Final shortlist - opinions gladly received!!

Love Montgomery. Don't like any of the others, boys or girls.

Barnaby and tabitha, love those names!

Montgomery - This has a VERY strong association with Mr Burns to me. If the Simpsons is still showing when your kid is growing up he would be the target of endless "Eeeeexcellent" jokes.

Jasper - why not

Huxley - I personally detest the trend of using surnames as first names, so this grates on me. But the name itself is....fine. "Hux" is a bit of an ugly nn though.

Barnaby - I actually think this is quite cute, but difficult to shorten. "Barn"? lol. You could go with "Aby" or just "B" I guess.

Rafferty - I find it difficult to have any opinions on this one. It's pretty bland, but not in an ugly way.

Gretchen - Meh. Fine.
Juniper - if you have a daughter, naming her after a type of bush invites some pretty cruel jokes from teenage boys.

Tabitha - Very nice. Very pretty.

Agatha - Very nice, very pretty

Clementine - Why would you name your child after a fruit? Why?

Huxley, rafferty and jasper are all on our boys list and I love clementine but DH says no to that one!! X

I like Juniper

I like all your girls' names except Clementine, which I find rather twee.

I don't like any of the boys' names, sorry. They all sound a bit 'comedy' to me. Jasper is the least worst.

Montgomery and Tabitha (was on my list for DC1 who was a boy!)

Mighty put Montgomery on my list now for DC2!

.. Haha I guess my mumsnet name kind of gives that away though ;-)

Rafferty is a fantastic name - love Raffy for short personally. After that Monty is lovely . Of the girls love Clementine . This will be our DC2's middle name if baby is a girl .

I was going to say Monty until someone said it sounds like a snivelling little mummy's boy. And now I can't imagine thinking of it as an adult's name.

Like Barnaby and Tabitha best.

BOYS:
Huxley - absolutely dreadful
Rafferty - dislike
Barnaby - love
Montgomery (would be Monty on a daily basis) - like
Jasper - ok

GIRLS:
Gretchen
Juniper
Tabitha
Agatha
Clementine

I hate all of the girls' names, sorry. I'd choose Agatha, if I had to have one of them.

So nice to have a list that isn't the 'same old names'! I'm going against the general view because I like Huxley best of your boy's names. Second choice Barnaby. Love Tabitha (DH vetoed). Second choice Juniper.

Interesting list of names. These are my very honest opinions.

Barnaby - like
Huxley - not sure
Montgomery - love Monty if you can carry off such a posh full name
Jasper - like this but very different to your othe options
Rafferty - I quite like this too

Gretchen - HORRIBLE. She would not thank you for this. Greta however is lovely
Tabitha - lovely
Clementine - it's an orange fruit, it will be forever mispronounced and shortens to Clemmy which is basically Clammy. It's a pretentious silly name IMO
juniper - love this. Shortens nicely to June/Juni as well
Agatha - dislike this. She will be Aggy. Aggy is a word describing someone who is irritable.

I would pick:
Jasper or Monty
Juniper

I don't like any of your boys names, they sound just a bit too "try hard" IMO. Huxley is my least favourite.

From your girls list the only one I like is Clementine, I only know one, a lovely little French girl who's about 4. Please don't go with Tabitha, it sounds like a cat's name. I know it's madly popular on mumsnet but I honestly don't know why. I have yet to meet one in real life also although I live in London.

I love Juniper nn June - really unusual but lovely-sounding

i'm afraid I really dislike Gretchen, Agatha and Tabitha. Just too hard-sounding or pretentious in the case of Tabitha.

I like Agnes though - I just don't like the "th" sound in names- same goes for Martha

From your boys' names, I like Huxley and Barnaby best

The only boys name I like is Jasper. Rafferty is okay. I can't stand Montgomery/Monty - I cannot picture an attractive man called Monty. It just makes me think of a snivelling little mummy's boy. Sorry, but you did say you wanted honest opinions.

For the girls, I like Juniper and Tabitha. Greta is much nicer than Gretchen. Clementine is okay. Don't like Agatha at all. I think if you're not pretty that would be a very hard name to live with.

Love Jasper and Clementine

LOVE clementine, was going to use it for dd but wasn't brave enough in the end, it's so pretty

I like Clementine and Agatha - but do you like Clemmie and Aggie?

I also like Montgomery.

I like Monty and Gretchen best. They go together well, too. Have another!

Barney's OK, rather ruined by the fact I know two Barneys. One is heading for jail and the other is a pompous arse.

Quite like Tabitha.

Not keen on Clementine, even though Clemmie is lovely. I've heard too many rah fathers bray it across parks recently and it just sounds ridiculous.

Oh and I like Jasper and Agatha (I like nn Aggie)

That should read posh/hippy mums children

Juniper is the name my friend and I attribute to all posh/hippy mums when we're being snarky

Huxley - not mad keen. I wasn't aware of Huxley Pig before this thread though, Wibbly Pig was more DD's era.

Rafferty - makes me think of Jude Law. Which is a nice way of passing the time, but don't think I'd name my DS this.

Barnaby - like it. Like the full version and Barney.

Montgomery (would be Monty on a daily basis) - a bit chinless wonder, like Rupert.

Jasper - I like it.

Gretchen - ugly sound

Juniper - too try hard

Tabitha - love it

Agatha - ugly sound

Clementine - love it. Do you say it Clementyne or Clementeen? To me the first is a name, the second is a fruit.