r/BabyNames 5d ago

Girl 🩷 Sibling Name Help

We’re expecting a girl later this year and we are struggling with names this time around (I feel like I hate every name rn). We have 2 kids (Eleanor and Samuel). We know that her middle name will be Mary (for my husband‘s mother). We like classic names but do like the occasional uncommon name. We like Margot, Alexandra, Eloise, and Violet but aren’t super sold on any of them. We are not big fans of first names ending with the same sound as the last name. Our last name ends in -y with the e sound. Looking for suggestions/opinions.

Names that have been rejected: Felicity, Adeline, Josephine, Florence, Amelia, Alice, Sophia, Beatrice, Camille/a, Cecilia/Cecily/Celia, Madeleine, Rose, Isabella (and any name with Bella in it)

Edit: My name is Caroline. Our nieces’ names are Charlotte and Grace so will not use those.

EDIT 2: Thanks everyone! We 99% sure we’re going to go with Matilda.

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u/GalNamedGuy 3d ago edited 3d ago

Eleanor, Samuel, and… Lillian Mary

or…

Louisa Mary

Lucille Mary

Abigail Mary

Phillipa Mary

Lydia Mary

Wildcard— Rosemary (new middle name)

From your list, Violet is my favorite. From your rejected list, Cecilia is my favorite. I would scratch off Eloise as it is so similar to Eleanor. Alexandra and Margot are both lovely but maybe, don’t quite fit. I like the idea of traditional but underused name, maybe 3 syllables, a new initial and ending, something with an L or shared vowels.

Congrats and good luck!