Traditional but not boring

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Please help. Looking for something with 1/2 syllables. Easy to spell and pronounce but not too common. Not sure if we're having a boy or girl yet.

I like George, James, William etc but now there's likely go be 2/3 in their class. For girls I quite like shortened versions of classics ie. Maggie for Margaret or Betty for Elizabeth but same issue.

Please help.

I don't think there'll be multiple Maggie's or Betty's - I know one Maggie, no Betty's at all.

Or how about
John, Peter or David for a boy
or
Lisa, Mary, Cara for a girl

I love the name Andrew for a boy. Traditional but not too common.

OP, beware all the vowelly names en vogue right now if you want to avoid double-ups in class. I'd suggest you go mid-century chic.

Girls:
Laura
Julie
Anne
Lucy
Carol

Boys:
Harold/Harry/Hal
John
Wynstan
Walter
Laurence

Boy : Louis (French version - NOT pronounced Lewis!)
Girl Alice, Alicia Abigail

Laurence
Julia

Even the most popular names now are given to c. 1% of babies. Even with the most popular names, it is very unlikely to have more than 1 in a class of 30. This is different to when we were young.

In my daughter's nursery, there are two Austins and two Skyes. No Oliver, Olivia, George, William, etc. In fact, no top 10 names at all among anyone we know.

George: 0.7% of babies (less than 1 in 100)
William: 0.35% (less than 1 in 200)
James: 0.35%
Elizabeth: 0.14% (less than 1 in 500)
Margaret: 0.02% (about 1 in 5000!)

Use the names you like!

Boys names:
I have a Michael 😊 I’m yet to meet another! He’s 3 now.

Other traditional names I like: Francis, Thomas, David, Jonathan, Matthew - we are into biblical names here 😆 I’ve met some little Thomases and Jonathans but not the others yet.

Richard
Andrew
Nathan
Caspar
Adam
Edwin
Joseph
Michael
Philip

Emma
Rachel
Helen
Georgia
Faye
Charlotte
Nicole
Gemma
Zoe

Thanks all. I think that's the issue there's so few names I like and even fewer that DH and I agree on. Were also avoiding ex partners names for obvious reasons which include a few that I would otherwise shortlist.

Maggie is cute but reminds me of Thatcher and I feel like there will be so many Elizabeth's with the queens death. I like Hazel and Violet but DH doesn't.

Boys are even harder. We want something strong but know so many people already with the names we like(Adam, Chris, Johnny etc.) It doesn't help my husband has a tonne of cousins all with kids of their own with names he doesn't want to use like Finn which I love.

I don't think there will be many Maggies or Betty's so that's an option.

Albert
Frederick
Frank
Leonard
Edgar
Ivor
Wilfred
Eric
Lawrence
Walter
Vincent
John!
Victor
Sidney
Douglas

Betsy
Bessie
PeggY (Margaret)
penny (Penelope)
nancy
mabel
margot
beatrice
dorothy
rosemary
edith
martha
esther
helena
juliet
julia

I think Margaret/Maggie is well overdue a comeback.

Nobody born now will remember Thatcher.

Daniel
Andrew
Francis
Thomas
Alex
David
Patrick
Simon
Nathan
Kieran
Henry
John
Alan
Vincent
Clark
Jude
Robert

Aimee
Faye
Louise
Mabel
Martha
Erin
Molly
Kate
Emma
Hannah
Eva
Lois
Alicia.
Eleanor
Abigail
Cassie
Vivienne
Nancy
Joanna
Elsa
Cora
Laura.
Angela

Kitty (Catherine)
Cora
Josie (Josephine)
Tess (Theresa)
Audrey
Lottie (Charlotte)

Max
Patrick
Kit (Christopher)
Edmund
Hugh/Huw
Arnie (Arnold)
Artie (Arthur)
Seth
Robin

Thanks all. I'm leaning to Patrick, Max and Kit. For girls I'm still struggling. I do like Hazel, Bea and Lottie. I like nature names. My friends little one is Iris which I love. 2 friends recently called their girls Maggie so I just don't think I can go there.

Hazel is nice.

I'd be really surprised if there a ton of Elizabeths. Eliza, Liza and Bess are nice alternative shortened forms if you are not sure.
I'd try to stay away from any nicknamey forms that are too sweet or babyish. Like Lottie is really awful, sorry. Very twee on anyone over about 8.

Jemima
Anya
Greta
Willa
Roxanne
Holly
Cleo
Audrey
Verity

Walter
Winston
Wilfred
Laurence
Austin
Casper
Otis
Vincent
Sidney
Nathan
Nathaniel
Ellis
Griffin
Caleb
Tristan
Spencer

Christopher

Elspeth?

Love Patrick - Max and Kit are very popular though so avoid if you don’t want that

Laurence
Francis
Toby
Robert
Michael
Matthew
Daniel
Thomas
Giles
Jerome
Nathan
Silas
Sydney
Stanley
Arnold
Ernest

Frances nn Francie or Frankie
Katharine nn Kitty
Elizabeth nn Buffy, Libby or Lizbie (not so common)
Genevieve nn Ginny or Vivi
Vivienne nn Vivi
Nancy
Anna / Annalise nn Annie (or Nancy)
Dora
Dorothea / Dorothy nn Dorrie, Dorey, Dora, Dot
/Henrietta / Harriet nn Hetty, Hatty, Etta
Josephine nn Josie, Ephie
Beatrice nn Bea, Beattie, Trixie

Laurel
Robin
Fern
Bay
Jasmine

I like this type of name too. Harry, Oliver and James were top of my list

Oops posted too soon - top of my list for a boy, and Jessica, Penelope and Sophie for a girl

Nicholas
Peter
Matthew
Daniel
Benjamin
Samuel
Robert

Josephine
Ruby
Anna
Gemma
Tilly
Georgia
Faye

Flynn instead of Finn?

Josephine, Nora and Frida

I like Kitty for Katherine. Elinor (Nell?). Mabel is quite in vogue. It's a shame Thatcher has done for Maggie as I like Maggie.

If you like nature names what about Rowan (girl or boy) or Sylvia/Sylvie (means woodland). I like Hazel too. A shame your DH doesn't. How about Daphne, Holly, Ivy or Bryony?