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17 replies

Jj2431 · 26/12/2019 23:50

Girls

☆Esther
☆Irina
☆Marianne
☆Margot
☆Eve
☆Helena
☆Louisa
☆Miriam
☆Ava
☆Evangeline
☆Frances
☆Grace
☆Evelyn
☆Elaine
☆Niamh
☆Shona
☆Leona
☆Orlaith
☆Lillian
☆Marlena
☆Caroline
☆Amy
☆Faith
☆Alma
☆Mariella
☆Alice

Boys
☆Lewis
☆Oliver
☆Aaron
☆Isaac
☆Matthew
☆Miles
☆Theodore
☆Conor
☆Lorcan
☆Aubrey
☆Robert
☆Asher

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soph7777 · 26/12/2019 23:56

Love Asher for a boy, it's what my boy is going to be called!

UtuNorantiPralatongsThirdEye · 27/12/2019 00:04

Miriam and Theodore.

Don't name your son Asher, it seems to be one of the 'in' names for boys at the moment, they'll be ten in each class in 5 years time.

UtuNorantiPralatongsThirdEye · 27/12/2019 00:05

There'll* not they'll.

Astronica · 27/12/2019 01:42

Favourites:
Esther
Miriam
Frances
Grace
Niamh
Shona
Orlaith
Lilian
Alice

Oliver
Miles
Theodore
Lorcan

Really dislike:
Evelyn
Alma
Marlena
Mariella

Aaron
Aubrey
Asher

DramaAlpaca · 27/12/2019 01:43

That's a very long list with a mix of styles. Too many to comment on really until you've whittled it down. But immediate standouts for me are Marianne & Matthew which I really like, and Margot & Isaac which I really dislike.

Poorolddaddypig · 27/12/2019 06:46

Esther - love
☆Irina - don’t like
☆Marianne - bit boring
☆Margot - love
☆Eve - nice but lots of them
☆Helena - I like if pronounced Helen-a, strongly dislike if pronounced He-lay-na
☆Louisa - nice!
☆Miriam - I want to like this as I love the meaning but it just sounds so wet to me
☆Ava - done to death
☆Evangeline - don’t like the ‘vange’ sound at all
☆Frances - sweet!
☆Grace - nice but boring
☆Evelyn - too many
☆Elaine - dated, dull
☆Niamh - lovely
☆Shona - dislike
☆Leona - fine
☆ Orlaith - lovely
☆Lillian - nice
☆Marlena - awful!
☆Caroline - lovely
☆Amy - dated
☆Faith - sweet
☆Alma - lovely
☆Mariella - very pretty but a bit of a mouthful
☆Alice - lovely

Boys
☆Lewis - prefer Louis
☆Oliver - nice
☆Aaron - don’t like
☆Isaac - nice
☆Matthew - boring
☆Miles - nice
☆Theodore - too many of them
☆Conor - fine
☆Lorcan - no this sounds like a species of alien off a marvel film or something
☆Aubrey - this is always primarily a girls names these days
☆Robert - fine
☆Asher - cute

17caterpillars1mouse · 27/12/2019 10:06

☆Esther - love it and love Essie as a nn
☆Irina - not a fan
☆Marianne - beautiful and classy
☆Margot - not a fan
☆Eve - not a fan, prefer Eva
☆Helena - beautiful but different pronunciation options make it confusing
☆Louisa - pretty but I prefer the simplicity of Louise
☆Miriam - nice just not for me
☆Ava - not a fan, prefer Eva
☆Evangeline - lovely but quite a heavy name
☆Frances - not a fan, though live Francis for a boy. Love Francesca
☆Grace - lovely
☆Evelyn - lovely but only like Ever-lyn pronunciation
☆Elaine - bit dated
☆Niamh - lovely
☆Shona - not a fan
☆Leona - not a fan
☆Orlaith - love it and love this spelling so much
☆Lillian - love it. Its dd2s middle name
☆Marlena - not a fan
☆Caroline - lovely, underused classic
☆Amy - like, prefer Aimee
☆Faith - love it
☆Alma - I like it
☆Mariella - not a fan, too frilly
☆Alice - nice enough

Boys
☆Lewis - not a fan
☆Oliver - nice but very popular
☆Aaron - I like it
☆Isaac - love it
☆Matthew - it's OK a bit meh
☆Miles - don't like it at all
☆Theodore - like nn Ted but dislike Theo and Teddy plus they are everywhere
☆Connor - dislike
☆Lorcan - OK just not my style
☆Aubrey - dislike
☆Robert - dislike. I've never met a nice one lol
☆Asher - like

Lweji · 27/12/2019 10:09

Your lists are too long.

Start using one name per day and see if you like it. Discard all the names that sound off.

halocompanach · 27/12/2019 10:11

I like these:

☆Marianne
☆Margot
☆Eve
☆Miriam
☆Marlena

☆Robert

DoTheNextRightThing · 27/12/2019 10:48

From the girls I like
Irina
Niamh
Orlaith
Faith

I absolutely detest Esther.

From the boys
Miles
Matthew

bridgetreilly · 27/12/2019 11:34

Miriam and Matthew

MikeUniformMike · 27/12/2019 13:36

☆Esther - nice
☆Irina - ok, a bit too east european. I like Irene. (I-ree-nee)
☆Marianne - ok
☆Margot - Maggot
☆Eve - nice, overused
☆Helena - nice
☆Louisa - nice
☆Miriam - nice
☆Ava - horrible and overused
☆Evangeline - too long and too frilly
☆Frances - ok. Will be misspelt. Fanny
☆Grace - not keen.
☆Evelyn - dislike
☆Elaine - old fashioned
☆Niamh - ok
☆Shona ok
☆Leona - ok
☆Orlaith - not keen
☆Lillian - yuk
☆Marlena - yuk
☆Caroline - lovely
☆Amy - ok
☆Faith - ok
☆Alma - ok
☆Mariella - ok. Prefer Maria
☆Alice - lovely

Boys
☆Lewis - ok
☆Oliver - ok
☆Aaron - ok, a bit like the first name in the baby name book
☆Isaac - I suck
☆Matthew - lovely
☆Miles - ok
☆Theodore - horrible and overused
☆Conor - ok
☆Lorcan - ok
☆Aubrey - just no
☆Robert - nice. Robbie/Rob
☆Asher - not keen

Modernhistorybuff · 27/12/2019 14:32

☆Esther - lovely though I much prefer Hester
☆Irina - not keen. Feels very middle aged Eastern European
☆Marianne - gorgeous. Sense and Sensibility!
☆Margot - I like this but it's having a revival. Seems like the name of the year
☆Eve - boring
☆Helena - lovely
☆Louisa - lovely
☆Miriam - lovely, mainly because I love Miri as a nickname
☆Ava - ok, a bit overdone now
☆Evangeline - ok
☆Frances - ok
☆Grace - boring
☆Evelyn - boring
☆Elaine - middle aged and not pretty
☆Niamh - ok
☆Shona - don't like
☆Leona - don't like, do like Leonie
☆Orlaith - ok
☆Lillian - ok but prefer Lilian spelling
☆Marlena - really don't like. Seems very middle aged
☆Caroline - really nice
☆Amy - ok, a bit dull
☆Faith - ok
☆Alma - don't like at all
☆Mariella - Not keen
☆Alice - popular but for a good reason - really pretty

Marianne is my favourite but Helena, Louisa, Miriam and Esther are all nice

Boys
☆Lewis - really dislike this
☆Oliver - nice but very popular
☆Aaron - don't like
☆Isaac - I'm not keen on biblical names but this is ok
☆Matthew - don't like
☆Miles - ok. Prefer Milo
☆Theodore - lovely
☆Conor - not keen
☆Lorcan - not keen
☆Aubrey - really not keen
☆Robert - not keen
☆Asher - ok

Miles, Theodore or Asher for me

thosethreewords · 27/12/2019 16:40

Margot, Eve, Evangeline, Evelyn, Alice are all beautiful.
Love all your boys names except Aaron and Aubrey!

confusedyoungthing · 28/12/2019 13:59

☆Esther - I used to hate this, it used to scream old lady to me, but I'm really growing to like it recently. I like Aster too which seems like a modern/trendy alternative.
☆Irina - Not a fan of this sorry, it feels very outdated.
☆Marianne - a bit plain and not much appeal. I quite like Marina though.
☆Margot - I never quite understood the popularity of this. It just looks like maggot to me and sounds very outdated.
☆Eve - I like this. It's sweet, simple, no fuss.
☆Helena - Boring...I can't imagine this on a baby.
☆Louisa - This is sweet!
☆Miriam - Plain, outdated, etc.
☆Ava - I like Ava! Yes she's very trendy at the moment, but come on, she is lovely!
☆Evangeline - I've never liked this, idk why. I like Evelyn, Everly, Evie etc, but not Evangeline.
☆Frances - Not my style but has some appeal.
☆Grace - sweet and simple.
☆Evelyn - Really starting to like Evelyn atm!
☆Elaine - Another outdated one, which is strange because I like Lainey and Alayna.
☆Niamh - I like this and luckily it's becoming mainstream enough for people to know how to pronounce it
☆Shona - not for me, idk why I've never liked Shona/Shauna etc
☆Leona - The name isn't bad but I have negative associations with it, so it puts me off.
☆Orlaith - I think the Orla spelling is prettier, but then it does also look like the word oral, so I can't decide,
☆Lillian - Pretty and sweet
☆Marlena - outdated
☆Caroline - I would usually say outdated but since I knew a young-ish Caroline, it has grown on me a bit
☆Amy - a little plain/boring
☆Faith - very pretty and not too overused these days
☆Alma - very very very outdated
☆Mariella - not my style, too fussy
☆Alice - beautiful, traditional, can't go wrong

☆Lewis - This is okay, pretty standard and a bit boring
☆Oliver - Handsome. Popular but traditional
☆Aaron - I like Aaron. I always picture Aaron as being the typical 'hot guy' for some reason
☆Isaac - very handsome
☆Matthew - plain, but has appeal
☆Miles - I love Miles! Strong and sustainable
☆Theodore - Handsome and sweet, although a little too current for my liking
☆Conor - Again I have bad associations with a Conor
☆Lorcan - not my style
☆Aubrey - much prefer this as a girls name
☆Robert - boring, older guy name
☆Asher - Handsome! Popular but, that's because he's wonderful!

OceanSunFish · 28/12/2019 14:06

My favourites are Esther, Miriam, Marianne, Isaac and Conor.

Least favourites are Evangaline, Shona, Marlena, Alma, Lorcan, Aubrey and Asher.

littlealexhorne · 28/12/2019 19:17

I love Orlaith, I think its such a gorgeous spelling but given I've no Irish in me I'm not sure I'd use it. I also think she'd have to spend her whole life telling people how to spell and pronounce it.

I like Asher and Lewis, and I like Theo but perhaps not Theodore.
Aubrey is more of a girls name to me.

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