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Please critique my baby name list

34 replies

AlmondyCookie · 18/04/2022 13:31

Would love your thoughts on my potential baby names as well as any suggestions of others along similar lines, incl potential middle names? Surname is two syllables and starts with C.

Girls:
Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

Boys are even harder:
Adam
Leon
Rio
Lukas
Fabian

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FayCarew · 18/04/2022 13:46

Iris Jolene - Iris is ok, not sure about Jolene. Iris Joely is better
Juno Irene - Irene (eye-reeny) is nice, not keen on Juno
Sabrina June - ok but Sabrina in quite a strong name
Anya Lauren - ok, not keen on Lauren

Boys are even harder:
Adam - ok
Leon - ok, prefer Leo
Rio - no
Lukas - ok
Fabian - not keen

Floralnomad · 18/04/2022 13:48

I like Anya and Fabian

lunamoonllc · 18/04/2022 13:50

Iris Jolene - love iris, not keen on jolene
Juno Irene - not really a fan of this one, but juno is cool
Sabrina June - again i like sabrina, not june
Anya Lauren - love this

Boys are even harder:
Adam - i like it
Leon - i like this too, it's different but still nice
Rio - this is cool
Lukas - prefer it with a c, but still a nice name
Fabian - not a fan

all in all i like most, but whatever you love is what you should go with!

DramaAlpaca · 18/04/2022 13:53

I really like Adam and Leon. Lucas is OK, prefer that spelling.

From the girls I like Sabrina June a lot.

Your first names are nice but apart from June I'm not keen on the middle names. Going on the names you have I'd suggest:

Iris June
Iris Juno
Anya Iris
Juno Sabrina

Anotherdayanotherdollar · 18/04/2022 13:54

Adam, lukas and Leon are all OK.
For girls I like Iris, Juno and Lauren but none of the combinations. Of those I'd pick Iris Juno

NETSRIK · 18/04/2022 13:56

Iris and Adam

toastofthetown · 18/04/2022 13:57

Iris Jolene - Iris is fine name, popular right now though
Juno Irene - I like Juno, but it does feel very of the moment
Sabrina June - Sabrina is fine, not a name I'd choose but nothing wrong with it either. There's the teenage witch thing, but I don't think that's a dealbreaker. I've seen the name Sabrina come up on various name forums over the last couple of years a notable amount of times.
Anya Lauren - I love Anya.

Adam - very international and rather timeless and classless. Not an exciting name, but solid for sure.
Leon - I like Leon, but the massive popularity of Leo puts me off
Rio - not a huge fan of Rio. The two syllable name ending in O is a huge trend in boys names at the moment so all names of that style just kind of blend together somewhat.
Lukas - Lukas doesn't do anything for me, but it's popular and inoffensive. In the UK I'd default to the Lucas spelling as that's what most would assume, unless you have a reason to use the Lukas spelling. Obviously Lukas is the default spelling in man other countries though.
Fabian - really like Fabian, though not a fan of the long A sound that many in the UK use though.

I've not commented on middle names because they all sound kind of fine to me and middle names aren't really that important. In the absence of using a family name, I'd just choose another name I loved: Sabrina Juno sounds good. Generally with a two syllable surname I would avoid three consecutive two syllable names, as something like Adam Lukas Carter sounds clunky to me. Other names you might like Cecily, Clio, Gaia, Linnea, Marina; Felix, Lucien, Magnus, Robin, Stellan.

carbuncleonapigsposterior · 18/04/2022 13:57

Girls - Iris, Juno, Anya, Sabrina ok. Jolene conjures up that "Jolene, Jolene please don't steal my man" Dolly Parton song, Irene sounds a bit old womanish, June 1950s name a bit boring. Lauren nice but had it's day when my children were growing up now in their 30s.

Boys - Adam good solid, biblical, timeless. Leon - love it Rio no! Lukas okish, Fabian Hmm conjures up the Fabian Society a bit pretentious

NannyR · 18/04/2022 13:58

I like Anya and Lucas best.

Kanaloa · 18/04/2022 14:07

Iris Jolene - nice name, not too ott and goes well together
Juno Irene - I’m not keen on Juno, find it a bit try hard/quirky
Sabrina June - really beautiful and classic, my favourite
Anya Lauren - really nice, not that keen on Lauren but it’s a middle name so I don’t think it’s an issue

Adam - Adam is a lovely name, would suit anyone
Leon - it’s ok. I’m a bit biased since the one I’ve met was really wet
Rio - it’s ok. Not as nice as the others
Lukas - I prefer Lucas or Luka - I think Lukas looks a little awkward. Nice name though
Fabian - really not keen! Just a bit too much for me.

I think any of your boys names would work well together. Lukas Rio or Adam Léon for example. Or Lukas Fabian. They’re all nice names though, I think you’ve got a good selection to choose from!

AmandaMirandaPanda · 18/04/2022 14:12

I'd get the first name locked down and then brainstorm middles, unless you feel there's something in particular that you must use as a middle - e.g. a family name.

Iris is nice and classic. I don't like Juno due to the mythological connotations; prefer June. Really like Sabrina - consider also Serena, Selena/Celine? Anya (Ania, Anja) is nice - I still think of it as a diminutive of Anna but it can be a stand-alone name. Similarly Annika, which I also really like. Other similar names to me are Maia/Maja/Maya and Zoia/Zoya - or maybe Zoë?

I really love Adam for a boy; it's classic but not too common and works across languages (well, at least European languages+ Arabic and Hebrew). Leon is good in the same way but may be confused with Leo, which is more popular in the UK.

Justkeeppedaling · 18/04/2022 14:35

Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

I like Iris, Juno, Irene and June from your list.
Iris June and Juno Irene are both nice combinations

Adam - like
Leon - prefer Leo
Rio - no
Lukas - prefer Lucas or Luke
Fabian - love it

How about Fabian Luke?

spearmynt · 18/04/2022 14:44

Iris Jolene - I love Iris. Jolene flows well with it.

Juno Irene - Juno makes me think of the movie. Dislike Irene.

Sabrina June - Sabrina is lovely. June is a bit bland but still nice.

Anya Lauren - Don't mind it.

Adam - Not my taste but it's okay.

Leon - This is my sons name, so of course I love it.Wink

Rio - Lovely name.

Lukas - I like it spelt Lucas.

Fabian - Strongly dislike Fabian.

spearmynt · 18/04/2022 14:53

Iris Harper, Juno Penelope, Sabrina Quinn, Anya Evangeline

Adam Grey, Leon Sebastian, Rio Elijah, Lukas Alexander, Fabian James

Cotswoldmama · 18/04/2022 15:11

I know sisters called Lauren and Anya, both born in the 80s I'm a Lauren too also 80s. I love my name and I've heard a few babies being named Lauren recently! I like all of your names, wait until you meet your baby and then you'll know.

Mumofgirls2017 · 18/04/2022 15:15

I love Iris and Juno; Leon and Rio

Luca
Liam
Aaron
Callum
Theo
Hugo
Rory
Zach

Cleo
Ivy
Jasmine
Maya
Mila
Leah
Daphne
Freya
Zoe
Zara

antibacterial · 18/04/2022 15:59

Love Anya and Adam

SunshiningBoo · 18/04/2022 16:39

I love Anya Lauren and I like Fabian from your boys list.

AlmondyCookie · 18/04/2022 18:00

Thanks everyone. Looks like non of my choices are super objectionable! Also thank you for the other ideas. :)

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C25kBecky · 18/04/2022 18:02

Anya Irene (i-reen) is nice.

Fivebeanchilli · 18/04/2022 18:05

Girls:
Iris Jolene - I love Iris. Not so keen on Jolene. Iris Sabrina would be fab in my eyes.
Juno Irene - I like Juno. Again less keen on Irene and would prefer Juno Sabrina again
Sabrina June - it's ok. I prefer all your other first names
Anya Lauren - I love Anya. Again I'd go for Anya Sabrina or Anya Iris.

Boys are even harder:
Adam - gorgeous and not very common
Leon - really lovely
Rio - not keen at all
Lukas - I like it but prefer it with a c
Fabian - lovely

I'd go for Anya or Iris for girls or Fabian or Adam for boys.

17caterpillars1mouse · 18/04/2022 18:10

Iris Jolene - I like Iris bit not Jolene
Juno Irene - I like Irene but not Juno
Sabrina June - this is my favourite of your choices
Anya Lauren - not a fan

If I could mix and match I'd go with Iris Sabrina or Iris June

Adam - I like it, it seems uncommon on babies and young children ATM

Leon - not a fan
Rio - awful
Lukas - I like but spelt Lucas
Fabian - it's ok

WeasilyPleased · 18/04/2022 22:49

Iris and Adam. I'm not keen on your mns tbh.

Luredbyapomegranate · 18/04/2022 23:07

Sabrina June or Fabian Lucas

Iris Jolene
Juno Irene
Sabrina June
Anya Lauren

Of this lot I’d go for Sabrina June - lovely and both fairly unusual. Iris is lovely but so overused, Juno pretty popular, Anya ok but dull. Of the middle names Jolene is awful, Lauren dated, Irene quite nice as long as pronounced properly (Eye-ree-nee)

Lois, Ines, Selene (Sell-ee-nee), Ismene (Iz-mee-nee), Ione (Eye-oh-nee). Serena, Clio might be others

Boys are even harder:
Adam - nice enough
Leon - nice but very overused
Rio - NO. naughty boys name.
Lukas - nice, I’d spell it Lucas. It’s v popular.
Fabian - lovely I’d go with this

Others - Lucian, Cassian. Rufus,,Jonas, Jerome, Andrew, Arnold, Aaron

WaitinginVain · 18/04/2022 23:38

Anya Lauren.

Rio or Lukas and I like that spelling.

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