What would your expectations be of someone with the name....

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I would really appreciate your thoughts on your impressions and expectations of these names:

girls:

• Flora
• Tess
• Artemis

Boys:

• Guy
• Hector
• Torsten

Thanks! If there are any you think I would like based on these, feel free to suggest them!

Boys' names are difficult. Suggestions:

Arthur
Callum
Aaron
Barron
Benedict
Dominic
Duncan
Tobias

I also weirdly find Artemis boyish even though I know it's a girl. Bit like Lucius for a boy sounds girly.

Don't like Torsten as it sounds like a bit from a Volkswagen but we do have a few Thorin/Torbins around here (Scotland) and I really like both. Might put both on my long list for number 3.

Flora and Tess - nice enough "normal" names. I've got a niece called Flora so I'd think of her.
Artemis, I confess I thought it was a boy's name before I looked it up, but I'd have assumed parents were into mythology and were possibly trying a bit too hard to be different.
Guy is ok. I don't have any strong feelings either way.
Hector I'm afraid my first thought is a dog with long droopy ears grom a kids programme called Hector's House when I was little. But a human Hector would be portly, red faced and wearing tweed and a deer stalker.
Torsten - sounds Scandinavian and again is a bit try hard unless that's your background. An adult Torsten would have to be tall, blond with chiseled features to carry that name off. I can't imagine a baby with the name sorry.

girls:

• Flora- friends new puppy 2nd dog flora on the street
• Tess- tomboy. It's a nm but not sure for what
• Artemis- quite like but a boys name IMO

Boys:

• Guy-Hector's son who didn't get on at boarding school
• Hector-Posh old man
• Torsten- sounds like a metallic element

I'm not so judgemental. I wouldn't have any expectations based on a name alone.

Tess and Flora - lovely names.
All the rest would get taken the piss out of in school where I live.
Guy and Hector especially. Guy would get "penny for a..." constantly.

Flora - nice name
Tess - Theresa
Artemis - trying too hard

Guy - old man name
Hector - Spanish old man name
Torsten - foreign

I’d go for Tessa rather than Tess. Then the natural nn would be Tess rather than the unfortunate Tessie.
Quite like all the names except for Hector — not nice to hector people. I prefer the similar Horatio.

girls:

• Flora and Tess (very middle class) - Artemis (pretentious parents)

Boys:

• Guy (posh kid)
• Hector (posh farmer's son)
• Torsten (German kid)

Of your list I like Tess and Guy the most

Some suggestions for you

Hugo
Otto
Wilfred

Ida
Freya
Iris

@Chunkymenrock

I'm not so judgemental. I wouldn't have any expectations based on a name alone.

what nonsense. Everyone makes judgments and that’s not necessarily a negative thing. If you met someone called Caoimhe you’d expect them to be Irish, if you met someone called Mohammad you’d expect them to be from a Muslim background, if you met someone called Tarquin you’d expect them to be posh. None of those are value judgments but they are expectations conferred by the characteristics of a certain name.

I knew a little girl Artemis, I thought my DD had made her up!
She had Greek parents though, but great name and I did think it odd at first, I quickly became used to hearing it and loved it.

I would think that they are more interesting than, say, an Emily, a Sophie, am Emma or a Jack.

Boring parents give boring names and raise boring kids

@TeaAddict235

I would think that they are more interesting than, say, an Emily, a Sophie, am Emma or a Jack.

Boring parents give boring names and raise boring kids

Wow!

They just sound all very middle class to my ears

Hector - the champion Trojan fighter, defeated by Achilles. Older brother to Paris. Great name!

Tess will always be (to me) a sublimely beautiful yet desperately heartbreaking name because of Hardy.

Tess and Flora are fine.

Artemis and the boys names just sound pretentious to me.

Flora - posh and a bit hippyish
Tess - practical and confident but not boring
Artemis - intellectual parents, possibly wishes she was called Sarah

Guy - posh-ish, but not pretentious, probably quite outdoorsy and cheerful
Hector - Scottish lawyer
Torsten - hunky Scandinavian guy or possibly named after a footballer (I have no idea whether there is a footballer called this, but I did once meet an unfortunate little boy called Solskjaer!)

If you call him Guy or Hector you might as well go the whole hog and call him Wanker.

Sorry, couldn't resist!!!!

Flora and Tess are lovely names though

It seems I've hit on some divisive ones here!! Thanks for all your comments, I appreciate them. I understand that some try not to make judgements based on names, or try to limit them, but I think making judgements is pretty human and we need to be mindful of our judgements and open to revising them. Also, I have a fondness for some names, like Alexander, Emma and Felix, but also feel that names are to differentiate us from others. So in general, I quite like more unusual names, though really don't want to saddle a child with a name that has glaring issues! I find it hard to stay objective about names when trying to name a child and value alternative thoughts. So, with that in mind, some of the others I like are:

• Thibault (but it's long enough to need a nickname and, though they do develop organically, I think it's important to try to predict the obvious ones. Tibby?! No worse than Timmy, I suppose, though sounds a bit like a cat!)
• Ludovic (though do have concerns about shouting "Ludo" across a playground!)

Thanks your suggestions. In spite of some of these names seeming pretty scottish, I have no scottish heritage but I could use a french name (in fact, I would like a name that at least works in french), though upbringing is likely to be english. Names like Callum, Barron and Aaron are not really my cup of tea I'm afraid. I do like Hugo but have a little friend called that. Other ones I like but have been vetoed are Xavier and August.

Flora - I really like this name. I think of it as quite smart and arty if that makes sense. I think of names like Daisy and Elodie having a similar vibe.
Tess - I absolutely love this name. I think of it as being the name of someone classic, elegant and intelligent. Similar names for me would be Eleanor, Camilla or Beatrice.
Artemis - it's ok. It feels like a big name to live up to. I used to know an Artemi which I prefer.

Guy - I like this a lot but I do think of some of the awful middle aged men in red trousers I've met with that name. I think it can fit with the Borises of this world but I also think it fits with a Jude, Max, Fred style
Hector - completely love this. Stylish and cool and classic. For me is like Rufus, Hugo or Benedict.
Torsten - I've not come across this before but it sounds Scandinavian. It sounds nice. Tor is a cool nickname.

girls:

• Flora ok, girly, whatever. A bit precious.
• Tess it's fine.
• Artemis quite like it but I'd expect the parents to be hard work.

Boys:

• Guy bleurghhhhhh
• Hector bleurghhhhhhhhhhhhhh
• Torsten bleurghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Thibault and Ludovic even worse.

Sorry!

What is your/your partner's actual heritage? Because you seem to have selected names from a very wide range of national/cultural backgrounds. I would find it strange to meet a Torsten or Thibault with no connection to the relevant countries.

• Flora - youthful, Victorian, pretty
• Tess - wild, romantic, beautiful
• Artemis - upper class, strong, arty

• Guy - upper class, bright, rebellious
• Hector - upper class, international, exotic
• Torsten - cool, arty, wild

Torsten and Artemis would work well as a sibset imo - both uncommon and exotic sounding, although I really like Tess too.

Flora - sweet, maybe a shy girl, wears a fair isle jumper
Tess - down to earth, wicked sense of humour
Artemis - My great aunt, a dowdy grey-haired women.

Guy - all brawn, no brain, French
Hector - all brawn, no brain, Greek
Torsten - all brawn, no brain, Scandinavian