Opinions please

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your opinions on the following names

Madeline nn Maddie
Pearl
Norah
Abigail nn Abbey
Naomi
Emily nn Emmy
Elsa
Rachel
Maren
Maris
Sarah
Ruby

Michael
Daniel
Joseph
Nathaniel
Tobias
Elias nn Eli
Lucas
Mathias
Thomas nn Tom
Jonathan nn Jonny
Asher
Nicholas

Wow lovely lists

I love peal
Emily nn Emmy is cool
Abigail
Ruby

For boys
Love Joseph and Nathaniel (although I prefer Nathan) Tobias and Eli which is one of my very favourite names (also Ellis)
Asher is cool
And Tom is classic and gorgeous

My favourites are Pearl, Ruby and Elias.

Favourites for girl: Abigail, Elsa, Rachel, Sarah, Ruby
Favourites for boy: Michael, Tobias, Mathias, Thomas, Jonathan, Nicholas

I don't much like any of your girl names!

Your boy list is much better. Love Joseph, Tobias, Elias, Thomas.

I like Norah and Pearl, Elias and Asher

I like Maren.

Madeline nn Maddie - ok but does start with ‘mad’...
Pearl - very feminine
Norah - Irish?
Abigail nn Abbey - old fashioned and unimaginative
Naomi - same, very dated and sounds naff
Emily nn Emmy - ok but again dated
Elsa - frozen, she will love it!
Rachel - quite a cool name not too over feminine
Maren - huh? Sounds strange
Maris - hummm, if a good meaning then seems ok.
Sarah - dated. But more uncommon now and means princess
Ruby - not great. No substance

Michael - love
Daniel - yes
Joseph - yes
Nathaniel - mouthful but ok
Tobias - starts with ‘toe’, so no
Elias nn Eli - prefer Elis/s
Lucas - ok
Mathias - ok
Thomas nn Tom - used to know one, his siblings would tease ‘Tom-arse’
Jonathan nn Jonny - reminds me of something. No!
Asher - cool name think it means happy
Nicholas - yes

Maren is gorgeous!

Any of your boy’s names are good. I especially love Daniel and Thomas

I like Maren and Pearl.

Not so keen on your boys names, but quite like Matthias.

Madeline nn Maddie - Pretty
Pearl - Nice
Norah - 'bloody'. Sounds like a whiney child.
Abigail nn Abbey - Okay
Naomi - Okay
Emily nn Emmy - Lovely
Elsa - Okay
Rachel - Dated
Maren - Pretty
Maris - Potato
Sarah - Okay
Ruby - Pretty

Michael - Solid.
Daniel - Nice.
Joseph - Nice
Nathaniel - Okay
Tobias - Okay
Elias nn Eli - Harsh sounding
Lucas - Okay
Mathias - Meh
Thomas nn Tom - Okay
Jonathan nn Jonny - Nice full name. Hate Jonny
Asher - Chav
Nicholas - Okay

Madeline nn Maddie - maddening, mad
Pearl - beautiful
Norah - dreary
Abigail nn Abbey - like, but would spell Abi
Naomi - lovely and underused
Emily nn Emmy - Emily yes, not so keen on Emmy
Elsa - great
Rachel - classic due a comeback
Maren - OK
Maris - Maris Piper potatoes
Sarah - very nice, underused these days
Ruby - OK, feels a bit downmarket though

Michael - OK if a bit dull
Daniel - like, a classic and Dan is a strong nickname
Joseph - another strong classic
Nathaniel - nice, not overused
Tobias - OK but don't really like Toby
Elias nn Eli - great
Lucas - don't like, prefer Luke
Mathias - like, interesting
Thomas nn Tom - like
Jonathan nn Jonny - weak
Asher - quite like
Nicholas - like

Madeline nn Maddie - chavy
Pearl - ok
Norah - love it
Abigail nn Abbey - no, no and no again
Naomi - quite old fashioned, very religious
Emily nn Emmy - Emily but not Emmy
Elsa - let it go!
Rachel - again, a very biblical name IMO
Maren - never even heard of this!
Maris - or this!!
Sarah - old fashioned
Ruby - ok but very popular

Michael - old fashioned
Daniel - ok, i've known some lovely Daniels
Joseph - nice
Nathaniel - no
Tobias - pretentious
Elias nn Eli - no
Lucas - chavy
Mathias - Matthew but not Mathias
Thomas nn Tom - yes
Jonathan nn Jonny - ok but a bit out of fashion
Asher - no
Nicholas - ok but also a bit out of fashion

You did ask!! Your names don't really seem to be from similar genres, some are quite old fashioned and others are very of the moment.

Madeline nn Maddie Not keen
Pearl ok I expect this will be one of those old names that will become very popular
Nora like
Abigail nn Abbey lovely
Naomi ok
Emily nn Emmy like
Elsa not keen
Rachel lovely
Maren not keen
Maris not keen
Sarah a bit boring
Ruby not keen

Michael not keen
Daniel ok
Joseph ok
Nathaniel lovely
Tobias lovely
Elias nn Eli lovely
Lucas love (dh vetoed)
Mathias ok
Thomas nn Tom lovely
Jonathan nn Jonny not keen on Jonny but like Jonathan
Asher not keen
Nicholas I know a lot of nicks so not keen plus in my head I hear knickerless

Madeline nn Maddie - mad 😡 or maddening
Pearl - nice
Norah - prefer Nora
Abigail nn Abbey - no
Naomi - too religious
Emily nn Emmy - Emily but not Emmy!
Elsa - nice
Rachel - harsh sound
Maren - nice
Maris - ok
Sarah - dated
Ruby - starting to sound dated

Michael - boring - I know so many
Daniel - boring - I know so many
Joseph - don't like Joe
Nathaniel - strange mix of Daniel and Nathan?!
Tobias - ok
Elias nn Eli - Eli sounds girly
Lucas - don't like
Mathias - nice
Thomas nn Tom - boring
Jonathan nn Jonny - no
Asher - ok
Nicholas - ok

I only like Naomi and Emily from your girl's name list. Not keen on the nn Emmy though.

I like most of your boys names - faves are Daniel, Joseph and Nathaniel. Don't like Asher or Elias at all.

I like Emily/Emmy & Madeline/Maddie, Maddie especially. Daniel is my favourite of your boys names.

Love Emmy
Also love Ruby and Pearl

Your boys list is great, love all (sorry not helpful)

Madeline nn Maddie - nice but maddie still seems quite american to me
Pearl - ok but I'm not a fan of the old lady name trend
Norah - no
Abigail nn Abbey - nice
Naomi - no
Emily nn Emmy - nice
Elsa - no
Rachel - no
Maren - no
Maris - cant get past the potatoes
Sarah - no
Ruby - nice

Michael - no
Daniel - no
Joseph - no
Nathaniel - nice
Tobias - nice prefer toby though
Elias nn Eli - nice
Lucas - nice
Mathias - no
Thomas nn Tom - nice
Jonathan nn Jonny - no
Asher - ok but a bit too american
Nicholas - ok

Madeline nn Maddie - not keen
Pearl - ok
Norah - love
Abigail nn Abbey - nice, prefer just Abbey though
Naomi - love
Emily nn Emmy - Well used but nice
Elsa - Frozen
Rachel - OK, dated
Maren - not heard before, nice
Maris - not keen
Sarah - nice, classic
Ruby - nice

Michael - not keen
Daniel - like
Joseph - like
Nathaniel - love, wanted this for DS, dh vetoed
Tobias - nice
Elias nn Eli - not keen
Lucas - love, also Luke
Mathias - nice
Thomas nn Tom - don't like
Jonathan nn Jonny - don't like
Asher - like
Nicholas - not keen

Overall I prefer Naomi and Norah from your girls list and Nathaniel, Lucas, Tobias and Asher from your boys.