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Thoughts on this list of girl and boy names?

30 replies

Koalafications · 26/04/2015 15:21

Can I please have your honest thoughts on the below list?

Girls names
Eden
Eliza
Amelie
Ava
Faith
Fearne
Imogen
Sienna
Sophie
Willow

Boys names
Elijah
Joseph
Luca
Lucas
Oscar
Raphael
Reuben
Theodore

Obviously some names just won't be to everyone's taste but it would be good to know if any of these names are ridiculously popular, have any negative associations, or names that will mean the child will need to carry off a certain personality.

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TempsPerdu · 28/04/2015 15:03

Like Eliza and Fern (spelt this way). Love Willow as a middle name, but not as a first for some reason! Amelie, Ava, Sienna and Eden are all too faddy and 'of the moment' for my taste. Sophie is pretty but a bit bland and overdone. Imogen and Faith are OK.

Love Raphael and quite like Reuben. Oscar's lovely, but its current massive popularity puts me off. Joseph is dull and overused - I know lots personally, and have taught literally dozens. Never been a fan of Lucas - I always think mucus - and Luca is too faddy and a bit dated already imo. Elijah still feels too overtly Biblical for me (in a way that other Biblical names like Gabriel, Noah and Nathaniel don't - not sure why this is). Theodore is just OK - like the 'Theo' bit, but less keen on the 'dore' sound!

My picks would be Eliza or Fern and Raphael.

manicinsomniac · 28/04/2015 16:12

Girls names
Eden - love it. Really cute and funky
Eliza - it's ok
Amelie - quite like it
Ava - love it. It is very popular though if you're trying to avoid that
Faith - like it
Fearne - not keen but couldn't articulate why. Boring sound maybe?
Imogen - like it
Sienna - quite like it
Sophie - like it but again, very popular
Willow - like it but would worry about having a stocky child!

Boys names
Elijah - like it
Joseph - really like it
Luca - like it
Lucas - it's ok but much prefer Luca for some reason
Oscar - love it but very popular
Raphael - not keen, it's sounds a bit soft and fancy to me
Reuben - really like it
Theodore - not keen. Don't like Teddy either

I'd choose Eden and Oscar

Koalafications · 28/04/2015 16:37

Thank you all. Really useful. Smile

DH and I are whittling it down to three of each.

I think we have decided that Ava and Oscar are too popular for us.

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Rhubarbgarden · 29/04/2015 18:50

They are all very of the moment tbh, with the exception of Faith.

I love Fern. Not Fearne though. Eliza is nice.

Yarp · 29/04/2015 19:17

Favourite Girls names:

Faith
Fearne - although Fern may prove to be an easier spelling

Can I be cheeky and add
Leah and
Joy ?

Boys:
Raphael
Luca
Elijah

Can I add
Levi
Evan
Malachi?

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