Baby name help

Darcie & Logan

I like Asher, Flynn, Fin/Finley, Rex and Delilah.

Good luck OP!

We were so close to calling our DS August nn Auggie but the name didn't fit right with our surname.

Out of the boys name I like Asher and August

The girls name I like Finley and Delilah

Congratulations on becoming a mum xx

I'll start by saying we don't have the same taste in names so I'll try not to be too negative

Boy favourites:
Lucas
Flynn
Asher - my favourite from your list
August

Boy definite no:
Crew
Rhett
Rexley
Braxton - as in hicks? Truly awful I'm afraid

Girl favourites:
Eliana
Piper
Ava - the best
Scarlett
Delilah

Girl definite no:
Maci
Finley
Braylee - awful

I think Finley nn Fin would be worse for an overweight teen girl or woman than it would for an overweight teen boy or man, i.e., they would be teased more than a male counterpart. Females are also more likely to develop an eating disorder.

You're young OP. I now cringe at the names that I would have called a child if I had been a teenage mother. You will probably love whatever name you give your child because it will be their name and you will love them, but if I were you, I would use the traditional spelling of whatever name I chose, rather than trying to be unique.

Have you considered Morgan for both a boy or girl?

Lucas or Flynn out of the boy list.

For the girls:
Piper
Ava
Luna
Scarlett

I love the names August and Delilah and prefer Luca to Lucas.

I'm from the UK and I know a couple girls called Finley and I've never though it was odd x

Lucas, Logan or Ash for a boy.
Ava or Alana for a girl.

Maci, will spend her life being teased about cheeseburgers, esp if your surname starts with a D.

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Boy names:
Carter - I don't like sn type names
Logan - don't like
Lucas - this is nice but I prefer Luca
Crew - awful
Asher - lovely
Ash - I like this a lot
Flynn - lovely
Ayden - everyone will assume it's Hayden
August - lovely
Braxton - awful. Hicks.
Rhett - don't like at all.
Rexley- awful. Rex is nice though

Girl names:
Eliana - I know a lot of these. It's nice enough
Maci - don't like
Piper - don't like
Ava - lovely
Avery - don't like
Luna - gorgeous
Darcie - ok
Annora - don't like
Addison - don't like
Scarlett - nice
Finley - nice for a boy
Braelynn - very American teenage mother
Alana - ok
Lilliana - better spelt Liliana but ok
Delilah - ok
Braylee - as Braelynn

Carter
Logan
Lucas
Asher - Ash as a nn
Flynn - I prefer Finn though

Piper
Luna
Darcie
Alana
Delilah

Lucas and Ava or maybe Luna

August
Alana

Sorry but the others really aren't my taste at all.

Being Biblical doesn't make Asher not American? Americans are way more Christian than we are. I just meant it's a very popular name in the US and quite rare in the UK.

But, from OP's list, I'm assuming she's in the US anyway.

Your naming style is VERY different to mine, and my favourites of your names are those closest to “my” style so not sure how helpful this will be.

For boys Lucas or Asher (it’s a biblical name for those saying it’s American/made up)

For girls I’m struggling - Darcie or Alana I guess. And I actually don’t mind Finlay for a girl.

Well said @scottishnames

Boy names:
Carter - Dislike
Logan - OK
Lucas - Too similar to mucus.
Crew - Awful
Asher - Dislike
Ash - OK
Flynn - OK
Ayden - OK if spelled Aiden
August - Like but prefer Augustus
Braxton - Awful
Rhett - Dislike
Rexley - Awful

Girl names:
Eliana - Dislike
Maci - Dislike
Piper - Dislike
Ava - OK
Avery - A bird prison
Luna - A popular dogs name
Darcie - OK
Annora - Sounds nasal. How about Eleanora?
Addison - OK
Scarlett - OK
Finley - OK for a boy
Braelynn - Awful
Alana - Like
Lilliana - Dislike
Delilah - Like
Braylee - Awful

Have you considered Linnea and Jocelyn for a girl?

Carter - surname
Logan - no
Lucas - yes
Crew - no
Asher - yes
Ash - no
Flynn - no
Ayden - no. Yes if Aiden
August - no
Braxton - would make the midwives giggle
Rhett - yes
Rexley - no

Eliana - ok
Maci - no
Piper - surname
Ava - yes
Avery - no
Luna - no
Darcie - ok
Annora - no
Addison - no
Scarlett - ok
Finley - not nice on a girl
Braelynn - just no
Alana - yes
Lilliana - yes
Delilah - no
Braylee - definite no

If that were always true, Blubell, then I would agree with you. It probably IS true for Rowan. www.britishbabynames.com/blog/2016/10/rowan.html But for Finley it most definitely is NOT. Not at the moment. (And the OP said that she considered Finley to be 'gender neutral'; that is why I first posted)

Name patterns and trends are complex; I think we really have to look carefully at actual records of each name.

In the UK there is no evidence of 'increasing numbers' of parents giving the name Finley to girls. In fact, the reverse is true.

• There were almost twice as many girls named Finley in 2000 than there were in 2020.
• And there were over seven times as many boys named Finley in 2020 as there were in 2000.

In other words, Finley has been very substantially increasing in popularity as a boy's name during the past 20 years, and decreasing in popularity as a girls name (though it has always been extremely rare during that period).
In the UK, in recent years, 'increasing numbers' of parents really have not been giving the boy's name Finley to girls.

August is lovely. The only name in the girls list I don't think is awful is Finley. I also like Riley for a girl.

But giving a girl a very popular boy's name does not make it gender neutral.

Actually that's exactly how names change - by increasing numbers of parents naming their child a particular name!