Honest opinions please

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I am about 5 seconds pregnant with DC3, I do like to obsess about baby names so please indulge me!

Gender unknown but I suspect girl.

Would prefer names that are not top 100 but not too concerned about classically popular names for example Elizabeth, Benjamin very keen to avoid 'faddy names'

Girls:
Helena
Anastasia
Constance (Connie)
Laurel
Susannah
Thea (this doesn't go with surname in short form so would need a longer name with Thea as nm)

Boys:
Benjamin/Benedict
Rupert
Emmett
Gregory
Walter
Gray

DDs are Hazel & Celeste. Aware this outs me massively!

Any other names that might suit our style. I adore Miriam & Margaret but they sound terrible with our m sounding surname.

Please be brutally honest.

Girls names are all nice.
Only boys names I like are Benjamin/Benadict will is nn be Ben.
The other boys names are hideous, sorry, but your baby your choice

Nn would be 'Ben' though this doesn't sound brilliant with our surname.

I love Dorothea to give Thea.

I don't like Emmett, Gregory or Walter. Gray makes me think Fifty Shades of Shite.
I like all the girl's names. Thea is really elegant and unusual without being, um, too unusual.

How about Benedict with the nn Ned.

Constance and Emmett are my favourites and sound love,y with the names of your dd's

Love Helena.

Alternatives:
Juliette
Savannah
Rosemary
Rosalind
Bethany
Phoebe

Love all boys names apart from Gray ( 50 shades of...)

Alternatives:
Douglas
Robert
Jude
Gene
Theodore
Brett
Tristan

Girls names lovely with the exception of Constance.

The only boys name I like on that list is Benedict. Emmett is dreadful, Walter is fine if you are 103 and Gray is just wimpy.

Goodness yes '50 shades!' Gray scrubbed off, thank you for pointing that out!

ADORE Rosalind and Juliette thank you river

Also like the suggestion of Dorothea

I am adding Robyn and Caroline too.

Like Benjamin and Gregory from your boy's list and Helena and Anastasia from your girl's.

I like all your girls list except Laurel (makes me think of Laurel and Hardy, I. E. a boys name). My favourite is Constance/Connie. Haven't heard that in ages.

Less keen on your boys list tbh, although I do love Benjamin, and I think Emmet is growing on me...

I like...

Girls:
Helena
Constance
Susannah
Caroline

Boys:
Benjamin
Gregory
Walter

Anastasia is also a bit '50 shades' - I can see it becoming a bit faddy because of that.

Thea could be short for Althea, Anthea, Dorothea or Theodora.

Girls:

I love
Helena
Connie
Susannah
dislike the others

Boys:
I like
Benjamin

dislike the others, especially Emmett! (Cornish)

Love Celeste and Hazel!

For their sibling I like
Emmett
Gregory
or how about Dominic, Quentin or Reuben

Helena
Anastasia
or how about Antonia or Theodora

I really don't like any of the girls names other than Thea but love Benjamin for a little boy! Good luck! X

Love Thea for Theodora but not Dorothea. What about Quinn for a boy?

Benedict and Constance

Susannah and Benedict. Gorgeous.