Critique my names please

[Difficultchoice]

Boys

Oscar
Arthur
Henry
Edward
Jacob
Joseph
Tobias
Alfred
Ethan
Theodore
Joshua
Xavier
Gabriel
Alexander

Girls

Matilda
Tabitha
Josephine
Georgina
Violet
Viola
Norah
Anastasia
Jemima
Hermione
Alice
Alexandra
Gabrielle
Xanthe
Primrose
Cordelia
Constance

Nothing's really grabbing me

I like...

Oscar
Arthur
Henry
Edward
Jacob
Joseph
Alfred
Xavier
Gabriel
Alexander

Matilda
Tabitha
Josephine
Georgina
Violet
Viola
Norah
Jemima
Alice
Alexandra
Xanthe
Primrose
Cordelia
Constance

Great list overall!

Bit of a mixed list...

Do you have a reason for liking particular names? Or groups of names?

Yes list for boys
Oscar
Gabriel
Xavier
None of the others are to my taste.

Yes list for girls
Alice
Josephine
Anastasia.

Boys

Oscar - v popular
Arthur - don't like
Henry - lovely
Edward - best boy's name ever
Jacob - meh
Joseph - meh
Tobias - like but expect Toby (no bad thing but expect it)
Alfred - no
Ethan - hell no (the teacher in me says!)
Theodore - nah
Joshua - meh
Xavier - No (is it Hav-ier or Zay-vee-er??)
Gabriel - not for me
Alexander - classic

Girls

Matilda - very popular
Tabitha - like a bit but still says 'cat' to me
Josephine - no - (say Josie in an Irish accent at high pitch!)
Georgina - lovely
Violet - nah
Viola - cello
Norah - bit old
Anastasia - 50 shades
Jemima - lovely
Hermione - no
Alice - classic
Alexandra - beautiful but hard to get everyone else to stick to the full name
Gabrielle - no
Xanthe - hell no
Primrose - no
Cordelia - bit try hard
Constance - lovely but is likely to be Connie (no bad thing)

OBVIOUSLY - just my opinion!!!

And my last statement is verified by the fact that lighthouse's list has all my non-favourites on it! That is a perfectly lovely, classic list of names - it's only really you and your partner that needs to love one.

Great boys list.
Favourite: Edward
Love: Tobias, Theodore
Really like: Oscar, Henry, Xavier
And don't dislike any of the others.

Girls
Favourite: Tabitha
Love: Josephine, Xanthe
Really like: Norah, Anastasia

Boys

Oscar - Love it. And popular names are popular for a reason
Arthur - Not keen. Can't get past the old man vibe on this one
Henry - Really like it
Edward - Really like it
Jacob - Like it. Jake is a cute nn
Joseph - Like it
Tobias - Not overly keen but really like Toby
Alfred - Don't like it but do quite like Alfie
Ethan - it's ok
Theodore - Not keen but do like Theo
Joshua - like it
Xavier - love it
Gabriel - not keen. Bit Angelic!
Alexander - love it.

Girls

Matilda - love it
Tabitha - not keen. Makes me think of cats
Josephine - Quite like it. Josie is cute
Georgina - love it. And love Georgie too
Violet - It's ok
Viola - quite like it
Norah - not keen
Anastasia - not keen. Though I knew one who went by Stasi which is cute
Jemima - love it
Hermione - quite like it
Alice - quite like it
Alexandra - love it
Gabrielle - like it but prefer Gabriella
Xanthe - love it. My youngest is a Xanthe
Primrose - not keen
Cordelia - not keen. A bit too flouncy
Constance - not keen. Seems a bit prim and proper.

My choices are

Boys. Alexander and Gabriel
Girls. Norah and Alice

Oscar - too popular
Arthur - not keen
Henry - boring
Edward - boring
Jacob - meh
Joseph - like
Tobias - love
Alfred - love
Ethan - ok
Theodore - love
Joshua - ok
Xavier - Hate sorry
Gabriel - love, my favourite on list
Alexander - ok

Matilda - too popular
Tabitha - not keen
Josephine - like
Georgina - love
Violet - love
Viola - ok
Norah - like
Anastasia - 50 shades of grey (sorry!)
Jemima - puddleduck
Hermione - no
Alice - boring
Alexandra - love
Gabrielle - love
Xanthe - love, my favourite on list
Primrose - not keen on flower names
Cordelia - wannabe posh
Constance - love

I love Henry, Joseph, Alice and Georgina.
The only one I am not keen on is Norah. That is because I think Batty, rather than Jones.

Boys

Oscar - v popular at the mo
Arthur - also trending
Henry - lovely, classic name, will stand the test of time
Edward - also nice, although I've never warmed to 'Ed'
Jacob - too biblical for me
Joseph - as above
Tobias - prefer Toby as nn
Alfred - good name, quite trendy
Ethan - insipid
Theodore - prefer nn Ted than Theo, fun, slightly American
Joshua - American 1980s TV character
Xavier - fun, if you have a French connection
Gabriel - biblical
Alexander - another brilliant classic, love it

Girls

Matilda - too popular at the moment
Tabitha - love it
Josephine - pretty
Georgina - pretty
Violet - nice, but too popular in an 'old lady revival' kind of way
Viola - nicer than above, Shakespeare connection
Norah - Norah is a char lady from the 1950s
Anastasia - poncy, unless you have Russian connections
Jemima - like it
Hermione - pretty, unfortunate Harry Potter connection
Alice - lovely, feminine and classic
Alexandra - as above, lovely
Gabrielle - pretty, don't like Gabby as nn
Xanthe - classic and elegant
Primrose - sweet, slightly twee
Cordelia - love it
Constance - dull

Oscar - I like it, reminds me of Oscar Wilde
Arthur - Fab.
Henry - Horrid Henry... Hooray Henry... that's a nope from me.
Edward - Will just be called Ed.
Jacob - What is this, Twilight? Just kidding. I rather like it. Sounds old and wise. He might just end up being called Jake though.
Joseph - Sweet
Tobias - Lovely but will be called Toby
Alfred - Fab. Love the old man vibe. Not kidding.
Ethan - Yugh this is a "baddies" name IMHO!
Theodore - Will be called Theo but that's cool. Full name a bit too poncey for my liking.
Joshua - boring. Josh is sweet but boring.
Xavier - Cool, hard to spell/pronounce
Gabriel - Totally rad.
Alexander - Love Alex but rather boring.

Girls

Matilda - Yes
Tabitha - Nope. No real reason but I simply dislike it
Josephine - AKA Jo...
Georgina - Cute
Violet - Classy
Viola - Musical instrument?!
Norah - love the old lady vibe big time!
Anastasia - the kind of name an 8 year old girl would choose
Jemima - Puddleduck?
Hermione - Too famous for being a HP character
Alice - lovely and traditional
Alexandra - Just Alex.
Gabrielle - nice
Xanthe - too hard to spell/pronounce
Primrose - Prim from the Hunger Games! Reminds me of being "prim and proper" though so that's a nope from me.
Cordelia - Sounds like an evil lady from a film
Constance - sounds too chaste for me!

Oscar- Love it.. Have one
Arthur-met two horrible ones
Henry- Dull
Edward - Dull
Jacob - have one ... Always Jacob not Jake
Joseph- Joe okay
Tobias- Toby nice
Alfred - Come on it's a baby !!
Ethan - Naughty boy name
Theodore - Teddy nice or Theo
Joshua - naughty boy
Xavier - nah!
Gabriel - poncy
Alexander - Alex ok -ish

Girls

Matilda - love it
Tabitha - cat??
Josephine - too dated and long
Georgina - no way
Violet- pretty
Viola - musical instrument
Norah - Batty or Jones?
Anastasia - really?
Jemima - like it but will get Jem
Hermione - hmmmmm
Alice - who the fu*k is she
Alexandra - no
Gabrielle - pretty
Xanthe - nope
Primrose - nope
Cordelia - what ... Really
Constance - love it ... Connie or Con?

I like pretty names like Cleo, Florence or Rose

Boys should be boys ... Jacob, Oscar, Corbin, Dexter

I like these:

Boys

Edward
Jacob
Joseph
Ethan
Theodore
Joshua
Alexander

Girls

Josephine
Georgina
Violet
Anastasia
Hermione
Alexandra
Xanthe
Primrose
Constance

Hope this isn't too harsh, but you did say 'critique'. Only my opinion, many will think otherwise but my thoughts are

Oscar - nice but too popular
Arthur - I'm not into 'old man' names
Henry - boring
Edward - not my cup of tea
Jacob - nice but very popular
Joseph - ok
Tobias - nice
Alfred - as Arthur
Ethan - nice
Theodore - don't get why everyone seems to love this?
Joshua - a bit 90s
Xavier - very cool. Love it
Gabriel - a bit posh
Alexander - nice enough

Matilda - I love it but hate 'Tilly'
Tabitha - I really dislike this name
Josephine - ok, a bit long, a bit horsey
Georgina - not very pretty
Violet - ok
Viola - I wouldn't!
Norah - not really into 'old lady names'
Anastasia - ok, love Anna
Jemima - posh
Hermione - a bit much
Alice - posh
Alexandra - nice
Gabrielle - nice
Xanthe - posh
Primrose - not into flower names (too frilly for my taste)
Cordelia - a bit stuffy
Constance - a bit stuffy

which leaves:
Tobias
Ethan - nice
Xavier - very cool. Love it
Alexander

Matilda
Anastasia
Alexandra
Gabrielle

Good luck!

Favourites highlighted in bold
Boys

Oscar - like
Arthur - Old man
Henry - bad king
Edward - good nicknames available
Jacob - not keen on old testament names generally
Joseph - like
Tobias - don't like nickname 'toby' (mostly because I used to know an annoying one!)
Alfred - also old man, but strangely prefer it to Arthur
Ethan - meh
Theodore - Theo quite popular. I think you'd need to like the nickname because everyone will shorten it!
Joshua - see 'jacob'
Xavier - like
Gabriel - love! I knew an annoying one which is why I never shortlisted it myself
Alexander - like. Good strong name.

Girls

Matilda - meh
Tabitha - meh
Josephine - pretty
Georgina - pretty
Violet - pretty
Viola - Prefer Violet
Norah - ok
Anastasia - lovely
Jemima - Prefer Jemma
Hermione - No! Spelling/pronunciation nightmare
Alice - boring
Alexandra - lovely
Gabrielle - pretty
Xanthe - sounds like ingredient in chewing gum
Primrose - nah, there are better flower names out there
Cordelia - pretty
Constance - makes me want to shout 'constant vigilence'!

Boys

Oscar - yes
Arthur - yes
Henry - not at all fond of this
Edward - love
Jacob - ok
Joseph -ok
Tobias -like
Alfred - don't love
Ethan - dislike
Theodore -ok
Joshua -ok
Xavier - hate
Gabriel - love
Alexander - dislike

Girls

Matilda - yes
Tabitha - hate
Josephine - don't love
Georgina - dislike but like Georgiana
Violet - love
Viola - no
Norah - God, no
Anastasia - I like it but it's poncey and I wouldn't use it
Jemima - no
Hermione -love
Alice - like a lot
Alexandra - hate
Gabrielle ok
Xanthe - dislike
Primrose - really dislike
Cordelia -no
Constance - yes