Pick your favourite and least favourite, please - name for our daughter

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This is our list. We've worked on it quite a bit over the past couple of days and we'd like to know what you think.

Ava
Susan
May
Luanna
Beverly
Jane
Shirley
June
Chloe
Luana
Mary
Hope

We like retro-names, but you can be honest if you think they are not ready for a comeback. To us they already sound nice again.

Comment on all names are appreciated, but if you don't have much time just let us know your favourite and least favourite and tell us a bit about why you dislike or like the names.

Favourite - Hope and Jane

Least favourite - Beverly, Shirley and Luanna/Luana are all absolutely terrible

Ava
Susan
May
Luanna
Beverly
Jane
Shirley
June
Chloe
Luana
Mary
Hope

I love June, Chloe, Hope.

I don't mind Ava, Mary, Shirley, May - they're good names too.

Not at all keen on Susan, Luanna, Beverly, Jane. Or Sue, Lou, Bev and Jane as they would be known.

Oops didn't mean to c&p the list - sorry

Mary
June
Shirley
Jane
Beverly
Susan

These aren't my cup of tea at all im sorry.

Love Chloe. Ava and May are okay. Luanna is cute. Love hope

Favourites: Mary and Susan, both lovely classic names. I suppose Jane could be seen in the same light but I personally can never get past 'Plain Jane'.

I've never heard of Luana / Luanna and don't like made up names do these would be my least favourites.

Ava- nice but so popular
Susan- like but I’m not sure ready for comeback yet!
May- ok
Luanna- quite like although sounds a bit made up
Beverly- no, dated
Jane- plain
Shirley- dated, least favourite
June- ok
Chloe- ok, becoming dated
Luana- like Luna
Mary- ok, again see Susan comment
Hope- ok

Fave Hope
Least fave Susan

I like Chloe, Ava, May and June. May is used a lot as a filler middle name but I actually really like it for a first name instead.

Least favourites Beverly and Shirley

Ava is so overused it’s dull. Especially as it’s always paired with Rose/Grace/May.

Shirley and Beverley are awful. As is Luana which seems to be some random Deep South name thrown in.

I like Chloe and Hope. Chloe was extremely popular about ten years ago or so, there’s probably a lot of teenagers with that name now.

Shirley 😂

Why isn't Karen on the list? 😂

Ava
Susan
May
Luanna
Beverly
Jane
Shirley
June
Chloe
Luana
Mary
Hope

I like Hope, June, Chloe and May.

I think Shirley, Beverley, Mary, Susan and Jane are too dated and not old enough to come back in. Mary, Susan and Jane all have "plain" connotations too.

Ava is ok but boring/overused. Not keen on Luana and Luanna looks made up/you'll get the pronunciation Lou-Anna. Phonetically that's what it says.

I think favourite is June, least favourite Luanna.

Fav- Luana
Least- Beverly!

Favourite: Ava (although does autocorrect to available which is unfortunate)
Least: Luana/Luanna (bit king of the hill)

Favourites are Mary and Jane.
Least favourites are Beverly and Luan(n)a.

Favourite: Chloe
Least favourite: Shirley

Since my name is Alan, I can't really talk, but

Beverley and Shirley are awful.

Ava - very overused, in complete contrast to the rest of your list
Susan - Susannah way nicer
May - meh
Luanna - skinny alcoholic waitress in a diner
Beverly - Everleigh way nicer
Jane - ok, bit plain
Shirley - Shirley not!
June - Juno is better
Chloe - ok, Zoe is better
Luana - see Luanna
Mary - ok I spose
Hope - ok

A name like Claire or Kate might suit, probably more due a return than some of these?

Favourite - Jane.

Also like Mary, June, Susan and surprised myself by liking Shirley.

Least favourite - Luana/Luanna, Ava, Chloe.

If you like retro names what about Amanda, Barbara, Sylvia, Margot?

I like Hope and Luana
Not too keen on the rest as not keen on older type names

Gosh, many of these are names from my school years (started in 1971, left in 1984). And my name is among them and 'due a comeback' according to some of you. Never thought I'd see the day!

Favourite for me is Hope.

LuAnna is the name of a podcast with Luisa Zissman and Anna Williamson, so I definitely wouldn't pick that one

Favourite - June or Jane
Least favourite - Beverly (OP!!!)

Ava - lovely but done to death -
Susan - OK. Susannah is much nicer.
May - Maya/Mia is way overdone and May as a middle name so no.
Luanna. Never heard it. Luella is much nicer, or Louisa.
Beverly - this is, literally, the ugliest name on earth. She’ll be called Bev.
Jane - a classic in need of revival
Shirley - it’s pretty bad
June - great, though only if it’s her birth month
Chloe - meh. And being overdone right now
Luana - still weird
Mary - I quite like it
Hope - I like it, quite popular right now

Mary, by a country mile. Beautiful, timeless name

Fav: Mary and Hope
Least fav: Ava - because there are A MILLION!

Favourite -Mary
Least- Beverly.