Wanted: A 4th Sister's Name!

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Update: Emerson Grace, Chloe Marie, and Leighton Marie are happy to announce the birth of their little sister, Harper Mae, on May 5! You may wonder where Harper came from... of course, my friend and I continued to talk and throw names around after this original post. She liked Skylar but wasn't 100% sure, so she asked me to send her more -er names. Harper was one of them, and I also noted that 'The Baby Name Wizard' listed Harper as a sibling name for Emerson. She added it to her short list, but didn't mention it to her husband. It was meant to be though, because he randomly brought it up one day! So Harper it was. And the middle name Mae was spelled as such because all the girls have middle names ending with an "e." Welcome to the world, Harper Mae, and congratulations to this beautiful family!

I have a friend with three daughters and expecting her fourth precious girl in May. She is really working hard to find a name that fits her other girls' names: Emerson, Chloe and Leighton. Since both Emerson and Leighton have the -on ending, her main goal was to find a name that starts with a vowel to go with Emerson, and ends with a -ee sound to go with Chloe. Ever since the search for this name has started though, she has realized how difficult it is to find that name and like it as well. So, she is open to names that match the set, but preferably doesn't end with an -on.

I threw a lot of names at her, but my first real suggestion was Adelaide (I was going through the British Royal family names and this name popped out). It doesn't have the -ee sound at the end, but it does end with an e and the nickname Addie would match Chloe. It turns out Adelaide was on her list already! She loves it but her husband may need convincing, as nicknames are not on his wish list.

The second name on her short list is Ainsley. It starts with a vowel and ends with the -ee sound and I think it matches pretty well. Again, she likes it but her husband doesn't.

The third name she is considering is one that I casually talked about and then later realized it would be perfect for her: Phoebe. I have to admit that this is my favorite with this sibset and it is growing on my friend (she had to look past the Friends character), but her husband is unsure.

The fourth name they are considering is Skylar. It is a name they both like, but she ranks it fourth among the names mentioned.

Names considered but turned down:

Alodie
Amberly
Amy
Annie
Ashley
Aubrey
Audrey
Avery
Bailey
Bonnie
Brinley
Briony
Cassie
Cecily
Chelsea
Courtney
Daisy
Darcy
Delaney
Elodie
Elsie
Everly
Felicity
Finley
Hadley
Halle
Hattie
Heidi
Ivy
Jolie
Josie
Kenzie
Lacey
Lindsay
Lucy
Macy
Maisie
Melanie (Laney)
Melody
Molly
Naomi
Natalie
Poppy
Ruby
Sadie
Sally
Sophie
Tierney
Whitley
Winnie

She feels as though she has exhausted all names, but it never hurts to put it out there to the masses to see if either a new name or a new regard for a name already considered can be presented. Any thoughts or suggestions?