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Please critique my baby name list

34 replies

AlmondyCookie · 18/04/2022 13:31

Would love your thoughts on my potential baby names as well as any suggestions of others along similar lines, incl potential middle names? Surname is two syllables and starts with C.

Girls:
Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

Boys are even harder:
Adam
Leon
Rio
Lukas
Fabian

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sunflowerdaisyrose · 07/05/2022 15:40

I like Anya Lauren and Adam

ButterRose · 07/05/2022 14:27

Iris Jolene or Iris Celine
Lucas Fabian or Adam Leon

runnerswimmer · 30/04/2022 11:29

I think of Sabrina the Teenage Witch so Sabrina is a no from me. I love Iris. Anya and Juno are alright.

Fabien is easily my favourite from your boys list. I dont mind Lukas either. Adam is dated. Leon is ok. Not keen on Rio at all.

user1492757084 · 30/04/2022 11:15

Inspired from your list, my favourite names:

Sabrina Iris C_
Sybil Leonie C_
Serena Alice C_

Leon Patrick C_

Adam Raphael C_
August Luke

Echobelly · 20/04/2022 11:03

Iris Jolene - Nice though Iris does seem popular right now
Juno Irene - Not sure they work together, though Juno is a nice name
Sabrina June - not so keen
Anya Lauren - simple but nice, probably my favourite

Adam - lovely and oddly a bit neglected these days
Leon - nice
Rio - a bit tacky
Lukas - Prefer it spelt with a 'c' unless you/DH are from background where it's spelt that way
Fabian - could be nice, depends what surname is I think. One of those names that sounds better with 'simple' surname but might be a bit much with an unusual one

greenfly91 · 20/04/2022 10:57

I think Anya June sounds pretty.. and I like the name Lukas :)

Pember · 19/04/2022 22:47

Anya, Iris, Leon, Fabian all lovely!

Thehundredthnamechange · 19/04/2022 15:05

Girls:
Iris Jolene - Love Iris, but not with Jolene. Dislike Jolene.
Juno Irene - Juno is nice, but don't like Irene.
Sabrina June - don't like Sabrina, but like June as a middle name
Anya Lauren - Anya is fine, but a little dull, Lauren dated in my opinion

I'd choose Iris Juno Surname or Iris June if it flows better

Boys are even harder:
Adam - nice
Leon - okay, quite cool and unusual
Rio - hate!
Lukas - nice
Fabian - really cool!

How about Cassian for a boy?

Kanaloa · 19/04/2022 01:14

@Luredbyapomegranate

Sabrina June or Fabian Lucas

Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

Of this lot I’d go for Sabrina June - lovely and both fairly unusual. Iris is lovely but so overused, Juno pretty popular, Anya ok but dull. Of the middle names Jolene is awful, Lauren dated, Irene quite nice as long as pronounced properly (Eye-ree-nee)

Lois, Ines, Selene (Sell-ee-nee), Ismene (Iz-mee-nee), Ione (Eye-oh-nee). Serena, Clio might be others

Boys are even harder:
Adam - nice enough
Leon - nice but very overused
Rio - NO. naughty boys name.
Lukas - nice, I’d spell it Lucas. It’s v popular.
Fabian - lovely I’d go with this

Others - Lucian, Cassian. Rufus,,Jonas, Jerome, Andrew, Arnold, Aaron

If she’s planning to let her child be naughty he’ll be a naughty boy whether he’s called Leon or Rio or Lukas or Fabian. Such a silly thing to say. As if the moment the nurse scribbles ‘Rio’ on his little hospital bracelet he’ll immediately bite her and start kicking all the other babies.
WaitinginVain · 18/04/2022 23:38

Anya Lauren.

Rio or Lukas and I like that spelling.

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/04/2022 23:07

Sabrina June or Fabian Lucas

Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

Of this lot I’d go for Sabrina June - lovely and both fairly unusual. Iris is lovely but so overused, Juno pretty popular, Anya ok but dull. Of the middle names Jolene is awful, Lauren dated, Irene quite nice as long as pronounced properly (Eye-ree-nee)

Lois, Ines, Selene (Sell-ee-nee), Ismene (Iz-mee-nee), Ione (Eye-oh-nee). Serena, Clio might be others

Boys are even harder:
Adam - nice enough
Leon - nice but very overused
Rio - NO. naughty boys name.
Lukas - nice, I’d spell it Lucas. It’s v popular.
Fabian - lovely I’d go with this

Others - Lucian, Cassian. Rufus,,Jonas, Jerome, Andrew, Arnold, Aaron

WeasilyPleased · 18/04/2022 22:49

Iris and Adam. I'm not keen on your mns tbh.

17caterpillars1mouse · 18/04/2022 18:10

Iris Jolene - I like Iris bit not Jolene
Juno Irene - I like Irene but not Juno
Sabrina June - this is my favourite of your choices
Anya Lauren - not a fan

If I could mix and match I'd go with Iris Sabrina or Iris June

Adam - I like it, it seems uncommon on babies and young children ATM

Leon - not a fan
Rio - awful
Lukas - I like but spelt Lucas
Fabian - it's ok

Fivebeanchilli · 18/04/2022 18:05

Girls:
Iris Jolene - I love Iris. Not so keen on Jolene. Iris Sabrina would be fab in my eyes.
Juno Irene - I like Juno. Again less keen on Irene and would prefer Juno Sabrina again
Sabrina June - it's ok. I prefer all your other first names
Anya Lauren - I love Anya. Again I'd go for Anya Sabrina or Anya Iris.

Boys are even harder:
Adam - gorgeous and not very common
Leon - really lovely
Rio - not keen at all
Lukas - I like it but prefer it with a c
Fabian - lovely

I'd go for Anya or Iris for girls or Fabian or Adam for boys.

C25kBecky · 18/04/2022 18:02

Anya Irene (i-reen) is nice.

AlmondyCookie · 18/04/2022 18:00

Thanks everyone. Looks like non of my choices are super objectionable! Also thank you for the other ideas. :)

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SunshiningBoo · 18/04/2022 16:39

I love Anya Lauren and I like Fabian from your boys list.

antibacterial · 18/04/2022 15:59

Love Anya and Adam

Mumofgirls2017 · 18/04/2022 15:15

I love Iris and Juno; Leon and Rio

Luca
Liam
Aaron
Callum
Theo
Hugo
Rory
Zach

Cleo
Ivy
Jasmine
Maya
Mila
Leah
Daphne
Freya
Zoe
Zara

Cotswoldmama · 18/04/2022 15:11

I know sisters called Lauren and Anya, both born in the 80s I'm a Lauren too also 80s. I love my name and I've heard a few babies being named Lauren recently! I like all of your names, wait until you meet your baby and then you'll know.

spearmynt · 18/04/2022 14:53

Iris Harper, Juno Penelope, Sabrina Quinn, Anya Evangeline

Adam Grey, Leon Sebastian, Rio Elijah, Lukas Alexander, Fabian James

spearmynt · 18/04/2022 14:44

Iris Jolene - I love Iris. Jolene flows well with it.

Juno Irene - Juno makes me think of the movie. Dislike Irene.

Sabrina June - Sabrina is lovely. June is a bit bland but still nice.

Anya Lauren - Don't mind it.

Adam - Not my taste but it's okay.

Leon - This is my sons name, so of course I love it.Wink

Rio - Lovely name.

Lukas - I like it spelt Lucas.

Fabian - Strongly dislike Fabian.

Justkeeppedaling · 18/04/2022 14:35

Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

I like Iris, Juno, Irene and June from your list.
Iris June and Juno Irene are both nice combinations

Adam - like
Leon - prefer Leo
Rio - no
Lukas - prefer Lucas or Luke
Fabian - love it

How about Fabian Luke?

AmandaMirandaPanda · 18/04/2022 14:12

I'd get the first name locked down and then brainstorm middles, unless you feel there's something in particular that you must use as a middle - e.g. a family name.

Iris is nice and classic. I don't like Juno due to the mythological connotations; prefer June. Really like Sabrina - consider also Serena, Selena/Celine? Anya (Ania, Anja) is nice - I still think of it as a diminutive of Anna but it can be a stand-alone name. Similarly Annika, which I also really like. Other similar names to me are Maia/Maja/Maya and Zoia/Zoya - or maybe Zoë?

I really love Adam for a boy; it's classic but not too common and works across languages (well, at least European languages+ Arabic and Hebrew). Leon is good in the same way but may be confused with Leo, which is more popular in the UK.

Kanaloa · 18/04/2022 14:07

Iris Jolene - nice name, not too ott and goes well together
Juno Irene - I’m not keen on Juno, find it a bit try hard/quirky
Sabrina June - really beautiful and classic, my favourite
Anya Lauren - really nice, not that keen on Lauren but it’s a middle name so I don’t think it’s an issue

Adam - Adam is a lovely name, would suit anyone
Leon - it’s ok. I’m a bit biased since the one I’ve met was really wet
Rio - it’s ok. Not as nice as the others
Lukas - I prefer Lucas or Luka - I think Lukas looks a little awkward. Nice name though
Fabian - really not keen! Just a bit too much for me.

I think any of your boys names would work well together. Lukas Rio or Adam Léon for example. Or Lukas Fabian. They’re all nice names though, I think you’ve got a good selection to choose from!