What do you think of my name list?

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Don't know if boy or girl - any comments/ suggestions? Are they boring? Thanks

Boys
Oscar
Arthur
Joseph
Wilfred (wilf)
Edward

Girls
Alice
Sophia
Gabrielle/ Gabriella
Juliette
Violet
Charlotte

Oscar is the best

My favourites are Edward and Sophia. Least favourites are Wilf and Violet.

Oscar - not sure
Arthur - love
Joseph - like
Wilfred (wilf) - no
Edward - yes also like Ed and Eddie

Girls
Alice - bit boring
Sophia - no
Gabrielle/ Gabriella - definitely not, no way.
Juliette - no
Violet - not sure
Charlotte - nice name but quite a few of them.

Juliette for girls and Wilfred. I love the nn Wilf, my friends got a 11yo called Wilfred and he has the nn Wilf and Fred. It's easy to pick as you just call them that a lot so others pick it up and they introduce themselves as that :D

Love Oscar and Alice

Oscar - not my favourite
Arthur - ok but not to my taste
Joseph - again not to my taste
Wilfred (wilf) - no
Edward - nice, has good nn potential

Girls
Alice - love, my all time favourite name
Sophia - love
Gabrielle/ Gabriella - not bad but not my favourite of your list
Juliette - like but prefer juliet spelling
Violet - nice but does sound bad in some accents!
Charlotte - pretty

I've got 2 little ones. My girls name is Alice and we always get comments of how lovely her name is and my little man is George or Georgie as he likes us to call him. Both solid names in my opinion! Of your boys list though I'd probably say Arthur

If you think they're boring, you could always go for Roman, Bodhi or River.

Boys
Oscar- overused but I still quite like it
Arthur- always been a fan
Joseph - not as popular nowadays, it’s ok
Wilfred - big fan
Edward- my DS’s name so obviously my favourite. We don’t use any diminutives, he is just Edward.

Girls
Alice - my DD’s middle name and also my DGM’s name, love it
Sophia - not a fan
Gabrielle/ Gabriella - always gets shortened to Gaby which I dislike
Juliette - no
Violet - quite popular atm but I love it
Charlotte- always a classic

Edward and Violet for me.

How can a name be “boring”?

Some names become dull/boring from overuse.

Only if you consider popular or well liked to equal dull or boring.

Names that are 'well liked', often because they initially sound fresh and beautiful, become popular and fashionable as everyone joins in the trend.

Unfortunately, like with fashion, people tire of them and by becoming common (popular), such names start to sound s little dull or boring.

So yes, popular names are initially very well liked, but become boring exactly because of overuse.

Oscar - lovely name though I do know quite a few little Oscar's

Arthur - like Oscar, lovely but I know loads (more than Oscar)

Joseph - gorgeous, classical name. Had it on my own list but had dds and not the biggest fan of Joe

Wilfred (wilf) - love Wolf but not so keen on Wilfred. Wouldn't use Wilf as a full name either though

Edward - nice but I dislike Eddie. The last 2 baby boys I know who have been born have both been Edward

Girls

Alice - pretty just not my style. Works nicely as a middle name though

Sophia - beautiful but very popular

Gabrielle/ Gabrielle - not a fan as I dislike Gabby

Juliette - pretty just not for me. Prefer the simplicity of Juliet

Violet - nice enough

Charlotte - gorgeous but Lotties are currently everywhere. I prefer Charles as a shortening

Can I suggest a few names?

Walt
Stanley
Edgar

Francesca

What's boring about classical names? People try too hard to be different these days! Like all your boys names especially Oscar, Arthur and Wilfred. Wilfred will be the least commonly used I suspect?

Of your girls list I like Violet and Gabriella.

Others you might like?

Henry
Thomas
Zachary

Isobel
Ottillie
Eliza

The thing is, a list of names can look a bit boring altogether, but in actuality a child only gets one name. I don’t think there’s a name on your list that if a friend introduced their new born baby with it, I would think, Dear me, how tedious! They’re nice!

I'd never think 'how tedious' when I'm introduced to a new baby or person and their name.

But if I meet an adult Steve or young Oscar, I am going to struggle to remember their name and will probably need to add their surname - I simply know so many already!

Boys
Oscar - ok
Arthur - too popular
Joseph - ok
Wilfred - quite like this
Edward - too boring

Girls
Alice - I don’t like the sound of it. Like Ellis is a posh accent.
Sophia - no
Gabrielle/ Gabriella - ok.
Juliette - cannot stand it as I know a really nasty one!
Violet - nice
Charlotte - my old cat

Thanks all - I think it's the collection of them together that I thought might be 'boring' - plus some of my other choices, particularly for boys are a no-no from husband - e.g Sebastian - love it but won't happen ☹️

Interestingly sone of the other suggestions are my existing children's names so we must have a certain 'taste'.

At the minute I'm thinking Joseph as the front runner for boys, but wanted mn James and not sure Joseph James works together?

Then Sophia Alice or Alice Sophia perhaps?

Not boring at all, some are more popular than others. But I’m biased as you have my two favourites on there: Joseph and Gabriella!

Wilfred James sounds like a classical poet. (That's a good thing)

Our youngest is James Stanley.

I love Joseph James!

And I prefer Alice Sophie to Sophia personally. Although some would probably say that is boring! But both lovely classic names

Love Wilfred James!!! 😍😍😍
Out of the girls names I love Alice and really like Gabrielle/a and juliette

Nice names, better than the desperate ‘I need a quirky unusual name’ posts.
Joseph/Violet are lovely.

Juliette is lovely - like this spelling actually, v graceful.

Joseph is fave of boys. But such a pity about Sebastian! Would he go for Ferdinand?