sister for Finley and Oliver

We have two wonderful boys and are now having a girl and need help with picking a name. I love the name Grayce and also love Hattie Rose, but my husband isn't too fond of them. We are open to suggestions so please help us!

louisem wrote:We have two wonderful boys and are now having a girl and need help with picking a name. I love the name Grayce and also love Hattie Rose, but my husband isn't too find of them. We are open to suggestions so please help us!

I think your sons have great names. :-)

I think that Grace (no y) is lovely (very popular in the U.S., though), and really love Hattie, both on its own as as a nickname for Harriet and Henrietta. (Rose is the #1 middle name in the U.S., so Rose has become a filler middle...Not sure where you are, though!)

Finley, Oliver, and:

Amelia
Annabel/Annabelle
Blythe
Cora
Charlotte
Clara
Clementine
Eliza
Eleanor (nn Nora)
Genevieve (nn Evie)
Hazel
Helena (nn Nell)
Iris
Josephine
Jane
Matilda
Maeve (if you'd like to go the Irish route again...)
Mabel (nn Mae, Maisie, or Belle)
Nell
Nora
Nola
Rose (as a first name)
Rosalie (has Finley's ending sound, though)
Scarlett
Stella
Tess
Willa

Best wishes to you! :-)

jill wrote:

louisem wrote:We have two wonderful boys and are now having a girl and need help with picking a name. I love the name Grayce and also love Hattie Rose, but my husband isn't too find of them. We are open to suggestions so please help us!

I think your sons have great names. :-)

I think that Grace (no y) is lovely (very popular in the U.S., though), and really love Hattie, both on its own as as a nickname for Harriet and Henrietta. (Rose is the #1 middle name in the U.S., so Rose has become a filler middle...Not sure where you are, though!)

Finley, Oliver, and:

Amelia
Annabel/Annabelle
Blythe
Cora
Charlotte
Clara
Clementine
Eliza
Eleanor (nn Nora)
Genevieve (nn Evie)
Hazel
Helena (nn Nell)
Iris
Josephine
Jane
Matilda
Maeve (if you'd like to go the Irish route again...)
Mabel (nn Mae, Maisie, or Belle)
Nell
Nora
Nola
Rose (as a first name)
Rosalie (has Finley's ending sound, though)
Scarlett
Stella
Tess
Willa

Best wishes to you! :-)

my intention with the y in grace was that it would be pronounced gray cie, but spelled differently than 'gracie' but it seems to have been confusing to quite a few people and i don't want her to have too much trouble with her name...i love charlotte but that is my niece's name....and i love tess, maybe even tessa?!? thanks for your input

If you like Charlotte and can't use it, perhaps you would like Caroline? They are both feminized versions of Charles. I think if you want to use Grayce (Gracie - very confusing spelling, by the way!), it would best be suited to a middle name. Caroline Grayce would be pretty, as would Caroline Grace, or even Caroline Grey.

Some names that go well with Finley: Blair, Catriona, Greer, Isla, Lorna, Paisley, Skye

Some names that go well with Oliver: Beth, Blythe, Cate, Clare, Jane, Nell, Pearl, Rose, Alice, Audrey, Georgia, Hazel, Ivy, Louise, Lucy, Nora, Tatum, Adeline, Arabelle, Eliza, Juliet, Madeline, Margaret, Rosalind, Rosanna, Evangeline

Personally, I don't care for sibling names having the same ending, if possible to avoid. So, I wouldn't choose a name ending in -y or -er for your daughter, since these sounds are already used in Finley and Oliver. I think your best bets are Caroline, Isla, Cate, Jane, Alice, Hazel, Tatum, Adeline, Eliza, Margaret, or Evangeline.

Good luck!

I have no idea how people would have a problem pronouncing Grace. It would have to be one of the simplest names around. If you were naming her Ciel I could understand but everyone knows how to spell Grace and the natural nn is Gracie, which I think spoils a lovely name.

Please don't add a 'y' it just butchers the name.