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Final names - please help!

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Leni987 · 22/10/2023 19:37

Hello!

Due our first baby in a few weeks and struggling to pick a name!

What are your favourites from the below:

Girls:
Mae
Mara
Zoe
Ellen
Robin

Boys:
Max
Freddie (Frederick)
Patrick
Robin
Frank

TIA! X

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bloodyeffinnora · 22/10/2023 20:41

Mara and Max are my favourites

martinisforeveryone · 22/10/2023 20:41

I like Freddie from your boys' list and would go for Helene for a girl as opposed to Ellen.

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Leni987 · 22/10/2023 20:44

Thanks so much for all your comments - such a mix of responses!

Really surprised to see so many positive comments for Ellen as it doesn’t seem very popular these days. Is it too dated? Also really like Elin and DH is Welsh and so could be an option?

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Leni987 · 22/10/2023 20:46

@AudiobookListener thank you for your comment and I was not aware of this meaning. Like @MariaVT65 posted, I always though Mara was the Irish for ocean

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jadey1991 · 22/10/2023 20:46

Girls: mae and I like Robin but I would spell I'd robynne
Boys: Robin

Ssme92 · 22/10/2023 20:46

@Leni987 prefer Ellen. Given how popular Ella and Ellie are, I don't think Ellen sounds like a dated name. But then all the Ellen's I know are 20s and 30s so I could be biased.

ItsRebekahVardy · 22/10/2023 20:47

Ellen and Robin

Pemba · 22/10/2023 20:48

Zoe is just beautiful, and lovely that it means 'life'. I like your other names too, except for Mae, which is so popular as a middle name, and I find that spelling a bit tacky (because of Mae West?), May would be marginally better.

Frederick is a great name and I also like Max and Patrick. Really dislike Frank though.

StellaOlivetti · 22/10/2023 20:50

Ellen, by a mile. And Max for a boy.

SabbatWheel · 22/10/2023 20:51

Robin and Patrick

2chocolateoranges · 22/10/2023 20:53

Zoe and Max are my favourites.

Scirocco · 22/10/2023 20:54

Ellen and Frank. Both names of people I love and massively respect. I also like Robin.

wizzler · 22/10/2023 21:25

Ellen and Patrick

nobleisle · 22/10/2023 21:26

Mara and either Patrick or Freddie

loulou2021 · 22/10/2023 21:37

Zoe and Max for me

ellecf21 · 22/10/2023 21:39

Girls:
Mara
Mae
Zoe
Ellen
Robin

Boys:
Robin
Max
Freddie (Frederick)
Patrick
Frank

Mackeroo · 22/10/2023 21:47

Ellen and Patrick
Robyn/Robin are also lovely.

Member589500 · 22/10/2023 21:51

Robin and Frank

Mumofgirls2017 · 22/10/2023 21:57

Ellen and Frederick

MaloneMeadow · 22/10/2023 22:10

Mae: don’t like, no substance and just a very bog standard middle name
Mara: not a fan
Zoe: lovely, my favourite of the bunch
Ellen: dating a bit now but not bad, Ella/Ellie or even Eleanor are nicer
Robin: nice but more typically spelt as Robyn for a girl

Boys:
Max: lovely
Freddie/Frederick: not a fan, especially with Frederick
Patrick: I like it for its Irish roots
Robin: nice
Frank: absolutely not, an old man name

HerMammy · 22/10/2023 22:19

Here in Scotland, I don't know of an Ellen under 60, it's short for Helen and very much a granny name.

Daffodilwoman · 22/10/2023 22:22

I see you have Robin for both a boy and girl so I would go with that, However, spell it Robyn if the baby is a girl.

SkaneTos · 22/10/2023 22:24

All lovely names!

My favourites among them are Ellen and Frank.

(Elin is a lovely name too! It's quite common in Scandinavia.)

DramaAlpaca · 22/10/2023 22:29

The only ones I like are Zoe and Patrick.

PurpleOrchid42 · 22/10/2023 22:35

Zoe for a girl, Patrick for a boy.