Which two are your favourites please?

[Cloud16]

Looking for opinions on this short(ish)list!

So, which girl name and which boy name would you pick from the list below:

Zoe
Julia
Violet

Luke
William
Finn

Violet and William

Julia
William

It depends on your last name for me :)

Julia is my favorite of the girls and was on my list for my oldest DS (he’s 14 and is a Sam)

For boys I THINK Finn, but if you have a short last name then William. (My William is almost 7 and I love his name)

They’re all nice though! Really lovely shortlist.

Thanks everyone. We have a long last name. 10 letters and Gaelic! They all sound pretty good with it so annoyingly doesn't narrow it down for us!

Great to get some opinions - and overall pretty positive too 😊

Violet and Finn

Zoe and William, love both 😍

Julia and William

Violet and William

I like Luke a lot and Finn is nice too. Im afraid I don't like any of the girls' names.

Not Violet and William. Too Richmal Crompton.

Zoe and Luke

Violet and William

Julia and William

or 2. Zoe and Luke

Finn is nothing-y and way overused, Violet also a bit overused. William has been super popular of course but it’s a classic. Zoe is cute but as an adult I’d rather be called Julia.

I absolutely love the name Zoe , I'd definitely use that. @Cloud16

I'm confused how you think it's getting more popular, always best to check the official ONS statistics 📉 and look, Zoe's numbers have been falling every year for the past 25 years pretty much. It's a great time to pick this name, its well and truly peaked

names.darkgreener.com/#zoe

• the link is to a graph of the official number of babies named Zoe since the 90s. The name has absolutely plummeted and is now outside the top 100 and still falling - perfect

Violet

William

Ah great info thanks @wingsofabird ! I've just heard of a few baby Zoe's lately but it's good to see it's not overused. I love Zoe too.

I think we are pretty certain on Zoe and Luke now.

Thanks everyone!

so one of the 2 new Zoe’s I know is mine, and the other was born a week after, neither old enough to have been registered yet or come up on stats. Guarantee it is going to boom (because it’s a great name). Mark my words!
However kids seem to LOVE coming across others with their same name. My 2 older ones have been delighted if we ever have. Also there was a thread recently about ‘did you have an unusual name and did you like it’ - so many people saying as a kid they had wished to be a Louise or a Barbara like their friends.

Violet & Finn

@MassiveSalad22 aw congrats on your new baby Zoe!

My name is very unusual and I like that it's memorable and identifies me pretty easily but I think it made me feel different/weird growing up. Although 3 of my 48 year old colleagues are called Jill and being in a meeting with just the 3 of them can be confusing!!

I think a well known but not 'trend'/overused name would be a good balance.

Yes that’s what we wanted for all of our kids too! Well known name but not overused, a ‘real’ name not made up, not common, but not weird! Easy to spell. Another of our faves was Cleo which I think also fits the bill but DH not so keen.

Anyway, I think you have great taste so won’t to wrong whatever you pick!

Julia & William.

Zoe and Luke

Julia and Luke. Lovely names.

Not (just) William with Violet... she may scweam and scweam and scweam...