Final decision - thumbs up or thumbs down?

[ChocolatEtVin]

Right, thumbs up or thumbs down to our final choices of names (two for each gender)

Pasha Theodore Alex
Leonard Theodore Phoenix (Lenny)

Saffron Eleanor Hero
Violet Eleanor Calypso

Other DCs are Tobias, Jago, Sorrell and Asa.

I prefer Len, but do see Pasha as a boys name.

I prefer Violet of the two for a girl.

I like your names, I live oop North and Asa would always be considered to be a boys name.
Calypso was on my 'long' list, but it was a bit too left field for us and the older kids hated it - thought it sounded like an ice lolly, but I still think it has a certain charm. Prefer Violet to Saffron as a first name though.

I love Hera but it is a bit too close to Asa sadly :(

How do you say "Asa", OP? I would said it "Ay-sa", no "r" sound. I have a GGG-father called Asa, so it's an archetypal grandfather name to me.

ChocolatEtVin I'm not getting why you think (a) Theo and Jago and (b) Asa and Hera are too similar. They have nothing in common apart from the final letter in both cases.

percy, I think it's because they have the same number of sylables and end in the sam letter. It's not that they are too similar but I think they might sound a bit matchy (as if we had deliberately chosen them to match DCs). Also if you shout them (like you would up the stairs) they are quite hard to tell apart so could be quite confusing for young children.

I wouldn't be too bothered about that, personally. They won't be young children for very long. They are individuals and they will be doing their own things soon enough.

People need to remember they are naming an adult as well as a child.

I agree that Theo and Jago are a bit matchy but I think Hera and Asa are lovely not just because Asa was my suggestion

I mean Hera!