Help me narrow down my list

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Hi guys,

What are your opinions of these names? Having real trouble narrowing down my lists! Be honest!!

Thomas
John
David
Richard
Sean
Arthur
Owain
Finn

Erin
Eden
Ada
Saoirse
Bronwen
May
Rose
Roisin

Thomas - like it
John - love it
David - love it
Richard - like it
Sean - a bit dated in the UK
Arthur - it's OK
Owain - I like it but not unless you are in a Welsh-speaking area. Owen is an alternative.
Finn - great but too popular and likely to be a bad boy name

Erin - ok but wouldn't choose it
Eden - no
Ada - programming language
Saoirse - only if Irish
Bronwen - lovely (but will be misspelt as Bronwyn and pronounced as Bromwin)
May - not keen. Mary is nicer
Rose - ok
Roisin - only if Irish, might be a bit dated

Thomas - nice, classic
John
David - both dated and boring
Richard - horrible and euphemism for ‘dick’
Sean - ok if you have an Irish connection
Arthur - nice but popular
Owain - lovely
Finn - Also lovely.

I’d go with Owain or Finn

Erin - nice
Eden - ok, bit modern and try hard
Ada - lovely
Saoirse - I’m unsure how to pronounce
Bronwen - nice
May - pretty
Rose - pretty

Both underused as first names despite being popular as middle names.
Roisin- lovely. Might have some pronunciation problems outside Ireland but this is my favourite.

You have an Irish and Welsh connection?

I love Arthur. I love Ada and also really like Eden. I quite like Erin too but I know a few so I think it may be extremely popular if that bothers you?

@Proseccoinamug yeah, both of us have welsh and Irish connections and my DH has English connections too. We are both very family focussed which is why a fair amount of the name mentioned are family names. It’s just narrowing them down is the issue! 😂

John- great
David-great
Richard-great
Sean-dated
Arthur-not keen
Owain-great
Finn-not keen

Erin- yes as you have Irish links
Eden - quite like
Ada -a bit dull and bland
Saiorse - yep
Bronwen - ok
May-great as a first name
Rose- great as a first name
Roisin

Finn
Eden and Erin

I think you have a few considerations with family names eg. Can't call baby after only one mum/ dad unless v good reason. I also believe middle names don't need to sound great with the other name as so rarely used but as a person or is nice to have a middle name which means something, perhaps another family member chose it or it has a special meaning or significance. We asked my parents to give dd middle name and dh's parents to give ds2 middle name. Dh's dad has since died and I think it's a nice memory that ds2 knows his middle name came from his grandad.

Having said that I like David, Owain and Bronwen best of your names.

Finn or John for a boy
Saoirse for a girl

Does anyone have any suggestions to throw into the mix that would fit with the above? I think I’m getting name blindness! 🙈

Olwen for a girl.
Cian for a boy.

@daisypond Olwen is a great name - unfortunately it’s the name of our dog! 😂

Richard Sean and David. 8 love these actually. Mainly because you wont come across other dcs with the same name. Traditional but under used. Perfect. From the girls list I like Erin the best.

Thomas for a boy and I love Eden for a girl.

Oonagh, Ursula, Bronagh

Love John and Rose

John
Saoirse or Roisin

Alternatives:
Osian or Anwen

Aine
Miriam
Rebecca

Finn and Eden. Xxx

@CakeRattleandRoll Osian was on our list originally but my nephew (3 weeks old) has just been called osian. It’s a fab name though

John and Ada

All of those names are acceptable OP. I possibly wouldn't use an obviously Irish name unless the baby will have an Irish connection.

@joystir59 the baby will have a VERY Irish surname and be born of Irish and welsh parents ☺️

I’m so glad you guys seem to like the names. I was slightly worried everyone was going to come back and say that they were too old fashioned and ‘fuddy duddy’ 😂

I like besr:
Thomas
Finn
John

Bronwen (love, love this)
Rose
Saoirse
Roisin

Thomas Richard
Thomas Finn
Finn David
Finn Thomas
John Richard
John Arthur
Bronwen Saoirse
Bronwen Alice
Rose Bronwen
Rose Erin
Saoirse Bronwen
Roisin Alice

Love John
Also like Arthur and Owain
Erin is quite nice