What kind of image do these names give you?

[Snowbell99]

Just wondering. What would a person named this be like? Just anything you can think of, what kind of person do you picture?

Looking forward to your comments :)

Paulette
Kiera
Síofra
Evelyn
Sarah
Charlene
Aylish
Megan
Kyra
Eleanor
Maia
Lily-Rose

Paulette - love it because I always think of a very flamboyant Paulette I once met
Kiera - archers
Síofra - would assume it's from another language, never heard it before
Evelyn - waugh
Sarah - one of 50 million women I know in publishing
Charlene - kylie
Aylish - trendy baby
Megan - self-possessed teen/young woman
Kyra - quite cool
Eleanor - she's 95 and wears tweed
Maia - middle-class 10-year-old
Lily-Rose - I hate it but don't want to say anything mean about what it conjures up in case MNers have one!

Paulette - shoulder tab on a shirt or jacket
Kiera - misspelling of Keira
Síofra - parents have a tenuous link with Ireland
Evelyn - yet another Evie/Eva/Ava/Ivy
Sarah - probably named after someone
Charlene - spolt brat in Dallas
Aylish - ugly spellimg of a nice enough name
Megan - ruined by DoS. Meg's much nicer
Kyra - Like Myra but with a K
Eleanor - ok, bit dull
Maia - dull, plain, blends in with all the Mia, Maya, May etc
Lily-Rose - overused and any other Lily -hyphen will be Lily-Rose

Paulette - a beautician
Kiera - long hair works in PR confident
Siofra - I don't know this name
Evelyn - sensible, old fashioned
Sarah - honestly I know about 20 million Sarah's - there were seven in my year at school - so really could be anything. Weirdly I don't know a single blonde Sarah, make of that what you will
Charlene - also a beautician. Junior to Paulette.
Aylish - don't know the name
Megan - Welsh, sensible
Kyra - scary cool girl at school
Eleanor - head girl
Maia - floaty hippy type
Lily-Rose - Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose in the Tate. The oldest Ruggles daughter in the Family at One End Street who wasn't much like her name.

How do you pronounce Siofra? It looks very pretty written down but not heard it before.

Paulette Middle aged afro carribean descent
Kiera
Síofra No idea how to say it - so 'd wonder why such an unusal name
Evelyn Retro. Are Eve-lyn, or Eva-Lyn, Or Ev-Lyn?
Sarah - Solid and dependable
Charlene ''All ight Shar? '' Not keen
Aylish - Different but Okay
Megan -Middle of the road, dependable
Kyra - Kie-ra or Keer-uh
Eleanor - Classic
Maia- May-uh or My-uh?
Lily-Rose- too common and everywhere!

Paulette - Grease 2
Kiera - dog name (sorry)
Síofra - wouldn't know how to pronounce
Evelyn - too many possible ways to pronounce
Sarah - Plain
Charlene - Neighbours
Aylish - incomplete
Megan - dated
Kyra - made up
Eleanor - classic
Maia - misspelled
Lily-Rose - Lily is beautiful, Rose is beautiful. Both timeless, classic and elegant. Together they are not nice.

Paulette - someone who dresses like it’s the 1980s and is a bit eccentric.

Kiera - blonde and placid personality.

Síofra - I don’t know how to pronounce this one so don’t have an image in my head.

Evelyn - the character from coronation street with this name.

Sarah - a woman in her 30s.

Charlene - sounds American like Darlene etc.

Aylish - young, trendy.

Megan - someone quite straight-laced.

Kyra - a young person living in London, but not doing too well. In with the wrong crowd.

Eleanor - boring

Maia - a young, cheeky child.

Lily-Rose - a quiet well-behaved child, but not a name that would sound good on an adult.

The oldest Ruggles daughter in the Family at One End Street who wasn't much like her name.

That’s what Lily-Rose means to me too! I loved that book.

Paulette - Grease 2
Charlene - I've never been to me

but I'm old

@Snowbell99

Just wondering. What would a person named this be like? Just anything you can think of, what kind of person do you picture?

Looking forward to your comments :)

Paulette
Kiera
Síofra
Evelyn
Sarah
Charlene
Aylish
Megan
Kyra
Eleanor
Maia
Lily-Rose

Paulette - beautician from legally blonde Kiera- Knightly Siofra- never heard of it Evelyn - unsure how to pronounce. Too popular. Sarah - Boring woman in her 30s/40s Charlene - the country singer on the Simpsons (she's Lurlene but it reminds me of that) too American. Aylish- Billie Eilish. Not a fan, sounds too modern/made up Megan - I like this, as long as you're happy with royal link Kyra- Keira spelt wrong, or is it kai-ra? Sounds made up is so. Eleanor- again not sure how to pronounce, sounds quite posh and old lady ish Maia- is this like Maya? I prefer Maya spelling, this one looks made up. Lily -rose- beautiful, but very common name

Síofra is SHEE-fra.

Maia is an old Roman name from mythology, not made up of creative spelling.

@Cattenberg

The oldest Ruggles daughter in the Family at One End Street who wasn't much like her name.

That’s what Lily-Rose means to me too! I loved that book.

Mrs Ruggles would have loved the baby name board! "I really want to name our first baby Carnation Lily Rose after the lovely painting but DH says over his dead body"

Paulette - laundrette, Pauline, quite sweet all the same
Kiera - naughty kid, kiera knightly
Síofra - never heard of it
Evelyn - mousy brown hair, pale, pointy nose, lower middle class
Sarah - middle class, beautiful face, dark hair and green eyes, bit bland and quite sheltered
Charlene - a girl who plays down the park a lot looking after her several younger siblings. Has a 18 yo bf and she's only 13.
Aylish - never heard of it
Megan - Beth, Jo, Amy, Meg + Megan thee Stallion.
Kyra - mixed race black and white, personal trainer, has a white audi tt.
Eleanor - elf from LOTR
Maia - either pretty, long brown hair, kind. Or a bit on the rough side. Could easily go either way.
Lily-Rose - Depp. Milly molly Tilly Ellie Luna Lola Grace May Rose.

Paulette - sounds like someone who works at one of those burger bars in America where the waitresses wear roller-skates! Or worse, a hooker.
Kiera - OK but a bit chavvy (sorry, I hate that word)
Síofra - wouldn't know how to pronounce it and will lead to a lifetime of having to correct everyone
Evelyn - pretty/a nice name
Sarah - nice, a bit boring but maybe due a comeback?
Charlene - Aussie with blonde poodle perm
Aylish - someone trying to be trendy by giving their child a silly name
Megan - nice but boring
Kyra - a bit harsh sounding
Eleanor - nice
Maia - nice but quite common (as in popular )
Lily-Rose - as above

Paulette - Grease 2

Yes! And this!

All together now: "Hey Paulette, take a look over here - I'm your kingpin honey and I'm gettin' in gear!"
"Hey Johnny, Johnny go for that strike, and I just might be your baby tonight"!

Siofra (Irish name) isn’t quite Shee-fra but I don’t know how to write it phonetically for non-Irish speakers!

Yes, I know that there is a short sound between the EE and the F.

Paulette - euch. Paul from the garage, in a bad wig.

Kiera - pretty nondescript

Síofra - Irish flame-haired beauty, fiery temperament

Evelyn - perfectly ordinary, born in the last 5 years or so

Sarah - dullsville, and dated

Charlene - Australian or American. Blonde. Bit cheap.

Aylish - yuck. Made-up or misspelt - not a good sign

Megan - like Sarah, slightly less dated, not much imagination

Kyra - nice enough.

Eleanor - lovely, elegant, timeless

Maia - horrible sound, bit of a nothing name

Lily-Rose - either Johnny Depp's daughter, or a bunch of flowers.

Paulette- sounds like a fabric or a kind of overall.
Kiera- knightly. Who I am not a fan of.
Siofra- never heard this before. Looks like it might sound a bit like Sofa.
Evelyn- no strong feelings.
Sarah- every other girl in the 80s
Charlene- Sarah's sister.
Aylish- it's very annoying when you get an aylish in your eye isn't it?
Megan- Meh.
Kyra- banks. America's next top model host. Not a fan of the name.
Eleanor- I like this name it's a classic.
Maia- I like this name too.
Lily-rose- double barrel names have class connotations for me not gonna lie. I like both Lily and Rose as stand alone names but anything hyphenated I would avoid.

Paulette - diminutive 'ette' endings not really to my taste, but I once met a very nice French woman with this name, so that influences me.
Kiera - prefer Ciara. Possibly too closely associated with Ms Knightley.
Síofra - pretty - not too difficult to say if you've heard it once. Makes me think of the 'sithean' = 'hollow hills' of Scottish Gaelic mythology, where the fairies live.
Evelyn - I think of the fabulous percussion player Evelyn Glennie. She says 'Ev-linn'.
Sarah - I rather like this, even though it's not fashionble. Think of the Bible story and of several good friends with the name.
Charlene - reminds me of that very unhappy-looking S African woman who's a princess of Monaco.
Aylish - not the usual spelling, surely? Eilis or Ailis (can't do fadas on this machine, sorry)
Megan - OK, but not my taste. Yes, it does remind me of another unhappy looking royal, but I feel rather sorry for her. Much prefer 'Meg' as a name (think 'Little Women').
Kyra - Prefer Ciara. To my ears, 'ky' = rather a harsh sound. Makes me think of 'kye' = old word for cattle.
Eleanor = makes me think of Eleanor of Aquitaine, which can only be a good thing. But don't much like short forms 'Ellie' etc. Not that keen on Norah, either.
Maia = makes me think of spring and Maytime, and ancient Greek/Roman myths. Gaia also good.
Lily-Rose = as previous poster said, makes me think of the famous 'little girls in a flowerbed' painting. And, as another poster said, both names are nice separately, if a little ubiquitous, but too sweet for my taste when together.

Paulette...........old-fashioned. I know a Paulette, she's about 65
Kiera.........Knightley, the actress.
Síofra..........never heard of it, people would mispronounce/misspell it
Evelyn............an old neighbour. She would've been 104 now
Sarah......old-fashioned
Charlene.......Kylie Minogue in Neighbours programme
Aylish...........again, mispronounciation/misspelling
Megan....Prince Harry's wife.
Kyra......just no.
Eleanor....Rigby, The Beatles song
Maia.......Misspelling
Lily-Rose....... twee

Paulette - legally blonde
Kiera - cool, beautiful
Síofra - she has a fun family
Evelyn - boring
Sarah- classic and underrated
Charlene - girl scout mom
Aylish- like you're trying to recall a name "Ayla...ish?"
Megan- she has a sister named Ashley or Jessica
Kyra - badass
Eleanor - uptight
Maia - musical
Lily-Rose - lovely and a bit of a daddy's girl

Paulette - middle aged woman or that nail lady from legally blonde

Kiera - yawn
Síofra - ok

Evelyn - bit boring
Sarah - so many
charlene - bit harsh/ loud personality name
Aylish - Eyslash
Megan - that woman who married prince harry

Kyra - dinosaur on spyro
Eleanor - classy but boring
Maia - hmmmm
Lily-Rose - cute for a kid but not when your older

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@Cattenberg

A few years later, Mrs Ruggles again: I’m expecting boy twins soon. I would love to name them Philip and Bartholomew but my husband says they’re much too posh and ridiculous.