Help us narrow down our baby name list please!

[Secretlifeofme]

Not due until October but DH and I have got the list down to 10 names for each sex (chosen not to find out whether it's a girl or a boy) and we're stuck! Please critique our list :

Girls :
Alexandra
Cassandra
Catherine
Charlotte
Elizabeth
Felicity
Helena
Jessica
Madeleine
Nina

Boys:
Alexander
Benjamin
Daniel
David
James
Jonathan
Joshua
Samuel
Thomas
William

Please don't suggest any new names - we want to narrow the list down, not add to it! Thanks

Nina or Elisabeth (Eliza or Lizzie are lovely)

Benjamin (Ben and Benji are lovely as well as full name)

Nina is the least common on your girls list and is a name to grow on people - you have to hear it a few times to really get to love it. It's a beautiful underused name.

Daniel or David are similar from your boys list however David is less common of those two.

Peoples like or dislike of names can be very random. David is due for a comeback but you'll likely be one of the first ones.

All the other names are everywhere!

@Mnbb, this:

William - currently too associated with future King who is fucking around behind his wife’s back

made me think you’re barking mad!

@Sessy19 - ha ha. I probably am. And if you can’t air your mad opinions on MN then where on earth can you?

I like your games in general. I’m not keen on Charlotte - downmarket to me - or Joshua - about 20-30 years out of date.

Alexandra love - my mums name maybe abit dated
Cassandra if you like cassie
Catherine ugly name to me
Charlotte Charlie is ok
Elizabeth dated
Felicity try hard
Helena dated
Jessica if you like Jess it's nice
Madeleine prefer maddison
Nina don't like this at all

Boys:
Alexander if your ok with Alex
Benjamin like this is cute
Daniel Danny ?
David dated
James nice name bit boring
Jonathan John or Jonny
Joshua josh? Common
Samuel
Thomas
William
Last 3 would be Sam Tom and will.. Will is okay, I think a lot of your names are very dated.. Jess or Benjamin I think are nicest.

Girls :
Alexandra - yes
Cassandra - no
Catherine - yes
Charlotte - yes
Elizabeth - maybe
Felicity - yes
Helena - maybe
Jessica - maybe
Nina - no

Boys:
Alexander - yes
Benjamin - no
Daniel - no
David - no
James - yes
Jonathan - no
Samuel - yes
Thomas - yes

Thank you everyone! Some food for thought here. David is my dad's name, which is probably why a few people are saying it's dated. I do like it though and I think Davy is a nice shortening for a baby and little boy. Imagine if he got called Dave though

Girls - felicity my all time favourite name.
Boys - Benjamin , classic, cute but strong

Girls :
Alexandra
Felicity
Helena
Madeleine
Nina

Boys:
Benjamin
David
James
Jonathan
Joshua

Girl - Jessica Alexandra
Boy - Benjamin Alexander

Elizabeth or Alexander

Girls - Helena
Boys - David or James

It's funny reading comments from some pps as to me, names like Thomas, Samuel, Alexander etc are far more dates than David. I had Great Uncles Samuel and Alexander and my grandfather was Thomas whereas David was more popular among my contempories.
Good luck choosing.

I was going to say David will end up as Dave. A good middle name perhaps after your dad. You have a few names that are also on my list. I would go for Elizabeth or Alexandra and for a boy Alexander . I thing alexander David sounds a nice combo.

These are my favourites from your list:
Girls :
Catherine
Charlotte (still like it but it is getting too overused)
Elizabeth

Boys:
Alexander
Samuel

Alexandra: nice but I dont like Alex for a girl
Cassandra: awful
Catherine: nice, i like Kate as a nn
Charlotte : classic love Lottie
Elizabeth : one of my faves with nn libby
Felicity : love it
Helena : don't like
Jessica : another classic name love it
Madeleine: bit of a mouthfull
Nina: dislike

Boys:
Alexander- love
Benjamin - ok
Daniel - boring
David - old fashioned
James - love it
Jonathan - ok
Joshua - common hate nn josh
Samuel - ok
Thomas - common
William - love

girls:
alexandra- not fussed.
cassandra- i like it.
catherine- it’s okay, my sisters name.

charlotte- love it.
elizabeth- don’t like it.
felicity- pretty.
helena- fine, prefer elena.
jessica- i like it.
nina- nice.

boys:
alexander- it’s okay, i like nn alex.
benjamin- one of my favourites.
daniel- love it.
david- don’t like it.
james- really hate it.
jonathan- don’t like it.
samuel- don’t like it.
thomas- like it.