Thoughts on boy and girl shortlist?

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For a boy, we have

Brodie (we are in Scotland, where this is more popular).
Luke
Nathan
Zachary

Middle name would be John

Girls, we have:

Julia
Vaila
Penny
Louisa

Middle name undecided.

Would be great to hear your thoughts!

I like John and Louise (instead of Louisa)

My sister is Louise and I haven’t heard a child with that name in ages.

I like Luke and Louisa

Brodie - Brodie John is fab
Luke - like it, but not with John. A bit too abrupt
Nathan - is OK
Zachary - Zachary John. My favourite!

Julia - like
Vaila - not heard before, but it's nice
Penny - lovely
Louisa - nice, but I think it's on the rise if that bothers you.

I'd go for Zachary John and either Julia or Penny. All of your choices are nice though. Do you like Jane as a middle name? It means the same as John and goes with all of the girls' names.

Julia and Nathan

My favourites from your list are Nathan and Louisa. I also quite like Luke but not with John as it doesn’t flow very well.

Brodie - sorry, not my cup of tea
Luke - lovely - how about Luke Jonathan?
Nathan -nice
Zachary - nice

Julia - love it
Vaila - I've not heard of this name before
Penny - no, it's a diminutive of Penelope
Louisa - lovely

top choice Zachary and Julia
Also like Luke and Louisa

I like Nathaniel (Nate) but not Nathan
Brodie is just not v distinguished

Vaila sounds odd and medicinal to me
I think Penny is wet

I'm biased as I have a Nathaniel John (nn Nate) so I love that but we also had Zachary on our list 😊