Critique my list

Many of these are a bit Biblical for my taste. The ones I like are:
Boys
Robin
Girls
Eloise
Frances
Julia
Eleanor
Isla
Margot
Iris

Top 3 from each -

1. Jesse -underrated and awesome
2. Oliver - love this name, just wish it was less popular
3. Nathaniel - great name, and I love all the nicknames

1. Alessia - gorgeous, and sounds great in many languages
2. Julia - timeless
3. Isla - fresh and beautiful

The rest I didn't feel totally right critiquing as there is nothing wrong with the names, it's just not my style <3

Good lists OP - sone of these would make a refreshing change (currently immersed in the early primary years and already bored of hearing the same few names all the time!)

Robin - lovely, and I really don’t get the ‘wet’ thing.
Dexter - bit overly trendy and of the moment for my taste
Nathaniel - a big name and slightly unwieldy but nice and Nate is a nice shortening.
Isaac - nice but possibly a bit overdone
Oliver - no, way too many of them
Elijah - not keen and I’ve come across a few unpleasant ones
Jesse - nice
Caleb - nice and relatively underused

Eloise - too girly for me
Frances - strong and no nonsense but I always find it a bit plain/dowdy

Julia - OK but slightly dull. Bit of a ‘competent middle class mum’ name!
Esther - lovely
Alma - growing on me slightly, but I still slightly think ageing barmaid
Riva - lovely sound but can’t get past the Reeva Steenkamp connection.
Alessia - too girly/frilly
Robyn - nice
Morgan - not keen
Louisa - elegant and underused
Eleanor - classic, timeless etc - great if you can avoid an overdone ‘El-‘ shortening.
Isla - massively overdone; there are 4 across my daughter’s year group
Evelyn -no, the world doesn’t need another Evie
Margot - faddy
Iris - very popular now but I love its simple elegance and the goddess/rainbow/flower connections.

My ‘short shortlist’ would be Robin, Nathaniel, Isaac and Caleb; and Esther, Robyn, Eleanor and Iris.

Wished I'd have just called her Marianne tbh.
You could name a DD Marianne. Prince George has Louis as a middle name.

@Mstxxx , I thought Riva was pronounced Reeva, and hadn't considered some might say it as River or Righ-va. Makes me think of a Lada Riva

If I had to pick a top three..:
From your boys list; 1. Jesse (this would worry me a bit tho, he’d have to be cool to carry it off!) 2. Caleb 3. Dexter
From your girls list; 1. Esther 2. Eleanor (would definitely end up as Nora) 3. Evelyn

Boys
Robin
Dexter - I don't know why but reminds me of serial killers?!
Nathaniel - I grew up with a lot of Nathan's at school so I don't like it personally
Isaac
Oliver
Elijah - Reminds me of the actor Elijah something (Wood maybe?)
Jesse
Caleb

Girls
Eloise
Frances - Not a fan for some reason, maybe because of the character in Hey Arnold
Julia
Esther - Just don't like
Alma
Riva - Nice in theory but River is a common boys name being used at the moment, I anticipate a lot of this name in schools in a few years
Alessia
Robyn
Morgan - Not a fan
Louisa
Eleanor
Isla - Nice again but there are a lot of Isla's at the moment too
Evelyn
Margot
Iris

Robin- seems a bit wet
Dexter- ok but reminds me of the tv show
Nathaniel- the "th" sound grates on me
Isaac- ok
Oliver- ok but been too popular for too long
Elijah- too biblical for my taste
Jesse- good
Caleb- bit too biblical

Girls
Eloise- ok, bit fussy
Frances- great, also Fran is great
Julia- great
Esther- great (I know it's also biblical but doesn't stand out as such)
Alma- ok
Riva- sounds made up, trying to be unique
Alessia- fussy
Robyn- not keen on y for i sounds
Morgan- dated
Louisa- fine
Eleanor- good
Isla- too popular but ok
Evelyn- ok
Margot- great
Iris- great

Morganne femnises Morgan a bit ( or Morganna)

My absolute favourites are:

Caleb and Frances

Jesse and Frances

Boys
Robin - ok, prefer it for a girl
Dexter - better for a dog
Nathaniel - like it, v popular now
Isaac - solid
Oliver - done to death. Alistair? Owen?
Elijah - like it, popular though. Josiah?
Jesse - love it
Caleb - half like it, half think it’s Hillbilly. Jerome?

Girls
Eloise - lovely but she’ll end up Ellie so no
Frances - love it
Julia - like it a lot
Esther - like it
Alma - bar maid, middle aged, depressed, no
Riva - rivet, or that poor girl that was murdered
Alessia - Alicia is much better
Robyn - really like it, but Robin is much nicer
Morgan - better in theory than practice
Louisa - ok, slightly prissy
Eleanor - nice but she’ll be yet another Ellie
Isla - done to death. Iona?
Evelyn. Done to death. Jocelyn?
Margot - being done to death. Marianne? Cleo?
Iris - done to death. Lois?

It’s an ok list. Love Robin for either. The rest are very now/neutral.
Robins are beautiful and special.
Do any of them have any family or special meaning? Otherwise it’s just whatever’s popular but not too popular right now.

Iris and Jesse are my favourites from your list..

Jesse is lovely for a boy, but may be difficult to pull off .. I liked it when I had my eldest son and I asked him if he’d like to be called it and he said no way (he’s 18 now). But it’s so different.

Iris, just gorgeous

@Lulubo1 Morgan is unisex, actually know of more female Morgan’s than Males, pretty dated these days though for either sex

Robin - ok
Dexter - not keen
Nathaniel - ok but too long.
Isaac - ok
Oliver - like
Elijah - too long
Jesse - you big jessie
Caleb - like

Eloise - too long and hard too say, Ellie
Frances - like, but will be mixed up with Francis
Julia - like
Esther - like
Alma - ok
Riva - not sure, Eva too popular
Alessia - too italian
Robyn - not sure
Morgan - boy's name
Louisa - like
Eleanor - ok, another Ellie
Isla - overused
Evelyn - don't like. Evie too long
Margot - maggot
Iris - ok

Oliver, Esther or Louisa
Backups: Caleb, Julia, Iris
Ditch the rest

I probably wouldn't choose any of the girls' names. But I love Isaac!

Boys - favourites are Isaac and Oliver

Robin - dislike
Dexter - OK
Nathaniel - OK
Isaac - like
Oliver - like
Elijah - really dislike
Jesse - really dislike
Caleb - really dislike

Girls - favourites are Julia, Louisa and Iris

Eloise - really dislike
Frances - OK
Julia - like
Esther - like
Alma - like
Riva - OK
Alessia - dislike
Robyn - dislike
Morgan - really dislike
Louisa - like
Eleanor - like
Isla - OK
Evelyn - OK
Margot - dislike
Iris - really like

Jesse and Iris are my favourites. I'm not keen on most of the others, especially the overused ones like Oliver, Evelyn, Isla and Julia.

Isaac and Eloise are my favourites.

Favourites from your list

Girls:
Julia (though like Juliet too)
Margot
Iris
Louisa or Luise/Luisa
Riva

Boys:

Dexter
Caleb
Nathaniel