Emily is one of the few overly popular names that I still really like. But I'd never use it because it IS so popular and common.
I do love
Iris, what about
Iris Emily?
Emily Sarah doesn't flow extremely well and both names are just so common that it isn't attractive to me at all. At least with
Emily Iris,
Iris isn't as popular so it 'balances' out somehow (at least in my mind, lol).
I do like that
Sarah is your mom's name, though, so how about another name you love, that is less common, as the fn and
Sarah as the mn? Even though they run together a bit, I do like
Iris Sarah. :)
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Heather~