Feedback on my list, if you please. Suggestions also welcome

[ARoseByAnyUsername]

Boys:

William
Anthony
Thomas
Robin
Peter
Laurence

Girls:

Eleanor (I don't like Ellie as a shortening though, so not sure about this one)
Elspeth (as above)
Louisa
Rachel
Catherine
Alexandra
Rosanna

I love classic sort of names, with nn potential. I don't really like nicknamey names, but there are some exceptions.

Names we would rather avoid, due to close friends / family etc; Alexander, Clara, Annabel, James, Elizabeth.

Middle name would probably be Ruth, (for a girl obviously). No idea about boys.

They are all exactly the sort of names I would chose. The only one I don’t like is Roseanna, but I realise it’s a popular, classic name.

From your lists, I’d chose Anthony and Louisa. They are the names my dc would have been if they’d been the other sex.

My favourites are Robin and Louisa.

Suggest:
Lucas NN Luke/Louie
Leonard NN Leo/Lennie
Kenneth NN Ken/Ken
Christian/Christine NN Christie
Francesca NN Frankie/Chess/Fran
Jessica NN Jess/Jessie

Love Francesca!

I think Elspeth is more likely to get shortened to Elsie than Ellie?
All sound names, I'm not a fan of Rosanna, it's a bit frilly for my liking.
What about Robert and Samuel for boys?

My favourites are Thomas and Roseanna.
I also like Rachel and love Ruth however really not keen on Rachel Ruth.
Ruth as a first name?

Laurence and Alexandra

I love Eleanor but don't like Ellie. We were doing to name DD it but changed our minds when we met her. Her nn would have been Nora

Like all your boy's names and all the girl's except Rosanna.

Other classics
Helen - Nell is a good nickname
Edith
Hannah
Harriet
Matthew
George

Yes, good point about Rachel Ruth....that isn't great. Ruth is not set in stone as middle name though. I don't actually like it enough to use it as a first name.

I don't like Ellie either. But I do love Nora and also Nell, which I think Eleanor can be shortened to.

I like Samuel!

Like Harriet, Matthew and George.

I think my favourites at the moment are:

Alexandra Ruth
Louisa Ruth

Thomas Middle Name
Anthony Middle Name

Leaning towards Alexandra and Thomas, as I like all the possible shortenings. I don't like Lou or Tony.

Great choices @ARoseByAnyUsername

Love Alexandra and Thomas

Also love Laurence Rosanna William and Peter

My favs are Lawrence and Alexandra. Both names in my top 5 list

Peter and Catherine 😊

What a nice list. I like nearly all of them but like Eleanor and Laurence the least.

Boys:

William - a bit too popular in my circle.Will or Bill?
Anthony - yes, but will be Ant (no) or Tony (yes). Best as a middle name
Thomas - can't go wrong
Robin - yes but Christmas
Peter - really like
Laurence - not keen

Girls:

Eleanor (I don't like Ellie as a shortening though, so not sure about this one) - not keen and not keen on Ellie
Elspeth (as above) - Els or Elsie - not keen on either but Elspeth is nice
Louisa - like it
Rachel - like it but don't like Rache, Rae a bit overused as a middle name.
Catherine - fine. I think Cathy is due a comeback (Out on the wiley, windy moors...)
Alexandra - fine. Alex and Sandy ok but dislike Lexi
Rosanna - nice. I like Ros, probably because I know 2 nice ones.

Elia is lovely

I love Thomas, Peter and Robin and Eleanor, Louisa and Rosanna. I also like Elspeth, Catherine and Alexandra.

Agree Ellie is likely with Eleanor.

Suggestions:
Other Rose names - Rosa, Rosalie, Rosalind (although these may clash with Ruth, esp Rosa)
Caroline
Lydia
Juliet
Verity
Miranda
Cassandra
Esther/Hester
Leah
Sarah
Jennifer

(I don't know my Bible very well so I would suggest checking for biblical clashes with Ruth, I removed Naomi as a suggestion as she was Ruth's MIL or DIL).

Ah thanks for the nice feedback and suggestions.

Esther is lovely. Might add that to the list! I don't know my bible well enough to know if that clashes with Ruth. That is a good point. I'll ask someone holy!

I think Eleanor might need to come off the list. Maybe Elspeth too, as I can see them becoming Ellie, which I really don't want.

If it was Alexandra (my favourite girl name) I think I'd use Ali for short. I like all the other shortenings too, so not a big deal if Ali didn't stick.

From your list I like Thomas and Louisa.

If you like Eleanor how about Elaina?

Tbh, I think the El sound names might have to go, sadly. As well as me just not liking Ellie, we already have an Ems in the family (short for something else). Think El- and Em- are too similar?

1.William - lovely, one of the ultimate classic boys names (along with Alexander, James, Thomas, Edward, Charles and George - they have pretty much always stayed in the Top 100).
6.Anthony - Okay, traditional but possibly feels a bit 70's to me and I'm not keen on Tony (strangely the beautiful female version Antonia doesn't feel dated to me).
2.Thomas - lovely (see William above) but maybe feels a bit more popular than William since there's less variety for nn's.
5.Robin - Cute, I really like it best as a nn for the classic Robert though
3.Peter - Nice and refreshing - a traditional/classic but not used much now (although I'm not keen on Pete/Petey)
4.Laurence - Another underused classic that feels quite patrician/classy to me. Laurie is a nice nn (Larry is too dated though).

2.Eleanor - popular but very classic and lovely. If you use a different nn from day one (I like Nell), I think you can avoid Ellie. Could consider the lovely Helena as well?
6.Elspeth - Nice, but I think I prefer Elisabeth - Elspeth can sometimes sound a bit lispy.
4.Louisa - nicest of the "Lou/Lu" names for me, but funnily enough I hate the "lou" shortening so couldn't use it myself.
7.Rachel - Okay, nice enough but a bit blah/dated for me for some reason.
1.Catherine - very classic and beautiful and with so many options for nn's/variations (I like Cat/Kitty/Katia myself).
5.Alexandra - lovely and very classy (but I wouldn't use it myself as I dislike Alex/Lexie and prefer Alexander for boys personally)
3.Rosanna - lovely, but feels a bit less classic/traditional than your other choices - Rose or Anna on their own would be more my taste.

Other classic names I personally love: Samuel, Edward, Michael, Hugh, Julia, Laura/Lara, Claudia.

Lovely names! Peter, Laurence, Louisa and Catherine are my favourites.

Seeing Peter and Laurence together like that, makes me think they would make quite a nice first and middle name combo. Peter Laurence Surname sounds nice.

I am taking away the El- names and Rosanna and adding Esther, Francesca, Rose and Samuel.

Actually....maybe not Rose.

And thank you btw, for the comments and suggestions! I think I have a great shortlist now.