Bit of a dilemma, plus middle name for Isabella?

[Yarrawin]

Hi all,

Okay, so this thread is a bit of a double whammy, therefore please bear with me!

DH and I have had a horrid time trying to agree on a shortlist of names for our little girl who is due in January.

He suggested Chloe Elizabeth and we absolutely LOVE it but I have a cousin called Chloe and since my family is quite difficult I thought speaking with them about it would be the right thing to do. Long story short it backfired in my face and I was made to feel quite awful, and if we call bubs Chloe I am certain an all out family war will ensue (especially as she is Chloe Eliza, quite close to Chloe Elizabeth) so no matter how much we love it we're stuck. Its a shame, I cried my eyes out over the whole thing but oh well.

SO we're back to square one and we're really, really stuck.

We quite like Isabella but can't agree on a middle name that would go. I love Isabella Grace but DH hates the name Grace with a passion (as with most names I like). He also insists it has to be a name that can be shortened - I actually am in love with the name Ella but in DH's words "oh that's horrible as a name name, but fine as a nickname". GRRR! He also really, really hates Mae/May (the first name we came up with was Gabriella and I wanted Mae as a middle name and he wouldn't have a bar of it).

So, we need a middle name to go with Isabella.

Failing that, we just need a list of girls names! DH is very concious of her not having a name where she could be teased. We also have a few names that are strictly no go - Amelia, Penelope/Penny, Sophie/Sophia, Emma, Lauren, Chloe, Eva, Isobel, Sarah, Alice (all names of DHs ex gfs or family names and we're trying to steer clear of family names after the Chloe debacle!).

Also, nothing starting with B as our surname is Buckland.

We've tried the whole baby book circling/list idea and it didn't help us! eeek!