What comes to mind when you hear these names
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I won't be offended. I would just like to know first and honest impressions of these names.
Freya
Isabel
Summer
Iris
Kitty
Rose
Faye
Esther
Jemima
Ralph
Thomas
Finlay
P eter
Zachary
Freddie
Ellis
Conal
Rory
Ezra
Freya - overused - however a pretty name
Isabel - middle aged Scottish spinster with perm
Summer - no. Don't like at all.
Iris - A beautiful name and one of my favourites.
Kitty - as a diminutive of Katharine, yes. As a named on its own, no.
Rose - pretty
Faye - no. Too fey.
Esther - Another lovely name.
Jemima - it's a duck's name.
Ralph - sounds like being sick, Rafe pronounciation pretentious imo.
Thomas - boring
Finlay - common
P eter - a nice boys name, but not too exciting
Zachary - no, overused and a little sod's name
Freddie - prefer Frederick
Ellis - funnily enough I think of this as a girl's name
Conal - hmm, not sure. OK I think
Rory - dog's name.
Ezra - very old man with a drinking problem
Sorry - some of these assumptions are silly, just put down my initial thoughts. Did you actually ask for the rambling streams of consciousness of a random mumsnetter!
On this my faves are Iris and Esther, and Freddie and Peter
Ooops
Rory - like
Ezra - really like but couldn't get past slight old man feeling to it.
Freya - pretty, Scandinavian
Isabel - pretty, prefer Isobel
Summer - bit naff - American (imo)
Iris - pretty, also Iris Murdoch
Kitty - lovely but a nn
Rose - overused, old lady
Faye - don't like, Steps
Esther - old lady
Jemima - love but a bit cat like or Playschool
Ralph - don't like
Thomas - love
Finlay - like but prefer just nn Fin(n)
P eter - don't like
Zachary - don't like, not even Zack or Zach
Freddie - like but wouldn't be sure about naming as a nn, although don't like Frederick
Ellis - Bit modern for my taste
Conal - no
Rory
Ezra
Freya

Isabel

Summer

Iris

Kitty

Rose

Faye


Esther

Jemima

Ralph

Thomas

Finlay

P eter

Zachary

Freddie

Ellis

(girls name)
Conal

Rory

Ezra

freya - average, normal girl, unremarkable
Isabel - feminine, sweet, schemeing
Summer - trendy, smart
Iris - blends into the crowd, old-lady like
Kitty - silly, airhead
Rose - sophisticated, gentle, smart
Faye - overweight/busty, loud
Esther - quite, studious, or a bit aloof and cool
Jemima - old, old lady, unattractive, dowdy, nasty
Ralph - fat kid from the simpsons
Thomas - tom, average normal kid
Finlay - outgoing, boisterous, a bit of a bully sometimes.
Peter - science orientated, likes facts, plays guitar, chatty
Zachary - average LAD
Freddie - offbeat, lots of friends
Ellis - a bit slow, likes riding bikes...
Conal - likes politics and computer games quite serious
Rory - gregarious, normal, like finlay really
Ezra - as above
Freya - brand of bras
Isabel - nice, like the way you've spelt it too
Summer - ok but not wild about it
Iris - my fave flower. like it lots
Kitty - like it
Rose - knew v irritating one
Faye - no bit pah really
Esther - as said before, rantzen!
Jemima - posh puddleduck
Ralph - judy blume nuff said. you don't want him named after a willy surely????

Thomas - like it
Finlay - like it
P eter - old fashioned
Zachary - ok
Freddie - no
Ellis - ok
Conal - not unless your irish
Rory - yuckety yuck posh nobhead, sorry
Ezra - hah not really
Freya - beautiful and intelligent
Isabel - sweet when she's little, horrid when grown up
Summer - hippy dippy and eastenders
Iris - really pretty
Kitty - too sweet if she wants to be a lawyer
Rose - the girl everyone falls in love with
Faye - you can really trust her
Esther - cool when she's a teenager
Jemima - nice, people might call her Jem which i hate
Ralph - more 'happy days' than Ralph Lauren
Thomas - sissy unless he's a Tom
Finlay- annoyingly popular name
Peter - wet sissy, Pete - chav
Zachary - Zach is really nice but popular
Freddie - cool name cool guy
Ellis - smellis
Conal - sounds like Donald
Rory - i don't like the sound- think Jonathan Ross
Ezra - cool name
Freya and Zach, Esther and Freddie
Freya - Nice, but very much of recent years. How many middle aged Freyas do you know? Suspect it will fall out of favour fairly soon.
Isabel- Lovely. Nn Issy great too. Like that spelling.
Summer- Chavtastic. Eastenders. Nice idea though.
Iris- Murdoch, flower. Somehow rather hard and unattractive though.
Kitty- Hello-, -Cat.
Rose- Lovely, classic, but would inevitably be Rosie.
Faye- Awful. Wet, wimpy.
Esther- Hard name. Not attractive. Not sure why.
Jemima- Lovely, but with a lingering hint of puddleduck.
Ralph- Lovely, but only when pronounced Rafe. Correcting mispronounciation for a lifetime would be excrutiating.
Thomas- Classic, although popular. Love, love, love Tom.
Finlay- Like Freya, suspect it will date. Finn though is great.
Peter- ok. Bit boring but classic.
Zachary- Naff. American, particularly when Zak.
Freddie- Fred much better.
Ellis- Bit ambiguous.
Conal- Quite like.
Rory- Great. Bit too close to Roy though.
Ezra - The -a at the end could be mistaken for a girls' name.
Freya -lovely name but very popular.
Isabel -ditto though I prefer it spelt with an o
Summer - The only one on your list that I dislike.
Iris - pretty and plain in a nice way.
Kitty - Fab. I'd shorten it from Katherine but sounds great on its own too. Makes me think equally of a toddler with crazy curls and a professional grown-up woman.
Rose -
The middle name of choice it seems though a lovely name nevertheless. Though I do love Rosalind.
Faye - Blonde and 70s but nothing wrong with that.
Esther - Classy and underused
Jemima- She's always going to be cool and well educated.
Ralph - Ok but Judy Blume is always there!
Thomas - Lovely name but again really popular.
Finlay - Good name
Peter - Ok
Zachary - Good strong name
Freddie - Not my favourite but ok
Ellis - Sounds too American but maybe that't just me!
Conal - Good strong name (again)
Rory - Love this name! Makes me think of a tall good looking Scot though the two I know are both English! (but both v.good looking!)

Ezra - The only one I've met has been a woman though I think it is a Jewish boys name.
Freya-pretty girl, curly hair, fairly bohemian, nice handwriting
Isabel- dark hair, middle class family, polite
Summer-Australian
Iris-old lady but I love it
Kitty-a cat
Rose-fair haired english girl, pretty
Faye-a bit spoilt (don't know wy sorry!)
Esther- Ranzen
Jemima- the doll off Playschool
Ralph-curly hair, good looking. Like the name
Thomas-run of the mill
Finlay-nice name, curly hair again, well spoken
Peter-Andre
Zachary-a little bit cheeky
Freddie-Mercury!
Ellis-have always like this but have been told it's 'chav' (for want of a better name)
Conal-extremely good looking with sexy scottish or irish accent (am obviously thinking of a grown up Conal!)
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - I would have thought it was a girl's name