Some more unusual than others... thoughts on our list please?

[ThePartyArtist]

Baby's arrival is now fairly imminent and we're still completely undecided on names. We don't know the sex.

Things to bear in mind:

• We live in England
• The name must go with a double barrel surname - first part of which is one you always have to spell and is frequently mispronounced; second part of which is very common.
• We'd like something where people can pronounce it and know which gender it is.

Thoughts please on the following as first names or middle names?

Ruben
Douglas
Gwilym
Rory

Ruby
Arianwen
April
Iris
Ffion
Europa

In your OP you said you want the name to be easy to pronounce / spell ??
That would mean a no to Gwylim, Arianwen and Ffion (I'm on the app and I can't go back to check the spellings I'm so sorry I'm not doing it on purpose 😆😩)
Also Arianwen might sound a bit fussy/too many syllables if you're going for a double barrelled surname too?

(Just re-read and You didnt mention spelling, my mistake)

I like Iris and Ruben

I like Rory and Douglas from your boys list and Iris and Ruby from your girls list. Favourite two are Rory and Iris (I love that Iris means rainbow!)

Rory & Iris. I'm unsure how to pronounce a couple of them who I puts me off, particularly with part of your surname being pronounced incorrectly by people

"The name must go with a double barrel surname - first part of which is one you always have to spell and is frequently mispronounced"

In that case, I suggest you avoid Ruben/Reuben (because of the two possible spellings), Gwilym and Ffion (because the spelling will be difficult for most people in England).

My favourites from the remaining options are Rory and Ruby.

I don't like Europa, as it doesn't sound like the name of a person to me - sorry!

Europa? No.
Ffion Double-Barrel is very posh and too much to have to spell out two names with those f's.

I like Ruby and April; Reuben (spelled that way). Don't love Douglas, but Doug is OK... Particularly Welsh names likely to be awkward in England (although nice names).

Love Rory and April.

Arianwen gets my vote from your girls names, but I'm biased as I have one! Also in England, also with a double-barrelled surname, half of which always needs spelling out.

I like Gwilym and Douglas best from your boys list (we have similar tastes; we liked Douglas for DS but there's a specific reason we couldn't use it).

I like Douglas, Ruby and April.
I'd avoid Gwilym, Arianwen, Europa and Ffion living in England. I'd have no idea how to pronounce or spell them

I like Rory, Ffion and Arianwen best. Arianwen is particularly gorgeous!

Rory Gwilym and Arianwen Iris would be lovely.

I like Rory, Ruby and Iris.Not at all keen on most of the rest and find a few of the names quite odd, especially as you want them to be easy to spell and for people to know the gender.