Help my friend name her baby

[alessandrae83]

Isaac
Joel
Robert
Caleb
Francis
Oliver
Ezra
Zachary
Alexander
Mark
Matthew
Albert
Shea
Gabriel
Nathaniel

Helena
Lucy
Evangeline
Esther
Emmeline
Louisa
Juliet
Frances
Cassandra
Marianne
Hannah
Martha
Irene
Niamh
Ariadne
Adeline
Sophie
Carla
Lisa
Alayna
Felicity
Eleni
Riva

Gabriel or Nathaniel, Lucy, Juliet or Martha.

Anything but Shea! Or Lisa, which is still so much of its generation to sound weird on a baby, though I'm sure it will come round again.

Isaac definitely.
Esther, Louisa or Carla

Robert or Esther.

Gabriel or Lisa

Isaac - ok
Joel - ok
Robert - middle aged accountant
Caleb - ok
Francis - ok
Oliver - too common
Ezra - George
Zachary - meh
Alexander - dull
Mark - 1960s, very boring
Matthew - 1970s
Albert - 1920s
Shea - shea butter, for moisturising? Silly name
Gabriel - ok
Nathaniel - no

Helena - dull
Lucy - very dull
Evangeline - to add to the legions of existing Ava, Eve, Eva, Evie clones
Esther - ok
Emmeline - no
Louisa - meh
Juliet - eurgh
Frances - ok
Cassandra - ok
Marianne - faithful
Hannah - fat, 1970s housewife
Martha - no
Irene - great grandma
Niamh - ok
Ariadne - ok
Adeline - ok
Sophie - so boring
Carla - no
Lisa - 1960s teacher
Alayna -made up, no
Felicity - no
Eleni - ok
Riva - no. Looks like river or rivet.

Isaac - nice
Joel - no
Robert - no
Caleb - lovely
Francis - no
Oliver - no too popular
Ezra - very cool
Zachary - no
Alexander - no
Mark - no
Matthew - no
Albert - cute
Shea - is this a name?
Gabriel - lovely
Nathaniel - okay

Helena - okay - like nn Nell
Lucy - sweet
Evangeline - too much
Esther - lovely
Emmeline- too much
Louisa - lovely
Juliet - lovely
Frances - don’t like it
Cassandra - no but I like Cassia
Marianne - no
Hannah - dated
Martha - lovely
Irene - horrible!
Niamh - sweet
Ariadne - very cool
Adeline - quite nice
Sophie - boring and dated
Carla - boring, dated and seems ‘chavvy’
Lisa - boring, dated and seems ‘chavvy’
Alayna - is this a name? Looks like a yoo-neek spelling of Alana
Felicity - don’t like
Eleni - lovely
Riva - is this a name? Again, looks like a yoo-neek spelling of River

Isaac or Marianne are my favourites.

My favourite three for each are:

Francis
Oliver
Ezra

Lucy
Evangeline
Frances

I remember someone on Mumsnet saying this about the name Evangeline: “It makes me feel like I’ve eaten two cream eclairs and regretted at least one of them.”

Zachary, Alexander or Matthew

Juliet, Hannah or Sophie

I love all those names!

My favourites are:

Isaac
Alexander
Albert
Nathaniel

Helena
Emmeline
Louisa
Juliet

Isaac, Joel, Caleb or Ezra
Lucy, Esther or Niamh

Martha or Ezra for me.