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(17 Posts)Hi. So, some of these are family names and others are similar to family names. Tell me what you think.
Girls
-Marianne
-Irene
-Iris
- Frances
- Francesca
- Martha
- Elizabeth
-Elsa
-Bethany
-Alyssa
-Jean
-Dorothy
-Marielle
- Georgia
Boys
- Anthony
- Francis
-John
- Sean
- Albert
-Daniel
- Reginald
Marianne - dated
-Irene - dated
-Iris - really like this, but quite popular depending where you live
- Frances - it's okay
- Francesca - again, I don't love it but it's inoffensive
- Martha - popular and I have no idea why
- Elizabeth - classic, I really like it
-Elsa - Let it go
-Bethany - fine
-Alyssa - dislike
-Jean - it's time has not come back yet
-Dorothy - fine
-Marielle - dislike
- Georgia - dislike
Boys
- Anthony - dislike
- Francis - it's fine
-John - inoffensive
- Sean - dislike
- Albert - piercing
-Daniel - I like this name a lot
- Reginald - name of one of my old pet rats. Lovely little thing. Huge testicles.
Like Frances and Daniel
Huge testicles
I’m now only going to hear ‘huge testicles’ when I hear Reginald now.
In the voice of the lady from Love Actually who describes Martine Mcutcheon’s thighs.
Marianne- too middle aged
-Irene - too Middle Aged
-Iris- getting more trendy and I like it
- Frances - too formal
- Francesca - I like
It
- Martha - too Middle aged
- Elizabeth - beautiful classic
-Elsa - too frozen
-Bethany - so plain
-Alyssa - dislike
-Jean - denim jeans
-Dorothy - no
-Marielle - no
- Georgia - no
Boys
- Anthony - ok
- Francis - ok
-John - middle aged
- Sean - middle aged
- Albert - don’t like
-Daniel - middle aged
- Reginald - old aged
I like:
Iris, Frances, Francesca, Elizabeth, Elsa, Bethany, Jean, Georgia.
John, Albert, Daniel.
Marianne ❤️
I like all your girls’ names bar Alyssa and Marielle.
I like all your boys’ names bar Sean, and maybe Reginald for being a bit much.
You see, I think Marianne is quite pretty. I think of Sense and Sensibility. And it’s unusual nowadays.
I only like Irene when the final ‘e’ is pronounced. Otherwise it’s one of those (to me unpleasant-sounding) ‘reen’ names like Doreen, Noreen. Margarine.
Out of your other names I personally would use:
Iris (though would hesitate because I know three), Frances, Elizabeth, Jean.
John
-Marianne - ok
-Irene - Ireenie pronunciation is nice, Ireen not so
-Iris - ok
- Frances - ok
- Francesca - ok
- Martha - ok
- Elizabeth - good
-Elsa - ok but Frozen might want to make you let it go
-Bethany - ok
-Alyssa - ok, but may mean that it gets mixed up with Alicia, Alisha.
-Jean - Jeannie is so cute
-Dorothy - Dot/Dotty as nn is fab
-Marielle - ok
- Georgia - ok
- Anthony - good
- Francis - ok
-John - good
- Sean - if Irish, otherwise use John
- Albert - no
-Daniel - ok
- Reginald - Reggie is quite popular
I like Marielle, Francesca, John and Anthony.
Girls
-Marianne - Very nice
-Irene - meh
-Iris - lovely
- Frances - old fashioned
- Francesca - a bit 70s
- Martha - dull
- Elizabeth - good classic name
-Elsa - too Frozen, will date HORRIBLY
-Bethany - pretty but rather 80s
-Alyssa - pretty but 90s
-Jean - very old fashioned
-Dorothy - ditto plus Wizard of oz
-Marielle - pretty, unusual, think I prefer Mariella or Marietta though
- Georgia - nice, but maybe too 90s?
Boys
- Anthony - a good classic name, but name seem dated
- Francis - great classic name
-John - ditto, plus relatively unusual nowadays
- Sean - if you have Irish connections, otherwise it's a bit dated
- Albert - not keen
-Daniel - great name
- Reginald - not keen
-Marianne - okay
-Irene - Boeing
-Iris - ugly sounding
- Frances - nice enough
- Francesca - much nicer
- Martha - too religious
- Elizabeth - plain
-Elsa - let it go
-Bethany - all right
-Alyssa - too frilly
-Jean - plain and not yet a classic
-Dorothy - no
-Marielle - doesn’t match any of the above
- Georgia - okay
Boys
- Anthony okay
- Francis okay
-John love it
- Sean very nice
- Albert yuk
-Daniel wonderful
- Reginald horrible
I really like Marianne and Martha
My favourites are: Marianne, Iris, Elizabeth, Anthony
Least favourites: Irene, Jean, Dorothy, Sean, Albert, Reginald
Elizabeth and Daniel
I like Elsa but with frozen 2 just out might seem like you named her after the character. I don't mind Bethany and Alyssa - Alicia (pronounced A-liss-e-a) is also nice.
I like Iris, Martha, Bethany and Albert. Daniel is fine.
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