If we like these.....

[ThirdTimeLuckyIHope]

Hey ladies I'd be grateful for some help I've looked at so many names and can't seem to find anything that really stands out.

So far for a boy my OH and I like
Toby
Stanley
Dexter

And for a girl we like Violet but I really don't like it shortened to Vi which I'm sure would happen

So basically just looking for other similar ideas that might become front runners

Thank you

I like Toby. Stanley is OK but I prefer some of the other old fashioned names. Dexter is too surnamey IMO.

Violet is lovely and she could always become a Lettie rather than a Vi.

Sidney
Joseph
Alexander
Vincent
Edwin
Oscar
Felix
Caspar

Clara
Emmeline
Juliet
Anna
Maribel
Victoria
Eleanor

Boys
Sidney
Hugo
Spencer
Theo
Reuben
Colby

Girls
Hazel
Cora
Willow
Nina
Daphne
Vita

Hope these are the sort of names you are looking for.

Toby and Stanley are nicer than Dexter, which is surnamey and sounds very harsh to my ears. Toby does sound a bit drippy to me but that's just personal taste.

What about Joel, Robin/Tobin?

I'm afraid I really don't like Violet because I just see Violent.

Perhaps Iris and Ivy are similar but nicer? There are loads of beautiful flower names to be honest.

Or how about Astrid, Lena, Olive?

I'm Violet and I occasionally get called Vi by someone that doesn't know me very well but my nickname has always been Vee.

Roy
Douglas
Cedric
Arthur
George
James
Percy
Ted
William
Arlo
Rex
Trevor
Albert
Peter

Mabel
Norah
Sybil
Maud
Poppy
Elsie
Eliza
Daisy
Sarah
Lily
Hannah
Grace
Louisa
Lucy
Annie
Clara
Ivy
Iris
Pearl
Nancy
Sally
Sadie
Flora

Rory or Verity?

Daniel
Joakim
Frederick
Simon
Trevor
Marcus

Peony
Aster
Heather
Harriet
Viola
Vivienne
Martha
Rowena
Rosanna
Amber
Saskia

I know a 4yo violet who is always just called violet. Think it is a lovely name - doesn’t need shortening.

Stanley make tools and Dexter is a hideous TV show.
Toby is getting a bit popular imo.

Dexter and Daphne!

Thanks everyone I do like Iris as well

I prefer shorter names my OH is being about as helpful as a chocolate teapot 😂 so not getting anywhere fast

Toby (Tobias) is nice, as is Iris. I'm not keen on Violet (like pp I see Violent) but Viola is lovely.

It seems like you like a vintage style so: Ada, Dahlia, Evelyn, Florence/Flora, Sybil, Sylvie/Sylvia, Arthur, Wilfred, Frederick, Edgar/Edmund, Leon(ard), Ray(mond) all sprang to mind (sorry for any repeats).

@IamnotwhouthinkIam thank you I really like Evelyn

I also love Florence and Arthur but my OH does not unfortunately