Classic but not overused

[Aelfrida]

The holy grail, right?! Any suggestions? Names I like can't use for one reason or another are...

Matthew
Daniel
Alexander

Madeleine
Alexandra
Isobel

TIA. ??

Connor
Edward
Samuel
Terence

Louise
Rachel
Rebecca
Frances

Quentin
Patrick
Dominic

Marianne
Teresa
Caroline

Peter - I love this name but can't use it.

Abigail
Laura
Stephanie
Natalie
Georgina
Natalie

Paul
Nicholas
Marcus
Jonathan
Luke
Michael

Charlotte

Ok scrap that, its #13 on the list.. just not common here :)

Elliot for a boy.

Catherine or Anna for a girl.

Some lovely suggestions, thank you! Boys names are harder, aren't they?!

I quite like Natalie, actually. That's going on the list. As is Rebecca, I think. You never get any Rebecca's nowadays, do you? Cordelia is gorgeous so thank you for that one! Pretty sure DH will not agree though. Damn him. Aloitius is awesome but he will definitely say no to that one!

Other suggestions I like but can't use are Maria, Elodie, Charlotte ( Such a pretty name but I know loads of these). I also know 2 baby Davids.

I'm in two minds about Nicholas. I really like it but not sure the nn Nick sounds good with our surname (rhymes with door but starts with M).

Conrad or Corinna

Susannah
Jennifer
Rose
Emmeline
Tabitha
Louisa
Helena
Sarah
Georgina
Naomi
Rebekah
Christabel
Esther
Jemima
Philippa
Rosamond

John (I know a very sweet 4 year old Johnny)
Adam
Patrick
Angus

Rachel
Hannah
Ruth
Caroline

I don't think I'd have Nicholas if I were you, although I love that name, but he may well get Nick m...re Sweets/cars etc all his life.

Tristran
Natasha
Rachel
Michael

Adam, Luke, Andrew , Christopher, Dominic, Edward.

Jennifer, Natalie, Catherine, Elizabeth, Louisa, Faye,

Francis
Dominic

Anna
Eleanor

Cressida
Hermione
Francesca

Anthony

Antonia

Joseph
Mark
Owen
Gregor(y)
Fergus
Hugh
Ivan
Richard
Vincent

Alice
Vanessa
Cecelia
Lucy
Hazel
Greta
Zoe
Harriet
Ursula

Most of these have been said already but I have heaps of girls names I can't use because they don't match our surname or already in the family...

Harriet
Juliet
Rachel
Beatrice
Cordelia
Rosalind
Celia
Rosamund
Violet
Blanche
Virginia (does anyone dare use that now or is the connotation of 'Virgin' too much of a bullying risk?)

Plus lots of names starting with M I can't use as DD1 is already M.

Nancy, Norah, Cece, boys I love Teddy xx

Jenny
Nancy
Nicole
Jayne

Zachary
Robert
Patrick
Don't like Peter as will always become Pete. Same with David and Dave.

Constance
Monica
Mairead
Verity

Joseph
Stephen
Mark
Lyle

Richard
Richmond
Julian
Justin
Dominic
Marcus
Giles
Myles
Anthony
Charles
Philip

Octavia
Naomi
Ruth
Helen
Barbara
Harriet
Serena
Julia
Diana
Penelope
Abigail
Deborah
Eleanor
Leona

Jonathan, Joseph, Anthony, Antholin, Toby, Elliott, Paul, Hadley, Gerard.

Stephanie, Jasmine, Clara, Estella, Fern, Elaine, Irene, Eleanor.

Joanna
Frances
Elinor

Patrick
Dominic
Gregory

Fiona
Cora
Kate
Natasha
Julia
Marina
Rosalind