Just out of interest... honest opinions please

I like Benjamin and Heidi best.

Pippa - no
Hesper - fuck no
Elin - fuckinhell no
Emily - yes
Heidi - no
Beatrix - no
Nancy - fuck yes
Kitty -no
Matilda - meh

Frank - hell yes
Henry - no
Adam - no
B enjamin - yes
Yannick - if this is a cultural family thing then meh - if not then fuck no
Ivo - as above
Joshua - fuck no
Frederick - fuck yes
Thomas - yes

Beatrix and Ivo are my fave form your list

I would have used Beatrix with last dd but ds's name is too similar.

You wouldn't use Pippa in Scandi, I remember my Swedish friend telling me it was either used for sex, bum or boob, something like that ( my cat was called Pippa, that was how we got on the subject)

LOVE Frank, this would have been my choice for a son (had a dd and dh would have vetoed anyway!). Also love Nancy.

Strange list. Unusual mix of extremely popular and the slightly bizarre. Sort of no inbetween choices...

I only really like Frederick. Some of the others really make me cringe (you wanted honest, right?)

Pippa - nice
Hesper - never heard of this name
Elin - ok
Emily - lovely
Heidi - nice
Beatrix - prefer Beatrice, which is lovely
Nancy - ok
Kitty - nice
Matilda - nice but getting v popular

Frank - nice
Henry - nice
Adam - not keen
Benjamin - lovely
Yannick - ok
Ivo - nice
Joshua - ok
Frederick - nice but getting v popular
Thomas - lovely, don't care if it is popular!

Pippa - ok
Hesper - yuk
Elin - don't like
Emily - v nice
Heidi - ok
Beatrix - ok
Nancy - don't like
Kitty - sweet
Matilda - ok

Frank - don't like
Henry - ok
Adam - like
B enjamin like, but v popular
Yannick - why?
Ivo - don't like
Joshua - love, but very popular
Frederick - quite like
Thomas - don't like, and v popular

I love Ivo.

so there!

And Benjamin

Pippa nicest of girls imo.

Pippa OK
Hesper AWFUL
Elin NOT KEEN
Emily BORING BUT OK
Heidi NOT KEEN
Beatrix NOT KEEN
Nancy NOT KEEN, POSH, OLD FASHIONED, SLANG TERM
Kitty LIKE
Matilda LIKE

Frank DISLIKE
Henry OK
Adam OK
B enjamin LIKE BEN ON IT'S OWN
Yannick AWFUL
Ivo OK
Joshua OK
Frederick OK IF FREDDIE FOR SHORT
Thomas DULL BUT OK

Matilda, I have one, well a Mathilda. Brill name.

And I absolutely adore Ivo. It's such a great name. From your lists, I also like Beatrix.

Hesper = awful but I love Hester.
Emily is good so is Matilda. I also like Adam, Benjamin and Thomas. I like Joshua too.

Matilda (if not HesTer) and Adam are my favourites.

I love Pippa (Though personally i'd go with Philippa and then shorten it so if they turned out to be a tomboy they can choose something less girly)

Hesper is a lovely name too - I have not heard it before (though I like Hester). Although, looking it up it is a similar meaning to Vesper, (same root I guess) which is what we called our cat (like the bond girl!)

Adam is very nice, so is thomas though it is very popular.

Pippa - pretty
Hesper - reminds me of Uncle Hester from the Addams family
Elin - nice if you're Welsh
Emily - pretty but commonly used
Heidi - cute if you're blond and 5 years old
Beatrix - prefer Beatrice, but nice, fairly unusual
Nancy - not keen, very Oliver Twist
Kitty - nice, becoming more popular
Matilda - don't like this one

Frank - no, it has to be Frankie if he's to have any street cred at all
Henry - nice enough but not that unusual
Adam - really like this, but was vetoed by my DH
Benjamin - very nice
Yannick - odd if you're English
Ivo - quite like the car magazine Pro Evo
Joshua - really like this
Frederick - really like this
Thomas - nice as Tom

I like Nancy and Kitty (but would name her Katherine, as Kitty may not suit an adult).

Like Adam, Henry, Benjamin and Joshua.

Like Pippa and Heidi lots.

Less keen on your boys list. Would prob go for Adam out of them, but still doesn't excite me.

Pippa, Nancy or Frederick. All very cool, nice, normal names.
Yannick, Ivo and Hesper ?
What about Ivor ? Or Ike ? Or Hesther ? Elspeth ?

Pippa lovely
Hesper no
Elin no
Emily nice
Heidi quite nice
Beatrix nice prefer beatrice
Nancy like
Kitty no
Matilda maybe

Frank would suit a certain type/not sure
Henry yes
Adam nice
B enjamin lovely
Yannick no
Ivo no no no
Joshua yes
Frederick fred is nice
Thomas yes

just my opinions..

Elin is a name - why do you say otherwise MrsBadge? Just because you haven't heard it before doesn't make it not a name!

from the girls list i like pippa, hesper (nice meaning) and kitty
boys list Yannick, Ivo and Frederick

Pippa -- nice
Hesper -- nice, unusual
Elin -- nice (Mrs Tiger W)
Emily -- too popular for a long time
Heidi -- ok
Beatrix -- very nice
Nancy -- nice
Kitty -- ok as nn for Katherine
Matilda -- nice, getting popular

Frank -- rhymes with
Henry -- lots of Henrys
Adam -- very nice, underused
B enjamin -- very nice
Yannick -- a bit tth
Ivo -- LOVE
Joshua -- meh
Frederick -- very nice
Thomas -- very nice

Hesper and Elin are not names - discard
Would use Philippa over Pippa
and Beatrice over Beatrix
Emily overused IME
ditto Matilda (esp if known as Tilly)
Rest are passable

Yannick and Ivo too outlandish for me
Joshua overused
Adam excellent
Rest passable

I like Pippa but I think most people assume it's short for Philippa (which in fact I don't like). Like Emily.
See Kitty as nn for Katherine (and prefer Kate). Not sure about the others.

Like Frank, Henry and Joshua (though I have a nephew Joshua and his mum hates it when he gets called Josh, which he inevitably does)