What do you think of these names (warning: some may be considered 'far out')? And suggestions for others welcome.

[DawnOfTheDee]

Ok...here is my list. DH has already poo-poo'd a few of them but I thought I'd post the whole list to give you a 'flavour' of the kind of names I like.

Cherry
Clementine
Calista
Luna
Misty
Persephone
Ramona
Aisling
Allegra
Claudia
Stella
Reina

Not even got round to thinking of middle names yet but suggestions welcome for first &/or middle names very very welcome.

Love Clementine, Calista, Luna, Persephone, Allegra and Stella!! Lovely, feminine underused classics!!

But YOU need to love them, not us, a random collection of interetters .

Cherry - Not keen. Always sounds a bit made up to my ear. Like Apple.

Clementine - Again, not a fan of the fruit theme, but prefer it to Cherry.

Calista - I like this.

Luna - the link with Lunatic puts me off.

Misty - Not a fan I'm afraid.

Persephone - I think this is fab. Love the nickname Effie too

Ramona - Great

Aisling - Good if you/she can cope with all the people who won't know how to say or spell it.

Allegra
Claudia
Stella - All nice but not outstanding.

Reina - Not keen. Think it's the link with all the royal words.

My favourite would be Persephone, plus Calista and Romona.

Sorry, are some of those too harsh. I love some of them!

Clementine I love.
Aisling and Claudia lovely too. The others, not keen.

I do love them! I just need help whittling down the list.

In a weird way if i ask what people think of a name and get a few 'meh, don't like it' but I'm still thinking I would use it then it reaffirms how much I do like it. Probably didn't explain that too well but in short I just like bouncing ideas round.

I'm 23wks pg with DD 2 and was talking about showing my list to the mn jury last night with DH. Am genuinely interested in people's views. I promise I won't get upset

I love Clementine and Persephone. I think both would need a short middle name, what about Ruth? I found DH was more accepting of a "posh" or complex girls name when presented with a cute and more mainstream nickname. (as it is, he picked the most ordinary name on my list!)

Agree about the shorter middle name.

I have no worries about persuading DH if I really loved one of them. Before we found out we were having another girl I managed to convince him that Elmo was an uber-cool name and no-one watches/remembers Sesame Street anymore so it would be totally ok to use....

I really don't like Cherry or Misty. They sound like a pet's name rather than a person's.

The others are all rather nice, I think, not all necessarily what I would choose, but I wouldn't laugh/be transfixed with horror if I heard someone else use them. I especially love Clementine, which I would consider using myself.

Calista is my favourite, closely followed by Allegra.

Have you considered Talitha?

Is it pronoucned Talitha with the stress on the first syllable? Haven't heard it before and I think i quite like it.

I like cherry & clementine best.

Cherry - not for me
Clementine - nor this one, reminds of a cow name
Calista - pretty
Luna - potential for fun making
Misty - porn star?
Persephone - love this but would never be brave enough to go for it
Ramona - no
Aisling - only if you're Irish
Allegra - pretty
Claudia - good
Stella - would make me think of the lager
Reina - renal? no

Used to work with someone who pronounced it Tal eee tha. Corrected anyone who mispronounced it. Puts me right off. Tabitha is nicer Sabrina ?
Aisling can also be spelt Ashling which works better in the UK

What is DD1 called ? It is nice if the names work together I think

(Pepe) Reina was the Liverpool goalkeeper until very recently (strapping fellow) so be prepared for jokes on that one.

I like Calista and Stella.

Haha - ta for the heads up on Reina!

DD1 is Melody

Love Ramona and Claudia. Only think puts me off Ramona a tad is the Moaner nn.

Claudia and Stella - cool.

Love Melody. I like Claudia, Stella and Calista. Have you thought about Lucasta? Have only ever come across it once!

Oooh I like Lucasta. I did like Jocasta but obviously wasn't esp keen on the Oedipal connotations!

I really do like 3 syllable names though...think they flow well with our surname.

Jacinta
(C)Larissa
Fenella
Coralie
Caroline

I prefer Coraline to Caroline (am a big Neil Gaiman fan!)

Not keen on Fenella or Clarissa but I do like Jacinta. Will add that to the list!

Love Ramona

Love Calista but only if its pronounced CA-lista not ca-LIST-a.

Met a baby girl named Marcella recently. I love it.

Cherry - not really
Clementine - nn Cleo? s'ok.
Calista - Callista by preference.
Luna - the risks of her being called Loony outweigh the Harry Potter connection, IMO, although in fact both could be bad.
Misty - great comic I used to have when I was young. I quite like this name too though
Persephone - yes, lovely classical Greek name, nn Penny
Ramona - s'ok
Aisling - very nice, but could have issues with pronunciation
Allegra - Very slow and awful Austin car. And defo not with Melody.
Claudia - s'ok
Stella - s'ok
Reina - not heard of this before but having seen the bit about the footballer I'd probably steer clear.

The only Lucasta I've come across is a rather unpleasant character in a Georgette Heyer novel. Other names in the same novel include (funnily!) Cherry, short for Charity; Oenone, Sophronia, and a couple I can't even remember they're so off the wall.

Considered Marcella but it immediately makes me think of Marcellas Wallace in Pulp Fiction. I can do without that kind of association which is unfortunate as otherwise it's a nice name.

How about Clemency, rather than Clementine? Fends off the -tyne or -teen debate, and any possible orange jokes? And I think it's nicer anyway....

I'm on a roll today!

[Derail: Did you like Anansi Boys? I really liked that book, especially as I grew up with Anasi stories in West Africa.]

Ahem.

or the French version, Clemence.
Penelope?