[name_u]Baby[/name_u] #3 is due in [name_u]March[/name_u] and slowly but surely I’m narrowing the girls’ names…
We are down to four -
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Nola[/name_f]
Which is your fave? Big sibs are [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]…
Thanks! 
My favorite of the four is [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], but I like [name_f]Nola[/name_f] a lot as well. They both sound good with the older siblings 
Out of curiosity, do you pronounce [name_f]Mira[/name_f] Mee-rah or My-rah?
We pronounce it Mee-ra and I do have to correct people on occasion.
That’s my hesitation with [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]. I would say Nay-oh-mee, but I know others would say [name_m]Nye[/name_m]-oh-me.
I think [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] is so sweet; and it goes well with [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], too. My second choice would be [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] : )
I think [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] sounds best with [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m].
My favorite is [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] from your list but I like [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] better with [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]. [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] would be my second choice. [name_m]Both[/name_m] are lovely names!
I also like [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] and [name_f]Nola[/name_f].
Well, it’s not easy…
I think w/ the sibset [name_f]Nola[/name_f] works best, but I also like [name_f]Gemma[/name_f].
[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] and like [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
I like [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] best considering the sibset.
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f] is lovely, but the “jeh” sound in it and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] throw me off. Then again, you’d be using her name alone more than listing with the siblings…
hmm… 4 solid names. I love [name_f]Mira[/name_f] too, it is near the top of my list. I love [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] but I also like unique initials, so bye-bye. [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] is not actually on my list, but [name_f]Noemi[/name_f] is. I like the softer sound of [name_f]Noemi[/name_f] with [name_f]Mira[/name_f], as opposed the long vowels in [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]. If [name_f]Noemi[/name_f] were on the list, that would be my 1st pick.
But between [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] and [name_f]Nola[/name_f] I’m torn. I can’t decide if [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] and [name_f]Mira[/name_f] are too much alike in sound, or if [name_f]Nola[/name_f] and [name_f]Mira[/name_f] are too matchy with the 4 ltrs ending in a. Or if both are perfect.
Maybe I should go back to [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]? I honestly like them all!
I like [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] with [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]. [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] is a similar two-syllable name ending in “a” like [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] shares a Biblical pedigree with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m].
I like [name_f]Nola[/name_f] best. I feel that [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] sounds too much like [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] share the same first letter (something I’m not big on). [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] is a close second.
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f] for me.
Or its variations, [name_f]Noemi[/name_f] (Italian and Spanish); [name_f]Noemie[/name_f] ([name_m]French[/name_m]), if they match your family’s heritage.
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f]! I have been particularly loving [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] lately (maybe because of the new [name_f]Jemma[/name_f] Simmons in [name_f]Marvel[/name_f]‘s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? (I stinkin’ love that show!) I find it really beautiful and understated; I would love to meet a little (or big!) [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]! And [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] are fab for sisters, and work really well with [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m].
Good luck!
I love [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]. [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] and [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], oh gorgeous.
My other personal preference is [name_f]Nola[/name_f].
[name_f]Naomi[/name_f]- I like, but I do picture an old, wizened woman.
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f] - I love, but greatly prefer [name_f]Jemma[/name_f].
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] - I love, and also [name_f]Mauve[/name_f].
[name_f]Nola[/name_f] - I can’t stand.
[name_f]Love[/name_f] [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]!
I don’t like [name_f]Nola[/name_f], but the rest work really nicely. It’s true that [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] would slide in the best, avoiding [name_f]GEMma[/name_f]/[name_m]BenJAMin[/name_m] and [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]'s shared initial. [name_f]Mira[/name_f] is beautiful, by the way!
Thanks for all the responses! Looks like [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] and [name_f]Naomi[/name_f] are the favorites. Same for me… I go back and forth between these two all the time! [name_f]Nola[/name_f] is still my dark horse
I don’t particularly like [name_f]Naomi[/name_f]. It sounds really nasal and don’t like the it spells “I moan” backwards - I’ve known a couple of girls who have been teased for this.
I love [name_f]Gemma[/name_f]. I think it sounds good and gives me the same feeling as [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]. My only caveat is that it sounds very similar to the middle of [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]. If you always call him [name_m]Ben[/name_m], then it isn’t really an issue, but I wonder if it would annoy me.
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] I like quite a bit, but it feels older, like, Arthurian older, than [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m], which sound classic to me, but not medieval. [name_f]Mira[/name_f] feels like a new classic, a la [name_f]Nora[/name_f], and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m] is steady and strong.
[name_f]Nola[/name_f] is lovely, and I love it with your kids. [name_m]New[/name_m], but still familiar, sweet, classic, easy to spell. It’s between [name_f]Nola[/name_f] and [name_f]Gemma[/name_f], but [name_f]Nola[/name_f] edges ahead because [name_f]Gemma[/name_f] sounds like [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m].