My long list

[Cortina]

Some family names in the mix and some DH choices, a bit of a mixed bad atm:

Girls

Carine (pro Ca - reen)
Verena
Viola
Jacqueline
Jacelyn
Malin
Caroline or Carolina
Valentina
Athena
Olympia
Uma
Eliane
Rohana
Loveday
Sara
Phillipa
Leonora
Marie-F rance
Francoise
Celine
Samantha
Clary
Celia
Iona
Margaux (prefer this spelling)
Victoria
Dorrit
Julia

Boys

Victor
Cedric
Sean or Shaun
Crispin
Tristram/Tristan
Ludo (Ludovik)
Magnus
Lucius
Theodore
Player
Constantine

[Cinderellarach]

From your girls list I love:
Leonora
Malin

Love Lucius from your boys list.

Player is awful though!

[diplodoris]

Girls

Viola
Sara
Phillipa
Leonora
Samantha
Celia
Iona
Victoria
Julia

Boys

Tristan
Theodore

[Cortina]

Thanks, Player is a family name, not sure of the origin! Not on my side....

[Elsa123]

I like:

Carine (pro Ca - reen)
Viola
Caroline
Sara
Marie-F rance
Francoise
Iona
Victoria
Julia

Boys

Sean

[rachel234]

Girls - I love:

Valentina
Leonora

Boys - I love:

Constantine (prefer Konstantin)
Tristan
Crispin
Lucius

[bibbitybobbityhat]

Julia or Sean.

[minipie]

From your girls list I most like Carine, Viola, Caroline, Eliane, Sara, Celine, Francoise and Iona

From your boys list I'd pick Victor, Sean, Ludo, Tristan or Theo.

Definitely NOT Player!

[JoBaloney]

Girls

Carine (pro Ca - reen) - no
Verena - no
Viola - no
Jacqueline - no, dated
Jacelyn - no
Malin - no
Caroline or Carolina - ok
Valentina - pretty
Athena - no
Olympia - no
Uma - no
Eliane - no
Rohana - no
Loveday - love this, it's very pretty Cornish name. Are you Cornish?
Sara - ok but boring.
Phillipa - ok
Leonora - no
Marie-France - Are you French Catholic? It is very dated and I think there are more beautiful Marie combination names to be had, but only if you're French Catholic.
Francoise - no
Celine - no
Samantha - no, dated
Clary - no
Celia - yes
Iona - no
Margaux (prefer this spelling) - yes
Victoria - ok
Dorrit - no
Julia - ok

Boys

Victor - yes
Cedric - no
Sean - ok or Shaun - no
Crispin - love it, but would never use it.
Tristram/Tristan - no
Ludo (Ludovik)- no
Magnus - yes
Lucius - no
Theodore - yes
Player - NO
Constantine - is he going to be an emperor? no.

[mathanxiety]

Carine -- like
Verena -- no, sounds a bit made up
Viola no, too many pronunciation issues VI-ola or vi-OH-la, Vee-OH-la, etc.
Jacqueline -- like
Jacelyn -- like Jocelyn, not Jacelyn
Malin -- no; Malin Head is a peninsula in Ireland, and Malin is a Sea Area where the shipping forecast is usually for strong NW gales
Caroline/Carolina -- love Carolina
Valentina -- love
Athena -- love
Olympia -- ok
Uma -- prefer Una
Eliane -- too likely to end up as the ubiquitous Ellie
Rohana -- no
Loveday -- love
Sara -- ok, a bit meh
Phillipa -- ok
Leonora -- love
Marie-France -- love
Francoise -- love
Celine -- no, 'Dion'
Samantha -- no, too 70s
Clary -- no
Celia -- love
Iona -- love
Margaux -- like
Victoria -- like
Dorrit -- no
Julia -- ok, much prefer Juliet or Juliette

Boys

Victor -- no
Cedric -- no, unless French-accent
Sean -- only Sean, please not Shaun
Crispin -- ok
Tristram/Tristan -- no
Ludo (Ludovik) -- love
Magnus -- like
Lucius -- like
Theodore -- like
Player -- no way
Constantine -- love

So, LOVE
Carolina
Valentina
Athena
Loveday
Leonora
Marie-France
Francoise
Celia

LIKE
Margaux
Victoria
Carine
Jacqueline

and Una, Jocelyn, Juliet/Juliette

LOVE
Ludovic
Constantine

LIKE
Sean
Cedric
Magnus
Lucius
Theodore

[mathanxiety]

And love Iona too....

[OctaviaH]

Ones i like:

Viola
Caroline/a
Jacqueline
Sara

Ludo
Theodore

Nb: please don't call your child Player!

[missgenevieveclavel]

Carine (pro Ca - reen)- ok
Verena- no, Verona would be nicer
Viola- lovely
Jacqueline- okay, a bit dated
Jacelyn- don't like this
Malin- don't like but do like Maren
Caroline or Carolina- Caroline is lovely
Valentina- love
Athena- nice
Olympia- really nice
Uma- okay
Eliane- sound made up- like a mixture of several other names
Rohana- like it
Loveday- lovely!
Sara- fine
Phillipa- okay
Leonora- love!
Marie-F rance- don't like this
Francoise- nice
Celine- Dione
Samantha- dated
Clary- like Clara!
Celia- lovely
Iona- v nice!
Margaux (prefer this spelling)- like
Victoria- nice and classic
Dorrit- no
Julia- v nice, prefer Juliet which is beautiful

Favourite: Valentina, Olympia, Leonora, Loveday

Boys

Victor- nice
Cedric- sounds a bit wet
Sean or Shaun- okay
Crispin- quite like
Tristram/Tristan - Tristan is nice
Ludo (Ludovik)- like Ludivik
Magnus- like
Lucius- love this
Theodore- ditto
Player- awful
Constantine- nice but maybe a bit too much!

Have you got v interesting heritage because these names are a v eclectic mix?!

[janeite]

Girls

Celia
Victoria
Julia

These are the only ones I like.

Boys

Victor - like this
Cedric - ok only
Sean or Shaun - nope
Crispin - god no
Tristram/Tristan - love this
Ludo (Ludovik) -ok
Magnus - yep
Lucius - love
Theodore -love
Player - wtf - please no
Constantine - no

Overall, I like your boys' names much, much better than the girls' but Player is truly, truly awful. Sorry.

[BessieBoots]

I love name threads!

Girls

Carine - Lovely written down, not so nice pronounced.
Verena- Sounds like venereal.
Viola- Gorgeous.
Jacqueline- No.
Jacelyn - I said no.
Malin- OK. Never heard it before. Do you say it mallin or mar-lin? What about Malia, like the Obamas' little girl?
Caroline or Carolina- love Carolina becauuse of James Taylor's song.
Valentina- Too posh.
Athena- Posters
Olympia- makes me think of a fat opera singer... (I am odd.)
Uma- Lovely, but I prefer Una.
Eliane- No
Rohana- No
Loveday- What?! Is this an actual name? (I'm not being facetious, I've never heard it...) It might be quite cool but she'd have to have a strong personality to carry it off...
Sara- Lovely
Phillipa- Nice, bit dull
Leonora- Not keen but that's because of the character in The Hippopotamus (novel by Stephen Fry)
Marie-F rance- Cool, if you have strong French connections
Francoise- See above
Celine- Dion. Nooooooo.
Samantha- Fox.
Clary- Julian.
Celia- Nice
Iona- Nice but be aware that there's two pronounciations- Eye- Ona, and the Welsh Yonna.
Margaux (prefer this spelling)- Did you ever see the Good Life?
Victoria-Lovely, classic, cool.
Dorrit- YABU now!
Julia- Pretty

Boys

Victor- Cool
Cedric- Not my taste
Sean or Shaun- Love Sean
Crispin- Not manly enough
Tristram/Tristan - Not keen
Ludo (Ludovik)- Cute for a boy, not right for a man
Magnus- Cool
Lucius- Too like Lucifer
Theodore- Nice
Player- What?!
Constantine- A bit too much for me...

Feel really bad now for rubbishing some of your names... Just choose what you like, whatever you choose will be great because it'll be your baby.

[GirlWithTheMouseyHair]

I love these long lists:

Girls

Carine - not keen
Verena- ugh no
Viola- lovely
Jacqueline- it's ok, but Jackie isn't
Jacelyn - no
Malin- like it (when pronounced mar-lin)
Caroline or Carolina- bit dull
Valentina- no
Athena- love it (battlestar galatica)
Olympia- think there are nicer greek goddess type names
Uma- oooh quite like it
Eliane- No
Rohana- hmmm, quite like
Loveday- not keen
Sara- dull
Phillipa- dull
Leonora- not keen
Marie-F rance- quite like
Francoise- See above
Celine- Dion. Nooooooo.
Samantha- not keen
Clary- prefer clare
Celia- prefer cecilia
Iona- love
Margaux (prefer this spelling)- still margot though innit?
Victoria- like
Dorrit- er, no
Julia- Prefer juliet

Boys

Victor- meldrew...no
Cedric- no
Sean or Shaun- Sean
Crispin- bit wet
Tristram/Tristan - love
Ludo (Ludovik)- love
Magnus- no
Lucius- like
Theodore- getting a bit common
Player- er....no!
Constantine- not keen

[Kathleen123]

Fave name from your list:

Girl - Celine

Boy - Sean

[BridesheadRegardless]

Caroline or Philippa

Crispin or Tristan.