Baby name shortlist

[BananaHammocks]

Here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions, particularly for boys!

Boys
Amos
Cormac
Fraser
Hector

Girls
Claudia
Martha
Saffron
Tessa

I like Amos and Cormac. Don't like any of the girls' ones though, sorry! Without knowing what kind of thing you're after (other than, I'm guessing, a 2 syllable name), I'm no help. Oh no, Claudia has 3 syllables, I'm talking rubbish.

I like Amos for a boy and Claudia for a girl.

Cormac I fear is too prone to teasing/rhyming (starting with BigMac)

Fraser I know is popular in Scotland, but it's ever so slightly (I'm sorry I can't not say it) chavvy sounding outside of Scotland.

Hector sounds too serious, doesn't shorten to anything nice (Hec?) and is quite charmless. Even Fraser, though I'm not keen as above, has more charisma than Hector.

Saffron is pretty but a leetle bit try-hard.

Martha.. I don't see this as very feminine.

Tessa always seems a bit unfinished to me. I like Tess as a short name, like I like Jess, but Tessa... I bracket it with Teresa and Ruth. Very meh.

I like Fraser and Claudia

I like Tessa, Martha and Amos.

Cormac and Tessa.

Love Amos and Martha!

Cormac and Claudia are ok.

Not keen on the others.

Other suggestions:
Linus
OSpencer
Dexter
Silas

Matilda
Scarlett
Flora
Nina

That should be just Spencer not OSpencer??!!

I love the name Tessa, I think it's a beautiful name, a little cutesy, but not in a bad way (as in, it's not just a baby name).
Again, I like the name Martha, but it is a sad name for me as one of DD1's friends who recently died was called Martha.

For boys, I like Fraser.

claudia is gorgeous.

Quite mixed opinions! Does nobody like Hector? It's probably the frontrunner! I know a lot of people don't like it coz of the nagging/bothering associations but I love it! Did just watch Troy last week though!

i like hector then amos of your boys.

Love Claudia, Tess (not Tessa!) and Fraser.

Don't like the rest I'm afraid.

I love Hector! DS2 was going to be Hector Sholto but it didn't suit him so he is Toby George (neither of which were in our top 20 but literally nothing we had shortlisted suited him!)

My son, due in 3 weeks will be Hector. I like Claudia from your girl list.

Hate Hector sorry! Just such a hard rigid sounding name to my ears, would never go for it.

Like Amos and Cormac much better.

Like all the girls except Saffron. Favourite is Tessa. But really like martha and claudia too thought the lame thing puts me off claudia a teeny bit.

Good luck!

Hector and tessa. Gorgeous.

Boys....reuben, jude, myles, linus, ....

Amos is great. As is Martha.

Hector is awful, not only due to its meaning (bully, torment) but the lack of nice nicknames (heck?).

I like Tessa and Fraser, but I'm in Scotland, Fraser may not be so great if your n in Scotland.

Hector and Martha, with Tessa at 2nd. Amos is a surname to me.

Really like Martha.

Love Claudia & Martha.

Not really feeling those boys' names.

Amos and Claudia! But what I like best is OSpencer :-D

Hector is fine.