Opinion a on shortlist!

[Frankie2015]

After going back and forth for ages with DH as we have totally opposite tastes in names this is our shortlist’s for DC2. We’re not finding out the gender. What do you think? Please dont be too brutal 🙈

Girls
Nancy
Betsy
Hallie
Lila
Xanthe
Effie

Boys
Spencer
Freddie
Fletcher
Rory
Stanley

Lila the best out of your girls names imo. I also like Effie but DH vetoed on grounds of ‘effing...’
I considered Xanthe too for DD but something about it doesn’t feel quite right

Rory from your boys list!

Lila and Spencer are my favourites from your list

I have an Effy (abbreviation of a longer name) and have never met another one, with her spelling or yours

Nancy and Rory.

Nancy
Xanthe
Rory

Love Hallie/Betsy and Spencer/Fletcher from your list

Not Hallie Halitosis
Not Effie sounds like a swear word
Not Fletcher the letcher
Freddie is nice and so is Rory.
Love Lilah.
Elizabeth on BC with Betsy as a nickname.
Xanthe is nice.
Like Fraser.
Edison
Ryan
Xavier
Timothy
Eliza
Anthea
Alexandra
Rosemary

Nancy regan/wc pms dd old and grey
Betsy cutesy
Hallie makes me think of the radfords
Lila don’t know how to pronounce this, very different from the others!
Xanthe good
Effie a nuns name

Spencer mark/Diana
Freddie Mercury/Fred West
Fletcher American
Rory too trendy
Stanley ok

I think you're missing Balonz off your boys' name list

Hallie
Xanthe
Effie
In that order

Rory
Fletcher
In that order

Rory is my favourite boy name from your list and Hallie my favourite girl name from your list

Nancy and Rory from your list.

Also:
Nora
Violet
Rosa
Stella
Edith

Don't like Effie - sounds like swearing.

Don't like Spencer or Fletcher - shares a syllable with phlegm.

The rest I like.

My favourites are Rory and Nancy.

Hi everyone thank you so much for all your replies! We were pretty set on after much debate Nancy but someone in my family has just announced that’s what they’re calling their newborn! 😩

What do you think of these
Dorothy (Dotty)
Daphne

I still love Xanthe but cant convince DH

Also another boys name we’ve added to the list is Albert?

I LOVE Daphne

I love Dorothy/ Dot
Daphne also pretty and a plant name if that is your thing.... it is rather of the moment , like Olive, so if that is an issue to you..
Not mad on Albert

I love Daphne.

Dorothy sounds a bit dowdy to me.

I like Albert but can't stand Albie as a nn. Prefer Bertie.

Oh thanks @mathanxiety I don’t like Albi either but never thought of Bertie as a NN if he was given one! I love that!!

Xanthe is awesome. I like your girls' names but I think Hallie is too tied to Halle Berry. Lila is great but there are a lot of Lilys/Lolas etc around at the moment.

I know a gorgeous little Fletcher so that, along with Rory, is ny favourite. I also think Stanley is quite cool - I taught a really clever, slightly naughty teenage Stanley and it suited him down to the ground!

Hallie and Spencer

I much prefer Dorothy

Love Nancy. I suggested that to my partner. We are the same. Not finding out the sex but have different tastes in names. I like the more traditional names but he likes out there names like icini (this may not be how it's spelt and that's my major issue with it). Doesn't help that every name i suggest his nephew has a friend with that name

Xanthe - reminds me of a type of gum used in food..
Betsy - I like this the most out of the girls

Fletcher - I do really like this for a boy.
Freddie - also quite like this, although not sure if Freddie is one of those names that works well for a small child but doesn't translate well into a middle aged man? IYKWIM. Don't think I really like the 'formal' versions of Freddie either.

The rest? Just not that keen on them.