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[erja]

Only thinking about TTC so not pregnant so I'm not attached to any of the names on my favourite list so be as judgemental as you wish!
These are currently my favourite names as I've been spending a few weeks flicking through websites.

Boys:
Clay
Eden (my current favourite)
Emrys
Eric
Iver
Magnus
Remus

Girls:
Frances
Hazel
Jovie
Mika
Quinn

I know they're not to everyone's taste and I do like unusual but not too strange (so point out if they are in fact too strange!)

The list will have probably changed when the actual time comes but just looking sharing my ideas!

Magnus, Hazel and Quinn ... not keen on others

Of the boys' names the only one I like is Magnus, and I only like Hazel from the girls' list.

I think of Eden as a girls' name & I think a lot of others will too.

Although Quinn is too close to quim

All your boys names are awful

I love both Frances & Hazel for your Girl choices

Hazel is cool. I quite like Mika but it does inevitably remind me of that terrible singer that was around for a short while, I don't know why I can't seem to shake the association although I can't remember a single one of his songs!

I love Magnus!

I quite like Hazel

I like Hazel. I know three IRL, a child, one my age, and one my mum’s age. They are all lovely.

I quite like Eden for a boy too. It’s a bit hippyish, but so am I.

What sort of surname will they have?

Jovie and clay are the only ones I like

Magnus is lovely but don't like the others sorry.

Hazel is nice but again the others aren't my taste.

@NC4Now long Italian one.

Iver spelt Ivor the traditional way
Definitely not Clay as I think of lump of Clay

Hazel yes
Definitely not Jovie as I'd think of Bon Jovi

I'd go for an Italian first name as there are some lovely ones about.

@Storybarn definitely wouldn't want a full Italian name, have no contact with Italian roots so it's just a name to me.

I like Emrys-brilliant name! Remus is cool, but perhaps a teeny bit dog-like. And Magnus is a recognisable boy’s name although I’m not too fussed about it.

I like boyish names for girls too, and would consider Quinn and Mika in that bracket. I was a One Tree Hill fan back in the day and liked the character Quinn. My late-aunt was Mika, Danish diminiutive for Michaela. Really not keen on Frances and Hazel

@Sessy19 you're saying that as I'm on S7 of One Tree Hill right in front of me now my first time watching it!

I think they're all awful. Sorry.

Magnus and Frances are my favourites

Clay - mud
Eden - place name and sounds better as a girls name
Emrys - OK
Eric - great, laid back and retro in a good way
Iver - OK but would spell Ivor
Magnus - very nice, Scandi cool
Remus - Romulus and...

Frances - lovely
Hazel - not keen
Jovie - Bon
Mika - no
Quinn - no

Clay - No
Eden (my current favourite) - girl's name
Emrys - are you Welsh?
Eric - lovely
Iver - do you mean Ivor?
Magnus - ok if you're from Iceland
Remus - ok if you're Harry Potters cousin

Frances - lovely
Hazel - lovely
Jovie - not a name
Mika - chocolate
Quinn - too much like quim

I like Magnus from the boys list, Francis and Hazel from the girls. Quinn is awful.

Some of them aren’t real names. Not recognisably so. I feel. Bit sorry for some kids who grow up with a weird name.

Frances and hazel are ok.

Clay - awful
Eden (my current favourite) - girls name imo
Emrys - love
Eric - ok but rather dated
Iver - just spell it Ivor ffs, not keen either way you spell it though
Magnus - alright
Remus - terrible, seems made up. I like Remy though.

Girls:
Frances - really do not like
Hazel - like
Jovie - really not keen, Bon Jovi
Mika - quite like this
Quinn - LOVE

Eden - love this for a girl
Emrys - my favourite on your boys list

Eden is a lovely girls name

Remus is too Harry Potter

Clay is in the category of names that aren't and shouldn't be real names for me

Quinn is also

Hazel/Eric for me

@Meesh77. Just because you haven’t heard the name doesn’t mean it’s not a name!!! Are you THE authority?!