Any Name Suggestions???

[pookie1121]

I am American and my husband is German.  We are expecting two girls and have a very hard time coming up with names.  Although they are twins, we aren't looking for names that rhyme or necessarily start with the same letter or any of that.

I like names that are timeless....classic....  but not boring or TOO common.
- Nothing tooooooooo trendy or too old or too young.  
- The biggest catch is that the names have to be pronounced the same in English in German.  So many classic names exist in both languages and are pronounced differently.   (I understand that most of you dont speak German, but still - if you have suggestions, I am open! :)
- That means No names that start with "J" as "J" here is pronounced like a "Y"....
- Need to have at least 2 syllables because our last name is just one syllable.

For example, our 20 month old daughter's name is Sophia.  The only potential name we have been able to come up with is Isabelle or Isabella.  Other than that we don't have a single name on the list!!!!

Any suggestions of names?
or suggestions of good name websites?

[Melissa0116]

What about Ciara (see-air-a).  Ciara and Sophia sound good together.  I used to have a friend in elementary school named Christania (Chris-tanya).  Here are some others:
Audriana
Mariana
Marcella (Mar-kay-la)
Orabella

[hkenny]

Heidi   my german grandfather named me this since my mom only had a boy name chosen.  I guess it could be swedish too.

[kjbutcher]

oh I had this problem with my son.  We finally settled on ONE name.  Out of all of the boys names he liked ONE!  For several weeks I was calling my unborn baby Nicholas.  then he comes to me and says, "what if we have a second boy?  then we wont have a name for him"  so we ended up having a junior just to save the name nicholas for our second child.  seriously...it shouldnt be this hard!

[luvmy2girls]

I don't know if Gabriella is German but I love that one.  My Aunt is on a mission in Germany and she loves it there. I'll have to ask her some suggestions.

[Asking4aMiracle]

just a thought....Annabell (or Annabella), just thought of it because of isabella...something different and i didnt see anyone mention it.

[pookie1121]

Hi Ladies,

I just read my husband ALL your name suggestions, and he only agrees to have Gabriella and Angelina on the list (of course, in addition to Isabella).  He vetoed everything else!!!!!  I have decided to add Natalia and Arianna to the list anyways :)  Maybe he will forget that he vetoed them.

If anyone else has any suggestions, I am still all ears!  I sooooooooo appreciate all your help.