me and dh have complied a list!! so please do tell me your thoughts!!

[Rosbo]

girl:

Madeleine
Camberly (dh thought of this! cam for short)
Jessica (jess)
Caitlin
Roma
Florence
Venetia (venny?)
(Yes, we like Italian cities!)
Amelia (mia)
Emmeline (Ems)
Hope
Beth
Anna
Poppy
Daisy
Louisa
Imogen
Sally

boy:

Charlie
Finlay (fin)
William (will)
Joseph (joe or seph)
Alexander (alex)
Nicky
Timothy (tim)
Jack
Harry
Griffin (dh thought of this!)
Sebastian
Noel (Yes I love Noel Fielding)
Russell

all your thoughts both good and bad are appreciated.

Isn't the Italian for Venice Venezia?

Madeleine (Not really, OK I suppose)
Camberly (cam for short) NO
Jessica (jess) Prefer Jess for Boy myself
Caitlin Nice
Roma LOVELY
Florence LOVELY
Venetia (venny?) LOVELY
(Yes, we like Italian cities!) ME TOO!
Amelia (mia) Nice, prefer shorten to Millie
Emmeline (Ems) Hmm Undecided
Hope Nice
Beth OK
Anna LOVELY
Poppy NICE
Daisy NICE
Louisa OK
Imogen NICE
Sally NO (sorry)

boy:

Charlie Nice
Finlay (fin) Liking more and more
William (will) Always a good choice
Joseph (joe or seph) Joe definitely
Alexander (alex) LOVELY, cd be a Xander too
Nicky No What about Nico, which I stole heard from someone else? Hatrick I think
Timothy (tim) No always think nice but dim
Jack Bit too popular for me
Harry No
Griffin (dh thought of this!) No sorry to DH
Sebastian LOVE LOVE LOVE On my list too
Noel (Yes I love Noel Fielding) OK
Russell No (sorry again)

Madeleine - lovely name (= my dd1)
Camberly - no
Jessica (jess) - nice but a bit over-used imo (depends how 'different' you want to be)
Caitlin - as per Jessica
Roma - no
Florence - nice (know one who gets it shortened to Flossie which is also cute)
Venetia (venny?) - nice but a bit 'lacrosse and pony club'
Amelia (mia) - nice
Emmeline (Ems) - nice
Hope - lovely
Beth - nice but people will assume that it's an abbreviation of Elizabeth, so be prepared to explain that it isn't quite a lot
Anna - nice
Poppy - as per Jessica
Daisy - nice
Louisa - nice and unusual without being whacky, iykwim
Imogen - don't really like it, but can't say why
Sally - as per Imogen

Charlie - OK
Finlay (fin) - nice
William (will) - like it a lot
Joseph (joe or seph) - like Joseph, but Seph sounds like someone with a lisp who can't say Seth (so would shorten to Joe or nothing)
Alexander (alex) - nice
Nicky - too unisex for me
Timothy (tim) - sorry, makes me think 'nice but dim'
Jack - very very very popular, but a good sensible name
Harry - OK
Griffin - no
Sebastian - very posh-sounding
Noel - OK-ish
Russell - I like this one

My favourites would be Madeleine or Louisa (with Hope as a middle name) for a girl and William or Russell for a boy.

Message withdrawn

Not looked at anyone else's thoughts yet - but here are mine

Madeleine don't like Maddy adn it will get shortened
Camberly (dh thought of this! cam for short) no no no!!
Jessica (jess) Too common
Caitlin Too common
Roma You're kidding?
Florence Like this
Venetia (venny?)
(Yes, we like Italian cities!) I used to know a venetia - she ws called Vagina by some cruel boys
Amelia (mia) too common
Emmeline (Ems) Ok
Hope Like this
Beth not keen
Anna - like this
Poppy - no imagine a heffalump of a spotty teenager
Daisy - as above
Louisa - nicest on your list
Imogen - ok
Sally - ok

boy:

Charlie - too common
Finlay (fin) - too common
William (will) - too common
Joseph (joe or seph) - I have a Joseph Alexander!!
Alexander (alex) see above!
Nicky - I like Nicholas and Nick but not Nicky
Timothy (tim) - Tim, Tim nice but dim - no!
Jack - too common
Harry - too common
Griffin (dh thought of this!) - Grff is ok
Sebastian - depends where you live!
Noel (Yes I love Noel Fielding) - no
Russell - no

I will have a look at everyone else's opinion now

I live near Camberley so no way! It would be a big joke in the school playground here.Definitely not if she has any possibility of ever moving to Surrey!!
Hope could be the butt of jokes.
Like Jessica but not Jess. Louisa is lovely.
I like Alexander (Alex).
Not Nicky, but Nicholas shortened to Nick is nice.
Don't like Finlay-or Finn
Griffin?!!!!

Lilibet, how can you say lots of the names are too common when you yourself have a Joseph? Surely popularity isn't important to you if you chose a mega popular name yourself?

Surrey and Frimley are also nice

My Joseph was the only one in his school! Perhaps it's where you live?

I love the Louisa and I also love Hope and Imogen. Not keen on any of the others on your list personally.

My favourite boys name off your list is Joseph.

Madeleine - yes
Camberly (nope sorry, I know the town of the same name so it doesn't work for me)
Jessica (jess) - yes
Caitlin - lovely
Roma - nope
Florence - nope
Venetia (venny?) - nope

Amelia (mia) - love it
Emmeline (Ems) - love it

Hope, Beth, Anna, Poppy, Daisy, Louisa, Imogen, Sally - all lovely

boy:

Charlie, Finlay (fin), William (will), Joseph (joe or seph), Alexander (alex), Nicky, Timothy (tim), Jack, Harry - all good. Like Nicky and Alex the best.

Griffin - nope sorry, sounds like a baddie name from Harry Potter

Sebastian - nope

Noel - will always make me thing of Swap Shop and bearded men

Russell - don't know why, but nope

Cheers for all the replies
looks like Roma and Camberley are VERY unpopular then!
Most of the people who like madeleine either have a madeleine or know of one which puts me off as proves its common.

Don't like Griffin then?
Or Russell many of you?

Ah well.
May have to rethink!

What are everyones top names boy and girl?

Hope and Beth are nice. Louisa is nice too.
As is Griffin.

Rest are either common as hell or pretentious.

Timothy is a dog's name btw

Madeleine - No too much in use atm
Camberly (dh thought of this! cam for short) God no! Have you ever been to Camberley. you may as well call her Basildon ffs
Jessica (jess)- Nice
Caitlin - OK
Roma - No (Romy is a real name and quite nice tho)
Florence - OK
Venetia (venny?) - No too prissy
(Yes, we like Italian cities!)
Amelia (mia) - No
Emmeline (Ems) - A bit suffragettey
Hope - No too hopeful
Beth - OK - prefer Bethan or Bethany
Anna - Nice
Poppy - Silly
Daisy - Silly
Louisa - Absolutely not, dreadful, don't even think about it (can you tell I have one??!)
Imogen - Not keen
Sally - OK

boy:

Charlie - OK
Finlay (fin) - MILLIONS of them atm but OK
William (will) - Nice prefer Will
Joseph (joe or seph) - Nice
Alexander (alex) - Nice but prefer Lex to Alex
Nicky - NO
Timothy (tim) - Ewwwwwwww drippy
Jack - OK
Harry - Don't like personally
Griffin (dh thought of this!) - NO!
Sebastian - OK
Noel (Yes I love Noel Fielding) - Nice (my Dad's name so I would like it)
Russell - makes me think of a man with a paper bag on his head. Not an attractive name

Ah, we are very diplomatic CD.

well actually it was a cross post

Emmeline is Hot Chocolate to me.

Emma Emmaline
Gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen
Gonna write you name high on that silver screen

(Although she eventually tops herself when she doesn't make it in showbizzzzzzz.)

Every Russell I have ever known has been a total knob.

I have never met a Russell

thank fuck

Madeleine - sorry but Maddison. Bogan name. Madeleine /Maddie. $300 dollar fine.
Camberly - Don't be stupid. Have you been to Camberley? I have. What about Camellia?
Jessica (jess) ok not a fave of mine but a perfectly acceptable name.
Caitlin - No chav. Clodagh much posher.
Roma - Hmm. ROmilly? Or Rosemary with Romy for short.
Florence - OK. Don't love this but it's an OK name. Flora is pretty. Would you connect the two names??
Venetia (venny?) - No, but only because I knew an awful Venetia.
Amelia (mia) OK, but what about Camellia?!!
Emmeline (Ems) - no.
Hope -ok reminds me of premature babies. Prefer Honor
Beth - I love this one.
Anna - I love this one too.
Poppy - I really like this one.
Daisy - I sort of like it but not quite.
Louisa - Lovely. I would even find just Louise quite refreshing these days. Louisa is beautiful though.
Imogen - Alright, nothing special.
Sally - pretty but lacks something... better than Lily or Molly though, by MILES.

boy:

Charlie - I like this one.
Finlay (fin) - I like it but I know loads. What about Fionn (fyun) or Fintan?
William (will) - I can't object to this name.
Joseph (joe or seph) a/a
Alexander (alex) I quite like this name.
Nicky - hm, quite interesting now. Don't know a nicky under 25
Timothy (tim) I like this one, but when I was pg, a lot of people dissed it.
Jack - OK, prefer John
Harry - OK
Griffin - I want to hate this because it's a sur name, but actually I really like it. Isn't it a half man half horse or something?
Sebastian - Alright. Seb or Bash alright but a bit too self-consciously posh at the same time.
Noel - I like this. Why isn't Gemma on your girls' list!!!?
Russell - I like it! I prefer just Ross though. Would Roscoe be too hilarious. I like Roscoe but I might be on my own there.

we did used to cut out pictures of Russell Harty and attach them to the lightshade and punch it

When I said 'stupid' I meant to say silly and do a little grin. It came out sounding very cheeky. Sorry.

Just dont go Jewish. Or Scottish (unless you are one of those happy tribes)

lol at RH thing.
In school?
I made my room mate rip down her pic of Duran Duran but I let her keep just the face of the quite fit one and stick it back up.

No when I was about 23