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38 replies

CherieMarch · 14/12/2020 12:25

Ruby
Rosalind
Laura
Lucy
Faline
Marie
Marina

Joseph
Peter
Edward
Solomon
Daniel
Jake
Max

Or if you don't feel like giving a rating any thoughts in general about the name would be helpful.

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CherieMarch · 14/12/2020 12:29

Or just tell me your favourite and least favourite.

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Dinosaursdontgrowontrees · 14/12/2020 12:31

Ruby 4
Rosalind 8
Laura 5
Lucy 5
Faline 1
Marie 4
Marina 5

Joseph 8
Peter 5
Edward 9
Solomon 7
Daniel 7
Jake 6
Max 6

My favourites are Edward or Rosalind, both gorgeous!!

ErrolTheDragon · 14/12/2020 12:35

Ruby - 2
Rosalind - 9
Laura - 8
Lucy - 6
Faline - 0
Marie - 5
Marina - 5

Joseph - 5
Peter - 7
Edward - 7
Solomon - 0
Daniel - 7
Jake - 5
Max 4 ( 10 if a dog)

PeskyRooks · 14/12/2020 13:12

Really like Ruby & Rosalind 9
Laura & Lucy ok bit boring 5
Faline 1
Marie meh 4
Marine quite nice 6

Joseph good 8
Peter 4
Edward 6
Solomon 5
Daniel 6
Jake 8
Max 6

toastofthetown · 14/12/2020 13:50

Some lovely names. My favourites are Rosalind and Marina, and Peter and Solomon. Least favourites are Jake and Faline.

Ruby - 4 - I see this as slightly dated now, it’s on downward curve after a spike in popularity
Rosalind - 10 - love it
Laura - 6 - it’s nice but a bit boring to me as it was very popular in the 90’s
Lucy - 5 - nice enough, I find it slightly wet
Faline - 1 - dislike Faline. I only think of the deer from Bambi
Marie - 7 - quite unusual nowadays. I’d find a baby Marie very refreshing
Marina - 10 - beautiful, it fits in more with current names than Marie

Joseph - 7 - I love Joseph, but less keen on Joe, which is the most obvious nickname
Peter - 10 - love Peter, strong and classic with lots of children’s literary references (Peter Rabbit, Narnia, Peter Pan)
Edward - 3 - dislike Edward. It’s a popular classic, but I find it very clunky sounding.
Solomon - 8 - like it, unusual without being bizarre
Daniel - 6 - nice, but very popular
Jake - 2 - dislike Jake, it feels insubstantial to me. Like Ruby it is coming down in popularity
Max - 6 - very popular now, but nice enough

Ismellphantoms · 14/12/2020 14:13

Faline sounds like failing. It's awful

Whatsyourflava · 14/12/2020 15:19

Love Lucy and Daniel
Both classic names which are not overused
Perfect

MyNameForToday1980 · 14/12/2020 15:26

Ruby - 4
Rosalind - 7
Laura - 6
Lucy - 7
Faline - 4
Marie - 4
Marina - 6

Joseph - 7
Peter - 7
Edward - 8
Solomon - 6
Daniel - 6
Jake - 5
Max - 8

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 14/12/2020 16:30

Ruby. I don't like it but I can understand the hype.
Rosalind. Very harsh. I think she'll always got Is it Rosa-lind. Or Roz-lind.
Laura. Its okay. I neither hate nor rate it.
Lucy. Can't fault this at all.
Faline. It looks pretty and quite Disneyish but Again. What's the pronunciation. Fay-leen Far-leen Fal-een.
Marie. Nice name.

Marina. Awful.

Joseph Good strong name.
Peter. Love this
Edward.Awful
Solomon. Don't like it.
Jake. Okay.
Max Okay

hardtimeuphere · 14/12/2020 16:39

Ruby- 1
Rosalind- 7
Laura-6
Lucy-2
Faline-5
Marie-4
Marina-3

Joseph-4
Peter-5
Edward-3
Solomon-1
Daniel-2
Jake-7
Max-6

CherieMarch · 14/12/2020 16:40

Thanks all. I'll return later to see if anymore opinions have been added. Suddenly feeling under the weather so I'm going to log out and lie down but keep em coming. Xmas Wink

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Boymumzy · 14/12/2020 16:43

Solomon and Max

KeeefBurtain · 14/12/2020 16:48

Marina and Lucy are my faves from your girls list (also think Marina Lucy is a lovely first-middle name combo)

Daniel and Edward from your boys.

ApolloandDaphne · 14/12/2020 16:50

Ruby 3
Rosalind 5
Laura 7
Lucy 9
Faline 1
Marie 8
Marina 3

Joseph 8
Peter 6
Edward 7
Solomon 7
Daniel 9
Jake 8
Max 7

I guess that means I like Lucy and Daniel best.

Firebird83 · 14/12/2020 19:38

I like Marina, Rosalind, Peter and Solomon best

pilates · 14/12/2020 19:48

Ruby is the only one I like, Lucy is ok, dislike the others

Joseph
Peter
Edward
Solomon
Daniel
Jake
Max

All your boys names are very nice. If I had to choose Joseph would be my favourite

Sandcastles09 · 14/12/2020 20:30

Ruby -7
Rosalind -2
Laura-6
Lucy -6
Faline -0
Marie -1
Marina -7

Joseph -7
Peter -1
Edward -5
Solomon -6
Daniel -2
Jake- 8
Max -4

Chilldonaldchill · 14/12/2020 21:04

Ruby 5/10. A bit dull nowadays.I know 50,000.
Rosalind 9/10. It's gorgeous.
Laura 6/10. It's ok. A bit dated.
Lucy 7/10. I like the name. It's fresher than some of your other choices.
Faline 2/10. I've never heard of this. Is it pronounced like fail - een or Far - keen.
Marie 3/10. Old lady name for me.
Marina 2/10. I find this an ugly name. Why name a child after a place to moor boats?

Joseph 7/10. Nice. A bit boring. But nice.
Peter 5/10. Dated.
Edward 8/10. Lovely.
Solomon 7/10. I do like this.
Daniel 5/10. Dull for me.
Jake 3/10. I like Jacob but not Jake.
Max 6/10. I prefer Maxim.

Kanaloa · 14/12/2020 21:12

Ruby - 5/10, ok but not special
Rosalind - 5/10, don’t like the sound
Laura - 6/10, good strong name, prefer Lara though
Lucy - 8/10, sweet and not too popular
Faline - 3/10, I really don’t like this
Marie - 8/10, think it could use a comeback
Marina - 9/10, lovely, unusual without being odd

Joseph - 8/10, nice strong name
Peter 7/10, lovely and not common now
Edward - 6/10, ok but prefer Edmund
Solomon - 6/10, only ok
Daniel - 5/10, ok
Jake - 4/10, much prefer Jacob
Max - 8/10, love this name, it feels really fun and light to me, and strong even though it’s so short

resm · 14/12/2020 21:19

Ruby - 10
Rosalind - 9
Laura - 3
Lucy - 10
Faline - 0
Marie - 2
Marina - 1

Joseph - 10
Peter - 8
Edward - 6
Solomon - 7
Daniel - 10
Jake - 5 (Jacob - 10)
Max - 7

Cbeebiesrehab · 14/12/2020 21:20

Definitely in the minority here but I really like Faline (pronounced Fay-Line) and Fay is a nice diminutive. Love Solomon with Sol as a diminutive.

DramaAlpaca · 14/12/2020 21:58

Ruby 8
Rosalind 9
Laura 8
Lucy 10
Faline 1
Marie 6
Marina 9

Joseph 8
Peter 9
Edward 9
Solomon 3
Daniel 10
Jake 6
Max 7

tier3tears · 14/12/2020 22:33

Ruby - 4
Rosalind - 2
Laura - 6
Lucy - 8
Faline - 1
Marie - 9
Marina - 2

Joseph - 9
Peter - 3
Edward - 3
Solomon - 2
Daniel - 9
Jake - 9
Max - 8

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 14/12/2020 22:59

Ruby 1. - not my taste, part of the old lady names trend for me.
Rosalind 9.- beautiful, Shakespearean and underused. Great namesakes (but I dislike Roz nn)
Laura 8. - lovely, shame it was overused in the 70's/80's because it's a true classic
Lucy 2. - okay, but too sweet for me.
Faline 0. - as in Feline? No.
Marie 3. - okay, but too dated for me.
Marina 10. - love this, feels very classy, elegant and international (and Shakespearean)

Joseph 6. - Nothing wrong with it, just feels a bit dull to me.
Peter 8. - Lovely classic that's underused now.
Edward 10. - one of the utimate classic boys names, never dates and great namesakes
Solomon 2. - Feels too strongly Biblical for me, personally.
Daniel 7. - Nice name, I'm just not a big fan of nn Dan.
Jake 1. Not keen on it's own. Prefer the full version Jacob (6.), or similar Jack (7.).
Max 9. - Love this, for some reason it's one of the few nicknames I'd use as a given name (but still Maxim/Maximilian would be 10.)

lottiegarbanzo · 14/12/2020 23:07

All nice names, nothing off-putting there.

Ruby - 7
Rosalind - 10
Laura - 8
Lucy - 8
Faline - 5
Marie - 5
Marina - 9

Joseph - 9
Peter - 6
Edward - 5
Solomon - 7
Daniel - 8
Jake - 8
Max - 7