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??

I'd never heard of Elio until I read a thread here about it being the name of an upcoming Pixar film. That would affect my choice as otherwise it's a lovely name. Same with Luca!

I'm a teacher, and unless it's changed drastically in the last 4 years, Benjamin is absolutely not that popular, in fact I think I've only taught one in my whole teaching career! So, lovely and classic but not too overused.

Really like Benjamin much the best of the boys' names list. It's a really nice name and not faddy. I like Esther too. Also like Evelyn, but Eve and Evie so very very popular for ages and as I'd only choose if a really favourite name. Matilda is nice but that's been super popular too and I'm not so keen on Tilly. Alma and Luna I don't like as much as the others. Alma just is not the nicest sound to my ear. Prefer some of the other short A names like Ava or Addie (Adeline/Adelaide?) or Anna or Amy.

Benjamin or Felix for me, with Evelyn Sylvie for me.

can I suggest Juliet, Josephine and Penelope, and some classic boys names, Philip, Simon or Paul.

oh and Xander, a very fave boys name of mine.

I love Damien and Luna x

Benjamin - Really do love this, wouldn't worry about popularity. Think Benji is super cute, and Ben for an older boy too!
Damian - Dislike, reminds me of Daman from TVD and it's also quite werewolfy.
Felix - Dislike - cat connotation.
Elio - Really like this actually
Luca - Absolutely LOVE!! I would go for this over them all. It's so beautiful.

Esther - I don't why but don't like this.
Luna - Also cat vibes, but lovelier than Felix. Also HP.
Matilda - Eh really plain. Matty and Tilly aren't nice nicknames either.
Alma - Awful. Like an elephant sound, just not a nice name.
Evelyn - I like how it looks written down, but the 2 pronunciations would cause issues. Evie's nice!

Congratulations!

My favourites are Benjamin and Alma. Love them.

I have a toddler and haven't come across a little Benjamin, for what it's worth. I've met lots of little boys named Felix and Luca, and girls called Matilda and Luna.

I added a middle name to my son and initials spell JAM. I am overthinking it and I can’t sleep. What do you think about the initials. Do they really matter?

I love Benjamin❤️

I meet a lot of newborn babies. Benjamin is FAR less popular than Luca, I meet so many of those. Matilda way more popular than Luna (which to me is a puppy name, sorry!).

Agree you need to be ok with shortenings as once they're in school (especially secondary) it's likely their friends will shorten them. You don't have to use it, of course, but if it will really bug you to hear, you might want to reconsider.

Nice list. Favourite is Elio. I actually haven’t met any little Benjamins actually so may not be as popular as you think. Also like Felix.

I like all your girls favourite is Matilda. Love Iris. Not the best flow with a name ending in A but depends how much you’re bothered by that.

Benjamin - it's not currently very popular, but was about 20 yrs ago
Damian - fine, but The Omen
Felix - not as popular as I thought, very popular on here
Elio - disappears into all the El-, and -o names
Luca - Lucas and Luca are popular, as are L- names

Esther - nice
Luna - popular for girls and pets, disappears into the Lola, Lily, Lila , Luca, Leo type names
Matilda - lots of Matildas and Tillys
Alma -ok
Evelyn - Evie, Eva, Ava type names overused

I'd picjk Benjamin and Esther