Final names - please help!

[Leni987]

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

Zoe and Patrick are my favs.

Mara and Patrick

@elm
Ellen is a female given name,a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena, and Helen.
It's a given name, and means the same as Elena and Helen, but it's not a diminutive of any name.

I would think Ellen is actually a variation of Helen, rather than a diminutive. A diminutive of Helen would be Nell or Nellie maybe, just as Lizzie is a diminutive of Elizabeth.

In the same way Hannah is a variation of Anna (or the other way around), Elisabeth is a variation of Elizabeth, Carolyn is a variation of Caroline. Names that are spelled and maybe pronounced slightly differently, but basically the same name, with the same origin.

But sometimes the name has varied so much that people don't realise it's basically the same name. Like when somebody wanted to name their DD Isabel Elizabeth! (Isabel being the Spanish form of Elizabeth).

Ellen and Patrick.

@MerryChristmasToYou
I posted it was a diminutive of Helen, as it's a very commonly used one here in Scotland and is widely recognised as such, yes it can be a name in its own but I'm sure you know better than generations of people.

Another vote for Max here! I may be biased though. It's also lovely to see lots of other people think it's a gorgeous name too.

Robin for a girl is beautiful.

@HerMammy , I'm not the only one disagreeing with you.

There's no point squabbling, there's a tradition in Scotland but in my English family the name Ellen goes back generations as a stand alone name. I wouldn't say either is necessarily wrong it's just the way it is.

I do always find it a bit odd that Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancy called their two sons Johnny and Jack, which used to be regarded as essentially the same name, with Jack deriving from John going back to medieval times. That said I think it may be a family connection to John and these days no one's going to mix them up as the same person because both names are widely known in their own regard.

@martinisforeveryone , Jack has traditionally been used for someone called John for a long time, but the name Jack is from Jacob.
Two brothers called Jacob and James would effectively have the same name.

I know two sisters with variations of the same name, something like Lisa and Lizzie. It always seemed a bit strange but maybe the parents liked both names so used them

I love Mae and Mara and Frederick and Patrick

all of them are ruddy awful, but dont worry luv ill sort ya out Xxx

here were some of the contenders that we were gonna call our second son (optimus prime is the one we settled on)

KSI

DanTDM

Notch

Creeper

Red Dead Redemption

Cactus

Thanos

any of these are good

Mara (also Zoe) and Robin (for a boy, not keen for a girl)

Mara and Ellen or Elin.
Max and Patrick

Love Zoe and Robin!