What comes to mind when you hear these names

Freya - overused - however a pretty name
Isabel - middle aged Scottish spinster with perm
Summer - no. Don't like at all.
Iris - A beautiful name and one of my favourites.
Kitty - as a diminutive of Katharine, yes. As a named on its own, no.
Rose - pretty
Faye - no. Too fey.
Esther - Another lovely name.
Jemima - it's a duck's name.

Ralph - sounds like being sick, Rafe pronounciation pretentious imo.
Thomas - boring
Finlay - common
P eter - a nice boys name, but not too exciting
Zachary - no, overused and a little sod's name
Freddie - prefer Frederick
Ellis - funnily enough I think of this as a girl's name
Conal - hmm, not sure. OK I think
Rory - dog's name.
Ezra - very old man with a drinking problem

Sorry - some of these assumptions are silly, just put down my initial thoughts. Did you actually ask for the rambling streams of consciousness of a random mumsnetter!

On this my faves are Iris and Esther, and Freddie and Peter

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Rory - like
Ezra - really like but couldn't get past slight old man feeling to it.

Freya - pretty, Scandinavian
Isabel - pretty, prefer Isobel
Summer - bit naff - American (imo)
Iris - pretty, also Iris Murdoch
Kitty - lovely but a nn
Rose - overused, old lady
Faye - don't like, Steps
Esther - old lady
Jemima - love but a bit cat like or Playschool

Ralph - don't like
Thomas - love
Finlay - like but prefer just nn Fin(n)
P eter - don't like
Zachary - don't like, not even Zack or Zach
Freddie - like but wouldn't be sure about naming as a nn, although don't like Frederick
Ellis - Bit modern for my taste
Conal - no
Rory
Ezra

Freya
Isabel
Summer
Iris
Kitty
Rose
Faye
Esther
Jemima

Ralph
Thomas
Finlay
P eter
Zachary
Freddie
Ellis (girls name)
Conal
Rory
Ezra

freya - average, normal girl, unremarkable
Isabel - feminine, sweet, schemeing
Summer - trendy, smart
Iris - blends into the crowd, old-lady like
Kitty - silly, airhead
Rose - sophisticated, gentle, smart
Faye - overweight/busty, loud
Esther - quite, studious, or a bit aloof and cool
Jemima - old, old lady, unattractive, dowdy, nasty

Ralph - fat kid from the simpsons
Thomas - tom, average normal kid
Finlay - outgoing, boisterous, a bit of a bully sometimes.
Peter - science orientated, likes facts, plays guitar, chatty
Zachary - average LAD
Freddie - offbeat, lots of friends
Ellis - a bit slow, likes riding bikes...
Conal - likes politics and computer games quite serious
Rory - gregarious, normal, like finlay really
Ezra - as above

Freya - brand of bras
Isabel - nice, like the way you've spelt it too
Summer - ok but not wild about it
Iris - my fave flower. like it lots
Kitty - like it
Rose - knew v irritating one
Faye - no bit pah really
Esther - as said before, rantzen!
Jemima - posh puddleduck

Ralph - judy blume nuff said. you don't want him named after a willy surely????
Thomas - like it
Finlay - like it
P eter - old fashioned
Zachary - ok
Freddie - no
Ellis - ok
Conal - not unless your irish
Rory - yuckety yuck posh nobhead, sorry
Ezra - hah not really

Freya - beautiful and intelligent
Isabel - sweet when she's little, horrid when grown up
Summer - hippy dippy and eastenders
Iris - really pretty
Kitty - too sweet if she wants to be a lawyer
Rose - the girl everyone falls in love with
Faye - you can really trust her
Esther - cool when she's a teenager
Jemima - nice, people might call her Jem which i hate

Ralph - more 'happy days' than Ralph Lauren
Thomas - sissy unless he's a Tom
Finlay- annoyingly popular name
Peter - wet sissy, Pete - chav
Zachary - Zach is really nice but popular
Freddie - cool name cool guy
Ellis - smellis
Conal - sounds like Donald
Rory - i don't like the sound- think Jonathan Ross
Ezra - cool name

Freya and Zach, Esther and Freddie

Freya - Nice, but very much of recent years. How many middle aged Freyas do you know? Suspect it will fall out of favour fairly soon.
Isabel- Lovely. Nn Issy great too. Like that spelling.
Summer- Chavtastic. Eastenders. Nice idea though.
Iris- Murdoch, flower. Somehow rather hard and unattractive though.
Kitty- Hello-, -Cat.
Rose- Lovely, classic, but would inevitably be Rosie.
Faye- Awful. Wet, wimpy.
Esther- Hard name. Not attractive. Not sure why.
Jemima- Lovely, but with a lingering hint of puddleduck.

Ralph- Lovely, but only when pronounced Rafe. Correcting mispronounciation for a lifetime would be excrutiating.
Thomas- Classic, although popular. Love, love, love Tom.
Finlay- Like Freya, suspect it will date. Finn though is great.
Peter- ok. Bit boring but classic.
Zachary- Naff. American, particularly when Zak.
Freddie- Fred much better.
Ellis- Bit ambiguous.
Conal- Quite like.
Rory- Great. Bit too close to Roy though.
Ezra - The -a at the end could be mistaken for a girls' name.

Freya -lovely name but very popular.
Isabel -ditto though I prefer it spelt with an o
Summer - The only one on your list that I dislike.
Iris - pretty and plain in a nice way.
Kitty - Fab. I'd shorten it from Katherine but sounds great on its own too. Makes me think equally of a toddler with crazy curls and a professional grown-up woman.
Rose - The middle name of choice it seems though a lovely name nevertheless. Though I do love Rosalind.
Faye - Blonde and 70s but nothing wrong with that.
Esther - Classy and underused
Jemima- She's always going to be cool and well educated.

Ralph - Ok but Judy Blume is always there!
Thomas - Lovely name but again really popular.
Finlay - Good name
Peter - Ok
Zachary - Good strong name
Freddie - Not my favourite but ok
Ellis - Sounds too American but maybe that't just me!
Conal - Good strong name (again)
Rory - Love this name! Makes me think of a tall good looking Scot though the two I know are both English! (but both v.good looking!)
Ezra - The only one I've met has been a woman though I think it is a Jewish boys name.

Freya-pretty girl, curly hair, fairly bohemian, nice handwriting
Isabel- dark hair, middle class family, polite
Summer-Australian
Iris-old lady but I love it
Kitty-a cat
Rose-fair haired english girl, pretty
Faye-a bit spoilt (don't know wy sorry!)
Esther- Ranzen
Jemima- the doll off Playschool

Ralph-curly hair, good looking. Like the name
Thomas-run of the mill
Finlay-nice name, curly hair again, well spoken
Peter-Andre
Zachary-a little bit cheeky
Freddie-Mercury!
Ellis-have always like this but have been told it's 'chav' (for want of a better name)
Conal-extremely good looking with sexy scottish or irish accent (am obviously thinking of a grown up Conal!)
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - I would have thought it was a girl's name

Freya - lovely name - I imagine blonde scandanavian!
Isabel - lovely but very popular.
Summer - no don't like ..sounds American
Iris - think of a flower
Kitty - ok but makes me think cat or kitkat
Rose - not keen on flower names
Faye - don't like - bit chavvy
Esther - beautiful name
Jemima - like but makes me think of jemima puddleduck

Ralph - farmer
Thomas - Ok but quite popular - the best boys name in your list.
Finlay - don't like
P eter - ok
Zachary - don't like
Freddie - ok but think of shreddies
Ellis - yuk - sounds american
Conal - ugh is that a name?
Rory - red headed scot
Ezra - no don't like

Sorry-thought I had finished! Don't like either of the last two but Rory is better than Ezra.

Freya-norse
Isabel-pretty
Summer-a hippy name like River
Iris-old lady
Kitty-Kitty Kat(OK as shortened form of Catriona)
Rose-prefer Rosalind, Rosamund or Rosemary but nice as a second name.
Faye-dislike
Esther-not keep
Jemima-always think 'puddleduck'

Ralph-hate
Thomas-lovely
Finlay-never like surnames
P eter-OK
Zachary-NO
Freddie-not keen
Ellis-same comment as Finlay
Conal-is it a name?
Rory
Ezra

Freya - Germanic
Isabel - Popular, I like all the different ways of spelling it.

Summer - Pretty with Blonde tangly hair , and barefeet

Iris - Jude Laws daughter is called this.
Kitty - I like this name . Pride and Prejudice.
Rose - Plain Jane name
Faye - noooooooooo
Esther - Headgirl
Jemima - ''Daddy , I want a pony''

Ralph - not keen
Thomas - too many Thomas's
Finlay - It's oaky
P eter - Traditional , I like it
Zachary - Hard work (for the parents)
Freddie - Contrived
Ellis - More like a surname
Conal - I love Irish names
Rory - Headboy , with Alpha parents. Who's mother ignores you at school if she considers you to be poor.
Ezra - I'm not keen

Freya...ok...lots and lots around though
Isabel- pretty name...one of many many many little blonde isabels
Summer- It's ok
Iris- lovely name
Kitty- cute as a little girl name.. a quickly grown out of name though?
Rose- nice..but a bit errrm lacking in something?
Faye- a womans name...somehow sounds odd as a little girl to me
Esther- lovely name
Jemima-puddleduck

Ralph- wild curly hair ..rather posh
Thomas- blonde hair with lots of freckles..can't go wrong with it
Finlay- too many around
Peter- I like it
Zachary-lots of wild hair ...very pretty boy
Freddie- mmm not sure...like Frederick better
Ellis- cool...a bit quirky.
Conal.. Colon? never heard of it before...don't like it
Rory...don't like it sorry...racing car character?
Ezra ...rather nice

ladybirdwonder you obviously have wonderful taste as DS1 is Conal - he is 20 now, we have only met 2 others. it has suited him at all ages and he loves his name

DD3 is Kitty ( although we have used it as a nn for Keturah instead of Catherine )

Freya - A norse goddess?
Isabel - My mate, nice lass
Summer - My daughter 4 year old, beautiful red head and NOT a chav. grr.
Iris - erm eyeballs?
Kitty - purr purr
Rose - thorny
Faye - twee?
Esther - chat show host?
Jemima - puddleduck quack quack

Ralph - poncy (sorry)
Thomas - the tank engine
Finlay - fire engine
Peter - i like it.
Zachary - quite a common choice now but nice.
Freddie - love it but halfwit on bb is putting me off.
Ellis - its okay.
Conal - erm.colon? colonal? not a name to me.
Rory - the racing car. Quite lik it.
Ezra - erm pass.

Freya - very pretty but very popular
Isabel - nice
Summer - australian!
Iris - very very very pretty
Kitty - very cute not sure for a grown up though, maybe katherine but called kitty!!
Rose - lovely i know a really sweet girl called rose
Faye - nice
Esther - was at school with a very mouthy one!
Jemima - puddle duck!!

Ralph - fiennes blush
Thomas - another
Finlay - very popular
P eter - nice classic name
Zachary - nice but don't like Zac
Freddie - lovely
Ellis - think of a last name
Conal - ???!!!!!????
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - sounds a little girly

Hope i haven't offended!! xxx

Freya - This makes nothing in particular spring to mind.
Isabel - makes me think sneeky
Summer - someone who is summer born
Iris - flower
Kitty - cat
Rose - sweet smelling flower
Faye - a bit dreamy
Esther - Ransen
Jemima - ducks

Ralph - rotten
Thomas - the tank
Finlay - long hair and cute (I like this name)
P eter - perfect
Zachary - quack
Freddie - Rod, jane and freddy from rainbow
Ellis - footballer dont know why!
Conal - canal
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - dont think anything about this name at all.

I wonder if we could work out our personality from these results

pmsl at SimpleSusan - many of those are spot on for me!

Freya- As an adult wears long,floral skirts with sensible sandals. Has long unfashionable hair and lives by the sea,with her cat which she took in as a stray. Enjoys painting.
Isabel- highly strung, very thin suspects husband of having an affair, which he is with his secretary.
Summer- hippy chick
Iris- boheimian. Very happy living in expensive town house with husband and several kids.
Kitty- Was a blond curly haired child. But became reclusive after her beloved parents divorced.
Rose- Dark haired, cheerful sort. Seperated from husband but never got around to finalising the divorce. Likes to re-cycle and "make" lots of craft stuff for the house.
Faye- Spent most of her life wishing she was someone else.
Esther- The charity worker
Jemima- Successful children's author. Doesn't care much for her old friends whom she finds rather too common for her new found life as a celebrity.

Ralph- Dark, hansome chap. Always popular and friendly at his public school. Has had several girlfriends but is secretly gay. Has a huge pad in the country where he hosts parties for his male friends.
Thomas- Cheeky as a boy. married and works in insurance.
Finlay- blond haired child.Now has dyed streaks in his hair. Moved around the country with his parents. Has lots of friends but quite unsettled and cannot make a career for himself.
Peter- born to an elder father and younger mother. Continued his childhood love of trains and still has his collection in the converted loft. Still lives with his mother, his father passed away. His mum makes him sandwiches to take to work. Wears a green tank top, glasses and hair parted down the side.
Zachary-The most annoying child in the class. Only his young,pierced, tatooed mother liked him. Grew up to be a looser. Neighbours planning a street party when he is finally evicted from his housing association property.
Freddie- totally annoynomous child. married the first woman who showed any interest. devoted to his child, disillusioned wife refuses to have any more kids to him and is planning to leave as soon as said child is grown up.
Ellis- Good looking with a fashionable girfriend.
Conal- English parents with a vague Irish connectin( 6 generations back)
Rory- became a drop out and sleeps rough
Ezra- Flamboyant, wealthy, single.

I've just read the other comments. I think the most damning is "Peter - nothing springs to mind at all" . Still love it though.

Freya-to much like Friar
Isabel-very pretty, like it, also v. popular
Summer-very of the moment
Iris-nice, unusual flower name and not too too girly
Kitty-quite cool
Rose-a bit dull
Faye-a bit wet
Esther-very grown up
Jemima-I like it though I've heard it referred to as a doll's name.

Ralph-cool name but I do get the Forever association but would another generation?
Thomas-the tank engine
Finlay-nice, Scottish
P eter-underused lovely name imo
Zachary-ok
Freddie-Mercury
Ellis-too girly for me for a boy but then I do like Elliott
Conal-colon
Rory-I love this name, would go on my list but too much like dd's name
Ezra-very cool name

Ooh, what a great list of names

Freya - v pretty. Less post than it used to be, but not in a bad way!
Isabel - lovely name but there are a lot of them.
Summer -not keen. Too fey and floaty
Iris - ok, like the idea and the flower but not a particularly attractive word
Kitty - nice alternative to/abbreviation for Catherine. Or is it a bit too scullery maid? Not sure.
Rose- nice but used quite a lot atm - not necessarily a problem
Faye - don't like this at all. I hear it in a whiny estuarine accent
Esther - lovely
Jemima - love this name. We almost used it for DD2.

Ralph - nice name but can't avoid thinking of it as a name for a willy (as in Judy Blume's Forever)
Thomas - brilliant name. I have one!
Finlay - good name but it could date - there seem to be a lot of them atm
P eter - lovely name. Rolls off the tongue nicely.
Zachary - v nice name but I think it's a bit chavvy, sorry.
Freddie - lovely but would use it as a shortform of Frederick. Bermuda shorts and pudding-basin haircut and rosy cheeks. Could end up a fat merchant banker though!
Ellis - not keen
Conal - great name. Strong masculine but also creative
Rory - I like this one too.
Ezra - hmm, not so sure. It wouldn't suit many people and you'd have to have a very strong instinct that it was the right name when you meet the baby.

Freya - 2 friends have beautiful little girls called Freya
Isabel - done to death - I know loads!!
Summer - a season
Iris - Old lady
Kitty - a cat. A nickname not a proper name
Rose - my neice
Faye - nice
Esther - Ranson - big teeth
Jemima - lovely

Ralph - reminds me of the book everyone read as a teenager - "Forever" by Judy Blume. The male character names his penis Ralph!
Thomas - the tank engine
Finlay - lovely boy I just spent today with
Peter - not sure
Zachary - nice
Freddie - mercury. Big tash, very gay
Ellis - surname
Conal - hate it
Rory - the Racing Car
Ezra - too biblical for me.

This is why it took me 9 months to pick my sons name!! We just couldn't find anything we both liked! I have 6 months left to think of something for DC2