Names, names, names!

[Willow36]

Newly pregnant DH is not yet taking the naming thing seriously (fair enough, it?s early days!) but I?m a bit bloomin? excited by it all! We, obviously, cannot agree. My list of names are fabulous, he likes none of them. Bah.

So I?m after some more suggestions please.

Names I like:

Girls

Abigail
Emilia
Giselle
Charlotte
Darcey (DH hates this, I?m not prepared to give up on it yet.)
Hayley
Imogen
Isobel
Jemima
Lucille
Megan
Meredith
Ophelia
Rochelle
Scarlett
Samantha
Naomi

Boys

Benjamin
Alistair
Christian
Cameron
Daniel
Dominic
Ethan
Harry
Isaac
James
Joshua
Jonathan
Jake
Luke
Matthew
Nathaniel
Oliver
Rhys
Ryan
Tristan
William

Any names from my list you love? Any you loathe? Any other suggestions?

A number of your girl's names are the same as my faves...I have 2 DDs.

I will add...Tabitha, Violet.

I LOVE Tristan...I was thinking about that name earlier today. Also Christian.

Nina, Lucia, Marisa

Love Tabitha, not sure on Violet. I can't think of any nns I like for Violet.

Tristan is so far my front runner for a boy. I love it!

Lucia - definitely going on the list. Nina and Marisa have been vetoed by DH. (I shall sneakly add Marisa though!)

Thanks both

Marisa is very pretty. Lovely in fact...I've never thought about that one! Tabitha is great imo because Tabby is also cute....I wanted it for DD2 but DH said no way. I also love Primrose.

LOVE Lucille and Giselle. Underused, but not weird, and pretty without being too sickly sweet. Gorgeous.

The only girls names I dislike on your list are Hayley (too 80s) and Rochelle (stripper name).

I love Nathaniel and Dominic from your boys list and also really like the classic and biblical names - Benjamin, Isaac, Joshua - although these arenviously more popular.

LOVE Alastair and Meredith

Will add:
Vashti, Rhiannon, Corinna, Tamsin
Conrad, Bryn, Marcus, Ambrose

Love Rhys for a boy or Reece?

If your dh hates Darcey take it off imo

Really dont like Dominic it almost always becomes doms to me that means stupid

Girls

Abigail - no she was the school bully at my school
Emilia - love
Giselle - no she'll have to live up to a supermodel and an antelope
Charlotte - love
Darcey - Like
Hayley - no to0 90s / 80s imo
Imogen love
Isobel love
Jemima love
Lucille it's ok
Megan love
Meredith no
Ophelia meh
Rochelle - meh
Scarlett - love
Samantha - no the sexy one from satc
Naomi - quite like

Boys

Benjamin love
Alistair love
Christian - used to like then 50 shades came along
Cameron - love
Daniel - love
Dominic - no purely because my ex is called this
Ethan - love
Harry - love
Isaac - quite like
James - like
Joshua - love
Jonathan - love love love
Jake - love
Luke - love
Matthew - love
Nathaniel - love like the nn which came from it nate nathan etc
Oliver love
Rhys no
Ryan it's ok
Tristan - never used to like this but it's growing on me
William - love

Girls

Abigail -ok
Emilia -no
Giselle - horrible
Charlotte - fine
Darcey (DH hates this, I?m not prepared to give up on it yet.) I like it but it is v Marmite
Hayley - ugh, sorry
Imogen - yes
Isobel - yes
Jemima - ok
Lucille - ok
Megan - no
Meredith - yes
Ophelia - no
Rochelle - sorry but I hate this
Scarlett - fine
Samantha - no
Naomi - yes

You have both my dds' names here!

Boys

Benjamin - fine
Alistair -no
Christian - yes
Cameron - nice name but not while we've still got that idiot as PM
Daniel - fine
Dominic - not fond
Ethan -not fond
Harry - not fond
Isaac - yes
James - yes
Joshua - fine
Jonathan - yes
Jake - no: use Jacob
Luke - lovely
Matthew - fine
Nathaniel - fine
Oliver - yes
Rhys - no
Ryan - it's ok / prefer Rayan or Rowan
Tristan - yummy
William - fine

Girls:

LOVE & would use: Abigail, Emilia, Charlotte, Imogen, Jemima, Meredith.
Wouldn't use:
Giselle- makes me think of a deer
Isobel- pretty but popular and trendy.
Scarlett- trendy and makes me think of a stripper.
Rochelle- just don't like sorry
Darcey: agree with your DH, dare I say it quite 'chavvy' around here.

BOYS:
All classic and lovely names tbh.
LOVE: Dominic, Isaac, James, Nathaniel (nn Nate?), Ryan.
Not as keen on:
Oliver- too popular
Jake/Joshua- just don't like.
Ethan- really don't like, tends to be over used and & bit chavvy around here.

Of your girls' names list OP I like best

Giselle, Jemima, Lucille, Imogen, Naomi and Ophelia in that order.

Love Tabitha and Marisa. Ooh Rhiannon and Tamsin nominated too!

From your boys' names, top for me would be Harry, Matthew, Oliver and Rhys.

Tristan, dreamy but he'd better be able to take care of himself.

And offer Alexander (Alex or Xander) as a suggestion.