Thoughts on my GIANT list

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So many, am attempting to narrow down a bit. Am aware that some aren't hugely traditional and I'm totally ok with that.

To go with DS Rudy Gray Surname.

Any thoughts?

Girls

Alba
Lux
Vida 🖤
Anouk
Pearl 🖤
Dakota
Clara 🖤
Opal
Valentine🖤
Lilith🖤
Ines
Delilah
Ingrid
Coco🖤
Io
Serena
Serephina
Frida🖤
Sabrina🖤
Celeste🖤
Cecile
Camille🖤
Pandora
Delilah 🖤
Scarlett
Audrey🖤

Moon as a middle name
Velvet as middle name
Valentine as middle name
Winter as middle name
Love as a middle name

Boys

Atlas🖤
Ivo
Valentine🖤
Ignatius nn Iggy
Cosmo
Lucien🖤
Indy
Rafferty
Apollo🖤

The heart next to names are ones we both agree on

Frida and Camille are nice and winter would be a nice middle name. Rudy is nice and some of the other names are a little out there compared to Rudy tbh. I don’t like any of your heart boy names- but I do like Ivo.

I like Celeste & Lucien from your list. Congratulations on your pregnancy.

Well, whittling the list down is easy - just delete all the names you don't agree on and keep the ones you do. You do both have to agree after all.

We don't have the same taste so my comments won't be much use, but I do like Celeste and Sabrina. I don't like any of the boys' names, sorry.

As for Delilah, you've got it on twice, one with a heart and the other not

Lots of beautiful girls names 💓
Coco Valentine my favourite combination sounds lovely with Rudy Gray.

Alba - LOVE
Opal - Like
Audrey🖤 - Okay

Winter as middle name

Boys

Atlas🖤
Cosmo
Rafferty
Apollo

Struggling to pick a boys name from ones with black hearts as really not to my personal taste sorry but I do like Raffety

Anouk! So lovely

Rafferty and Rudy though? Sounds a little too much tbh.

I like Pearl and Lucien

Boys: I think Lucien. I like valentine but I’d be worried about it getting shortened to Val, which isn’t nice on either sex but is horrid, and weird, for a boy. Atlas is...fun. But I personally wouldn’t use it. Likewise Apollo. That’s a big name. It’s okay if you’re Myleene Klass’s son...but if you’re not, no, I wouldn’t.

Your girls list has some nice choices. I like Audrey, Clara, and Anouk best but Frida, Camille, and Celeste all sound good with Rudy. Please don’t give “Moon” or “Velvet” as a nickname. Especially not, eg, Celeste Moon. Yuck. Valentine would come in nicely here, no danger with nn as a middle name. Why not Valentina though? Winter is my favourite of your middle names. But only if baby is actually born in the winter!

Agree with pp that however much one or other of you love a name, if you can’t agree it’s got to go.

So your real girls and boys lists are:

Vida 🖤
Pearl 🖤
Clara 🖤
Valentine🖤
Lilith🖤
Coco🖤
Frida🖤
Sabrina🖤
Celeste🖤
Camille🖤
Delilah 🖤
Audrey🖤

Moon as a middle name
Velvet as middle name
Valentine as middle name
Winter as middle name
Love as a middle name

Boys

Atlas🖤
Valentine🖤
Lucien🖤
Apollo🖤

I like Valentine most for a boy, but also like it for a girl. It crops up again in your middle names, so you definitely want to choose that. Shortens nicely as well so there are plenty of options.

I also like Lucien for a boy, and for a girl I like Vida, Clara, Camille and Audrey.

I love Coco and Vida from your girl list.
Lux to me is a boy's name - I like it for a boy but not a girl.
I also like Ivo.
I don't think the boy's names you've highlighted go so well with Rudy.

Just adore Coco Valentine and Dakota Moon.
Of the boys I like Atlas best but don't love any.

I would ditch all of them except Clara and Ivo.

Love Rudy!

Camille, Pearl, Vida and Valentina are my favourite from your girls list.

Valentine and Atlas are really cool. I hate Lucien, sorry. It’s so....wet.

Your middle names are a bit ‘pregnancy hormones’ bonkers .

Clara, Scarlett, and Dakota are my favourite girls. I like Lilith, Sabrina and Pandora too.

I love Atlas for a boy and kind of like Apollo too but not a fan of the others. How about Atticus?

Atlas Valentine and Clara Winter would be my combos

Valentine is male and Valentina is female, so if you are considering it for a girl I would suggest using the female version otherwise people will assume your child is a boy (if its the first name). It would be like naming a girl Robert or George instead of the female versions Roberta or Georgina.

Out of your names I like Valentine for a boy, or Lucien

For a girl Ingrid Valentina is lovely, and Pearl is beautiful but not sure about the middle names going with it

Im sorry Im not to keen on any of your boys names ( and My DC have uncommon names , so Im used to being a bit different from the "norm" so to speak)

Out of the girls...

I only really like Delilah.

My opinion isnt really helpful but
Good luck seems you have a good list to choose from that you and dh like

I think that Valentina/Valentine should be your middle name choice. It seems that you both really love it!

I like alliteration in names so my top girl choice is then Vida Valentina/Valentine.
I actively dislike Sabrina and Lilith but the rest are all lovely.

I’m less sure on your boy choices, I probably prefer Atlas Valentine but my other suggestions are
Lorcan Valentine
Atticus Valentine

Atlas is so heavily suggestive of a really impressive physique that I think it's a bit much. Similarly Apollo - and I inescapably think of Apollo Creed.
I love Valentine for a boy - my friend's son is called Valentine, and wears 'Val' like an absolute don; much as Billy Zane does in 'Memphis Belle'. Rafferty also good. I think Sadie Frost and Jude Law have a Rafferty. Really like Ivo.
'Lux' definitely feminine. There's a Lux Lisbon in 'The Virgin Suicides'. No to Lilith. Too suggestive of death. Vida I like. 'My Girl'? I detest Audrey. Middle-aged frump. Coco is ok - bit trendy. But an interesting list for sure. Good luck!

I LOVE your lists!

Alba
Anouk
Delilah
Serena
Serephina
Sabrina

Boys

Atlas - My favorite name for a boy ever!
Rafferty

I'd use Winter as a middle name for both girl or boy.

Of the girls names you both like, my favourites are Audrey and Camille. I do like Anouk though.
For the boys I like Lucien best out of your shared names - I do like Apollo, but that is some name to pull off! - but Ivo is my favourite.
Valentine or Winter for middle names. I would not like Love or Velvet or Moon as a middle name myself, especially Love, so wouldn’t give it to a child.

I love Coco Velvet!

Like others, I'd say theres no point even looking at the ones you dont both like @bobloblawlawblog

My favourites:

Girls

Valentine🖤 (Valentina?)
Sabrina🖤 (Serena or Sabina or Sabine?)
Camille🖤

All the middle names are fine apart from Love, which is a little lame

Boys

Atlas🖤

PS - great username