Honest opinion on the names

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Hey,

which names do you prefer for a girl and boy? also open to any new suggestions!

Girl:
Paisley Mae or Saylor/Sayla Rose

Boy:
Heath Landon or Oliver (Ollie) James

Oliver James is fine. But don't like any of the others.

Paisley or Heath. Please god, do not add Mae. Imagine a 40 yesr old saying it.

Would it be rude to suggest a herb name like Sage?

Oliver James is a meeja psychologist. Nice name though.

Paisley is a shawl and a town near Glasgow.

Harlow - nope, not a nice place to be named after and does sound too close to Harlot.

Paisley - nice actually

Saylor - she'll spend her life explaining to call centres they've spelt her name wrong, it's not Sailor.

Rose - perfectly servicable middle name, not very exciting though

Mae - prefer May. Mae just looks a bit harsh (can't explain that, it could be the people who use it)

Lexi - a bit "80s soap star" on it's own, fine as a nickname for Alexandra

Mackensie - hate surnames as first names for girls, don't really like it for boys, but more acceptable. Still not nice.

Lux - soap

Emerson - surname problem again

Sienna - nice!

Amerli - not sure about this either.

Boys:
Heath - lovely, and quite strong name.

Landon - sounds like a cockney saying London. Just no.

Oliver - lovely, although very popular in UK.

James - also lovely

Fletcher, Hudson - surnames.

Rory - lovely

Finn - like, but not as nice as Heath, Oliver, James or Rory

Jonah - can sound harsh in some accents, but a nice name

Alfie - fine for a little boy, sounds rough for an adult man. Give him a full name with Alfie as a nickname.

Lux is a soap and also reminds me of Lux Interior from The Cramps (guy). It would seem a strange name for a girl.

Fletcher or Finn from your boys names.

Sienna is nice. I don't like the others.

Oh FGS, when did you last see Lux soap around unless you are a granny? People are so rude.

Lux is a perfectly fine girls name - I personally know 2 girls with that name in the UK. It means light.

Siena is lovely and Jonah is my favourite from your boys list.

Don't get the snobbery around 'surname names' - Oliver and James are also surnames. Same for place names - I presume no-one objects to Florence on those grounds?

Didn't you just know that most mnetters would like Oliva James the best

Oliver*

Of your second girls list I like Lux and Sienna lots! Harlow least because its not a nice town here at all

Your boys list is all great, especially Jonah - strong and unusual but still recognisable.

Oliver James is my top boys name!! Have loved it for years!

I really like Lux and I really like Fletcher, they both sound great said with an Aussie accent.

Lux is a global brand, and is still on sale including in UK and Australia. Being a granny isn't a requirement to read what is on the shelves right now.

Though the biggest snag with Lux is what it will be rhymed with in a typical playground.

Lux does not mean light. It is a measurement of light. That's like saying punnet means strawberry.

Lux is Latin for light, so does mean that in translation. And I'd course is the root for words such as lucid and elucidation.

Lux (pronounced 'looth') means light in Spanish. I had a Mexican friend called Lux. I always though it was a common name in Mexico.

Luz is Spanish for light, not Lux.

. Doh! Of course it is.

...and I haven't even had a drink.

How do you pronounce Lux then?

I think Lux would be pronounced like Lux Interior, also like the soap. Is there another way?

Lux is indeed still on sale here in Australia; Lux soap flakes I've definitely seen, not sure about the bar soap (I don't buy bar soap). As far as I know it's pronounced "Lucks", haven't heard it any other way! Rhymes with sucks etc.

I like Oliver James and Saylor is really growing on me.

I love Heath, but all the others sound like you're trying a little too hard to be original, and off the wall, IMHO except Finn, Alfie, James and Oliver.
I only like James and Heath.

Paisley is ok but I read it as parsley
Sayla etc I don't like
Heath is nice but Heath Landon is too similar to Heath ledger
Landon is ok but is like a very Essex person pronouncing London
Oliver is nice
James is lovely

Sienna is lovely
As are all the other boys names bar fletcher