rate my names please?

[foreverastudent]

Girls (first)

ceilidh
hazel
heather
ivy
scarlett
shannon
tara
verity

(m iddle)

allegra
astrid
aurelia
aurora

boys (first)

sean
oakley
cairn

boys (middle)

arran
kyle
james
scott
ryan
cosmo

would probably have 2 middle names (due to my inability to choose)

other suggestions welcome

[kveta]

I like:
Hazel
Heather
Tara
Verity
Ivy
Astrid
and
James
Ryan
(to a lesser degree) arran.

Don't like the rest at all, sorry.
Cairn is a terrier, Oakley a sunglasses brand, and I knew too many seans at school!

[CuppaTeaJanice]

ceilidh - Isn't this some sort of Irish musical concert/party?
hazel - Like
heather - Bit prim and old-womanny
ivy - Love the plant, name OK
scarlett - nice but v. popular, maybe a bit stripperish?
shannon - Love it
tara - Sloany
verity - Ugly name

(m iddle)

allegra - very posh
astrid - short blonde pixie cropped hair
aurelia - too much like areola
aurora - exotic

boys (first)

sean - untrustworthy
oakley - sunglasses
cairn - pile of stones?

boys (middle)

arran - spelt Aaron, nice
kyle - naughty boy
james - zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
scott - plain boy
ryan - trouble
cosmo - next door's cat

[iskra]

ceilidh? As in a Scottish dance party frequently held after weddings?

I like Astrid & James best out of those names.

[minipie]

ceilidh is a scottish dance

cairn is a grave

oakley is a sunglasses brand

From your first names, I'd go for Hazel or Heather. Sean is ok.

From your middle names, Allegra and James or Arran.

[emmyloo2]

I like Hazel and Ivy out of your girls. Don't like Scarlett at all, sorry. I just can't stand it.

Boys - I think Sean is a lovely classic and underused name. The other boys names sound a little made up.

But I am quite traditional when it comes to names!

[diplodoris]

I'd go for Ivy Aurelia from your girls' names. Also like Aurora but think Aurelia fits better with Ivy.

Not sure about the boys' name choices, I prefer some of the middle names to the first names. I'd go for Aaron James.

[Kathleen123]

Girl - Scarlett Aurelia or Verity Astrid

Boy - Sean Cosmo

[Kathleen123]

How about Verity Adele

[notconvincedaboutthis]

Girls (first)

ceilidh - not really a name, very likely to be spelt differently by everyone who tries.
hazel - lovely
heather - lovely
ivy - elderly lady
scarlett - might be hard to live up to
shannon - matthews
tara - posh, is it short for something?
verity - like it

(middle)

allegra - sounds like an austin allegro
astrid - like it
aurelia - not sure why, but sounds like one of those names that is used when Bart Simpson phones Moe.
aurora - like it

boys (first)

sean - like it
oakley - sunglasses
cairn - pile of stones
boys (middle)

arran - not sure, agree with CTJ on the spelling.
kyle - jeremy
james - like it
scott - from neighbours (perhaps I am too old)
ryan - naughty
cosmo - way too posh to fit with the other names

[Tillyscoutsmum]

I like Scarlett, Tara and Verity. I like all of your girl's middle names but none of your boys names (James is ok but a bit dull)

[cece]

Girls (first)

ceilidh - not how to say it
hazel - bit middle aged but nice
heather - like
ivy - not one I would use but OK
scarlett - not keen
shannon - no, bit council estate
tara - love
verity - love and was on our list for DC3

(m iddle)

allegra
astrid
aurelia
aurora

They are all OK for middle names. I personally like to use names in the middle that belong to family members.

boys (first)

sean - the best of the 3 but still no
oakley - sunglasses!
cairn - er no!

boys (middle)

arran
kyle
james
scott
ryan
cosmo

I like James only from your list of boys names.

BTW my boys both have two middle names and it is fine...

[bigstripeytiger]

I havent ever seen ceilidh used as a name?

[CuppaTeaJanice]

Neither have I, tiger, not with that spelling anyway. Kayleigh's probably the closest......

There's also the possibility of some very dodgy initials with some of the above names, depending on your surname obviously. HAG, VAG, SAC etc.

[LynetteScavo]

Verity Aurelia

Oakley Cosmo ( I would go for Cosmo James)

[Sal321]

Cairn.

Ken?

No, Cairn.

Sorry, so that's Ken, K E N?

No, Cairn, C A I R N!

[diddl]

Like Verity.

[MrsJohnDeere]

Like Verity and Astrid and James. Don't like any of the others.

[loobylu3]

I have left the ones I like!

Girls (first)

hazel
ivy
scarlett
verity

(m iddle)

allegra
astrid
aurelia
aurora

boys (middle)

james- okay only
cosmo

[AdamsMammy]

Only you can decide - don't listen to anyone else as it's you who will be yelling it at the back door when they won't come in from playing out! So you need to be totally happy with the name you choose.

[cece]

Keep your shortlist and wait to meet your little one.

Your might be surprised at what will suit them..

DD got the name that was third on our list, none of the others seemed right for her.

DS1 got a name that wasn't even on our shortlist.

DS2 also got a completely different name to what we had decided on. I still like the name we chose but it didn't suit him.

[foreverastudent]

Thanks,

I had never heard of Oakley sunglasses, that's off the list then.

Arran (the island) and James have familty connections so 90% chance will use one or both in some way.

Ceilidh is scottish gaelic for a dance. Eilidh is a common name up here so dont think spelling would be so much of a problem.

The though of Cairn getting confused with Ken make me shudder, so that's anothe roff the list.

Hazel seems to be the most popular and was almost DD1's name but she just didn't suit it. Plus it makes me think of a notsonice girl from highschool.

I also quite like Russian names!

[mixedmamameansbusiness]

Girls (first)

ceilidh - the music association for me
hazel
heather
ivy - i like this, can see a revival on the horizon
scarlett - love but quite popular
shannon
tara
verity

(m iddle)
I prefer all of these actually to the first namess
allegra
astrid
aurelia - my fave
aurora - wasnt she-ra called aurora

boys (first)

sean
oakley
cairn
not keen on any of these but i reckon cairn

boys (middle)

arran - really like
kyle
james - classic and timeless
scott
ryan
cosmo

[foreverastudent]

Have decided on boys.

My new girls list:

Carmen
Abigail
Bailey
Marissa/Larissa/Elissa/Alissa/Nerissa/
Clarissa
Violet
Ariel
D awn
Courtney
Maya
Chantal
Aria/Arianna
Charlotte
Estella
Anastasia
Brooke
Paige
Marina

opinions please.

[coffeefestival]

Carmen - OK
Abigail - like
Bailey - dislike as it's a surname
Marissa - prefer Melissa
Larissa - like, also like Lara as a nn
Elissa - prefer Alissa/Alyssa
Alissa - like, also like Alice
Clarissa - a bit fussy, prefer Alissa or Larissa
Violet - like
Ariel - dislike
Dawn - OK
Courtney - not keen
Maya - like
Chantal - not keen
Aria/Arianna - like both
Charlotte - OK
Estella - like
Anastasia - like
Brooke - dislike
Paige - dislike
Marina - like

My favourites from your new girls' list are Abigail, Larissa, Violet, Arianna, Estella and Anastasia. Nice combinations would be

Abigail Violet
Abigail Estella
Abigail Maya
Larissa Violet
Violet Abigail
Violet Arianna
Violet Estella
Violet Anastasia
Arianna Violet
Estella Violet
Anastasia Larissa
Anastasia Violet

[janeite]

ceilidh - silly
hazel - nice
heather - nice
ivy - no
scarlett - yes
shannon - awful
tara - no
verity - lovely

(m iddle)

allegra - horrible
astrid - nice
aurelia - mouthful
aurora - no but Dawn is ok

boys (first)

sean - no
oakley - terrible
cairn - awful

boys (middle)

arran - no
kyle -awful
james - lovely
scott - ok in a retro sort of way
ryan - ok
cosmo - hate this

Verity and James get my votes.