Please, can you inspire me?

Well, if bubs turns out to be a boy we're sorted - that name was chosen long ago. But if they turn out to be a girl, I'm not so sure...

At the moment the name we have is Ruby Marguerite.

Now I love Ruby as a name, and pretty much love all girls names ending in an 'ee' sound. But DS's name is Ashley and I can't help but feel like it sounds a bit funny having two kids whose names both end in an 'ee' sound.

The only alternatives I have so far are:
Ella Marguerite (but I know quite a few Ella's)
Lola Marguerite (I'm growing to love Lola, but I don't like my chances of getting DH over the line).

Marguerite is a given for the middle name (it was my Mum's middle name) and our surname sounds like Pecked, but starts with a 'H'. I like traditional type names that can be both cute for a little girl and elegant for a grown woman. Other names I like (but are out for various reasons) are Chloe, Hannah, Holy, Hope, Ivy, Sophie, Phoebe, Lily, Grace...

So please, pretty please, give me some inspiration :)

Eliza or Stella popping into my head for some reason. I love the name Eliza but it didn't work well with my other daughters name.

Personally I love Ruby (so much so that I named one of my DDs Ruby!). I have 2 DDs with 'ee' names (Sophie and Ruby) and no one's ever said a thing. In fact my other DDs are 'ah' names (Sienna and Bella) and I only just realised. If you love it, go for it. I think the harshest name critics are mum and dad FWIW.

What about Eva or Alanah

I would go with ruby personally, I have a mehkelti and Sahti (both ending in tee) and it's never bothered us and nobody has ever said anything about that. More they just comment about how unusual the names are lol

I think Ruby & Ashley are different enough that it doesn't matter. If his name was Reuben I might rethink Ruby but otherwise I think it's fine. Ruby is very pretty. I've only met one Ruby & she was just gorgeous.

ETA: FWIW, my brother, sister & I all have names ended in an ee sound.

Some suggestions:
Erin
Isla
Adele
Jenna
Kaylin
Claire
Hazel
Talia
Milla
Amelia
Mabel
Jasmine
Estelle/Estella
Eloise
Jane
Caitlyn
Elizabeth
Kyra

I dont think it sounds funny having 2 "ee" end sounding names, i wouldnt have even picked up on it if you hadnt mentioned it. I have 5 girls and 2 of mine have "ee" end sound names and they both have "ee" on the end of their names too. They are Ebonee and Serenitee. They dont sound strange together i dont think, so go for what you love, dont settle for something else because of the "ee" reason.

My 2 DSD's have "ah" names. And this babe will too. No one has ever commented on it, and I didn't even realise until we started looking for baby names! If it suits your surname... go for it!!

I freaking love the name Ruby Marguerite. Sounds so feminine and strong. Gorgeous.

another saying just go with Ruby Marguerite. It's a beautiful name!
My mum has 9 kids and 6 of us have names ending with and "ee" sound ;)

I love ruby and I wouldn't be to worried about having 2 with an 'ee' sound. I have 4 nieces and they and Chloe, Chelsie, shelby and phoebe!!!

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I freaking love the name Ruby Marguerite. Sounds so feminine and strong. Gorgeous.

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I 100% agree!

Ruby Marguerite is a beautiful name.

Thanks lovelies!

I do like Eliza and Alanah... And they both sound quite good with Marguerite and our surname. Think I might add them to the maybe list and see how they feel in a week or two's time.

I do still love Ruby though! And I must admit all the supporters here have warmed me up on it again. It was a name we had picked out when I was preggers with DS, so maybe I was just a bit tired of it :dunno:. I know nobody would comment on both kids ending in an 'ee' sound, just not sure if it sounds great when you say 'my kids are Ashley and Ruby'. Mind you I call him Ash most of the time so would probably just say 'my kids are Ash and Ruby'.

Can't believe nobody likes Lola! I think it is so cute!

i like ruby & i think it would really suit with your surname. i don't mind lola but don't like it as much as ruby, eliza or alannah.

fwiw, we're agonising over another name that not only ends in a 'ee' sound but starts with the same sound as DS' name. i love it but it's when i think of myself calling the two of them that i start to worry!

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fwiw, we're agonising over another name that not only ends in a 'ee' sound but starts with the same sound as DS' name. i love it but it's when i think of myself calling the two of them that i start to worry!

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LOL! It was so much easier first time around wasn't it!

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I do like Eliza and Alanah

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You have very good taste! I have an Alannah and of course as I said I love love love Eliza but didn't want to couple it with Alannah.
On the 'ee' thing, me, my brother and my sister all end in y so all have the 'ee' sound (and all have 2 syllable names ) and I don't think any one has ever commented about it. Mum and Dad weren't particularly aware of it at the time, they said it just kind of happened that way.

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LOL! It was so much easier first time around wasn't it!

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yes! although we do struggle with boys names :dunno: the best advice i had was - make sure it's a name you don't mind hearing yourself say over & over again :lol:

Ruby is such a beautiful name, however if you are still looking for inspiration, here are some names I love:

Anna
Clara
Scarlet
Ivy
Hazel


Happy name choosing! Such an exciting time x