Merryn, Hallam, Hugh, etc

[Cortina]

Girls -
Merryn
Brook/e (too American)?
Skylar/Skyler (well this really is moving into USA territory I know)
Parker

Boys

Hallam
Hugh

I love Merryn. I have a Merryn friend: she's lovely & has made me love the name but I think it's nice anyway. Definitely not Brooke (association=Shields, yuk). Not Skyler (I think Skyler is one of demi moore's daughters, no? Super American) & Parker even worse. I put Parker for a girl in same category as Madison.

Merryn (prefer Merrin spelling though) and Hugh (prefer Hugo though!)

Merryn and Hugh for me too.

Don't like any of the girls names at all.
You can't call a child Parker!
Do like Hugh.

Merryn (agree with sedgie about spelling Merrin) and Hugh (but would spell Huw).
Do not like any of the other names.

I quite like Hallam actually; are you a Tennyson fan?

Tummytickler: why Huw? Surely the association will be (well for those of our generation) to a certain BBC newscaster? I much prefer the traditional spelling Hugh. Also, it's not great to have to spell out your name all through your life.

As for Merryn/Merrin, because my friend is called MerrYn, MerrIn seems likes an error to me :).

Huw just seems the natural spelling to me - every Hugh/Huw I have ever met has had the Huw spelling.

I have a Hugh, it is usually commented on favourably. I do like Huw but we are not welsh so went for the trad spelling.

Merryn and Hugh

The others are very American choices

Merryn and Hugh

Merryn was our choice for DD2 except that we are having a boy, and I love it as a girls name. Do prefer the Merryn spelling because that is the Cornish saint is spelt so in my mind it is the traditional spelling. But Merrin may also be traditional, I just don't know it that way.

Boys names - neither really do it for me. But I know a very nice Hugh (age 6).

From the girls the best is Merryn but I would spell it Merran (the one I know spells this way and I think it looks nicer)

The boys aren't really my cup of tea. What about Hugo or Hamish?

Merryn and Hugh