Completely stuck on baby girl names

jessicah628

Hi ladies -- first time poster on this board, looking for some inspiration. I'm due with my second baby, a girl, in less than six weeks. I have a two-year old son named Daniel Charles, whose first and middle names are my husband's and my maternal grandfathers. Choosing his name was easy. This time around I'm seriously struggling, and I would love any suggestions you can throw my way (a girl can only stare at name inspiration lists for so long!).

A few things to consider:

1. Our Italian last name starts with a soft A and is vowel-heavy, so I don't want to use a name that ends in an A sound (I don't want first and last names to run together).
2. I tend to like classic names -- I don't mind that my son will likely grow up with other Daniels in his class, but don't want a name that in 20 years will be looked back at as "so 2014." Any name that falls near the top 10 list is definitely out of the question.
3. I was stuck on Katherine (nn Kate) for quite a while, which is a family name. But, my mother-in-law's name is Cathy and for various reasons I don't want it to look like we're naming after her. Plus, my husband isn't crazy about Katherine. I thought about Kaitlin/Katelyn (also would be nn Kate), but I'm thrown off by the number of alternate spellings and would prefer for baby girl not to have her name misspelled her whole life. I also love Molly, but that's my parents' dog's name, so it's a no-go.
4. My husband suggested Jocelyn, which I think is pretty, but I'm really not sure that I'm sold on it. 

Help!! TIA!

Mei&Mei

Daphne

 Penelope

Beatrice

 Eden

Willow

Celeste

Joy

Grace

Megan

Melody

Abigail

Chloe

 Zoe

Charlotte 

Audrey

Hazel

Jessamine

Elise

Amy

Laurel

Autumn

Madeleine

Caroline

Claire

Natalie

Rosemary

Bridget

Lilian 

Eve

Maeve

Annabel

 Holly

Iris Ivy

April

June

Rosalie

Eloise

 Adelaide

Noelle 

Juliet

Olive

Genevieve

jessicah628

Thanks, ladies. Audrey, Caroline and Lilian are all interesting. What nns would you use for the first two? We use my son's full name, so nns aren't make or break forme, but I do like to think about them. Lily was another suggestion of my husband's that I wasn't sure about, but for some reason Lilian never occurred to me and I like it better.

Mei&Mei

Audrey needs no nickname.

Caroline: Lina, Carrie, Callie, Caro, Linny? 

scaggsed

If it helps, it's never bothered me that people don't spell my first name correctly on the first try (not even as Katie). Though, my last name did... I would spell the FOUR letters and they'd still add an extra one.

jessicah628

scaggsed said:

If it helps, it's never bothered me that people don't spell my first name correctly on the first try (not even as Katie). Though, my last name did... I would spell the FOUR letters and they'd still add an extra one.

I think that's part of it -- our last name is constantly misspelled and mispronounced, so it seems mean to stick her with a first name that's also likely to cause issues.

DaisyZH

I think Jocelyn is very pretty. Other ideas:

Brooke

Claire

Jane

Ruth

Hope

JMU_Bride09

Carol

Coralie (nn Cory)

Juniper

Katrina (ends in a, i know, but it's another option for the nn Kate or even Kat)

Lindsey

Marilyn

Nicole

Rosalind

greysweatshirt

Rosalie

Corinne

Camille

Annabelle

Sheridan

Giselle

Gabrielle

MarxieVonTrapp

Carly can also be a nickname for Caroline.

ETA: Lillian/Lily is pretty popular.  I mention that only because you indicated you don't want a Jennifer of the 2010s.