Please help DH and I come to a decision on our final list.

[CourgetteSmuggler]

Girls:

Bonnie
Mabel
Sadie
Esme

Boys:

Zachary
Rory
Sonny
Dexter

We are keeping our name choices from family and friends as we want it to be a complete surprise but can't come to a conclusion together.

Looking for a general public consensus so would you please be able to number them 1-4 from most favourite to least.

[whattodoo]

Bonnie
Esme
Sadie
Mabel

Rory
Zachary
Sonny
Dexter

[AllDirections]

Sadie
Bonnie
Esme
Mabel

Zachary
Dexter
Rory
Sonny

[peachmint]

Bonnie
Esme
Sadie
Mabel

Zachary
Rory
Dexter
Sonny

[FriedSprout]

Esme
Bonnie

Rory
Zachary

[charleslingus]

Mabel
Esme
Sadie
Bonnie

Sonny
Dexter
Zachary
Rory

[Solaia]

Esme

Rory

I'm not too sure about any of the rest, I'm really sorry! I think those two are fab tho.

[peachypips]

Sadie
Bonnie
Esme
Mabel

Sonny
Rory
Zachary
Hate Dexter sorry!

[friendlyguy1000]

I suggest that you get a dice and roll it, 1 to 4 you get a name, if you roll a 5, you go out together for the evening, if you roll a 6, you stay in together and go to bed early! great fun can be had by all, either you get a name, or you have fun together! what can be better!

[MarianneBrandon]

Esme
Bonnie
Sadie
Mabel

Rory
Zachary
Dexter
Sonny

[Onesleeptillwembley]

Dexter is bad. Sonny and Bonnie are far, far worse. The others are ok.

[Frikadellen]

Sadie
Mabel
Esme
Bonnie

Zachary
Dexter
Sonny




Rory ( I really loathe that name and EVERY one I meet are so obnoxious)

[Cassieyellow]

Esme
Sadie
Mabel
Bonnie

Rory
Zachary
Dexter
Sonny

[CourgetteSmuggler]

Okay so by the looks of it, Mabel and Dexter are out. This process of elimination is working well

I think we will go with Zachary for a boy, still undecided for the girls name. I LOVE Bonnie and it goes really well with our surname as it's Scottish. Is Esme too overused?

[Saffyz]

Mabel
Sadie
Bonnie
Esme

Rory
Zachary
Dexter
Sonny

[NachoAddict]

Esme
Sadie
Mable
Bonnie

Zachary
Sonny
Dexter
Rory

[Beamur]

Sadie
Bonnie
Esme
Mabel (please no)

Rory
Sonny
Dexter
Zachary

[TheLightPassenger]

Girls - not that keen on any of them, sorry, but
1)Sadie 2)Bonnie 3)Esme 4)Mabel

Boys - All lovely except Sonny.

[Bowlersarm]

Sadie or Esme

Rory or Zachary

[CourgetteSmuggler]

Okay, definitely going to go with Zachary.

What would you choose between Bonnie and Sadie?

I think Esme is going to be too overdone because of Twilight and I also wouldn't want any pronunciation problems (for starters DH likes 'Ez-may' I like 'Ez-me')
I really like Mabel, but I like the others more so that should come off too.

It's a cut throat business.

[Beamur]

I don't think I can choose between them - both good names. Why not have a joint preferred name and decide when baby arrives? I had a 'shortlist' of about 4 names we liked the most, but then chose a name from the 'longlist' that we thought hadn't made the cut.
Love DD's name and it suits her perfectly.

[CourgetteSmuggler]

Thanks Beamur.

With DD she didn't have a name for 3 days as we were so disorganised.

In hoping that finding out the gender this time will cut our problem in half!

[peachypips]

Funnily enough our cat is called Sadie and DS1 is called Zachary! I like Sadie and Bonnie equally- I think they are lovely and underused. I don't know any Sadies (apart from the cat) and I know one adult Bonnie. There are two Esmes at our toddler group.

[CourgetteSmuggler]

I think it's a two horse race between Sadie and Bonnie.
I do have a problem with each though..

Would Bonnie be too childish for when She's an adult?
Is Sadie a bit 'chavvy'?