names indicative of race/ethnicity and sibset

cdmaster

Our kids will be 1/2 Caucasian (Italian + Polish) + 1/2 Indian, so our 1st's name is Mahlia, which I thought was indicative of just a beautiful girl + no race or ethnicity particularly.  (Weirdly, I have a hang up when a name does not represent the kid, i.e., my first name is common in both Poland and Italy + my last name is Italian.)

Consequently, I'd like her brother or sister's name to (a) go with Mahlia; (b) have a good nickname (we use Lili, Mia, Lia); (c) be unusual as well; and (d) go with a common last name. 

Any thoughts on the following names, bearing in mind the above, are REALLY appreciated:

Girl:  Julianna (is the only one we agree on); husband likes Claire, Abigail, Tabitha, Penelope, Fiona (which I think are too British +/or Irish/Celtic?); I like Annalise (he dislikes)

Boy:  Benjamin, Oliver, Henry, Matthew, Zachary

 Thanks!

magsugar13

Love julianna but prefer itr wirh a g

LOVE matthew

elle80

Love Julianna and Penelope.

Mahlia and Julianna / Mahlia and Penelope...

Julianna has a bunch of nickname options and for Penelope I'd use Poppy!

I'm a huge fan of all of your boy names! 

alliejo725

magsugar13:

Love julianna but prefer itr wirh a g

LOVE matthew

I prefer Giuliana as well. It would be a nice way to honor your Italian heritage.

zoe_cat

I really like Julianna and Penelope (Penny is a super cute nickname).  I also like your boy names, but you mentioned you wanted them to be unusual, right?  Those are all really common, but nice, names. 

LMS05

I love Juliana, Claire, Abigail, Benjamin, Henry, Matthew and Zachary. 

Sazhrah

are you wanting more polish, italian or indian sounding names?

Polish I like Sylvia (i know traditionally it is Sylwia)

Italian I like Gianna or Guiliana

Indian I like Radha or Shreya

braveangel2

I'm just going to comment on Annalise - please consider Anneliese or Annelise instead...the original or a Danish variant. Annalise is an American name smush that people spell phonetically and has the word, Anal in it. Just a heads up.