Opinions on these lists please - least favourite, favourite etc

[ElmerTheElephant]

I already have a DD called Emma. All opinions welcome. Thanks !

Polly
Robyn
Henrietta
Ingrid
Alice
Margot
Mary
Faye
Margaret
Edith
Josephine
Meredith
Merryn
Tabitha

Lawrence
Rufus
Caspar
Wilfred
Elijah
Theodore
Hector
Rafferty
Ronan
Hugh

[BeastofCraggyIsland]

Polly - no, parrot
Robyn - ok, not overly keen
Henrietta - horrible!
Ingrid - quite harsh sounding
Alice - bit insipid/dull
Margot - would shorten to Maggie
Mary - dull, plain
Faye - don't like the sound for some reason
Margaret - love the name Maggie, not keen on the long form
Edith - very old lady but Edie massively popular
Josephine - 'not tonight...!'
Meredith - ok
Merryn - ok
Tabitha - cat's name

Lawrence - no, awful
Rufus - dog's name/overly posh/wet human name
Caspar - quite like
Wilfred - awful
Elijah - love this, Eli is awesome name
Theodore - Theo ok, otherwise it's a chipmunk
Hector - no!
Rafferty - god no!
Ronan - Keating
Hugh - he's Rufus' best friend

I would go for Maggie and Eli(jah).

[Batteriesallgone]

Wasn't Polly a maids name traditionally?

So 'Polly' would have been the acceptable nickname, on entering service, of quite a range of names considered above the station of common maids (presumably such as Mary)?

Might be wrong on that though.

[MotherDuckSaid]

I Love Margot, Margaret (definitely due a comeback )Henrietta , faaye and Edith

Theodore and Lawrence

Brilliant list ! :)

[mumsnit]

Faves are Merryn and Lawrence (with Laurie as nn!)

I really like most of the names on your lists and would be very surprised at any teasing from any of your choices!

[Thetruthfairy]

Hi,
Op, we have the same taste in names it seems. Both of my boys names are on your list. The most popular ones it seems, phew. Thankfully they never get teased, and like you said, they are really not that unusual where I am from.
Girls names. I have an Edie. Love most of your list too. I would have a little Mary, Maggie or Josie in a heartbeat xx

[FfionFlorist]

Like Mary and Henrietta
Dislike Edith, Ingrid, Merryn...actually most of them...sorry

Like Hugh but prefer Hugo and Rufus
Dislike Casper and Rafferty

[Batteriesallgone]

None that I hate. But equally none I really like. They are all fine names.

[WitchesGlove]

Henrietta, Ingrid, Mary

[CancellyMcChequeface]

Favourites: Alice, Tabitha, Ingrid, Rufus, Caspar, Wilfred, Lawrence.
Dislike: Robyn, Merryn, Edith, Rafferty, Ronan, Hugh

[Pipilangstrumpf]

t4nut, which of these names would not suit a teenager or young adult ? They're all proper, solid, well known names. I'd love to be named most of them (well, the female ones!)

On the other hand, I find a lot of the current cutesy names (like Albie, Archie, Poppy etc) not that suitable for adults.

[Pipilangstrumpf]

Favourites: Henrietta, Alice and Josephine and Rufus, Caspar and Rafferty

Dislike: Robyn, Faye, Ingrid and Wilfredm, Elijah and Hector (means to bully)

[t4nut]

Wish people would show some sense with names. What's cute on an ickle baby or precocious toddler does not sit well on a stroppy teenager and will not be appreciated by a young man or woman making their own way in the world.

[SorenaJ]

Favourite girls names: Ingrid, Alice, Margaret, Meredith, Josephine, Tabitha

Favourite boys names: Wilfred, Elijah, Hector

[MrsGsnow18]

Just think of parrots*

[MrsGsnow18]

Robyn or Edith for a girl.
Some of your girl's names I struggle to like: Polly in particular. I just like of parrots and Polly put the kettle on.

Boy's name, I think Caspar is the best from your list.

[Sophronia]

Mary, Margaret, Josephine, Tabitha, Hector and Hugh are the ones I like best

[katemess12]

Wow, who would've known?!

Yeah, it's not particularly intuitive, is it?

[ElmerTheElephant]

How funny - apparently it's a nn for Mary!

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly

I don't think anyone would get that though.

[katemess12]

I was just reading an old thread about Polly possibly being a nickname for Penelope, so there's that.

I reaaaally like Caspar. Cool name.

[ElmerTheElephant]

Wow thanks for all the responses!

Just to mention some things. There is an Irish connection which is where Ronan came from. I also like Oisin (pronounced Ush-een) and Rory. Sort of like Patrick too. Ronan Keating was definitely not my inspiration!

Margaret I love. I would probably use the nn Maggie or Peggy which I think is really sweet for a little girl.

Mary; I love the (obvious) bible connection and also the Jane Austen connection as we already have an Emma. Elizabeth (as in Bennett) as a name is an absolutely not for personal reasons. Jane maybe?

Lawrence (Laurie) is because I love the name (and I prefer Lawrence to Laurence), but also because of Little Women which is another of my favourite books.

Wilfred was my grandfather's name, so it would be nice to honour him, but I will admit that I wouldn't be so keen to use it if I didn't love the name anyway!

I do think Alice possibly 'goes best' with Emma but also see some people have called it boring. I know some people think Emma is boring too (I don't of course), but I sort of see their point re Alice... It has the potential to be quite insipid where Emma is strong (IMHO).

I don't like "pretty" or "cute" names really (except with nns), so thank you to anyone who clarified that that's why they don't like some of the names as that kind of makes sense.

What is Polly a nn for btw? Pauline?

I think I'm struggling most with boy names as I don't like any of the classic Thomas, William, Jacob etc type names but don't like anything too modern either really. I love some biblical boy names like Jonah, Isaiah etc but think they don't go at all with Emma.

[Gypsiestar]

Margot and Hugh

[GoldFishFingerz]

Adore Josephine Lawrence rufus Wilfred

[GirlOverboard]

Favourites = Margot, Meredith, Tabitha, Rufus, Wilfred

Least favourites = Faye, Caspar, Hector, Rafferty, Ronan

[VforVienetta]

Favourites:
Margot, Edith, Meredith
Laurie nn for Lawrence, Caspar, Wilfred, Rufus

Not keen on: Tabitha, Henrietta, Elijah, Hugh, Theodore, Ronan