Opinions on these names

[AshleighSarah]

Hi I just want some opinions on my long list of names as I’m struggling to narrow it down, thank you

Girls:
Mabel
Florence
Hallie
Connie
Dottie
Orla
Ivy
Avery
Ayda
Indiana
Hattie
Sunnie
Lottie
Harper
Harlow
Thea

BOYS
Albie
Colby
Jude
Remi

Love Ivy, Jude and Mabel. I like Lottie as a diminutive as Charlotte. Not keen on the others.

Love Jude for a boy. Not keen on any of the others though.

Girls I don't like Harlow, Harper, Sunnie, Avery, Hallie or Dottie at all. The rest are all very nice. I'd spell Ayda as Ada though.

I did have Indiana on list for DC2 but went for something completely different in the end.

Connie
Harper
Jude

Girls - Hallie and Lottie are my favourite. Not keen on names like Mabel/Florence.

Boys- Jude is the only one I like, sorry! In order -Jude, Albie, Remi, Colby

Mabel - cute
Florence - Love, will be my girls name if I ever have another
Hallie - cute
Connie - not a fan
Dottie - cute
Orla - ok
Ivy - love
Avery - not a fan
Ayda - not a fan
Indiana - it's different, I think I like it
Hattie - adorable
Sunnie - sweet
Lottie - love
Harper - not a fan
Harlow - not a fan
Thea - not a fan but I like Theadora

Don't like the boys names but I've never found any boys name I like, so don't listen to me on that!

Tbh they're not really my taste. I do quite like Ivy and Thea off your girl list though.

There are loads of little Albies round my way at the moment, if you are trying to avoid popular names.

Yes to Hallie, Orla, Ivy, Hattie, Harper. Not to keen on any of those boys names but would go with Jude out of all.

I quite like Florence and Orla.

Don't like your boys names

I really struggle with boys names as there’s a lot of boys in the family who have taken all the names I like

Girls
Mabel - cute esp for little ones, not so sure when grow up
Florence - lovely
Hallie - not so sure
Connie - ditto
Dottie - delightful but poss open to playground banter
Orla - nope
Ivy - ok
Avery - nope
Ayda - ok
Indiana - nope
Hattie - adorable
Sunnie - not for me
Lottie - adorable
Harper - nope
Harlow - nope
Thea - ok but prefer Theodora spelt this way

Boys
Albie nope
Colby nope
Jude nope
Remi nope

Sorry not liking any of those. Not sure we are on the same wave length so difficult to suggest but here are some suggestions ...
Dominic
Adrian
Theo (dore)
Monty (Montgomery)
Gil (Gilbert)
Dicken but open to playground banter

Favourites:

Florence
Ivy
Ada spelt this way is fine.

Albie
Remi (though like Remy better). How about Rory?

Girls:
Mabel - Love
Florence - love
Hallie - dislike.
Connie- Love
Dottie - ok
Orla - ok
Ivy - love
Avery - dislike
Ayda - Love
Indiana - dislike
Hattie - Love
Sunnie - dislike. What if she’s not a naturally cheerful person. How about Summer?
Lottie - Love
Harper - Love
Harlow - dislike
Thea - Love

BOYS
Albie - Love
Colby - ok
Jude - love
Remi - ok

If you’re struggling with boys names @AshleighSarah , here’s some suggestions. I love Albie and Jude though and think you should consider sticking to one of them:

Ones with good nicknames:

Christopher nn Kit
Wilf(red)
Barnaby
Nathan/Nathaniel - Nate
Rafferty / Raffy
Sidney

Other ideas:

Eli
Ellis
Miles / Milo
Seth
Cole
Otis
Eric
Casper
Rudy/Rudi
Dexter
Blake
Angus
Dominic
Idris
Percy
Chester
Caleb

Slightly more out- there

River
Bodhi
Otto

OK or reasonably ok:
Mabel
Florence
Connie
Dottie
Hattie
Lottie

Boys:
Jude - I don't like it but it was the only one that was not truly awful.

We clearly don't have similar taste in names, but:

Jude is OK for a boy. The others are awful.

For a girl I like Florence & Orla. Mabel & Ivy are OK. The rest are either diminutives of longer names (Connie, Lottie), too twee (Sunnie, Hallie), or really ugly (Avery, Harper, Harlow & Thea).

Girls:
Like: Florence, Ivy
Like as a nickname for another name: Connie for Constance, Thea for Theodora/Dorthea
So-so: Harlow, Harper, Orla, Mabel,
Hate: Sunnie, Dottie, Ayda, Indiana, Hattie, Lottie

Avery sounds better for a boy IMO.

BOYS
Albie : as a nickname for Albert or Alban it's fine
Colby: eh, better as a cheese, though a bit cowboyish
Jude: not bad
Remi: only as a nickname

I dislike names for both boys and girls that end in "ie" - they seem nicknamey and unbearably twee. They're ok if there's a longer version to use in adulthood.

Girls:
Mabel - don't mind it
Florence - overdone but ok
Hallie - nice if there's a long version
Connie - Constance
Dottie - Dorothy
Orla - nice
Ivy - ok, at least is a proper name
Avery - meh
Ayda - ok but will get buried under a million similar sounding names that are v popular
Indiana - ok
Hattie - harriet
Sunnie - absolutely not
Lottie - Charlotte
Harper - tolerable
Harlow - American
Thea - nice

BOYS
Albie - Albert?
Colby - American
Jude - nice
Remi - ok

Girls:
Mabel - cute
Florence - love this but not the nn Flo

Hallie - not keen makes me think parent trap
Connie - really like this one.
Dottie - no

Orla - lovely. I know a few grown up ones very pretty name
Ivy - cute! Lots currently in my baby groups. Wouldn’t bother me but if you don’t want a popular name ...
Avery - cute
Ayda - I think you’d spend ages battling with it being mispronounced as Ada / having to spell it out
Indiana - cute
Hattie - not keen
Sunnie - no
Lottie - I’m a fan but I think a lot of people will assume it’s short for Charlotte
Harper - not keen
Harlow - cute but again meeting lots of them at baby groups so if popular names bother you ...
Thea - same as above

BOYS
Albie - not keen but it’s very popular.
Colby - no
Jude - love it
Remi - I like it

Thanks everyone, I think I’ve narrowed it down a bit to
Girls:
Mabel
Ivy
Orla

Boys:
Albie
Jude

I like Mabel and Albie together as they have the same sound with the ‘b’ in the middle and the ‘l’ sound which is why I’ve kept them both at the top of my list. My other dd’s name is Lilah, which also has the ‘l’ so I find them cohesive but not too matchy, thanks everyone for your opinions.

LOVE all your girls names apart from Indiana and Harlow

Orla is the best out of those three in my opinion. I can't imagine a 30 year old called Mabel, and Ivy has always sounded very harsh to me. Albie is nice (DS's name ) but agree with PP that it's better to have it as a nickname for a longer version so they have a more adult name they can choose to use as they get bigger.

Is Albie short for Albert or Albus? It sounds like a nickname.

I like Florence, Orla and Ivy only.
Jude is the best of the boys names.

Mabel and Jude are lovely