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Catherine Josephine is really lovely!

My fav from your list is Natalie followed by Catherine and finally Ashley.

I like Catherine Josephine-- you can call her Katie-Jo

LOVE Habesbabe's suggestion for a nickname!! Catherine Josephine sounds SO pretty.

@HabesBabe: I was also thinking CJ for a nn!

I like Catherine / Kate too - pretty and classic

Catherine/Kate! Love it!!!

Plus I think Emma & Kate sounds adorable together.

@JessicaMcB: I love Catherine! Such a classic, regal name.

Well I'm partial to Catherine as it's my daughters middle name (to honor my grandmother). One thing I will point out: part of the reason we chose not to go with Catherine as the first name is that there are so many nicknames. And sometimes it can be tough to control what people will end up calling them (especially when they start school). Of all the nicknames we figured she'd get called Katie. Living in the south monogramming is big and I wanted to be sure LO didn't end up with a name where her full name and her nickname started with different letters. I wasn't willing to spell Catherine with a K since my grandmother spelled it with a C and Katie with a C is weird. So we pushed it to her middle name to avoid the nickname stress.

I love Catherine but it sounds kinda similar to your LO's middle name.

I like Natalie

@JessicaMcB: It's funny your DH thinks Catherine is an "old lady's name".
If you look at statistics, Ashley peaked in 1992 and has been on a steady downward slope since then. It's graph is much more of a bell curve indicating there is a very specific time period when it was trendy. I think it is likely that it become a "mom name" when your DD is older.
Catherine, on the other hand, is historically popular and with the alternative spellings (Katherine) it is much more timeless and consistently popular.

I like Catherine much more than Ashley, but Natalie is my favorite.

Other things I noticed: I feel like Catherine and Kathleen are very similar. It's not a big deal, but it jumped out to me. Also, is Emma short for something? I very much like the name Emma, but feel like Catherine is such a proper name and Emma is more spunky and trendy. Would you plan on calling her Katie or Kate? I think if you are, they work really well together.

Just my two cents! Whatever you pick will be perfect

@Mrs. Pen: I think Princess Kate's full name is Catherine!

Another vote for Catherine/Kate! I think Emma and Kate sound cute together too for sibling names.

@JessicaMcB: I Emma & Catherine nn Cate
Josephine is a pretty middle name too!

Catherine is a perfect complimentary name to Emma.

@T.H.O.U.: Nope, just found it on Baby Name Wizard. Com.
I love charts, graphs, and data!

Mia Catherine McCarthy was our girls name! I love Catherine with a C!

We named our LO Natalie, so I'm obviously partial to that.

I like Catherine, if it doesn't bother you that it's very similar to your other daughter's middle name.