Isabelle[/name] has to stay, as it’s my favorite.
[name]Isabelle[/name] “[name]Bella[/name]/[name]Belle[/name]/[name]Ella[/name]” (maybe [name]Izzy[/name] or [name]Abby[/name], too)
[name]Arianne[/name] “[name]Ari[/name]” (also like [name]Annie[/name])
[name]Olivia[/name] “[name]Livy[/name]/[name]Liv[/name]”
[name]Charlotte[/name] “[name]Lottie[/name]”
[name]Emmeline[/name] “[name]Emmy[/name]/[name]Emmy[/name] Roo” (my combo’s [name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Ruby[/name])
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name] “[name]Lily[/name]”
[name]Annabelle[/name]/[name]Anais[/name]/[name]Annika[/name]/[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Anna[/name] “[name]Annie[/name]”
[name]Eve[/name] “[name]Evey[/name]” (said like eh-vee, not EE-vie…)
[name]Violet[/name] “[name]Lettie[/name]” (if I used a nn at all)
[name]Leila[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Eleni[/name]/[name]Gwendolyn[/name] “[name]Leni[/name]” (said LEH-nee, not [name]LAY[/name]-nee)
The only ones I’m fairly confident I can nix are [name]Eve[/name] (which I’m pretty sure I’d use as a MN, even if I nix it from the FN list), and [name]Annabelle[/name] (since it’s so close to [name]Isabelle[/name] and [name]Arianne[/name], which are my top two, I think?). But I just can’t seem to let [name]Annabelle[/name] go, and I think [name]Eve[/name] is so pretty with all my other favorites. Ugh. Help, please!
Thanks!
[name]Ash[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name] is my favorite on your list.
[name]Love[/name] the list [name]Ash[/name]! I’ll do my best to help you 
[name]Isabelle[/name] - You love this, so this stays.
[name]Arianne[/name] - I’m not a huge fan, but I know you love this too!
[name]Olivia[/name] - This was on my list but its too popular, especially with [name]Isabelle[/name]. I’d cross this one off.
[name]Charlotte[/name] - This is getting sooo popular where I live. I’m not sure about it.
[name]Emmeline[/name] - I like this
[name]Rachel[/name] - Middle name, maybe?
[name]Hannah[/name] - [name]Hannah[/name] is lovely.
[name]Liliana[/name] - [name]Love[/name] love love, this should definitely be on your list!
[name]Annabelle[/name]/[name]Anais[/name]/[name]Annika[/name]/[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Anna[/name] “[name]Annie[/name]” - [name]Annabelle[/name] is out if your keeping [name]Isabelle[/name]. [name]Anais[/name] is lovely though.
[name]Eve[/name] - [name]Love[/name], but better as a middle name.
[name]Violet[/name] - Keep this, beautiful
[name]Leila[/name] - I’m also a huge [name]Leila[/name] fan
[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Eleni[/name]/[name]Gwendolyn[/name] - I like [name]Helena[/name], for obvious reasons. [name]Leni[/name] is adorable
So if I were you, I’d keep :
[name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Arianne[/name], Liiana, [name]Violet[/name], [name]Leila[/name], [name]Helena[/name] & [name]Emmeline[/name].
They’re all beautiful, but I’d keep the rest as middle names
A lovely set of names OK I’m going to think of this as a list of siblings for [name]Isabelle[/name] since she is your fav name and any other name needs to match her in style:
[name]Isabelle[/name] - keep obviously!
[name]Arianne[/name] - I’m a big fan of [name]Arianne[/name] but I wouldn’t have an [name]Ari[/name] and an [name]Annie[/name] so if you prefer one of your “[name]Ann[/name]” names I’d nix this. Having said that, [name]Arianne[/name] could also give you the nn [name]Annie[/name] if you prefer this?
[name]Olivia[/name] - this is overdone for me. Some names like [name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Lily[/name], [name]Ava[/name] and [name]Sophia[/name] always sound beautiful to me no matter how popular they become, but [name]Olivia[/name] has just started to sound boring.
[name]Charlotte[/name] - [name]Lovely[/name] name, would make a great sister to [name]Isabelle[/name] and I adore the nn [name]Lottie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] - I love this name too and it has a distinctive ending which would work well in your sib set
[name]Rachel[/name] - a little 80s/90s to me now. I know so many my age (twenties) that it seems blah.
[name]Hannah[/name] - This is a nice name but a bit boring and plain to me. It just doesn’t excite me in any way, but there’s nothing wtong with it
[name]Liliana[/name] - gorgeous name, but with your set I prefer [name]Lilia[/name] or [name]Lillian[/name] to avoid two “anne” ending names ([name]Arianne[/name]/[name]Liliana[/name])
[name]Annabelle[/name]/[name]Anais[/name]/[name]Annika[/name]/[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Anna[/name] “[name]Annie[/name]” - I like [name]Annabelle[/name] but it has to go of [name]Isabelle[/name] is your number 1. [name]Anais[/name] is sweet and simple. I love the feisty [name]Annika[/name] too. [name]Anne[/name] is a little short and dull to me and feels middle aged, but [name]Anna[/name] is lovely.
[name]Eve[/name] - I agree with you, nix this and keep it as a middle name. It’s gorgeous but all your other names are long and feminine so [name]Eve[/name] wouldn’t fit in the set to me.
[name]Violet[/name] - Beautiful and again like [name]Emmeline[/name], it has a distinctive ending which works well.
[name]Leila[/name] - I have a huge soft spot for [name]Leila[/name]. [name]Leilia[/name] vs [name]Liliana[/name] - I’d say [name]Liliana[/name] matches your other names better.
[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Eleni[/name]/[name]Gwendolyn[/name] - [name]Gwendolyn[/name] is a bit old fashioned and buttoned up to me. [name]Eleni[/name] is cute but I always pronounce it eh-[name]LEN[/name]-ee so I wouldn’t get [name]LAY[/name]-nee from it. But are you pronouncing [name]Leni[/name] as [name]LEN[/name]-ee or [name]LAY[/name]-nee? Anyway my favourite of the 3 is [name]Helena[/name].
Ok so my perfect sibset for you is:
[name]Isabelle[/name] nn [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Ariane[/name] nn [name]Annie[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] nn [name]Lottie[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] nn [name]Emme[/name]
[name]Lilia[/name] nn [name]Lila[/name]/[name]Lil[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] nn [name]Vivi[/name] (I like [name]Lettie[/name] but [name]Lettie[/name] and [name]Lottie[/name] is too much! If you prefer [name]Charlie[/name] for [name]Charlotte[/name] though then I pick [name]Lettie[/name] for [name]Violet[/name]!)
[name]Helena[/name] nn [name]Leni[/name] ([name]Eleni[/name] would have made the sibset “perfect” as far as all the names having different endings but I just think [name]Helena[/name] is a better style match)
[name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Ariane[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Emmeline[/name], [name]Lilia[/name], [name]Violet[/name] and [name]Helena[/name] - perfect. Or of course [name]Liliana[/name] if you don’t like [name]Lilia[/name]/[name]Lillian[/name]! That’s 7 so that’s narrowed right down
I did this with my only list a while ago and learnt that I had to just let go of some names that I knew deep down didn’t work or that I wouldn’t really use. [name]Hope[/name] this helps!
I updated the original post to list preferred nicknames. 
And [name]Leni[/name] would be like [name]Lenny[/name], not [name]Laney[/name].
[name]Annabelle[/name] and [name]Violet[/name] are my top two. [name]Hannah[/name] is also a lovely name.
What I would narrow the list to:
[name]Isabelle[/name]
[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Leila[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Arianne[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name] [name]Ruby[/name] (I love “[name]Emmy[/name] Roo”)
[name]Anne[/name]/[name]Anna[/name]
Thanks everybody! I think I’m starting to narrow it down a bit.
[name]Isabelle[/name] “[name]Bella[/name]/[name]Belle[/name]/[name]Ella[/name]”
[name]Arianne[/name] “[name]Ari[/name]”
[name]Olivia[/name] “[name]Liv[/name]/[name]Livy[/name]”
[name]Charlotte[/name] “[name]Lottie[/name]”
[name]Emmeline[/name] “[name]Emmy[/name] Roo”
[name]Rachel[/name]
[name]Hannah[/name]
[name]Liliana[/name] (also considering [name]Lilian[/name] now, to break up my utter love for -ana/-anne/[name]Anna[/name]- names) “[name]Lily[/name]”
[name]Anna[/name]-something (Ugh, not really loving any of these now, but I [name]LOVE[/name] my [name]Annie[/name]!)
[name]Helena[/name]/[name]Gwendolyn[/name] (maybe [name]Eleni[/name]) “[name]Leni[/name]”
Much as I love them, I think [name]Leila[/name], [name]Annabelle[/name], [name]Violet[/name], and [name]Eve[/name] are out. I either don’t love them as much as other options, or they’re too similar to other options, or a mixture of the two. That leaves me with an even ten, which makes me happier! Of course, they’ll remain on my top 20, probably, or at least some of them will, but not the shorter list.