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Help narrowing down shortlist

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reindeera · 27/09/2018 20:30

Managed to get a shortlist but can't narrow it down further.
What are your thoughts on/associations with the following names?? Do you think any are overused??

Boys-
Ace
Cedric
Emmett
Nixon

Girls-
Asha
Gloria
Hester
Mabel
Xena

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TatianaLarina · 11/10/2018 22:42

Emetophobe is someone with a phobia of vomiting.
Nixon is the only US president to have been kicked out of office.
Ace is cringe
Cedric is the UK equivalent of Eugene

I like Xena though. I know a Xena and a Xenia.

NarcolepticOuchMouse · 11/10/2018 22:22

It's a vote for Cedric and Gloria from me too. Please don't use Ace, how will he ever be taken seriously as an adult?

hungryhippie · 11/10/2018 22:09

Cedric & Gloria

MollyHuaCha · 11/10/2018 22:06

Sorry, left one out...

Ace - absolutely no

MollyHuaCha · 11/10/2018 22:05

Cedric - no
Emmett - yes
Nixon - no

Asha - no
Gloria - no
Hester - yes
Mabel - it's ok
Xena - yes

daisypond · 11/10/2018 19:08

I don't like any of your boys' names. Ace is silly, and Nixon is just the US president and Watergate - so hardly the best image. Cedric is wet, Emmet is Cornish slang

Girls- I really like Gloria and Hester. I like Xena. Asha is possibly OK.
I find Mabel very wet.

Sunflower321 · 11/10/2018 18:35

Love Cedric and Emmett.

I'm not keen on the girls names

EthelHallowsBroomstick · 11/10/2018 18:14

Ace - Ventura
Cedric - no
Emmett - Lego Movie but best of this bunch
Nixon - unpopular 80s US president

Girls-
Asha - Brimful
Gloria - like it though I want to sing it like in the Patti Smith song
Hester - ok, 2nd best of the bunch after Gloria
Mabel - table
Xena - warrior princess

finallychangedmyusername · 11/10/2018 17:47

Emmett is fab. (Reminds me of Doc Brown in Back to the Future - showing my age...)

mynameisnotmichaelcaine · 11/10/2018 14:36

I have a son called Asher, and DS2 was going to be Hester (nn Hetty) if he were a girl. I love Gloria and like Nixon.

Notveryadventurousname · 30/09/2018 10:24

And you can see I got the spelling wrong! Going back to bed!

Notveryadventurousname · 30/09/2018 10:23

nottinghamhiddenhistoryteam.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/the-rowland-emett-water-clock/
Better pics. It is lovely, with birds and squirrels that 'dance' as it chimes. Please ignore if you go for Cedric!Smile

Notveryadventurousname · 30/09/2018 10:17

Hester is nice. Emmett reminds me of this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Horological_Tintinnabulator.
Spelling is Emmet (after the artist) but it is a beautiful thing (though displayed in a shopping centre!) and if you call your DS Emmett it's well worth a trip when he is 3 or 4!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 30/09/2018 10:06

Gloria and Hester are nice the others are dire sorry.

Belindabauer · 30/09/2018 09:42

I don't think any of them are overused.
Ace sounds like a character from an action book eg Jack Rider.

madeoficecream · 29/09/2018 23:33

I love Cedric and Mabel!

I also quite like Hester

I dislike all the others in particular Ace

starkid · 29/09/2018 23:32

I like Cedric and Mabel :)

bridgetreilly · 29/09/2018 20:08

Emmett is the ultra-drippy neighbour in Keeping Up Appearances. Having said that, I really don't like any of your other boy choices. And no, none are overused. Well, except in that I think any use is over-use.

I do like Hester and Mabel a lot, and I don't mind Asha or Gloria. Xena will always and forever be the warrior princess, which is quite a lot to live up to.

Snog · 29/09/2018 19:49

Ace and Zena for me

PassportBridgetPants · 29/09/2018 19:34

Boys-
Ace - quite like but sounds American to me.
Cedric - probably my favourite of the boys.
Emmett - would like it but it just makes me think of the rather wet neighbour in Keeping Up Appearances! Kids will have no idea about that though.
Nixon - people might assume after the president, are you OK with that?

Girls-
Asha - Brimful of (sorry!)
Gloria - fine
Hester - love
Mabel - known quite a few lately
Xena - Warrior Princess

Sungura · 29/09/2018 02:18

Cedric and Emmett; Gloria and Mabel. Doesn't narrow it down much, does it? 😂 I really like Mabel best for a girl, but the boys are a tie.

Picknickers · 29/09/2018 02:07

Love Cedric. Really cool.

Icklepup · 28/09/2018 20:49

Ace or Asha

manicinsomniac · 28/09/2018 20:46

I don't think any of them are overused. The only ones I've ever met personally are 2 X Hester, Asha and Gloria - and the first 3 are now adults and the Gloria is Spanish.

Maybe it's because the boys' names are quite rare so I have no other association but, other than Ace which I quite like, they just make me think Harry Potter, Twilight and Vice President

I really like Xena from your girls' names.

Laac · 28/09/2018 17:55

Like Cedric, Emmet and Mabel

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