Your views on these names needed!

[Bagabee]

Laurie
Benjamin (NOT Ben)
Gilbert
Bob
Tom

Albertine
Florence
Audrey
Beatrice
Elizabeth
Leonora
Merrilees

Thanking you! x (not yet conceived but still obsessed!)

Laurie - nice
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - you won't be able to stop that
Gilbert - Grape
Bob - You really should go for Robert if you like it
Tom - ditto Thomas

Albertine - Sounds like a biscuit
Florence - very nice
Audrey - not sure
Beatrice - lovely
Elizabeth - lovely
Leonora - don't like
Merrilees - really?

Laurie - quite like

Gilbert - I want to hate it but bizarrely I don't. It's growing on me.

Benjamin WILL just be Ben whether you like it or not.

Tom - dull
Bob - yuk.

What about Lennie? Or Stan?

Albertine - Love it. Ignore the haters - they know nothing.

Elizabeth - Beautiful and calssc, can't go wrong.
Leonora - ok
Merrilees - never heard it bt agree it sound like a horse.
Beatrice - No
Florence - a bit over popular now, will be ubiquitous in five years
Audrey - I know it's quite trendy but I'm just not ready for it. It just reminds me of Beryl, and Brenda and Joyce and Hilary. It's not old lady chic, more 'polyester slacks with an elasticated waist and crash helmet hairdo.'

Laurie- prefer Laurence
Benjamin (NOT Ben)- Classic
Gilbert- a bit Bohemian for my taste
Bob- I'm not keen on Short versions used a sthe official name, so would say I prefer Robert.
Tom- Ditto

Albertine- Really don't like it
Florence- Has become very popular very quickly
Audrey- Not to my taste
Beatrice- Like
Elizabeth- like, if you wanted to use a nickname for either of these two, Betty is sweet
Leonora- Very nice
Merrilees- Not quite sure. Leaning towards the no.

Gilbert and Audrey both lovely x

Benjamins do not have to be Bens . Although some people call him it on first meeting him, they soon realise he is Benjamin

Laurie - like it
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - lovely
Gilbert - a bit wet
Bob - I just think of Blackadder
Tom - love it

Albertine - "So you wanted a boy."
Florence - lovely
Audrey - becoming popular (on MN at least)
Beatrice - love it
Elizabeth - classic
Leonora - beautiful, melodic name
Merrilees - not heard it before, but it has a pretty sound to it

Benjamin (NOT Ben) - how are you going to enforce that one then?

my son, joseph - some friends came calling for him when he ws about 14 and asked if Joe was in.

i told them no-one called Joe lived here.

now aged 21 he is known to most as ....Joe

only i call him Joseph

Laurie is very girly, being too close to Laura. Laurence is also the feminine form of Laurent - I know a lovely French Laurence in her 30s.

Gilbert is nice and not so overused as your other suggestions.

I love Audrey and Leonora.

Ben (which Benjamin WILL become), Tom and Bob are too popular and a little dull imo.
And Laurie/Laurence is quite feminine, I think it is a French girls name. Lawrence would work better for a boy.

I don't love any of your girls choices but if I had to choose, I'd say Leonora - sounds feminine and pretty.

Laurie - fantastic name esp short for Laurence
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - nice
Gilbert - also nice - reminds me of Anne of Green Gables
Bob - good name for a pet!
Tom - nice but dull

Albertine - not sure
Florence - becoming too popular for my liking
Audrey - bit old fashioned
Beatrice - quite nice
Elizabeth - lovely and lots of nice nn's
Leonora - would also remind me of fabric cond
Merrilees - nice I also like Merryn or Merrion

Noeyedear - what was the girl's name you relinquished as too popular? Bet it was Florence. I feel really cheated - have loved that name for years and thought myself really original - now everyone's at it!!

Laurie - I like this but I think you'd only get away with it in certain areas
Benjamin (NOT Ben) - nice but dull
Gilbert - horse name. Makes me think of someone with an overbite and a funny voice.
Bob - Love it. You have to make it short for something though.
Tom - As above. Not substantial enough on its own, but I know lots of little Toms who are nothing but Tom on a day-to-day basis.

Albertine - I kind of like it but can understand the negative response. Middle name maybe?
Florence - nice but popular
Audrey - all the Audreys I know are middle aged, which puts me off. Nice though.
Beatrice - nice but posh
Elizabeth - nice but dull
Leonora - very pretty
Merrilees - how about Merrily instead? I saw a child named that once and thought it was lovely.