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Judge my (long) list

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oswe · 21/05/2019 13:44

Judgements/initial thoughts/reactions/comments to these names please!
This has been a growing long list for years and recently found out I was pregnant, just trying to gauge how I feel about them all.

Boys:
Ace
Atlas
Augustus
Clay
Darcy
Eden
Eric
Ivan
Jesse
Lockie
Magnus
Moses

Girls:
Blair
Darby
Eliot
Frances
Gloria
Grey
Julia
Juniper
Kobie
Lumi
Perrie
Phoenix
Pippa
Quinn
Stella

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Saharasunset · 04/08/2019 19:04

Easier to rank 1 to 3 for each gender

Boys:

  1. Ace
  2. Moses
  3. Atlas

Girls:

  1. Phoenix (never heard of it on a girl and I strangely am really into it)
  2. Juniper (adore the nn. Juno)
  3. Pippa
Frith2013 · 03/08/2019 16:48

Ace - prefer Acer (like the trees) or Asa
Atlas - no
Augustus - Gloop
Clay - playdoh? No, very silly
Darcy - girl’s name
Eden - ok
Eric - short for erection!!! Bit rude!
Ivan - ok, prefer Ivor
Jesse - no
Lockie - the doorie? Silly
Magnus - nice
Moses - ok

Girls:
Blair - Tony, Lionel etc
Darby - silly
Eliot - boy’s name
Frances - ok
Gloria - ok
Grey - boring colour
Julia - ok
Juniper - gin
Kobie - ok
Lumi - short for luminous? Silly
perrie - pear cider?!
Phoenix - River
Pippa - ok
Quinn - boy’s name
Stella - hate it

Ellmau · 03/08/2019 00:05

I like Julia.

Jesse and Magnus are OK.

Sophronia · 02/08/2019 23:11

Atlas, Magnus, Gloria or Stella

bdd2017 · 02/08/2019 20:56

Boys:
Magnus

Girls:
Frances
Julie

Owlbert · 13/06/2019 11:58

Love Eric and really like Jessie and Ace (only Eden I know is a girl). Love Juniper, like Frances and think Perrie would massively grow on me!

PunkAssMoFo · 13/06/2019 10:57

Eric and Gloria are my favourites

Malvinaa81 · 13/06/2019 10:49

None from the boy's list and Julia from the girl's.

Moondancer73 · 27/05/2019 00:34

Oops, and Phoenix for the girls

Moondancer73 · 27/05/2019 00:34

Atlas, Jesse and Moses for the boys.
Juniper - I absolutely love that -

Treaclepie19 · 26/05/2019 23:23

I like Magnus and Atlas. We have a Jesse (in the stars)

Girls I'm not so sure on... possibly Juniper (I like Juno)

InFiveMins · 26/05/2019 22:43

Only like Eric and Frances from your lists.

Malyshek · 26/05/2019 22:39

For a boy I also like Grayson

Malyshek · 26/05/2019 22:38

Ace - I don't dislike it but it's also a word for asexual, which would be unfortunate as a name
Atlas - don't like it. It's a bit heavy as a mythological name
Augustus - I just hate the nickname Gus
Clay - okay but more like a dminituve, I prefer Clayton
Darcy - okay but very pride and prejudice
Eden - like Eden Hazard... I like it
Eric - okay but very common
Ivan - I like it
Jesse - not keen
Lockie - not keen on that spelling. Loki or Locke, or Lochlann are better
Magnus - I prefer Markus
Moses - waaaay too biblical

Girls:
Blair - don't like it. Also reminds me of the Blair Witch project
Darby - no... Darcy's better
Eliot - old-fashioned
Frances - old-fashioned too
Gloria - okayish
Grey - not really a name afaic
Julia - okay
Juniper - not bad
Kobie - sounds wrong
Lumi - my finnish SIL wants to call her daughter that. Means snow in finnish. I like it but not sure how it'd sound for non-finns.
Perrie - Perry is better. Either way, meh.
Phoenix - I actually really like this one.
Pippa - lord no, everybody will think of what's her name, that girl related to the wife of one of the princes
Quinn - okayish
Stella - don't really like it

I hope I didn't sound too harsh, I just wanted to give you my honest opinions to help you choose !

EngagedAgain · 26/05/2019 21:05

Sorry missed off Pippa/Philippa. The others I'm not keen on at all.

EngagedAgain · 26/05/2019 20:57

Eric or Ivan for the boy and Julia or Frances for the girl.

Puffykins · 26/05/2019 20:47

Stella or Juniper for a girl.
Augustus for a boy.

KinderSurpriseBump · 26/05/2019 20:34

From your list here are the ones I like
Boys:
Darcy ( nice name for a dark haired boy)
Eric ( lovely and powerful)

Girls:
Stella

pilates · 26/05/2019 20:21

I like Eden and Jesse from your boys list
None from the girls list

Eustasiavye · 26/05/2019 19:54

Don't like any of your boys names at all.
The only ones I like from your girls list are Julia and Stella and these are ok not great, sorry.

M0reGinPlease · 25/05/2019 14:48

Nothing really grabs me from your boys list, but I LOVE Blair for a girl.

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SilverySurfer · 25/05/2019 14:44

Boys:
Ace - awful
Atlas - awful
Augustus - nice
Clay - no
Darcy - no
Eden - girl's name
Eric - no
Ivan - ok
Jesse - no
Lockie - no
Magnus - nice
Moses - no

Girls:
Blair - no
Darby - awful
Eliot - boy's name
Frances - ok
Gloria - no
Grey - boys name
Julia - nice
Juniper - no
Kobie - no
Lumi - no
Perrie - awful
Phoenix - no
Pippa - nice (short for Philippa)
Quinn - awful
Stella - no - lager

Some of them are a bit try hard.

Astronica · 25/05/2019 13:24

I love Magnus, the only one on your boy list for me.

Girl - Frances, Julia, Juniper and Pippa are all great.

schplappo · 23/05/2019 21:20

Boys:
Ace - what if he's not?
Atlas - no - sounds too burdensome
Augustus - not really, although Gus is a good nickname
Clay - only if he's the (second) husband of Miss Ellie from Dallas
Darcy - only if you add Mr. first (o/w this is surely a girl)
Eden - a girl
Eric - nope
Ivan - maybe
Jesse - YES!
Lockie - is this a name?
Magnus - no
Moses - too much

Girls:
Blair - a sister for Tony?
Darby - no
Eliot - a boy
Frances - gorgeous
Gloria - not keen
Grey - no way
Julia - yes
Juniper - this is the lead female pachyrhinosaurus in Walking With Dinosaurs, the Movie, so no.
Kobie - definitely not
Lumi - isn't this a natural sunlight lamp from Phillips?
Perrie - doesn't sound like a real name
Phoenix - don't do it
Pippa - Philippa is better
Quinn - quite like this
Stella - yes

So I'd say Jesse and Frances, which are both lovely names and you can imagine them for both children and adults.

whitehalleve · 22/05/2019 21:39

I only like one from each list.

Eden

Julia

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