Rate my combos - long list!

[pixieloux]

Me again! I’m giving up and going back to square one. This is our original list of combos - would you be so kind as to rate them and state which of them you think best fits with siblings Aurora, Violet & Theo please. Irish middle names as DH is Irish and we’ve sort of created a theme there lol. Thanks... Warning it’s a long one so really, thanks lol.

Beatrix Una or Roísin (Ro-Sheen)
Calliope Caoimhe (Kwee-Va)
Cecilia Róisín
Cecily Roísín
Edith Iona (Eye-Oh-Na)
Elodie Saoirse (Seer-Sha)
Eloise Cara
Emilia Roísín or Roís (Rosh)
Emmeline Cara
Esmée Clíodhna (Clee-Uh-Na)
Evangeline Cara
Evelyn Saoirse or Orla(ith)
Felicity Cara or Roísín
Florence Clíodhna
Frances Clíodhna
Francesca Roís or Roísín
Genevieve Roís or Roísín
Hazel Clíodhna
Hermione Cara
Imogen Eilís (Eye-Leesh)
Josephine Cara or Caoimhe
Lucia Roís or Roísín
Margot Clíodhna
Matilda Róis or Roísín
Ophelia Roís or Roísín
Penelope Roísín
Persephone Cara or Roís
Phoebe Iona
Primrose Clíodhna
Seren Clíodhna
Sienna Eilís or Roísín
Willow Clíodhna or Róisín
Winter Clíodhna or Róisín

Alexander Tadhg (Tige)
Arthur Tadhg
Benjamin Tadhg
Dominic Tadhg
Elias Rafferty
Elijah Rowan
Elwood Tadhg
George Rafferty
Jasper Tadhg
Julian Tadhg
Miles Rafferty
Oliver Tadhg
Oscar Tadhg
Rueben Tadhg
Samuel Rowan or Tadhg
Sebastian Tadhg
Warren Tadhg
Zachary Tadhg

Top choices are Cecily Roísín and Zachary Tadhg. Beautiful names.

Not going to rate the rest, but personally I would cross these ones off your list if you're wanting to narrow it down at all:

Calliope (clashing sound with Violet), Emilia (too much like uber-popular Amelia), Esmée (spelling/pronunication issues), Evelyn, Florence & Sienna (= too popular), Winter and Willow (= too faddy and will date)

Arthur and Alexander: personal preference, but it would be nice if each child had their own initial, and you already have an Aurora
George, Oliver and Oscar: too popular
ElwoodL Blues brother! So, no.

People in real life aren't actually called Calliope are they?!

Some lovely choices, especially Elodie and Emilia

Emmeline Cara is my favourite, it's lovely.
Second choice would be Willow Roisin.
Boys ;
George Rafferty or Zachary Tadhg.

For the girls, I like:
Beatrix, Edith, Elodie, Felicity and Margot
For the boys, I like:
Arthur, Benjamin, Elias, George and Jasper

Thanks everyone!

@IVflytrap - This is exactly what I want to hear - the good and the bad! Most of what you’ve said are things I also have concern with but I’m wondering if I’m being OTT and worrying about nothing... DH doesn’t see the big deal with initial sharing, for example, but we vetoed Alexander and Arthur with DS for that reason. It’s good to know what to stay crossed off the list and what not to - it’s just easier to have them all in one thread as names keep getting crossed off then added back on again. So difficult to let go of names as I know this is the last time I will get to use them - well, we don’t plan on anymore babies after these anyway lol.

My top choices are Emilia Roisín and Oliver/Oscar Tadhg. Mainly because I prefer the first names (because, let's be honest, how often do we use middle names in real life) but I also rate Roisín and Tadhg. Have close friends who called their children these names so they are dear to me. And the names flow nicely.

Girls, in order, with my favourite at the top:
Cecily Roísín
Felicity Cara
Margot Clíodhna
Edith Iona
Phoebe Iona
Evelyn Saoirse
Matilda Roísín
Imogen Eilís
Emmeline Cara
Penelope Roísín
Evangeline Cara
Florence Clíodhna
Emilia Roísín
Frances Clíodhna
Francesca Roís or Roísín
Cecilia Róisín
Ophelia Roís
Beatrix Una (prefer Beatrice)
Josephine Cara
I don't like any of these (no particular order):
Genevieve Roís or Roísín
Calliope Caoimhe
Elodie Saoirse
Eloise Cara
Esmée Clíodhna
Hazel Clíodhna
Hermione Cara
Lucia Roís or Roísín
Persephone Cara or Roís
Primrose Clíodhna
Seren Clíodhna
Sienna Eilís or Roísín
Willow Clíodhna or Róisín
Winter Clíodhna or Róisín

Boys, in order, with favourite at the top:
Elias Rafferty
Jasper Tadhg
Elijah Rowan
Dominic Tadhg
Miles Rafferty
Oscar Tadhg
Samuel Rowan
Sebastian Tadhg
Alexander Tadhg
Arthur Tadhg
Benjamin Tadhg
George Rafferty
Oliver Tadhg
Zachary Tadhg
Rueben Tadhg (it's Reuben)
Warren Tadhg
Julian Tadhg
Elwood Tadhg

I like:
Beatrix Una
Edith Iona (although to me Iona says Scottish rather than Irish)
Margot Cliodhna

George Rafferty (I know it has Irish origins but I wouldn’t associate Rafferty with being particularly Irish though, I know 3 and none are Irish)
Samuel Rowan
Sebastian Tadgh
Zachary Tadgh

I also agree about avoiding initials that would be the same as the children you already have).

@ConsiderHerWaysAndOthers Yeah, Iona is more Scottish but still, it’s Gaelic and has Irish connections so it counts - in my eyes anyway lol. I agree with initials and wouldn’t even consider it if it was for another girl... I love loads of A names that are now completely out.

Willow
Evelyn and
Roisin

My favourite three

The ones I like:

Cecilia Róisín
Elodie Saoirse
Francesca Roísín
Genevieve Roísín
Ophelia Roísín

Elias Rafferty
Elijah Rowan
Samuel Rowan

Are there any names that you’d cross out as they don’t work with sibling names? We’re definitely sticking not initial sharing so Arthur and Alexander are out. A is sometimes Rora, V is sometimes Letty and Theo is almost always just that but has the longer form on his birth certificate... Don’t know if that helps, thinking about the most common shortened forms of these, given that these two will probably also get shortened. DD2’s middle is also Niamh so I’ve been wary of using another Eve name. My middle name is also Louise so, as much as we love it, I feel a bit narsasistic using Eloise lol. Thanks!

I would cross off -

Calliope (too weird and doesn't fit)
Elodie (ditto and thing Eloise is much nicer)
Lucia (Italian and so clashes imo with Violet which is more English)
Seren (quite weird and not a fan)
Winter and Williw (will date- v faddy)

I think all the other ones are lovely. We have similar taste in names!

Personal faves in order are
Beatrix Una
Evangeline Cara
Genevieve Cara
Eloise Cara
Margot
Felicity Roisin
Cecilia
Ophelia
Primrose

Hi @pixielou,

On looking at the girls' names alone, you seem to have Roisin quite a lot as the middle name - why don't you consider it as a first name? It's very pretty!

Also, for the boys' names, again, Tadhg features quite heavily as a middle name. Would you consider that as a first name instead? My husband is called Tadhg, and I think it's so rare and wonderful. It would certainly stand out from the first names you've chosen and it is becoming more popular. If my husband wasn't called Tadhg, I would definitely choose it for our baby on the way (if it was a boy, of course!). Also, there's a version of it called Thady as well....

@clairelee17 I absolutely love the Irish names, Tadhg especially, but we have sort of started a theme with middle names... They are all Irish lol. I think it’ll be odd to have 3 with non Irish firsts then 2 with lol.

Beatrix Una or Roísin (Ro-Sheen) - like, prefer Una with Beatrix unless your surname begins with M!
Calliope Caoimhe (Kwee-Va) - dislike Calliope
Cecilia Róisín - love
Cecily Róisín - like
Edith Iona (Eye-Oh-Na) - like
Elodie Saoirse (Seer-Sha) - like a lot
Eloise Cara - OK
Emilia Roísín or Roís (Rosh) - like this, prefer Róisín to Rois, but Emilia may get confused with Amelie
Emmeline Cara - love Emmeline
Esmée Clíodhna (Clee-Uh-Na) - not keen on Esmee and you'll have spelling/pronunciation issues. Like Cliodhna
Evangeline Cara - dislike
Evelyn Saoirse or Orla(ith) - like but Evelyn is very popular. Prefer Saoirse to Orla.
Felicity Cara or Róisín - love both
Florence Cliodhna - Florence is too popular for my liking but it's a nice name
Frances Cliodhna - like this
Francesca Roís or Róisín - love Francesca Roisin
Genevieve Roís or Róisín - nice
Hazel Cliodhna - don't really like it
Hermione Cara - don't really like it
Imogen Eilís (Eye-Leesh) - don't like it
Josephine Cara or Caoimhe - like it a lot
Lucia Roís or Róisín - like Lucia Roisin
Margot Cliodhna - nice
Matilda Róis or Roísín - not a fan of Matilda
Ophelia Roís or Róisín - dislike
Penelope Róisín - like it a lot
Persephone Cara or Roís - not a fan
Phoebe Iona - OK
Primrose Cliodhna - dislike Primrose
Seren Clíodhna - OK
Sienna Eilís or Roísín - meh
Willow Clíodhna or Róisín - meh
Winter Clíodhna or Róisín - meh

Alexander Tadhg (Tige)
Arthur Tadhg
Benjamin Tadhg
Dominic Tadhg
Elias Rafferty
Elijah Rowan
Elwood Tadhg
George Rafferty
Jasper Tadhg
Julian Tadhg
Miles Rafferty
Oliver Tadhg
Oscar Tadhg
Rueben Tadhg
Samuel Rowan or Tadhg
Sebastian Tadhg
Warren Tadhg
Zachary Tadhg

I like all these except Ellwood and Warren.

OP I don't know whether it was intentional or not but you also have an O theme with your existing DC - all have an O in the middle of their names.
Elodie would fit nicely with this theme, as would Hermione.

Cecily Roisin
Oscar Tadhg

tbh I'm not a big fan of Gaelic names unless you are Gaelic speakers. Too many problems with spelling.

@finallychangedmyusername Completely unintentional and not something I’ve even noticed lol... I have noticed I like a lot of names with O in them however.

@moredoll My husband is Irish and we live in Ireland. It started off as using honour names (DD has the Irish form of my nan’s bane and DS, a family surname on DH’s side) then DD2’s middle is just an Irish name I’ve always loved and what we considered for DD1’s first. I feel like it would be weird not to continue. I love them though... I must admit it took me a while to get my head around but it’s second nature to me now - I’ve picked up quite a lot in the 15 years I’ve been with DH!

Thanks for the in-depth feedback, @EthelThePiratesDaughter

I really like

Beatrix Roísin
Edith Iona
Francesca Roísín
Phoebe Iona

Elias Rafferty
Elijah Rowan
Samuel Rowan

You have chosen some beautiful names.
I love Winter. I think one of the royals has an Autumn. which I also like, not so sure it will date.

Also love
Margot
Ophelia
Lucia
Genevive
Cecily
Felicity
Primrose

For boys I think
Sebastian
Zachary
Alexander
Dominic
Samuel

Many congratulations

@RickOShay There are a few I’m worried will be a bit more ‘out there’ / will date... Winter and Primrose, mainly... They’re not as traditional as our other children’s names so might stand out more. Saying that, I don’t think many see Aurora’s name as I do and instead think of it in the same way as those names especially with its rising popularity in the UK/US... It’s climbed here, in Ireland, since we named her (6 and a half years ago) but it’s still not above the top 200.

I like that Primrose is another unusual flower name. My lovely sil liked it for her dc3 but she had a boy, it’s a name that grew on me.

I think all the names go with each other, there’s not one that stands out