And again...

[alessandrae83]

What do you think to these

Boys

Patrick
Jonah
Ezra
Isaac
Edward
Lucas
Albert
Joel
Zachary
Rory
Alfred

Girls

Orla
Esther
Juliet
Evangeline
Lucy
Frances
Marianne
Eliza
Alice
Lilia
Dahlia
Ava
Ivy
Holly
Louisa
Sophie
Emily
Margo
Eleanor
Eloise
Helena
Hannah
Keziah
Lorna
Megan
Irene
Eliana

I like Edward, Lucas and Joel from the boys list.

From the girls list I like Lucy, Ava, ivy, holly, Louisa and Hannah

Boys - I like Ezra, Rory, Alfred
Girls - I like Lucy, Eliza, Alice, Sophie, Margo, Lorna

Jonah
Ezra
Isaac
Lucas
Joel
Rory

Esther
Juliet
Marianne
Alice
Louisa
Sophie
Emily
Eleanor
Eloise
Helena
Keziah
Lorna

They're all lovely but quite different. Are you aiming for an Irish name - Patrick and Orla the top?

Patrick- not keen
Jonah- quite like this
Ezra- always been a fan
Isaac- it’s ok, not offensive but not great
Edward- I have an Edward, lovely name
Lucas- not a fan, massively common
Albert- again, not a fan. Prince Albert...
Joel- no
Zachary- no
Rory- this has grown on me recently
Alfred- would always be shortened to either Alfie or Freddie and both are very common

Girls

orla- like this
Esther- not a fan
Juliet- it’s ok but wouldn’t use it personally
Evangeline- ok but a bit much. I think it would be shortened to Eve or Eva which are common.
Lucy- inoffensive but nothing special
Frances- nope
Marianne- like this
Eliza- it’s ok
Alice- love Alice, a real classic
Lilia- no
Dahlia- no
Ava- no
Ivy- I have an Ivy too, fantastic name
Holly- not a fan
Louisa- very 80s
Sophie- common but I’ve always quite liked it
Emily- inoffensive but boring
Margo- usually Margot, I like it
Eleanor- no
Eloise- quite like it
Helena - it’s ok
Hannah- too 90s, not a fan
Keziah- no way
Lorna- no way
Megan- 90s again, not a fan
Irene- old woman but not in a cool way
Eliana- no

Patrick - dull
Jonah - ok
Ezra - nope. Though George Ezra is probably a nice chap
Isaac - ok
Edward - crashingly boring
Lucas - ok
Albert - square
Joel - ok
Zachary - I like it, but very popular
Rory - fine
Alfred - extremely popular, inoffensive

Girls

Orla - I know 4! Quite like it
Esther - ok
Juliet - nope.
Evangeline - you cant move for Evies
Lucy - fine
Frances - I like this
Marianne - Marianne faithful always gives me the creeps
Eliza - awful
Alice - dull
Lilia - too much like milia or labia. Like someone trying to make Lily more interesting.
Dahlia - nope
Ava - ok
Ivy - fine
Holly - fine
Louisa - fine
Sophie - so boring
Emily - as above
Margo - the Good Life
Eleanor - beyond boring
Eloise - fine
Helena - ok
Hannah - boring
kezia - no
Lorna - no
Megan - boring
Irene - awful
Eliana - someone trying to spell Eleanor in an “interesting” way

Patrick - lovely
Jonah - and the whale, no
Ezra - maybe
Isaac - lovely
Edward - my favourite from yr list
Lucas - nice
Albert - maybe
Joel - lovely
Zachary - lovely
Rory - lovely
Alfred - cakes, no, I just don't like it

Orla - lovely
Esther - lovely
Juliet - my favourite from yr list
Evangeline - bit of a mouthful, so no
Lucy - lovely
Frances - lovely
Marianne - nice
Eliza - lovely
Alice - lovely
Lilia - Lil-lets, no
Dahlia - too Hyacinth Bouquet
Ava - I prefer it spelt Eva
Ivy - nice
Holly - meh
Louisa - lovely
Sophie - lovely
Emily - lovely
Margo - no, I'm just not a fan
Eleanor - ok
Eloise - no, just don't like it
Helena - lovely
Hannah - lovely
Keziah - lovely
Lorna - no, too 1970s
Megan - maybe
Irene - no, sounds old lady
Eliana - no, sounds made up

Patrick - like
Jonah - not keen
Ezra - dislike
Isaac - ok
Edward - like
Lucas - like but v popular
Albert - dislike
Joel - like
Zachary - like but v popular
Rory - like but wouldn't choose
Alfred - dislike

Orla - nice but makes me think of Orla Bout
Esther - nice
Juliet - lovely but really dislike it said as Julie-ETTE, don't like Jools
Evangeline - don't like
Lucy - love
Frances - ok
Marianne - not keen
Eliza - ok
Alice - love
Lilia - dislike
Dahlia - not keen
Ava - dislike
Ivy - dislike
Holly - ok, a bit christmassy
Louisa - nice
Sophie - like a lot
Emily - not keen
Margo - not keen
Eleanor - not keen
Eloise - not keen
Helena - not keen
Hannah - ok
Keziah - not keen
Lorna - like
Megan - prefer Meg
Irene - Ireenee pron, is nice, I-REEN isn't
Eliana - too frilly and just another Ellie.

Esther is just beautiful.

If I were to have another DD, I would absolutely want to call her that.

Patrick - not keen, feels a little bit ‘old man’
Jonah - love
Ezra - love
Isaac - love
Edward - ok
Lucas - not sure about this one
Albert - ok as long as nn Albie is used
Joel - no way.
Zachary - like zac but way prefer Isaac to get this nn
Rory - not for me
Alfred - again fine if nn Alfie is used

Girls

Orla
Esther - this name - along with Edith - has really grown on me in the last few years
Juliet - no way
Evangeline - very pretty but she will never be called her full name and default nn will be Evie so it depends on how you feel about that.
Lucy - feels dated.
Frances see above
Marianne see above
Eliza - pretty, I like this one
Alice - dated
Lilia - prefer Lila and Lyra to this
Dahlia - nope
Ava - really beautiful but excessively popular
Ivy - gorgeous - this is my fave from your girls list - love it.
Holly feels dated
Louisa see above - this is like a middle name ‘filler’ to me
Sophie ok, prefer Sophia
Emily - dated
Margo ok - i see this one coming back and increasing in popularity
Eleanor dated
Eloise dated
Helena dated
Hannah dated
kezia - quite pretty i know a little one and it really suits her
Lorna - ok
Megan - ok
Irene old lady
Eliana - pretty

Boys: Edward or Rory

Girls: Esther, Juliet or Eliana

Patrick- lovely
Jonah- ok
Ezra- very common near me
Isaac- as above
Edward- not so fond of Edward but like the potential nn
Lucas- no
Albert- same with Edward
Joel- a good simple name
Zachary- sane as Joel
Rory- no so common and babyish
Alfred- I like it

Girls

Orla- lovely
Esther- lovely
Juliet- lovely
Evangeline- a bit OTT
Lucy- dull
Frances- like it
Marianne- sane as Evangeline
Eliza- no
Alice- nice but dull
Lilia- no
Dahlia- no
Ava- nice but dull
Ivy- no
Holly- lovely
Louisa- ok
Sophie- ok
Emily- lovely
Margo- lovely
Eleanor- my favourite
Eloise- no
Helena- no
Hannah- nice but dull
Keziah- no way
Lorna- nice but dull
Megan- as above
Irene- no way
Eliana- no

I like Esther. Only. And that was a looong list.

Love Joel, Zachary and Edward

Least favourites Alfred and Albert (obviously don’t like the ‘Al-‘ names!)

Love Louisa, Elouise, Marianne

Least favourite Irene, keziah, Esther

From your boys I like Ezra, Zachary and Rory best

I only like Orla from your girls list

My top 5 of each:

Patrick
Jonah
Ezra
Joel
Zachary

Orla
Esther
Frances
Lorna
Irene

I think the following names are a bit overdone at this point:

Isaac, Edward, Albert, Alfred (the last three are extremely popular in nickname form: Teddy, Albie, Alfie)

Ava, Ivy, Holly, Sophie, Emily, Evangeline (not common, but the inevitable shortening 'Evie' very much is.)

Gosh your list is very like mine for DD2!! We chose Esther. I would add Annie and Miriam

Boys

Patrick - really dislike
Jonah - ok
Ezra - love
Isaac - love
Edward - nice
Lucas - nice
Albert - too old man for my taste
Joel - dislike
Zachary - like and love zach
Rory - really love
Alfred - too old man for my taste

Girls

Orla - really nice
Esther - ok
Juliet - lovely
Evangeline - pretty
Lucy - nice
Frances - dislike
Marianne - not keen
Eliza - ok
Alice - love
Lilia - not keen
Dahlia - just to check is this pronounced day-lia or dah-lia?
Ava - ok
Ivy - nice
Holly - lovely
Louisa - not keen
Sophie - really nice
Emily - ok
Margo - not keen but should it be spelt Margot?
Eleanor - nice
Eloise - lovely
Helena - not keen
Hannah - not keen
Keziah - dislike
Lorna - dislike
Megan - dislike
Irene - really dislike
Eliana - ok but not too keen

Patrick - lovely
Jonah - ok, but I always 'see' a silent whale
Ezra - like, but I think hipsters have moved on
Isaac - OK as long as your surname is not Cox or a foodstuff
Edward - lovely, classic
Lucas - lovely
Albert - good name but I just don't warm to it
Joel - lovely - my favourite of thus list
Zachary - ok, prefer Zacharias
Rory - don't really like, but suits dashing men in kilts
Alfred - quite like

Orla - don't warm to it
Esther- don't like
Juliet - like
Evangeline - far too religious for me, but a very good choice if that's what you're after
Lucy - like very
Frances - ok, much prefer Francesca
Marianne - lovely
Eliza - lovely
Alice - like
Lilia - don't like, frilly in the wring sort of way, prefer Lily or Lilian
Dahlia - Aunt calling to Aunt like mastodons across a swamp
Ava - dull
Ivy - still Corrie
Holly - only at Christmas
Louisa - lovely - my joint favourite of this list
Sophie - like
Emily - like
Margo - don't like thus spelling, but do like Margot
Eleanor - lovely
Eloise - like
Helena - don't like because I wouidn't have the patience to be dealing with which pronunciation, nor wouid I saddle a DD with the task
Hannah - OK
Keziah - lovely - my joint favourite
Lorna - like
Megan - don't really like
Irene - don't like (see reasons for Helena)
Eliana - don't like

Patrick and Marianne are my favourites. I'd love a little boy called Paddy!

Jonah and Juliet are my favourites from your lists.

Isaac
Edward
Esther

Like Ezra, Margo and love Eliana! Always hated Kezia and of the 3 I've known they've all pronounced it different ways all of which sound harsh or grating on the ears!

My daughter is Ivy and I just adore the name! It's pretty and unique plus no one pronounces it wrong.

My name is actually Ellianna (different sp of eliana and god I wish mine was spelt that way!) it's a bit of a mouthful but I do get compliments on it and have never met another.