Sesame Street character and our other names... Please rate them. Thanks :)!

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Boy:

Elmo (can we? I love Elmo Gabriel ... ....-....) Do children know who Elmo is nowadays? Do you know who Elmo is (I didn't and neither did DH)?
Gabriel (too popular?)
Anton (nice, but isn't it a bit boring...?)
Elric
Clinton (I love the name. But I think it will have to remain a guilty pleasure, right?)

Girl:

Erica (my favourite)
Susannah
Helena (my 2nd favourite girl's name)
Louisa

I think everyone will know who Elmo is..

I honestly didn't. And DH didn't know either... (Both weren't allowed to watch TV)

Spongebob is one of the few cartoons i don't object to watching. Squidward is a brilliant character.

Gabriel is ok, Anton I just think of him off Strictly.

Anton du beke? He seems like a nice enough person, doesn't he?

A rather charming plant. Or has he done something awful recently? (Maybe I should have googled him before putting his name on the list)

Elwood?

Do you like Emmett?

I know a 10 year old Elmo. Honestly? At first I thought it was a bit daft but now it doesn't really make me think of the puppet anymore.

Anton Du Beke is probably a very nice man. His real name however is Anthony Paul Beke.

Emmett is reminiscent of 1950s America to me.

Emmett is reminiscent of 1950s America to me.

hm... Well, Grandfather names are currently very trendy, right

I'm not a fan of Anthony, for some weird reason...

Gabriel and Anton are both nice. Not keen on Elric, Elmo or whatever the other was.

I like all the girls names except Erica.

I really like Anton and Louisa

whatever the other was Emmett :)

Thank you for your input :)!

Emmett will forever be the star of The Lego Movie to children of current primary school age (and their parents).

Emwoiod = Blues Brothers

We've got a full tank of gas, half a packet of cigarettes, its dark, and we're wearing shades.
Hit it!

I think you'll get the Elmo association in every country that screens Sesame Street, so USA, Canada, Australia and probably a load of others. He's such a main character. He's very 'imitate-able' plus there is the 'tickle me' thing too.

I really like Anton (but I don't watch Strictly).
My favourite from your girl's list is Erica.

Names like Elmo:

Enzo
Elmer
Ezra
Milo
Elliot
Jago
Emre

Also I don't think Gabriel is popular? Lovely though.

Elmore? Like Elmore Leonard

I mean, depending on the child they may love the association. An other child may be bullied viciously. It's a bit of a gamble...

Horatio You have to remember that you aren't naming a child, you're naming an adult. A cute kid might not mind the Sesame St connection but a shy teenager or adult might well hate it.

What about Eli? Elias? Elijah? Ezra?

Emmett is really nice. I couldn't call a baby Elmo, most people in the uk and us will make the sesame street connection. Elmo has been super famous for generations, its not even like peppa pig where at least people without kids won't make the connection. Most people under a certain age will jump straight to big furry red puppet! Which is a shame because it is a nice name.

Even without Sesame Street, Elmo is an awful name.

And yes, everyone knows who Elmo is. Your and your DH are the exception, not the rule.

Honestly, all of your names sound quite outdated. At a push, I'd pick Erica and Gabriel. But I'm not a fan.

Emmett is nice though, OP. I also like Everett and Ellis, along the same vein.

I think Elmer is lovely and I actually like the association of the elephant finding himself (though I'd never heard of the elephant before).
Milo (pronounced my-low?) is nice too... Though, I think that's also from a cartoon?

You and your DH may well be the only people on the planet who do not know who Elmo is.

Elric and Clinton would be strange choices.

Elmer is Elmer Fudd. You can't do that to a child.

Emmett is basically an Irish surname name inspired by the patriot Robert Emmett. And also the Lego Movie character. I don't think 50s America at all when I see it.

Anton is another Irish name - translates to Anthony. It's also Anthony in a few other languages (German, Russian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Dutch, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian, Romanian, Estonian, Finnish)... I think it's my favourite of your boy list though I like Gabriel too. I don't think it's all that popular. It was about 10 to 15 years ago around here.

Everett is nice..

Would you consider Ivo?

How about Grover? Good old Dutch-American name...

I love Susannah, Helena and Louisa gorgeous names imo.
Dislike Erica.

Grover is also a Sesame Street character! You are naming a person that will live for an average of 80 years so it must be a name that is acceptable for children and adults.
Elmo is a cute red puppet not a name you can give to a child.

My 2yos comforter is Elmo and all the children at his playgroup and dd's school know who it is (it has been returned countless times by very kind older children and they always say 'here's your Elmo back'. I wouldn't use the name for a child. Maybe for a puppy.

How about Elijah?

I absolutely flipping love this thread.

I am weeping at 'there's loads of people called Bert or Ernie'.