Help with Traditional(ish!) Names

[MrsBonnie]

Not currently pregnant but starting TTC in a few months.

Which combos do you like for a girl from these? And can you suggest any boys names? We can't agree on any of those haha!

I have an unusual name which I've always hated so would like to stick to something more popular for future children.

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - Olivia - Maisie - Eve - Libby - Florence - Charlotte - Alice - Madeleine - Maeve - Thea - Flora

TIA!

PS. First post on MN so hoping it all works out I've been adventurous with the smileys and fancy words!

Personally I'm not that keen on Madeleine, Maeve or Flora. The others are all lovely!

Boys - how about Edward, Alexander, Joshua, Christopher?

DD due in August will be Elizabeth Alice (first and middle name, not double barrelled) so you could get Libby and Alice nicely together in my opinion :-)

DS is Joshua Robert (again first and middle name). If we were expecing a boy this time he would have been Edward James.

Of your list I like
Olivia
Florence
Thea

Cross posted with Arapaima, but nice suggestions

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - prefer Emma
Olivia - Lovely but too popular. Don't like Olly
Maisie - No.
Eve - lovely but very popular. I like Evie.
Libby - ok short for Elizabeth
Florence - ok but I'm not keen. Prefer Flora
Charlotte - ok
Alice - like it a lot
Madeleine - No. It's nice but unhappy association.
Maeve - not sure
Thea - popular but I'm not keen. Might get said as Fear.
Flora - lovely

I'd say Flora.

I don't really like Thea, as it's an anagram of the word Hate. Also can't hear the name Madeleine without thinking of poor Madeleine McCann.

I like all the others.

For a boy, how about: -

Nathan
Nicholas
Noah

Jesse
Michael
Leo

Harry
Stanley
Isaac

Ross
Christopher
Freddie

Off the top of my head, they're some of the boys at my child's nursery.

I like these:

Emmeline (NN Emmy)
Olivia
Maisie
Eve - nice but Eve/Ava/Evie/Eva/Ivy and similar have been very popular recently

I am an Emmeline/Emmie and I wouldn't say it was too popular. I spend my life spelling out my name. I like it though ;-)

I like Emmeline, Charlotte, Alice and Flora

I have a Felicity. New baby will be Stanley. If he was a girl he would be Roxanne Isobelle.

Classic names from my childhood that seem to be almost exotically unusual now...

Michael
Christopher
Stephen
Lawrence

Elizabeth
Mary
Louise
Sadie

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - nice
Olivia - much too popular imo. I know you wanted popular, but this one is way overdone
Maisie - weak, insipid, infantilising
Eve - very pretty
Libby - love it
Florence - meh
Charlotte - nice
Alice - meh
Madeleine - ok
Maeve - like it a lot
Thea - personally no, can't stand the Fear pronunciation it gets in some accents
Flora - spreads easy. No.

I'd use Libby or Maeve.

On boys names, I'm guessing you want currently popular so names like Oliver, Thomas, Samuel would fit.

Olivia, Alice and Maeve are my favourites from your list.

I would always assume Libby is a nickname, not a name in itself, so she might get asked a lot what her "full name" is.

Love Florence with nickname flora

Charlotte and Alice are also lovely
Libby is a great nickname but i would use Elizabeth as her full name.
Not keen on the others.

Boys names how about Edward, George, Oliver, Harry?

Libby short for Elizabeth
Antonia
Adelaide
Henrietta

Henry
Edward
William
Arthur

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - nice but prefer Emma
Olivia - bit too popular
Maisie - makes me think of a pet
Eve - ok
Libby - much prefer Elizabeth
Florence - makes me think of Aunt Flo
Charlotte - nice
Alice - ok
Madeleine - hate the nn maddy which is inevitable
Maeve - ugly
Thea - unfinished
Flora- margarine

Katharine?

Boys names;

James
Matthew
Robert
Edward

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - Emmeline is lovely and I'm considering it myself but worried if shortened to Emmy she will get lost in a sea I Emily's and Emilia's. I do love Emily but it's just so popular

Olivia - I know quite a few who puts me off. I prefer Olive. Love Oli on a girl and also like Liv

Maisie - not a fan. It sounds too cutesy for an adult

Eve - I like Eva and Evelyn but not Eve strangely. It sounds harsh to me

Libby - not as a full name

Florence - love it but it's getting so popular

Charlotte - I really like it but dislike Charley and Lottie is getting too popular for me

Alice - I like it but if I suggest it husband just says 'Who?' Every time

Madeleine - love Madeline. Madeleine is nice too

Maeve - I really like it and Mavis (realise I'm in the minority here)

Thea - gorgeous

Flora - really like but prefer Florence

Love Thea and Flora.

Emmeline (NN Emmy) - love it
Olivia - like it
Maisie - a bit saccharine, doesn’t really work on a serious adult woman
Eve - nice but very popular
Libby - OK as a NN for Elizabeth, not on its own
Florence - like it
Charlotte - nice but safe choice
Alice - like it
Madeleine - like it
Maeve - like it
Thea - it’s alright
Flora - really like it
Tia - OK

Thank you for all of your responses! caterpillar that’s me off Alice now! Haha

Tokyo TIA means “thanks in advance”, but I guess it’s a name too haha!

Our surname is quite common... think Jones or Brown ... so perhaps one of the more uncommon of the common list?

Hopefully BFP in a few months and I can start to sort these out for reals!

Haha! I thought it was a name on your list and you were just really excited about that one.

I would pick Emmeline off that list (especially because of the suffragette link and the fact that 2018 is the centenary of the Representation of the People Act), but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s about to have a bit of a surge in popularity.

Love Emmeline/Emmy :) and quite like Alice.

I have two boys:
Logan Samuel (10yrs)
Zayne Adam (8wks)

I like modern first names with traditional middle names. We couldn't agree on any other boys names for the baby though!!

From your list I like:

Emmeline
Charlotte
Alice
Eve