Are our final two a bit crap?

[MadDash]

We've finally managed to narrow it down to two names for each sex, and I think we're going to wait to meet the baby before we choose the final name. However, I'm really worried that our final two are a bit crap! What do you think of them, are they useable and do you have a favourite? DS's are Otis and Monty.

Asha Genevieve
or
Romilly Abigail

Tor Zachary
or
Gray Isaac

love Asha, DD is an Aisha, and she loves her name. How about a Hugh?

Thanks for all of the replies. I'm really doubting myself now as I'm thinking that if I'm posting on here I must not really love the names. Or am I over thinking it?

Someone said they liked Seren - LOVE that name would go nicely with your children's names too

But at the end of the day you name your baby whatever you like after all you are going to have to say that name millions of times over the years so it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks

If you're goingnto name your child something off the wall thennyounneednto be very sure indeed that that is what you want to do. There will be times when your child doesn't like it/gets fed up of the comments( even the positive ones) and if you are at all wobbly about using the name you will, I promise you, feel crap.

Asha and Tor are lovely. Graham is nice as a full name for Gray. Genevieve is just beautiful!

The girls are great but Tor and Gray not so much, sorry!

Otis, Monty and Romilly

Otis, Monty and Theo

Otis, Monty and Finn

My name is Genevieve, shortened it to Genna, or Gen. I've grown to love it now, but sometimes it was a difficult name to have at school surrounded by Sharons and Traceys. It made me look a tad pretentious I think...

I think you have chosen beautiful names.

Tor and Gray are yuk IMO. They're not even names IMO. Tor? Where on earth did you get that from? Sorry to sound so negative, but it sounds like it's short for something - but what?

As for Asha? Quite pretty, but sounds Indian. And Romilly? Bleugh! Sorry. Don't like that at all.

I didn't mean to sound negative about Indian names, btw. Just read that back and realised it maybe sounded that way. Just that I don't get the impression that you're Indian, so the name is a bit of an odd choice.

juneau, it is Indian but is also an east African Swahili name meaning 'life' which I think is just beautiful.

Genevieve and Tor are the best

I love Gray. It's on our shortlist too.

How about Beige? Or Taupe?

Dd went to preschool with an Asha, her mom told me it meant Hope in Hindi ( she was white) and I thought it was a beautiful name - still do.
I love Genevieve and I also knew a Gray who I thought was pretty cool.
Don't like Tor though.

Gray will always be associated with the colour grey, though - I can't get beyond the associations of blandness etc. Or middle aged men called Graham who are trying too hard to sound trendier (DH works with several like this)

Like Asha and Isaac or Zachary as first names. I prefer Romy to Romilly.

Tor seems to me to be a name for some cold looking Nordic giant with a demeanour to match.

Gray says 'terribly dull' or 'massive rock' imo.

I love Grey. Go for it.

Love Romilly, very pretty name.
Tor is a fabulously strong name but I do love Scandinavian names (our DS has one).
Love Gray too, my friends DH is Graham but gets called Gray and he's a great guy.

As a matter of fact, a tor is a high, bare, rocky hill.

Gray --> boring drab, lifeless, just like other posters I thought of John 'lovely peas, Norma' Major. He will get asked 'short for Graham?' for all of his born days.

Tor --> Sounds like someone who is really into Norse mythology or is in an 80s Scandanavian glam-metal band.

Call him John and be done with.

Genevieve --> I knew a Genevieve and she was absolutely barking and not in a good way either. That said I still like the name.

Rommily is really nice though.

Have a rethink. I think you are not convinced!

Romilly and Genevieve (Vivi is the nn of hte one I know) are brilliant, the rest are lacklustre.

Otis and Monty...

For a DS, how about Hector, Murdo, Heath, Jago?