I'm just going to call the baby Frog and be done with it.

[Kyrptonite]

Well I'm probably not. Last name is Castle and Frog Castle sounds like a pond ornament.

I'm so fucking stuck for names. We already have Lilly, Jack and Alexandra. I have a huge list and would love some honest opinions please!

Girls:
Phoebe
Xanthe
Eden
Francesca (Frankie)
Erin
Harper
Piper
Sophia
Beatrix (Bea)
Carys/Karis (sounds like a landmark with surname)
Georgia (Georgie)
Ava
Anna
Lyra
Scout
Sienna

Boys:
Charles (Charlie)
Rafferty
Finley/Finlay
Ned (I want Eddard but DP vetoed)
Hugo
Casper
Reginald (Reggie)
Henry
Arthur
Bobby
Oscar
Kit

Advice or suggestions welcome. Please be as mean as you like about them. I won't strop

This made me laugh because (at risk of outing self) DH is called Frog. He was given a normal name at birth but the image of him in green babygro wriggling on carpet made him become ´Frog´ and he has been ever since. It raised some eyebrows on my side at our wedding!

Seriously though, I would discount Kit, Oscar, Carys (although I love it!) and Casper as not going with Castle, and Bobby as being a baby´s name only (imo).

I think with your surname the best ones are Ned, Henry, Charles and I love ALL of your girls names except Scout which I hate passionately.

2 of my 3 daughters named are on your original list

I like Scout as well, is she actually Louise?

Francesca is lovely and I think with your surname a longer first name might sound better

The problem with Francesca is that it's my middle name. Does that looks bit egotistical?
Thank you for the feedback. Some names have been crossed off the list.

Eddard is v cute - not heard it before.
Like Ned and Kit as nns but not as given names.
Like Oscar.
Don't like the other boys' names, sorry.

Not terribly fond of the girls' names,sorry but do quite like Lyra.

Lola Castle!

Oh no wait, sounds like Lol, a castle. Nevermind.

Kermit?

You have Georgia, what about George and Matthew (Matt)?

Round here every other baby is a George or a Riley. Also I can't hear George without thinking pig

I like Kermit. Very little chance of it being top 10!

Xanthe always sounds like chewing gum to me (I think some kind of link in my mind to xylitol?), Eden is too place-namey with your surname so is Erin, Rafferty sounds a bit like the name of an old-school empire club...

I love Phoebe and Henry.

And I agree with your DH, while I like Eddard I'm not sure about naming your baby after a Game of Thrones character...

With Castle I wouldn't go for anything with a hard C or a K. eg Carys / Casper...

Scout Castle, Piper Castle and Kit Castle don't work IMO. From that list I would probably go for Henry Castle but I am not really keen on the name Henry. For girls I didn't find any in the list I really liked together with your surname. As far as using Francesca when it is your middle name, I don't see why not.

I like Corin Castle for a boy or Tabitha or Miranda for a girl.

You could always do the tribute thing and call it Roy.

Corin Castle sounds like a National Trust place.
Oscar Castle or Eddard or Edward Castle all sound fine.

That's the problem with the annoying surname. Everything sounds like a landmark or tourist attraction.

I wouldn't worry about using Francesca just because it's your middle name. Most people outside family wouldn't know your middle name anyway and it is a beautiful name.

no no francesca castle has 'ca ca' in the middle - sounds awkward and means poo poo in Italian.

Francesca is fab! Love it! Nothing wrong with using your middle name at all. As for the Italian poo, I could be wrong but I don't see it.

How about Xavi, Alistair, Daniel, Milo?

The 'ca' at the end of francesca followed by the 'ca' at the start of Castle. It doesn't sound right even if you ignore the poo thing.

Castle is actually hyphenated with something starting with Br and rhymes with tasted. Outed self completely

We just don't use the first part as its too similar to bastard.

Nicola
John
Ben
Tim
Harry
Nicholas
Sven
Paul
Philip
David
Jarred
Zachariah
Jethro
Edward
Frank
Michael
Garth

Naomi
Tess
Rachel
Elizabeth
Victoria
Esme
Lauren
Lucy
Angeline
Rose
Jessica

My Dds name is on your list!

NOT:
Iona - I own a
Ivor I've a
Ima I'm a
Emma I'm a
Avery ivory
Odd odd
Laura lorra lorra
Mia Mia castle tu castle
Jerome? yes my own castle

I have Castle in my family tree. FWIW these are their names:

Catherine
Eliza
Elizabeth
Frances
Jane
Lydia
Mary Ann
Sarah

Edward
Edwin
Frederick
Henry
James
John
William

I have just made this up ( I think) but as a boys name what about 'Jethron Castle'?