Second baby, first girl Name

mamakculb

Just found out that we are having a girl! We have a two year old son named Troy Joseph. We loved his first name because it's a name everyone recognizes, but not super popular. We would love to have a name with similar familiarity and popularity. Joseph is a family name.

We have a few middle names (from various family members) that we would like to use: Marie, Louise, and Michelle

Some first names we like, but don't love:
Hannah
Liliana
Isabella
Arya
Emma

We seem to like girl names with the "a" sound at the end, but so many of these types are super popular. Also, our last name begins with C, and I'd rather avoid a hard C in the first name.

Any suggestions on alternative names? Thanks in advance!

KittyCat84

Like Liliana and Arya off your list. 

LOVE the a sound at the end of girl names too. Just a few off the top of my head: 

Mariana

Lucia

Juliana

Sophia

Kayla

Karissa

Camila 

Gia

Elena

Alyssa

Alicia

Mia

Leila 

Lila 

saham07

Troy and Vera are cute together. Vera Michelle!

bettertogether27

Gemma Louise...... Troy & Gemma
Tessa Marie...... Troy & Tessa
Cecelia Michelle...... Troy & Cecelia

mamakculb

saham07 said:

Troy and Vera are cute together. Vera Michelle!

Vera is actually a family name on DH's side. It's one of my top picks but I can't seem to get hubby on board. :-/ I am definitely gonna show him your post to emphasize how good it is!! Thanks haha!

eliztheforrizz

Of your choices, I prefer Hannah. LOVE Louise as a middle name. It goes with almost everything Marie is a great classic as well.

Other suggestions:

Troy and Leah

Troy and Joanna

Troy and Norah

Troy and Julia

Troy and Audra

Troy and Stella

Troy and Jessa

Troy and Fiona

Troy and Rebecca

breezycat

Sabrina
Julia
Lena
Thalia
Miranda
Anya
Maya
Fiona
Diana
Marissa
Nadia
Vanessa
Nina
Victoria

ClaireBear90

Emma is the most popular girl's name in the US, so I'd stay away from it if you don't want your daughter surrounded by lots of other Emmas. I have a weakness for it too, but will probably never use it because of its popularity.

Arya looks too much like Aryan to me and reminds me of Nazis.

Hannah is nms, but a good name.

Isabella is also VERY popular.

Lilianna is beautiful, my favorite of your list by far! I think it sounds nice with Troy too.

benmel31

My favorite names ending with an a are

Eliza

Julia

Lydia

Stella

Victoria

I really like Troy and Lydia.

ashleyandely

Vera Louise! Love it & goes great with Troy Joseph. Hope you can get hubby on board.

Suggest Aurora. Lots of other good suggestions here too! Congrats

JNGettinMarried

benmel31 said:

My favorite names ending with an a are

Eliza

Julia

Lydia

Stella

Victoria

I really like Troy and Lydia.

DD #1 is Eliza Michelle.

mrstrax

Love Liliana Marie (we have a Lillian). I'd watch out for the GoT reference with Arya - definite popularity spike.

I also love PP's recommendation of Elena (Michelle) with Troy!

mamakculb

Thanks ladies for all your suggestions! As of right now I think our favorite its Liliana Marie, but I haven't given up on Vera either!

Sassenach1743

eliztheforrizz said:

Of your choices, I prefer Hannah. LOVE Louise as a middle name. It goes with almost everything Marie is a great classic as well.

Other suggestions:

Troy and Leah

Troy and Joanna

Troy and Norah

Troy and Julia

Troy and Audra

Troy and Stella

Troy and Jessa

Troy and Fiona

Troy and Rebecca

All of this!

Of your options I like Hannah Louise best. I also liked the previous suggestion of Gemma Louise. 

4N6s

Violet

kakleibo

kristanoah said:

 We have a few middle names (from various family members) that we would like to use: Marie, Louise, and Michelle . . . .

What about trying to combine one or two of those family names to make something you both like. . . Like combining Marie and Louise to make Laurie. . . .

Just an idea....