I'm NOT pregnant, so tell me what you think of these before I am hormonal please.

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Boys:

Emmanuel (manu)
Jesse
Elmo
Alfred (alfred)
Barnabas

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...)
Analia (as above)
Amelie (Milly)
Edie
Jane
Mathilda (Tilly)
Poppy

Any other sugestions along these lines?

Emmanuel (manu) Löve it. Might have called ds2 it had it not been for ds1 being Samuel. Don't like Manu though - in Germany it's a common abbreviation of Manuela, which squillions of 20-35-year-olds are called.
Jesse - no
Elmo - no
Alfred (alfred) - Not entirely sure
Barnabas - don't really like

Ana - nice but prefer with 2 ns
Analia - no, people will wonder if you spelled Amalia wrong
Amelie - nice but prefer Amelia
Edie - don't like it much
Jane - lovely, and unusual these days
Mathilda (Tilly) - lovely - love the shortening Tilda too
Poppy - nice

Boys:

Emmanuel (manu)-'tis o.k.
Jesse-yes, really like this one
Elmo-nope
Alfred (alfred)-definately nope
Barnabas-hm...for me this is a dog or cat name
Jonah- really like it
how about:
Noah
Christian
Jonas

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...)- is this the spanish version....do prefer with double n
Analia (as above)- erm...no...never mind that it starts with Anal, but also reminds me of the word genatalia, for some reason
Amelie (Milly)- Amelie really like, Ameila also very pretty...not keen on Milly
Edie-erm...nope
Jane- hm, bit plain
Mathilda (Tilly)-nope
Poppy- 'tis o.k.

How about:
Eleanor
Leah
Maria

so, Jonah, Jesse and Anna seem to be the favourites.

Wont be living in the UK, so 'ya geat jessie" etc wont apply (what does that even mean?)

I like Maria, not keen on Eleanor, and Leah is MIL, so thats out!

Noah is nice though.

Lucky you living out of the uk then! It's just a derogatory term thrown at boys who might be also labelled 'cissy', both old fashioned now anyway, just ignore me, I am showing my age!

I love Anna. I think it's classy and I like Nancy as a nickname

Don't like Manu - sounds like something Mork (& Mindy) would say. Jesse - is it pronouced Jessie? Or Jess? Either way, dont like. Like Alfie, Noah,Barney (Not barnabus - too poncey)
Ana - my secret name.! Amelie -no, milly-ok. Jane - boring, it's a middle name.
Mathilda - Matty or Tilly (or tilda) love it.
poppy OK

Don't like Manu but really like Emmanuel.

Don't like Jesse at all.

Like Barnabas but like Barney better.

Elmo - oh no, no!

Amelie - lovely

Poppy, Tilly, Edie - all lovely.

Don't like jane at all; ditto Analia.

Benedict is lovely.

The thing you've got to remember is that not all names are equivalent which is something you forget when thinking about names for your own child: when I was expecting my first, my husband was keen on either Boris or Joseph if it was a boy: whatever you think of either (I had strong views on both), they're not the same: Joe is a fairly straightforward name while Boris has definite connotations. Another thing is, the name of your first determines subsequent names: if you call your first child an unusual name (Beelzebub say), you can't really call the second one John unless you want to exacerbate sibling tension. I've a silly name and my two older siblings have great "normal" names that don't indicate anything about them other than their sex while mine is just daft... think David, Jane and then Tallulah and you'll get my drift. Also, those Poppy/ Tilly/ Milly names are terribly twee by the time you get older (my 1st DD now 11). I offer you Mary or May as a fab girl's name that is pretty,old fashioned but strong and its bearer can make what she wants of her life.

Really like May.

I like Edie the best

of the boys, not sure - they are all ok, I probably wouldn't pick Elmo because of the Sesame St character

I am not sure about Analia because of the first 4 letters. Ana to me is linked with anorexia -that's what they call it on anorexia sites

Boys:

Emmanuel (manu) - Not really
Jesse - Nice
Elmo - I like it BECAUSE of the muppet! - seriously!
Alfred (alfred) Will be quite popular with other mums - if you care!
Barnabas - I like it if you'll call him Barney - but he is also a big purple dinosaur you know

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...)
Analia (as above)
Amelie (Milly)
Edie THIS IS THE BEST!!!!!
Jane
Mathilda (Tilly)
Poppy

Emmanuel (manu) - NO
Jesse - quite like as it gives me a vision of Jesse Metcalfe (sp?)
Elmo - NO WAY
Alfred (alfred) - No but Alfie is cute
Barnabas - Please don't
Jonah - YES!
Noah - Yes

Ana - NO, Anna - Yes
Analia (as above) - Sounds pretty, looks bad
Amelie (Milly) - Prefer Amelia, I like Milly
Edie - NO - McCredie
Jane - No, boring, plain Jane
Mathilda (Tilly) - Love Tilly, prefer without h
Poppy - Yes

I like plain, traditional boys names and really like Gaelic girls names.

How about Orla?

LIke Jesse and Tilly. Wanted Jesse for ds, well was about 50/50 with the name he has - dh said no to Jesse cos thought it sounded too girly, but I liked it and still too. Like Tilly a lt, not many of them round my way, loads of millys tho.

What about Amalia? Combination of two of your names and avoids the unfortunate anal part of Analia!

Emmanuel - no
Jesse - ok
Elmo - reminds me of toy i got dd last xmas
Alfred (alfred) - nooooooo
Barnabas - nooooooo

Ana - nice
Analia - is nice spelling a bit dodgy though
Amelie - nice but very common now
Edie - not to keen
Jane - no reminds me of eastenders
Mathilda (Tilly) - yes but spelt without h
Poppy - no think to common now too

alfie - again to coomon
jonah - i like that

Emmanuel - YES
Jesse YES but also JOSEPH?
Elmo NO
Alfred (alfred) NO
Barnabas NO - what about GABRIEL?

Ana - NO
Analia - NO - prefer ANYA
Amelie (Milly) YES
Edie - YES
Jane - YES
Mathilda - YES
Poppy - NO

its common aswell lol

Emmanuel (manu) Oh no..no like
Jesse..Yes i like it
Elmo...NO! NOOOOO
Alfred (alfred)...Yes
Barnabas...NO

Girls:

Ana (our surname starts with a vowel though...) Yes
Analia (as above)NO
Amelie (Milly)NO
Edie.. Prefer Edith
Jane...Yes...i like alot
Mathilda (Tilly)...No..to many of em
Poppy..No

Like Edie.
Quite like Ana and Jesse.

Don't like the others.

Not keen on Alfie ..def prefer Alfred. Alfie is in top ten now isn't it too..so quite a common name

Boys:

Emmanuel (manu) NO
Jesse NO
Elmo NO
Alfred (alfred)OK
Barnabas OK if shortened to Barney

Girls:

Ana YES - thought it was Portuguese?
Analia Ummm not sure how to say it?
Amelie (Milly)OK
Edie YES
Jane YES
Mathilda (Tilly)OK
Poppy NO

I love the name Jesse for a boy. I'm glad you put it on your list as I wanted to consider it for DC3 but hubby said No Way! Now I can prove that most people like it .

One thing I might say though is to get a few male opinions on it too and see how they would feel having that name.

Jesse is great - love it.
Emmanuel is a beautiful name, but it would get abbreviated and tbh i can't think of any decent abbreviations. Manu? Manny? No!!
Elmo -

Tilly and Milly - totally overdone and terribly twee - she'll grow up and won't thank you for it!!
Love Edith (Edie) - pretty, dignified, unusual.

Actually, Josephine is lovely for a girl [ponders]