Need opinions on our shortlist. ..

[johendy]

We're having dc2 shortly and don't know if it's a boy or girl. I need some opinions on names as we're not sharing them in real life. Our surname starts with a K and ends in a Y, and DS1 is Max.

For a boy...
Hugo
Finn or Flynn

For a girl...
Lola
Ada or Ayda
Lyra
Sorrel

Thinking of names is always more fun before I need to commit to something!

I like all of your boy names. And Ada for a girl is my favourite. I know a little Ada and she's very sweet. But I don't think it's very common...

What are your criteria? Does popularity bother you too much? The reason I mention it is Lola has gone massive here. There are 3 in the 20 girls attending DD2's preschool.

I like Ada or Lyra for a girl. Hugo is nice, as is Flynn. Not keen on Finn.

I think you're having a girl and you will call her Ada, I met a woman today, randomly, on a dog walk. We talked about dogs for a brief time and somehow mentioned she had a new grandchild. It was a girl and her name was Ada. I thought this was beautiful and I'd never heard a baby called this before.

There's my 'woo' prediction, please do ignore me but I do like a story that seems like fate......

Good luck with the baby, by the way. I like the boys names but I like Ada the best!

They're nice - not super-popular, but not unusual either. I like Ada much more than Ayda. Actually, Ada is one of my favourite girl's names.

Ada or Hugo. Don't like the others.

Finn and Ada

Ada or Flynn

Hugo or Ada. Not Ayda- people will not know how to say or spell it.

Finn and Ada for me

Does Hugo work with your surname? I'm imagining Keeney or something similar...I feel as though the "g" of Hugo is a bit clunky with the K. Both throaty sounds.

Lyra is my choice for dc1 due next Friday if a girl. Finn was on short list for a boy. Nice choices!

Ada is awful, she's a prune faced scullery maid wearing a greasy pinny.

I like Finn and Sorrel. I especially like Sorrel.

No! Ada is clever and glamorous, like Ada Lovelace.

No, no, no. Ada is hideously downtrodden and gets up to all sorts in the back row of The Ritzy with Clive the weird looking footman.

Flyn and Ada are my faves

Finn and Lola are my favourites

Ada and Hugo.

Finn and Lyra are my favourites.

Thanks all. I am a little worried about popularity - I have 3 close friends with the same name, and would like my kids to have something less common. But that's hard with boys names especially as DP and I struggle to agree. It seems like Lola and Finn might be a little too popular. And thanks for setting me straight on Ada/Ayda - for some reason Ada feels too short, but seeing it written a lot makes it better somehow.

Finn and Sorrel are my favourites
I also like Ada