Calling all weird & wonderful

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Hello lovely people (& the rest of you )

What are your thoughts on these names? So far nothing is feeling perfect:

Rowan
Lucas
Toby
Laurence
Seth

Beatrice
Hazel
Matilda
Alba
Martha
Lyra

Rowan- not bad but prefer Roman
Lucas- not keen at all! Never have been but for no particular reason!
Toby- for some reason, makes me imagine someone who enjoys plane spotting
Laurence- don’t like
Seth- like it!!

Beatrice- don’t like it
Hazel- absolutely love Hazel!!
Matilda- like it but very popular now
Alba- like it
Martha- love love Martha
Lyra- meh

Seth, Hazel and Martha are fab

Martha and Seth are my favourites.
Although I prefer the quite similar Marnie to Martha.

I have a Roan
Gabriel
Fynn

Love Alba, Hazel, Matilda and Rowan.

Love Rowan and Martha from your list. Rowan was high on our list.

I like: - Rowan and Laurence.

I like all your girls' names except for Lyra.

I would also suggest Marsha, Beatrix and Alma.

Don’t like Alba it’s the brand of my cheap 1990s stereo
Don’t like Seth
Like the rest. Think I like Hazel and Beatrice and Toby and Lucas best

I like Laurence, Seth and Martha best.

Love Seth.
Like Lukas rather than Lucas
Like Lyra.

Rowan is possibly my favourite so it’s nice to see all the love

Yes to Laurence & Hazel

Rowan - vastly prefer this for a girl.
Lucas - yes
Toby -ok
Laurence -yes
Seth -no

Beatrice -yes, prob my favourite after Rowan.
Hazel -no, dull and dated
Matilda -yes
Alba-yes
Martha-ok, a bit of a servant vibe
Lyra

Love all your choices apart from Lucas and Lyra.
Beatrice my fave girls name and Rowan or Toby my fave boys names.

Out of your names I Like rowan and Laurence and Beatrice, Matilda and Martha

None of those names are weird, I was expecting to open the thread to see Moonshine and Thumberlina

Rowan love
Lucas love
Toby meh
Laurence love
Seth meh

Beatrice meh
Hazel has to have brown eyes imo
Matilda meh
Alba meh
Martha love
Lyra meh

Laurence and Martha are my favorites

Haha would those be weird for Mumsnet though? There was a recent thread on the name ‘Tree’

Rowan - love
Lucas - like
Toby - ok
Laurence - ok
Seth - dislike

Beatrice - love
Hazel - love
Matilda - like
Alba - dislike
Martha - like
Lyra - love but would struggle to use as I know a lot of people say it makes them think “liar”

Heidi?

Love Rowan and Hazel

I really like Rowan and Lucas and Beatrice and Hazel

Like them all aside from Lawrence and Alba.

Would also suggest:

boys-
Alban
Coby

girls-
Celia
Sylvie

Girls:

Weird and wonderful??? I think that all bar none of these names show up on the MN staples list!!

They’re all fine. A bit plain for me 😊

Rowan - nice
Lucas - popular
Toby -nice
Laurence - no. Will be Laurie or Larry. Seems a bit wet
Seth - no

Beatrice - nice
Hazel - ok
Matilda - overused
Alba- no
Martha - ok
Lyra - no

Rowan - i like this. Also Roman and Ronan.
Lucas - I quite like. Also like the Lukas spelling.
Toby - Sweet and cute. I really like Tobias.
Laurence - I can't take to this, sorry. Just makes me think of a grumpy old man I once knew with this name.
Seth - I love. My favourite from your list.

I also really like Caleb, Elias and Theodore.

Beatrice - I quite like.
Hazel - I like. It's becoming quite popular now, but not overly so.
Matilda - I love. My favourite on your list. This was always on my short list. Also love Tilly/ Tillie.
Alba - It's OK. Love The Time Traveller's Wife.
Martha - Another of my favourites.
Lyra - I don't like this , sorry. I like Lara.

Other girls names I love....
Clara
Eliza
Cecilia
Greta
Elora
Carys