Please suggest something sane for me!

and Viola? Viola fab.

Yes, agree Hero is used in Shakespeare for a girl (one of his slightly wet ones, but still, good name) - I really considered it for a middle name.

I like

Sylvie and Atticus best.

Great names.

I also like Vita for a girl, but that's not on your list. Just sayin'

Would think girl for Hero (it's in Shakespeare folks!), boy for Hiro. I like both.

Would like Briony but not Bryony

I like lots of your girls names! You have similar taste to me (lots of shakespearean influences!)

Adriana - not convinced, sounds a bit too masculine
Aemilia - love it but they wouldn't thank you for always having to spell it
Alicia - like but not so much if it's pronounced ali-sha
Amelia - like but v popular
Beatrice -love. nn Bea is so sweet.
Bryony -love
Cressida - this is my name so obviously the best one!
Esme - okay
Harriet -like
Hermione - love
Luciana -okay
Lyra -okay
Niamh - prob would have to spell a lot
Rosalind - like (also like Rosaline)
Rowena -like
Sienna - bit trendy

For a boy:

Hero - girls name?
Hugo - nice
Jake - okay - better if short for Jacob
Leo -okay
Lewis -nice
Lucas - nice but trendy
Oliver - nice but popular
Oscar - okay
Piers - nice but a bit rah - depends what type of school they will go to! In general i think girls can pull of unusual names more easily.
Rupert - ditto.
Tobias okay
Toby -nice

Girls: Amelie - ok
Bryony - ok
Claudia - ok
Henriette - dislike
Juliet - lovely
Lily -ok
Madeline -lovely
Ophelia -bit much
Simone - dislike but like Simeon for a boy
Sylvie - like

Boys:
Atticus - like a lot
Cedric - ok
Felix - dislike
and suggested Lewis - ok

cedric so sexy

For a girl:
Adriana - dislike
Aemilia - ok
Alicia - lovely
Amelia - ok
Beatrice - lovely
Bryony - nope
Cressida - nope
Esme - lovely
Harriet - lovely
Hermione - lovely
Luciana - nope but how about Lucinda or Lucretia instead, perhaps?
Lyra - nice
Niamh - lovely
Rosalind - lovely
Rowena - nope
Sienna - nope

For a boy:

Hero - terrible
Hugo - ok-ish but I do think of Hugoagogo
Jake - nice enough
Leo - nope
Lewis - ok
Lucas - lovely
Oliver - lovely
Oscar - lovely
Piers - terrible
Rupert - lovely
Tobias - lovely
Toby -lovely

I think these are v good lists on the whole!

oh there's a new list!

Yes Juliet and Sylvie are both beautiful.

Felix is lovely too

Adriana - too much... Adrienne is simpler and nicer
Aemilia - like a misspelling. Amelia or Emilia
Alicia - OK as it is
Amelia as above
Beatrice - I like this.
Bryony - Like this
Cressida - no. Bit pompous or something but that's jmo
Esme - I like it.
Harriet - ok
Hermione - not my cup of tea
Luciana - nice but a bit flowery, like TWO really girly names stuck together, but I still like it.
Lyra - not crazy about this one.
Niamh - I like it
Rosalind _ I like it. I like Christabel too. quite Edwardian (?)
Rowena - nothing wrong with it but I don't like it.
Sienna - bit slebby but it's pretty.

For a boy:

Hero - girls name? I like Arnaud and Bruno
Hugo - love it
Jake - ok, good popular name
Leo - love this one
Lewis - not crazy about it.
Lucas - ok but popular. I suggest Marcus instead
Oliver - ok
Oscar - ok
Piers - I like it
Rupert - good God no
Tobias - I like it
Toby - A/a

Oh sorry, didn't see the second list. LOVE Sylvie.

I like Harriet, Lyra, and Leo

From your second list -- quick work btw!

Girls:
Amelie -- Nice, I like the accent
Bryony -- Like; sweet name, but not too fluffy
Claudia -- Nice but imo a bit severe
Henriette -- Lovely, Henrietta lovely too
Juliet -- Lovely
Lily -- Too popular and a bit wispy, prefer Lilia or Lilja
Madeline -- Lovely, but prefer Madeleine spelling
Ophelia -- No. Too many Feel Ya nn possibilities
Simone -- Nice
Sylvie -- Lovely

Boys:
Atticus -- Like a lot
Cedric -- ok
Felix -- Love
Lewis -- Prefer Louis

Hero is a girls name- she is the one that gets dumped/ pretends to die in the Shakespeare play "Much Ado about Nothing".

Best Girls on your list
Beatrice
Harriet
Lyra
Rosalind

Best Boys on your list
Jake
Leo
Oscar

I love Hero for a boy, I have a japanese friend with the name but they spell it 'Hiro', maybe a good way to make it a boys name and move away from the superhero connections...?

Oh, and Claudia and Juliet from DH's list.

I like Alicia, Rosalind, Hugo, Oliver and Toby the best.

Beatrice and Harriet are very nice, Henriette is fantastic. :O)

We have Claudia on our short list too and also like Madeline . Last night my DH suggested Ophelia and Juliet for our 'getting longer list', but I'm not convinced.

Maybe Felix, but I think i see it as a bit of a 'cat' name. From your originial list I love Tobias with nn Toby and also Oliver but am put off by its popularity.

From yours and your DH's lists, I like

Amelia, Beatrice, Cressida, Luciana, Rosalind, Rowena, Juliet, Lily

Jake, Oliver, Felix

You're putting a lot of expectations on the shoulders of any child you name Hero.

I like Hero a lot! And I've only heard it used as a boys name before.

Rosalind is a lovely name and, IMVHO, sadly neglected when people name their babies!

The boys names don't grab me but Oliver and Oscar I think are too commonly used so I wouldn't choose them.