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Number 3 due in 4 weeks and we still have a loonnnnggg short list. We don't know what sex so it makes it doubly hard. Our surname is a short one syllable name beginning with H and ends in T

So far on my list I have....

Sadie
Pearl
Constance
Ivy
Harriet
Juno
Lara
Cecily
Honey
Alice
Olive
Violet
Bonnie
Bella
Georgina
Felicity

And for a boy..

Lennox
Oscar
Jude
Roman
Hunter
Luca
Theodore
Henry
Harry
Rafferty
Hugo
Lysander
Bear

Any thoughts / additions? How on earth am I going to narrow it down!

Love your names. Your girls list has a very similar feel to mine. Heidi was my #1 till DP's BF used it. I could give you more ideas in this vein but you've asked for it to be narrowed down, not added to!

SO....

The names on your girls list also on mine are:
Cecily
Alice
Olive (Vivi as a nn, natch)
Violet (Ditto above)

My favourite of your boys names are:
Rafferty (there was a toddler Raffy on holiday last year who I fell in love with)
Hugo (Huey is so cool for a child & Hugo brilliant adult name)
Lysander
Bear

Love your lists.

Heidi, Joey and....

The names that 'go' best, without repeating a first inital (think of the post!) are

Alice and Luca/Rafferty

Sadie - good
Pearl - no
Constance - ok
Ivy - good
Harriet - ok
Juno - ok
Lara - good
Cecily - Love
Honey - NO (on behalf of the Honey (aged mid 30s) I know don't do it! She will have to live to a lot of crap jokes)
Alice - Lovely
Olive - Ok
Violet - Pretty
Bonnie - No
Bella - Character from the Tweenies, sweet but no.
Georgina - ok
Felicity - very girly, ok.

And for a boy..

Lennox - ok
Oscar - ok
Jude - Great
Roman - Good
Hunter - nope
Luca - good
Theodore - Great
Henry - Great
Harry - ok
Rafferty - ok
Hugo - Great
Lysander - good
Bear - nope

love all the names on both your lists except Juno and Bear, but when I read the title I immediately thought Liesl, and then Paddy for a boy....

Thank you, it's certainly helping me gain some perspective. My h has pretty much vetoed honey but I can't help but like it. Loving Vivi for Olive, hadn't thought of that....

Great list!

Olive, Juno, Roman and Bear are fab (and have featured on some lists of my own)!

Sadie - Love it. Sweet and cool at the same time.
Pearl - Really dislike it. Old granny witha blue rinse.
Constance - It's okay. Not that keen
Ivy - Ambivalent. Kind of old fashioned but has an up and coming cool edge
Harriet - Quite like it
Juno - Love it. Really quirky and original
Lara - Love it
Cecily - Not keen
Honey - Sweet .. . but probably not
Alice - Quite nice
Olive - Hate it. Very very old lady and doesn't sound attractive
Violet - It's okay
Bonnie - Quite sweet.
Bella - Really like it
Georgina - Like it
Felicity- Love it. Was on my shortlist

And for a boy..

Lennox - Like it. Cool.
Oscar - Love it. Probably would have used it if I had a boy.
Jude - Not keen
Roman - Not sure. Don't think I like it
Hunter - Kind of cool
Luca - Like it
Theodore - Quite like Theo but not Theodore
Henry - Nice
Harry - Really like it
Rafferty- A bit much
Hugo - too posh
Lysander way too posh
Bear - really? Is this actually a name?!

FOr me it would be Sadie, Juno, Lara or Felicity and Oscar or Lennox

Top 6 of each, in no particular order...

Pearl
Constance
Ivy
Olive
Violet
Georgina

Lennox
Oscar
Jude
Luca
Theodore
Henry

Is Joey a boy or girl?

Thoughts on your list;

Sadie - love
Pearl - not sure I like it
Constance - no
Ivy - no
Harriet - like
Juno - no
Lara - love
Cecily - no
Honey - awful
Alice - love
Olive - ummmm not sure about this ine
Violet - no
Bonnie - like
Bella - no
Georgina - no
Felicity - like

Lennox - awful
Oscar - bit too popular
Jude - too popular and also perfer it for a girl
Roman - seems popular
Hunter - awful
Luca - OK
Theodore - OK
Henry - OK
Harry - very very popular
Rafferty - not sure
Hugo - love
Lysander - no
Bear - nice as cute nn for Edward

So from your list I would use Sadie or Hugo

Love:
Lara, Cecily, Alice, Georgina, Felicity
Theodore, Henry, Harry, Hugo

Like:
Pearl, Constance, Ivy, Harriet
Oscar, Hunter, Lysander

It might be because I've only ever seen it use this way as a fn, but I would expect Lennox to be a girl.

I love Sadie, and like Luca and Jude.

RV when I see your name it freaks me out a tad, my dog is called Renee... Spooky coincidence...

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OOh, it's a new name! I'm a longtime MNetter, and changed it just a couple of weeks ago...

Funnily enough, my RL name is widely used for small yappy dogs.

Well how about that!

Its a sign, OP. Vivi for nn. Got to be.

Well, H hasn't completely written it off... Joey is Joseph really, but refuses to respond to his given name He's 4! Liking Sadie and Hugo as top choices but Olive / Violet a close second. I like names that everyone recognises - i.e. Heidi but are not that common...

Juno
Lara
Alice
Violet

Oscar
Jude
Hunter
Luca
Rafferty
Hugo
Bear as a nn for Edward.

What about Lara Honey?

I think Trudie goes well with your two other names.

Please not Honey, Hunter or Bear.

Mella and Ursula would carry on the themes of honey and bears and both would match Heidi for German-ness. As would Trudie.

Posted too soon -- wanted to suggest Leo and Leonie.