Help us narrow down our long list!

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We're really struggling (me especially) to narrow down our list. This is definitely my last pregnancy so maybe it's knowing that I'll never have the chance to use them again but we definitely need some help! Here's the list...

Boys: Dominic, Elijah, Jasper & Zachary | Girls: Beatrix, Cecily, Elodie, Felicity, Imogen, Margot & Penelope

& ones we're still undecided on but discussing...
Boys: Alexander, Arthur, Benjamin, Elwood, George, Julian, Oliver, Oscar, Reuben, Sebastian & Samuel

Girls: Calliope, Cecilia, Eloise, Emilia, Emmeline, Esmée, Evangeline, Evelyn, Florence, Francesca, Genevieve, Hazel, Hermione, Josephine, Lucia, Matilda, Ophelia, Persephone, Primrose, Seren, Sienna, Willow & Winter

Our children's names' are ranked #241, #156 & #365 (according to cso.ie) - probably more on the traditional side/well known names but not overly popular here (more so in the UK except maybe DD1 but it has risen in popularity since we named her, 6 years ago) I understand some names on the list are more 'out there' than others. Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it (especially with how long the list is lol)

Zachary and Beatrix for me!

From your first lists my top names are Elijah and Margot.

George And Alexander are also nice but an Alex is putting me off Alexander.

Eloise, Evangeline and Evelyn are all on my list too but so is Margot.

So in a nutshell if your baby is a girl my top names for you would be Margot, Eloise, Evangeline or Evelyn and for a boy Elijah or George.

Imagine shouting them out at the playground

"Ophelia, your sushi is ready!"

It might help narrow down some of the more ... unusual choices

My favourites are:

Jasper
Julian

Beatrix
Hazel
Hermione
Primrose
Winter

From your first lists, I like Dominic and Zachary.
Girls - I like them all except Elodie and Imogen.

My top 3 from your lists are;
Girls- Margot, Eloise and Esmee
Boys- Elijah, Zachary and Samuel x

Thanks for your help so far everyone!

Hmm. I guess we don't rank high enough in social class to use Ophelia, @Pittcuecothecookbook ... Our LOs have never even tried sushi

I absolutely love Ophelia (one of my fav songs!) but "Ophelia! Spag Bol is ready!" doesn't have the same ring to it so it was out for us

@Pittcuecothecookbook 😂😂😂

Sebastian and Primrose

Persephone is awful. Beatrice is probably my favourite from your list.

I really like these: Dominic or Samuel | Margot or Genevieve.

Beatrix, @EmmaC78 ... Hubby vetoed Beatrice despite the small difference between the two I know Persephone is probably too much but we think the pronunciation is beautiful... It probably would get butchered though.

I love Dominic and Felicity.

Dominic - no. It will be Dom.
Elijah - no, cute baby name but will get shortened
Jasper - ok
Alexander - safe classic
Arthur - ok
Benjamin - safe classic
Elwood - no
George - yes
Julian - no
Oliver - safe classic
Oscar - no
Reuben- no
Sebastian - no
Samuel - yes
Zachary - yes but a bit too popular now
Girls:
Beatrix - yes
Cecily - no
Elodie - no
Felicity - not sure

Imogen- not sure

Margot- not sure

Penelope- not sure

Calliope - no, too much like callipers
Cecilia- not sure

Eloise- not sure

Emilia - nice but overused
Emmeline - not sure

Esmée - not sure

Evangeline - no
Evelyn- not sure

Florence- not sure

Francesca- no
Genevieve - no
Hazel- not sure

Hermione - not sure

Josephine - yes
Lucia - Loosha or Looch-ee-ah?
Matilda - lots of them about
Ophelia - no
Persephone - no
Primrose - no
Seren - no, awful
Sienna - not sure

Willow - no
Winter - no

Sorry it was Beatrix spelling I liked. Just late in the day so put the wrong spelling :)

Thanks for the thorough feedback, MikeUniformMike!

We're not bothered about names getting shortened - everyone tends to shortened our LO's names (including us)

I actually like both pronunciations of Lucia but I think Loo-SEE-A would probably be most people's go to? Maybe we'll ask around lol.

My favourites are Jasper and Cecily.

Least favourites are Elwood and Oscar, Calliope and Evangeline.

Much of your long girl's list is just a bit "trying too hard", Ophelia & Persephone for instance.

Benjamin, Reuben or Elodie, Imogen.

I've never understood how a name could be 'try hard' lol. We simply just like the sound of them but thanks for the feedback, @AdaColeman

Love
Girls- Persephone Penelope Beatrix and Cecily
Boys- Alexander Reuben and Dominic

Oh gosh. I hadn't thought of Loo-see-ah.
I'd scrub it out and think of something else. I like Lucy.

@MikeUniformMike It's the reason why it's on our maybes list along with Calliope, Esmée. Emmeline & Persephone... We wondered if they would lead to too many spelling/pronunciation issues.

Top 5 for girls:
Margot
Elodie
Beatrix
Eloise
Genevieve

Top 5 for boys:
Alexander
Arthur
Sebastian
Zachary
Reuben

If you are looking for something a bit unusual then I would avoid Alexander, Arthur, Benjamin, George, Oscar & Samuel as they are all pretty commonplace

Beatrix, Cecily, Cecelia, Hazel, Emmeline or Josephine would be my choice for a girl (sorry that doesn't narrow it down much!)

Zachary or Elijah for a boy

I have an irrational dislike of the name Jasper

Were you a fan of the Good Life by any chance? If you add Barbara you've got the full set