Opinions on my names

[nils28]

Hello, I am pregnant with my rainbow baby and just hit the milestone of 11w. Me and my SO have been thinking about baby names and we made a list. It's important for our baby to have sort of an international name and a bonus would be if it's easily spelled. Would love to hear your opinions and suggestions.

Boys:
Benjamin (love it but worried about popularity)
Damian
Felix
Elio
Luca

Girls:
Esther
Luna (same thing as Benjamin)
Matilda
Alma
Evelyn (again popularity concert)

For middle names we are considering honour names Sylvia and Andrea or their variations (Sylvana, Sylvan, Andreas). Another option is a middle name that means rainbow or wished for, such as Iris.

What do you think??

Love Esther Sylvana. What a great name!
And Luca is beautiful too.

They're lovely. My favourites are Luca and Matilda. The only ones I dislike are Damian and Luna.

Really don't like Damian because of the film.
I love Benjamin and although it is always around we don't have heaps of them in our school at any one time.
I think Luna is very of this era so I wouldn't go with it but if it is your favourite go for it!

I love Alma Sylvana and Benjamin Andreas

I don’t like elio and think Damian is inextricably linked to the omen for many!
matilda is also very popular if that worries you.
Esther is lovely, I’d go for that and Benjamin for a boy

I like Benjamin a lot too, but I think you have to accept they will likely be Ben once they are at school. If you don't mind Ben go for it, otherwise I wouldn't.

Sylvana is awesome! Luna is a bit pet like for a kid I think.

Luca is lovely.

I only like Luca and matilda

I love all of them except Damian. 서두랴ㅣㅡ ㅓㅁㄴ 겨ㅑㅜㄷㅇ ㅑㅅ 랙 ㅡㄷ ㄴㅁ잇

Oh god! Not wearing my glasses and touch typing switched to other keyboard!! Should say- the film has ruined it for me sadly

@Barleysugar86 I prefer Benji and that's what I would call him, but if his friends or he himself opts for Ben, I don't mind it. Ben is also lovely.

Luca Sylvan

Evelyn Sylvana

I think all your names are nice though but think this combo fit your criteria quite well

Matilda or Benjamin. I also like Arthur or Albert for a boy.

I love Benjamin, too. Benedict is also an option.
Love Esther, Alma and Matilda.

Benji is lovely and actually quite unusual, I know a few young Benjamin’s (all now Ben) but I think Benji is short enough it would possibly stay that way. I’ve never met a Benji but I like it :)

Benjamin - love it, especially with the NN Benji. It was top of my list with dd1. I only know if 1 child Ben who is now 7 so it doesn't seem too popular, not in my area anyway

Damian - too 'the omen'
Felix - too cat for me
Elio - never come across it before but seems a bit brand name-esque. I like Eli
Luca - nice but seems popular where I live

Girls:
Esther - I really like it, NN Essie
Luna (same thing as Benjamin) - very popular on both children and dogs. I'm not a fan personally
Matilda - I know more girls named Matilda / Tilly than any other name so it's a no for me
Alma- nice enough (have you considered Elba - there is a cute Elba in my dds swimming class)
Evelyn (again popularity concert) - nice but Evelyn and Eva are soo done to death

Luca and Alma are nice.

Benjamin is lovely and a real classic, a proper solid name. I think with those kind of names you don't worry so much about the popularity thing because it's such a timeless name, unlike all the Jude's and Zac's everywhere just now.

Esther is lovely too, another classic name but not very common now - I've never met a child called that and I've got three kids so meet a LOT of children!

They would be my choices.

Evelyn will just be yet another Evie and it’s been done to death.

I like your Felix/Esther combo

Oh yes, Damian deffo linked to the Omen 😕

Benjamin ok (love it but worried about popularity)
Damian dated
Felix like
Elio love
Luca ok

Girls:
Esther like
Luna like but May date (same thing as Benjamin)
Matilda love
Alma ok
Evelyn ok but too many Evie’s again popularity concert)

I like Benjamin and Felix. love Benji

i love Esther and like Evelyn depending on how it’s pronounced.

I really liked the name Iris as it’s the name of my favourite song. it’s become incredibly common with rainbow babies due to its meaning, which has put me off because I don’t want that immediate assumption for their whole life. It’s a beautiful name though.

I've got a 2 yr old Benjamin (Ben) - haven't bumped into even one other at playgroups, softplays, nursery yet. I think it's a classic that suits every age but maybe not as popular as you think - not like Oscar and Oliver, Thomas and Noah!

My faves, inspired from your list

Matilda Iris
Esther Indigo
Dawn Sylvia
Benjamin Andrea
Luke Sylvester
Felix Andreas

I’m with @17caterpillars1mouse with the exception of Alma which I don’t care for, it seems a a tad frumpy to me.

Love the name Benjamin/Ben and 24 yrs later still wishing ex/h hadn’t had say on final name.

Congratulations on your pregnancy and hope all goes well.