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

I think as a general rule, anything beginning with an A or a C is out. The whole A Castle and C(uh) Castle is going to be a bugbear.

Scout is an absolutely ridiculous name to give a child, especially a girl.

I think the name of the girl in To Kill a Mockingbird was Jean Louise. That is nice, and would go fine with Castle.

I'm not keen on Jean or Louise. The combination also doesn't work for me.

I don't want an overly frilly princessy girls name. Or a made up boys name. Apart from that I'm open to suggestions.

Unless its Blanche. Please not Blanche

No, judging by most of the names you listed I didn't think you would like it.

Like
Phoebe
Sophia
Georgia
Lyra
Sienna

Ned
Hugo
Henry

How about Althea or Romilly for a girl?

Girls:
Phoebe - Love this
Xanthe - Not so keen
Eden - Beautiful
Francesca (Frankie) - Lovely
Erin - Yes, love it!
Harper - No, too Beckham for me
Piper - Not keen
Sophia - Gorgeous but I prefer Sofia as the spelling
Beatrix (Bea) - I prefer Beatrice to Beatrix
Carys/Karis (sounds like a landmark with surname) - Not keen
Georgia (Georgie) - Lovely
Ava - Not keen
Anna - Classic, can't go wrong IMO
Lyra - Not keen
Scout - Too "out there" for me
Sienna - Love this

Boys:
Charles (Charlie) - Love
Rafferty - Not so keen
Finley/Finlay - Gorgeous
Ned (I want Eddard but DP vetoed) - Not keen
Hugo - Not keen
Casper - Casper Castle...
Reginald (Reggie) - Not keen
Henry - Love this
Arthur - Not a fan
Bobby - Not a fan
Oscar - Adore
Kit - Kit Castle...

How about - William, Lewis, Nathan, David, Thomas or Gareth?
Girls - Eloise, Jasmine, Grace, Georgiana, Tamsin?

OK, I give up. Why can't you have anything beginning with C with a noun surname?

But it's just an initial. How often is a single initial plus surname spoken aloud? I think it's totally ridiculous to rule out a whole swathe of names on that basis. By the same token I don't think there's much wrong with A or R either, certainly not with a name like Castle. Of course there are some "noun surnames" which will sound unfortunate with certain names, but Castle is not one of them imo.

Ok, find the girls names you have hard and when I put them with castle harder! Probably Sienna Castle works best but it will remind people of the film star. Phoebe Castle works also I think.

Love the boys' names list as far as Hugo. Think Hugo Castle, Henry Castle and Ned Castle work best. Love Ned!

How about

Jane Castle?

Ruth Castle?

Elizabeth Castle?

I think you need to go for a clear name really to avoid the place name thing popping up.

Georgia Scout Castle for me.

Oh and Henry Fred for a boy.

Charlie Castle is by far the best. It's snappy. He's a loveable rogue, a mischievous handful. Not really sure what girls name would work though.

I think these work best / are the nicest

Francesca (Frankie)
Erin
Georgia (Georgie)

Charles (Charlie)
Rafferty
Arthur