Pick a name off the list

[SoonToBeDad30]

Hello, my wife and I are expecting and are having difficulty whittling down our choices. For boys we like:
Jules
August
Forrest
Devon
Clay
Caspian
Fox
Orion
Woody
Bear

For girls we like:
Heather
Paloma
Storm
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary
Mango

For boys I like August and Caspian (although I don't think Caspian is very useable on real child unless you love in a trendy hipster area). Fox is a guilty pleasure of mine but again it isn't very useable in real life unless used as a middle name with a very normal first name for the brave. Clay and Jules are okay but not my style. Devon is kind of growing on me as a cool, quirky name although I'm not overly fond of place names.

I feel like people will mistake Orion as Ryan in person and Onion in writing (if it happens to him during the register he will be known as Onion for the rest of the year). Woody and Bear has the potential for teasing, especially because of sexual connotations. Forrest is actually a cool, quirky name in itself but again has the potential for teasing because of Forrest Gump (anytime he runs people will shout "Run Forrest") so I wouldn't personally use it.

I like Marina (cool and modern) and Rosemary (cute and vintage, love Rose or Rosie as potential nicknames) best out of the girls names. I think Heather is a little dated these days but it isn't terrible. Again, Adelaide is acceptable but a bit clunky old lady-ish. I have no strong feelings either way for Paloma.

Storm has the potential for teasing ('Storm in a teacup' etc, especially
if she has a stormy temper) and seems more suited to an animal than a person. Please don't name your child Mango! I can find redeeming qualities in the other names but Mango is just terrible 😐

Decent names:

Forrest
Devon
Caspian

For girls we like:
Heather
Paloma
Marina
Adelaide
Rosemary
Margo ( I assume this is what you meant to type!?)

I would assume an "August" was a girl. And "Jules" is most often what girls called Julia, Juliet etc. get called for short. Clay is awful---why would you want your child named after a lump of earth? Fox and Bear are very porn star. And you're aware of what "woody" is slang for, right?

I think all the girls' names are OK except Storm which is just silly.

Out of the above, I like Caspian and Adelaide.

Oh and Orion => Onion.

Mango for a girl definitely. Then maybe Avocado for a boy.

Devon and Heather

Adelaide is the only one l like

Oh god not mango. Clay for a boy. Caspian is ok too act. Dont really like any of the girls names tho. Sorry

Jules - No. girl nn to me
August No. Once again quite feminine to me
Forrest- No. Too Forest Gump
Devon - Ok. Bit out there for my taste.
Clay - Bit too out there.
Caspian- ok. Bit posh to me.
Fox- Ok. Not my taste/bit out there Orion Ok. Not my taste/bit out there
Woody Ok. Not my taste/bit out there
Bear Ok. Not my taste/bit out there

For girls we like:
Heather - Nice
Paloma- Ok
Storm - Bit hippy
Marina - Like
Adelaide- Love
Rosemary - Like
Mango - Hell no. Way way too out there

Caspian for a boy.

I love love love Rosemary/Rosemarie but my then dh said no.

Adelaide is lovely, as is Heather.

August for a boy. Incredibly handsome.
Clay a close second.

Paloma is stunning! Marina a close second.

I really love your lists OP

Jules - dislike
August - rhymes with Disgust
Forrest - Gump
Devon - and Cornwall
Clay - Feet
Caspian - like
Fox - prefer Wolf
Orion - initially read it as Onion
Woody - is it still used as a nn for an erection?
Bear - Bare with me...

For girls we like:
Heather - ok
Paloma - ok but Faith springs to mind
Storm - no
Marina - yes
Adelaide - Jolie Laide
Rosemary - not keen but Rose and Mary are both nice.
Mango - yes, or Papaya or Plum

(I know it is Bear with me but it is often misspelt)

Caspian and Adelaide are my 2 picks

Bear and Mango are just beyond ridiculous

The only one I like is Adelaide.

Honestly I think your boys names are awful. Caspian is the least worst, only because it makes me think of narnia

Girls names Rosemary

August and Rosemary

I asked myself which of those boys' names I would use if I HAD to use one of them and I couldn't bring myself to choose one.

I don't mind Marina and Adelaide.

Mango must be a typo.

The nicest out the boys list are Bear and Fox. August seems more of a girls name to me.
I like Heather from your girls list and I think Stormi rather than Storm is much prettier.

Caspian (I like it, but in a nice on somebody else's child way I think - it could be a grower)

And

Adelaide - love it

Fox! Love it, I want to use it but it sounds a bit funny with our last name.
Also love Rosemary x

Heather and Rosemary are alright I guess. The rest are pretty naff and try-hard, sorry.
If Mango is in fact a typo and should read Margo, then that's probably the best of a bad bunch.

Forrest (friend just named her son Forest and I love it!)
Caspian
Orion

Obviously Mango for a girl. No question.

Heather and rosemary.
All of the others are just not (at all) my taste in names.

Congrats op.

If you did mean Margot than that is lovely.

From your boys list I like Caspian and August, Orion at a push.

Girls, I adore Marina and Adelaide. Heather and Rosemary are ok.