Please help us cut our list down!

[ricecakeaddict]

Please can you tell me what you think of the following names? We have a common surname. We're looking for one middle name with each so thoughts on middle names for each would be great too! Thank you.

Annabel (Anna)
Georgia
Georgina
Gabriella
Lara
Sasha

Leo
Samuel (Sam)
Edward (Eddie / Ed)

I like all of them! (Not helpful I know)

I like Annabel and Edward

I'd second Annabel and Edward, Annabel Rose and Edward Charles could work depends on your surname

I like Georgia and Leo best.

Love Annabel and Georgia from your girls list and Samuel from your boys list, never really been keen on Edward for some reason!

We found with middle names to look for any family names you/OH would like to pass on. Samuel Thomas sounds nice though

I like Lara, Annabel, Sasha (in that order), and I like Samuel (Sam), and Edward (equally).

Annabel (Anna) - I love Annabel shortened to Anna.
Georgia - don't like
Georgina - don't like
Gabriella - Knew one that was shortened to gabby, not so sure.
Lara - Like this.
Sasha - Like this, and not so common

Leo - not so keen
Samuel (Sam) - I like this. Classic name.
Edward (Eddie / Ed) - not so keen.

Didn't help with the middle names - I like family names as middle names. I think it is a nice gift to a family or friend, and creates a history and continuity I like.

Right, well if you don't madly love any of those names, I would remove Georgina and Georgia from the list as apparently there's going to be a lot of George's and the female variants after prince George. There's a good chance she wouldn't be the only one in her class (or there be several boys called George as well).

On a similar theme, Edward seems to be very popular at the moment, particularly with the nickname teddy or ted. I know 2 who were born earlier this year, and 3 from the year before.

But I'm not very helpful as I like all of your list!

Really like Edward. Not fond of any of the girls' names, sorry. Would choose Annabel from that list, but if you plan to shorten it to Anna tbh would probably go with Anna anyway.

I like Annabel, Georgia, Lara and Edward. Good point about Prince George though.

Lara and Leo!

I like Anna (but not Annabel), Gabriella and Samuel.

I don't like Annabel or Georgia much. I tend to assume Sasha is short for Natasha - would that bother you?

Sam and Georgia are fabulous.

Lara and Edward.

Favourites are Georgia and Leo.

I would go for Georgia Kate and Leo Alexander.

Thank you for all feedback - v helpful! I agree that, while I love Gabriella, I'm not convinced by Gabby and I think that's the most obvious nickname. I was also slightly concerned about the Prince George point with Georgia and Georgina so interesting this was raised...probably not enough to put us off but makes me slightly less keen!
We love Sasha (as full name - we wouldn't go with Natasha or Alexandra) but just not sure it's the same style as the other names we like (not that I'm sure why this matters..!)