Opinions on names?

[Looooop]

For girls:

I like Alana/Alannah, really not sure which of the various spellings is best.
Anaïs, but it will inevitably be mispronounced/misspelled.
Jilly
Brontë
Taylor
Marie (feels quite dated though)

For boys:
Ralph
I really like Raphael but I'm not Spanish/French
Kian
Christopher
Cody (I know people will say it's American)

I love anais (can't do it fancy like you 🤣) and I know one.
It's always pronounced fine too.

Haha 😅
I'm glad to hear you like it.
I also like Katie/Kate, but maybe that's dated too?

How do you pronounce it?

An-eye-ees? Or some people incorrectly pronounce it Annay.

I know of a few Anais I think it’s beautiful. All our pronounced as Ah-nay. Never heard it said any other way tbh. No one has any issues with saying it.

I agree Marie sounds a bit dated, but I think Maria is a classic.

Ralph is a great boys name.

im not a fan of the others on the list

I would choose Alana or Ralph

Anais is pronounced 'ah nigh eece' in France. I think a nay is an English butchering of a French name.

Brontë; Christopher or ralph

You have quite a mix of names you like!

I think Anaïs is really pretty if you’re going to pronounce it properly.

Alana/Alannah - Alana is probably the better spelling but I can’t get past Lana being anal backwards and sticking an A on it doesn’t make me see it any less

Jilly - This is actually quite sweet!! It would be refreshing.

Brontë - I like this

Taylor - Feels quite American but not a bad name there are just better on your list!

Marie - Yeah I agree, quite dated but as a PP said Maria is lovely.

Ralph - I quite like Ralph as a stand-alone name, I don’t think it will date.

Kian - Not keen

Christopher - I really like this. Very classic and a few nickname options

Cody - You’re right, quite American like Taylor but nothing wrong with that if that’s what you like :)

Kate is lovely!

"Annay" is just awful.

Anaïs is lovely.

Absolutely love the name Anaïs (pronounced in the proper French way, not Annay). It's so classy and beautiful and sophisticated and interesting.

I think Raphael works perfectly fine even if you're not French or Spanish. Lovely name. I also love Kian.

Don't really like the others.

Anais and Christopher

Alannah is beautiful (& Kate would make a lovely middle name too!)
Not keen on any of the boys names sorry.

I love Alannah.

I would not go with Anaïs because of the pronunciation issue. Hearing Anay constantly would drive me mad.

Jilly is sweet and a bit different, love it.

Brontë and Taylor, no

Maria is nicer than Marie.

Ralph like Rafe? I like it. I like Raphael too.

I hate K names for C names, I would use Cian or avoid.

Cody is too American for me

I really love Christopher, Kit.

Nice names, some of them quite different from each other!

Every Marie I know are in the age between 35 and 65, so I think it would be really cute with a baby named Marie! And it is of course a very classical name!

Jilly is a very cute name too.

Thanks everyone! Did wonder if Jilly would be too much like Jilly Cooper

Alannah is pretty
Anais is nice but I didn't realise that people might pronounce it Annay which would really grate ... so no.
Jilly is sweet for Gillian and should be coming back.
No to Brontë ( Brontosaurus) or Taylor ( unattractive unless used as a Surname).
I think of Marie as a name for someone of my age ( 61) with strong catholic connotations , that may just be me. I much prefer Mary which is a great favourite of mine and Maria to a lesser extent.

Maria or Raphael

Alana/Alannah - it’s ok
Anaïs - it just gets butchered in English
Jilly - it’s ok
Brontë - um no, low rent
Taylor - it’s a bit 80s American time warp
Marie (feels quite dated though) - it is but Maria is a great classic

For boys:
Ralph -there’s nothing wrong with it but it just sounds like a dog barking to me
Raphael - you don’t need to be French or Spanish , it’s quite popular
Kian - see Brontë
Christopher - ok
Cody - see Taylor

My faves from your ideas, in order of preference ...
Alanna - Uh-LANN-uh
Bronte
Kate

Christopher
Ralph
Raphael

@Looooop How would you like Alannah/Alana to be pronounced? I think that influences the spelling you should go for. To me, Alannah reads as Al-ANN-ah (to rhyme with Hannah) whereas Alana would be more likely to be Al-ah-na (though I would be unsure and check).

Love Ralph, Christopher and Jilly! Marie also nice. Anais is beautiful written down but I wouldn’t use it as the pronunciation issues would drive me mad.

Alana/Alannah - I'd say Alana as Alan-a
Anaïs - mispronounced/misspelled. Too long.
Jilly - Jill is lovely
Brontë - too linked to the authors
Taylor - surname/too american
Marie - nice
Katie - nice, Kate/Katherine nice

For boys:
Ralph - Raif or Ralf?
I really like Raphael but I'm not Spanish/French - too long
Kian - Cian is ok
Christopher - nice
Cody - surname/too american

Alana. I have one so I'm biased lol

Cody.

Congratulations x

I like Alana and Kian the best ☺️