I'm done naming kids but just for fun, what were/are your rules/guidelines?
Mine:
- did not want anyone to have the same first-name initial (including their father and I)
- no name that has alternative spellings (obviously any name can be 'creatively adapted' but the fair assumption on my kids' names is that they are spelled as you'd expect. e.g. Claire/Clare or Annabelle/Annabel - I didn't want a name they've have to clarify in that way every time).
- not top 100 in the last five years
- I really wanted my kids to have the same number of syllables as each other, and ideally same number of letters. Didn't quite manage this - got same syllables which was more important than number of letters when all else was considered
- Didn't want them to start with an A or an I or an X - these feel like letters that are words (well, the x as a kiss sign off).