Thoughts on these, please...

[Aelfrida]

Clarissa

Josephine

Natalie

Juliette

Douglas

Reuben

Edgar

What's the verdict, mumsnetters? TIA. x

Love Natalie (and Natalia), Juliet (spelled this way) and Rueben.

Detest Edgar and Clarissa.

The others are ok.

Clarissa - quite like it. Callie and Carrie are sweet as nicknames too

Josephine - quite like it. Josie is cute

Natalie - really like it

Juliette - love it

Douglas - really dislike it

Reuben - love it

Edgar - not keen

Clarissa - too fussy for me.
Josephine - don't mind the name. Dislike nn Josie.
Natalie - prefer Natalia. Don't like Natalie at all maybe because there were at least 3 in every class I was ever in at school & I didn't like any of them.
Juliette - prefer Juliet. Beautiful name.

Douglas - went to school with a Douglas who was known as Pongo (1980s Grange Hill to thank for that nickname).
Reuben - increasingly popular but goodness knows why?
Edgar - awful name, sorry.

I like all your girls' names. Maybe Josephine a bit less than the others - don't know why but I associate it with frilliness and french poodles - but maybe that's just me - prefer Joanna.

In your boys' names I only like Reuben really. Douglas is OK but seems quite dated - but maybe it's due a revival? If you want an 'Ed' name, Edward or Edmund are much nicer than Edgar.

I like Juliet (this spelling) and Reuben.

Natalie too dated, Clarissa too frilly, and the other boys' names are far too clunky for my taste.

Thank you, everyone! It seems I am outnumbered on Juliette! I prefer Joo-lee-ETT (Juliette) to the JOO-lee ett (Juliet) pronunciation but maybe people wouldn't pronounce them differently in real life. Hmm.

I agree Clarissa is a bit frilly so think that might be off the list but Josephine is growing on me. I hadn't thought of Edmund so thanks for that one.

I would pronounce them the same way and prefer the Juliet spelling. Josephine and Reuben are also great names.

...or Edwin?

All lovely, would happily steal your list. I much prefer the Juliette spelling.