I'll never choose a name!

[pljftu]

I just cannot decide. I am finding boy's names especially hard.

Names I like:

Imogen (Immy)
Melody
Amila
Zala
Amalia

Kobe
Rowan
Mateo

Any suggestions are very much welcome! I prefer names that aren't too common, and I am also a fan of nicknames.

Valerie
Leonie
Matilda
Daria
Dahlia

Samuel
Dorian
Max
Valentine

Imogen (Immy) - ok
Melody - will be confused with Elodie and Melanie
Amila - too similar to Amelia and Mila
Zala - not sure
Amalia - too similar to Amelia

Kobe - not sure of its origin, I'd guess african american
Rowan - - nice but names beginning with R are very popular right now
Mateo - would suggest italian heritage

Tansy
Camille
Calla
Celeste

Enzo
Cassian
Jago

Kobe is I think a Ghanaian descriptor meaning "born on a Friday "

Girls:
Elora
Amara
Talia

Boys:
Ezra
Mateo from your list is very nice
Finn

Boys names you may like
Wade
Roberto
Massimo
Kieran
Zeus
Hunter
Blaine

Some boy names you might like:

Brice
Cyrus / Cy
Nico
Rohan
Ivo
Alfonso
Bodhi
Conrad
Hector
Hollis
Jerome
Josiah
Milo
Moses
Oakley
Oren
Omar
Otis
Roman

Some girl names you might like:
Naia
Paloma
Odelia / Odilia
Miri
Amara
Vita
Mariel
Naomi
Magnolia
Niobe
Elora
Bryony
Caro
Sula
Cordelia
Olympia
Rosalia
Zola

Imogen (Immy) - nice, quite popular

Melody -no, she’ll be called Mel

Amila - no, will get confused with the ubiquitous Amelia / Emilia

Zala - no, sounds like a random misspelling of Zara. Zara is fine..

Amalia - no, sounds like a random misspelling of Amelia

Kobe - awful

Rowan - lovely but very popular

Mateo - nice enough, he’ll be called Mat - if you have no cultural connection to this version of the name than I think you are better with Matthew / Matthias

Ianthe
Iona
Verity
Felicity
Jessamy
Adela
Alicia
Abriella
Miranda
Marianne
Zara
Yolanda
Carys

Kester
Caleb
Cary
Casper
Cassian
Ronan
Robin
Rufus
Michael
Daniel
Dashiell
Darius

If you like names that aren't that popular then go on the "dark greener" website as that automatically shows you names which are booming. Names like Roman and Rowan are some of the fastest rising names, very trendy. I know loads of babies with these names, not surprising looking at the graphs.
avoid if popularity is a concern

Melody and Rowan are my favourites!

Imogen (Immy) - disgusting name.
Melody - no.
Amila - nice.
Zala - nice.
Amalia - too close to anal.

Kobe - beef.
Rowan - lovely.
Mateo - only if you're Italian. Spell it Matteo.

I don’t agree about using Mateo only if you have Italian heritage. Other countries use Anglo name. Kevin had quite a moment in France a number of years ago.

@midsomermurderess , I think we view that one differently. Kevin to me is a man of about 60, or Kevin & Perry.

Mateo is in keeping with the Theo, Leo, Hugo, Arlo, Milo trend. If nothing else, it's probably a PITA to get asked about your heritage a lot.

Mateo is also common in Spain, spelt like that. I believe it is rising in popularity in the UK.
I like Melody best from your girls list.
You might like Roman for boys, though it is also becoming more popular. Doesn't compare to how common something like Oliver or George is though.