Score out of ten!

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Rate my lists out of ten, and feel free to give feedback!

Girls
Penelope
Elizabeth
Clementine
Hermione
Phoebe
Madeline
Zoey
Felicity
Beatrice

Boys
Toby
Digby
Lochlan
James
Oscar
Charles
Zachary
Maxwell
James
Caspian

Felicity
Lachlan

Girls
Penelope 4 - nice name but she’ll be Penny and it’s so wet.
Elizabeth 8 - lovely, but a lot of them about
Clementine - 5 - nice enough, slightly twee, popular
Hermione - 6 - I don’t love it but it’s got personality
Phoebe - 6 - ok but Pheeeeebs
Madeline 6 - ok, you have to be ok with Mandy
Zoey - 7- much prefer Zoe spelling but it’s fun and sparky
Felicity - 9 - mid century classic but sparkly, quite popular but not overused.
Beatrice - 7 - - v nice, quite a lot of them about

Boys
Toby - 5 - bit wet, much Prefer Tobias (8/10)
Digby - 6/10 - not v keen but it’s got personality
Lochlan - 6 - Lachlan (9/10) much nicer
James - 6 - dull but fine
Oscar - 5 - I think it’s had it’s day
Charles - 6 lovely but he’ll be Charlie and there are a lot of them
Zachary - 7 - nice, slightly prefer Zachariah
Maxwell - 0! It’s a brand of coffee, or possibly a dog, Maximilian (8) is nice, Maxim also fine
Caspian - 6 - I think it’s a bit fussy, I like Cassian though (8)

Girls
Penelope - 3 mainly because I dislike the ways it could be shortened and pene means penis in Spanish
Elizabeth - 5 ok but slightly boring
Clementine - 5 very fruity but I like Clemmy/clean as a shortened version
Hermione - 1
Phoebe - 7
Madeline - 7
Zoey - 5 I prefer spelt as Zoe
Felicity - 9 I think this is lovely
Beatrice - 1 I simply read it as 'beat rice'

Boys
Toby - 9 good name for all ages, Tobias good as longer name
Digby - 1
Lochlan - 6
James - 2 but because of my own negative personal associations
Oscar - 7
Charles - 5
Zachary - 8
Maxwell - 6, prefer Maxim
Caspian - 8

Girls
Penelope 9
Elizabeth 6
Clementine 10
Hermione 4
Phoebe 4
Madeline 5
Zoey 4
Felicity 3
Beatrice 2

Boys
Toby1
Digby 2
Lochlan 7
James 7
Oscar 5
Charles 4
Zachary 8
Maxwell 7
James 7
Caspian 10

Girls
Penelope 8
Elizabeth 7
Clementine 9
Hermione 2
Phoebe 2
Madeline 1
Zoey 1 (Zoe is better)
Felicity 3
Beatrice 3

Boys
Toby 1
Digby 1 digby is a dog
Lochlan 1 isn’t it Lachlan??
James 8
Oscar 8
Charles 8
Zachary 8
Maxwell 6
James
Caspian 1

Girls
Penelope 3/10
Elizabeth 2/10
Clementine 5/10
Hermione 4/10
Phoebe 7/10
Madeline 8/10
Zoey 6/10
Felicity 9/10
Beatrice 9/10

Boys
Toby 8/10
Digby 0/10
Lochlan 5/10
James 5/10
Oscar 5/10
Charles 2/10
Zachary 7/10
Maxwell 2/10
Caspian 9/10

5 Penny 2 for Penelope
8 Elizabeth
9 Clementine
6 Hermione
7 Phoebe
8 Madeline
6 Zoey
7 Felicity
8 Beatrice

Boys
5 Toby
4 Digby
4 Lochlan
5 James
5 Oscar
6 Charles
6 Zachary
5 Maxwell
James
1 Caspian

Penelope - 4, dislike Penny as nn and feel like the full name is a bit of a mouthful and slightly horsey. Prefer Daphne.
Elizabeth - 6 - bit dull but versatile, like Beth as nn
Clementine - 8, really growing on me. You may also like Camille.
Hermione - 3 - too 'Harry Potter' and horsey, and reminds me of Hermes delivery service
Phoebe - 10 - gorgeous, I have one
Madeline - 9 - but spelt and pronounced Madeleine. Not keen on Maddy as nn
Zoey - 5 - spelt Zoe. Nice meaning, bit dated. Eve? Zahara?
Felicity - 4 - ok, bit horsey. Florence? Fleur?
Beatrice - 6 - would give Beatrix a 7, sounds stronger

Toby - 1 - so wet
Digby - 1 - awful, sounds dredged up from an Enid Blyton book
Lochlan - 5 - meh
James - 3 - dull
Oscar - 4 - overdone
Charles - 2 - Charlie is sweet, Charles just reminds me of the soon to be king
Zachary - 6
Maxwell - 5, will be Max, bit dated
Caspian - 7, very Narnia but quite like it

Digby 0
Toby feels weak to me
All the rest are solid though I agree s/be Zoe and Madeleine

We have similar taste in girls names, I never usually find so many of our shortlisted names on one list!

Girls
Penelope 8
Elizabeth 1
Clementine 8
Hermione 8
Phoebe 8
Madeline 2
Zoey 3
Felicity 2
Beatrice 8

Boys
Toby 3
Digby 1
Lochlan 2
James 1
Oscar 3
Charles 1
Zachary 5
Maxwell 6
James 1
Caspian 9

Penelope - would you use the full name?
Elizabeth - classic, many nick names
Clementine - yes quite innocent
Hermione - Harry Potter
Phoebe - I like
Madeline - too sweet
Zoey - people may think it's a nickname. Can be hard to live up to
Felicity - elderly person name
Beatrice - Princess, quite okay but I don't really like any one th enick names
Best for me: Phoebe

Boys
Toby - too biblical?
Digby - no, to me like a dog's name
Lochlan - Scottish connection? How des it go with your surname?
James - classic but that can make it a boring choice. Ages well.
Oscar - Wilde. Good.
Charles - too common IHMO
Zachary - Quinto
Maxwell - I like
James - as above
Caspian - considered this but for ever the Narnia connection and sea connection

Best for me: Maxwell

Girls
Penelope 5
Elizabeth 7
Clementine 6
Hermione 5
Phoebe 8
Madeline 7
Zoey 3
Felicity 7
Beatrice 4

Boys
Toby 9
Digby 4
Lochlan 5
James 6
Oscar 8
Charles 4
Zachary 6
Maxwell 6
Caspian 5

Girls
Penelope 3 overly fussy for me and Penny is a bit twee
Elizabeth 7 nice enough
Clementine 2 same as Penelope and hate the shortenings
Hermione 3 not pretty
Phoebe 6 ok but Feeb one boiled egg.
Madeline 6 not my cuppa but ok.
Zoey 4 Zoe 10 lol.
Felicity 3 see Penelope.
Beatrice 9 love it.

Boys
Toby 2 wet
Digby 2 wet
Lochlan 5. Ok.
James 7 nice.
Oscar 8 like a lot but 2 on our small road.
Charles 5 ok but a bit dull
Zachary 8 lovely
Maxwell 4 house.

Missed Caspian 5. Prefer Cassius.

Digby is zilch, I know that.

Penelope. 7 quite like it but not sure I would use it myself.
Elizabeth 9 love this and lots of nicknames
Clementine. 2 makes me think clammy
Hermione 3 seems a bit pretentious maybe?
Phoebe 10 love it and was on our list
Madeline 9 love this
Zoey. 9 love this but Zoe spelling and was ok our list
Felicity 3 a bit too frilly
Beatrice. 8 lovely name

Boys
Toby 6 a bit pet-like?
Digby. 0 I really dislike this!
Lochlan 0 also hate this - makes me think of something quite gross but I won’t say it.
James 9 lovely name
Oscar. 3 a bit of a pet name

Charles 9 love this and love Charlie
Zachary 8 like this and Zach
Maxwell 5 this is ok
Caspian. 2 don’t really like the sound

Girls
Penelope 9
Elizabeth 10
Clementine 4
Hermione 3
Phoebe 7
Madeline 8
Zoey 8 without the y on the end
Felicity 9
Beatrice 6

Boys
Toby 7
Digby 8
Lochlan 6
James 7
Oscar 8
Charles 5
Zachary 4
Maxwell 3
James 7
Caspian3

Girls
Penelope - 6. Pretty but overdone. Love nicknames Penny and Nell though
Elizabeth - 9. Biblical, strong, classic. Obviously overdone but won't date badly and nickname options are amazing! Eliza, Lizzie, Beth, Betsy, Betty
Clementine - 6 Love as a full name and like nickname Minnie (the Clementine I know is a Minnie) but don't love Clem/my.
Hermione - 10. Two great namesakes in the saint and of course Harry Potter's friend. Beautiful and classy and underused. Like nn Minnie.
Phoebe - 7. I would love it but it's too popular lately so it dropped a few places
Madeline - 3. Boring.
Zoey - 5. Pretty but boring.
Felicity - 9. Lovely meaning, like nn Flo and Flissy and Cici.
Beatrice - 9. Love nn Bea.

Boys
Toby - 6. Cute
Digby - 5, like the sound but isn't it the name of the big red dog?
Lochlan - 4. Don't love, don't hate
James - 5. Classic, like nn Jimmy, but not very exciting
Oscar - 7, like Phoebe I would love it but it's too popular
Charles - 2, don't really like
Zachary - 3, don't really like
Maxwell - 1, dislike
Caspian - 7, it's cool, but if I was Cassian or Cassius I'd give it 10! So cool

Can I suggest Tabitha, Clemency, Flora, Cecilia, Jemima?

Girls
Penelope 6 but will be Penny 1
Elizabeth 4 it's nice enough but way too common
Clementine 1, nn Clemmy 🤮0
Hermione 1 too common around here, much prefer Harmony 9 & only know 1
Phoebe 6
Madeline 3, common & will get madly/mads 0
Zoey 0 awful especially spelled like that
Felicity 7, pretty but also becoming common around here. Cicely has a similar pretty ring to it, but much less common, so a 9 imo
Beatrice 4,though Beatie as a NN is nice 7

Boys
Toby 2 too cutesy for a man & will become Tobe by his teens 🤮
Digby 0 dreadful
Lochlan 0 Lachlan 9
James 5 good solid but common & boring name
Oscar 4 too many around her, though Oz is a pretty cool nn
Charles 5 good solid but common & boring name
Zachary 0 Zachariah 5
Maxwell 0

Caspian 3 nn Cas 0. Maybe Carlton ?

Girls
Penelope 7 like this
Elizabeth 4 like but dull
Clementine 4 I find it quite twee
Hermione 3 too Harry Potter
Phoebe 10 love love love
Madeline 7 this has grown on me recently
Zoey 4 dated
Felicity 7 also grown on me
Beatrice 5 its ok

Boys
Toby 6
Digby 1
Lochlan 3
James 3 solid but find it so dull
Oscar 8 nice but know several
Charles 6
Zachary 8
Maxwell 7 like but max dull
Caspian 6 I quite like this, but as pp said Cassius would be 10

Penelope 4 - a bit boring
Elizabeth 8 - good, evergreen name
Clementine 7
Hermione 1 - stuffy sounding
Phoebe 7
Madeline 10 but I’d spell it Madeleine
Zoey 1
Felicity 7
Beatrice - good name 9

Boys
Toby 8 quirky yet nice
Digby 1 - sounds like a dog
Lochlan 7
James 7
Oscar 8
Charles 5
Zachary 4
Maxwell 7
James
Caspian 4

Girls
Penelope - 3 (I think pit stop)
Elizabeth - 5 (okay if nn Beth)
Clementine - 1
Hermione - 1
Phoebe - 7 (quite like it)
Madeline - 4
Zoey - 10 (love if spelt Zoe)
Felicity - 6 (okay but popular)
Beatrice - 1

Boys
Toby - 7
Digby - 0 (dogs name IME)
Lochlan - 3
James - 4 (boring)
Oscar - 5 (not my cup of tea but okay)
Charles - 6 (prefer Charlie)
Zachary - 9 (best of the list)
Maxwell - 8 (but prefer Max on it's own)
Caspian - 1

Girls - we obviously have really different taste in girls names (but similar in boys names) so do take this with a pinch of salt
Penelope - 4 - for some reason I just have never liked the name and find it a bit drippy
Elizabeth - 8 - lots of great nn choices, I like Libby
Clementine - 4 - just too frilly - and orangey - for me
Hermione - 3 - I don't know, I just find it quite annoying as a name, possibly because I find the HP character quite annoying, and also it makes me think of hermaphrodite
Phoebe - 4 - Same as Penelope
Madeline - 5
Zoey - 4
Felicity -7 - nice meaning
Beatrice -7

Boys
Toby -10 -Love it
Digby - 3 -it sounds like an Edwardian lounge lizard with a moustache
Lochlan 7 - I prefer Lachlan, I didn't realise it could also be spelt
James - 10 - excellent name!
Oscar - 7 - OK, I find it a bit meh because I know quite a few
Charles - 8
Zachary -7
Maxwell - 5 - I'm afraid it just says instant coffee/ sex offender to me
Caspian - 6 - I do like it but it is too fantasy-land/ Narnia for me, like naming a child Aragorn or Aslan

Penelope - 7/10
Elizabeth - 6/10
Clementine - 10/10
Hermione - 5/10
Phoebe - 7/10
Madeline - 7/10
Zoey - 5/10
Felicity - 9/10

Toby - 2/10
Digby - 4/10
Lochlan - 8/10
James - 5/10
Oscar - 10/10
Charles - 5/10
Zachary - 5/10
Maxwell - 6/10
Caspian - 10/10

Penelope - 6, ok and I know some nice Pennys
Elizabeth - 10. Love it, but it would get shortened
Clementine - 1 Clammy sounding and too fruity
Hermione - 3 too Harry Potter, too long
Phoebe - 6 nice but gets misspelt a lot, don't like Phoebs
Madeline - 7 - I don't like Maddy/Maddie/Mads
Zoey - 0. Zoe is nice Zoey is not
Felicity - 4. Nice meaning but too long and prissy
Beatrice - 6 - ok

Toby - 6 - ok
Digby - 1 - dog's name
Lochlan - 1. Lachlan is much nicer but not all can say ch
James - 9 - Love it but doesn't go with all surnames. Not keen on Jim
Oscar - 3 - ok for a pet
Charles - 9 - like it and Chas/Charlie
Zachary - 6 - too popular but I like it
Maxwell - 4, I like Max but Maxwell is a surname
Caspian - 5, a bit too unusual and too CS Lewis