Please help me name our baby

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We won't be finding out the sex, and already have an Ezra. Don't really want anything that's commonly used.

Boys names we like:

Rowan
Koa
Kobe
Albie (too popular)

Girls names me like:

Mabel (too popular?)
Callie
Melody
Nova
Indigo

Thank you so much!

Koa - no, too close to Koala bear and Kia the car.
Nova is nice though.

I have always liked Rowan. Sorry I don't particularly like any of the girls names.

Rowan or Cali

i like Rowan and Melody.

Other names you could consider:

Leo
Jonah
Hector
Felix
Perry

Caitlin
Juniper
Lyra
Wilma
Saskia

Leo and Lyra are attractive names

If you don't want popular avoid Nova, just in the ward when I gave birth there were 4.
I think it's a name you don't think is popular as it's "newish" but it's very of the time.
Very much like Ottilie, our front runner for a girl. Never heard it used ever. Seen so many announcements recently of Ottilie

Melody and Rowan. So many Mabel's where I live (SW)

Nova is Avon backwards. That alone puts me off...who wants to be a backward Avon seller? 😵‍💫

Apparently Kobe is a diminutive of Jacob (Jakob) so has the same meaning.

I have a Mabel. It took forever to choose her name but we are both so happy with it. It is a name that was popular in the Middle Ages as well as the nineteenth century so isn't just faddish, and it means 'lovable'. I have only met one other after a year in baby groups and she's the only Mabel at nursery (London).

Ezra and ..
Basil
Boaz
Leon
Neil
Ken
Lloyd
Ivor
Kelly
Garnet

Dawn
Fleur
Callie
Indigo
Zoa
Suzanna
Lila
Layne
Faerie

I actually know brothers called Ezra & Rowan, love these together.
I like Koa & Kobw but not sure about either of them with Ezra. Albie is nice but it is very popular.

Other suggestions - River, Sebastian, Jude, Saul, Rafe, Bodhi

Girls wise Mabel would be my favourite, or Indigo if using the nickname Indie.

Other suggestions - Pearl, Fleur, Iris, Maeve, Beatrix

Mabel is beautiful. I'm quite keen on the 'old lady' names for girls and think the fact they're coming into fashion again is lovely. Not sure on the others, they seem a bit too niche and Americanised in my opinion.
I'm sure whatever you pick though your child will love, it is your family nobody else's. X

Boys-
Ruan
Leo
Connell
Max
Luke
Sky
Ignacio
Theo
Billy

Girls-
Morven
Sky
Lula
Anastasia
Azelie
Romy
Ramona
Amber
Cleo
Jean
Billie

What measurement are you using to gage popularity? Ezra is a lovely name but it’s been a very fast riser and it’s very popular - it’s a top 50 name. More common than Joseph, Benjamin or Daniel currently. Rowan is top 60 for a boy Mabel top 50 for a girl. So all of these will have many hundreds/thousands of babies named this each year.

The most unusual name on your list is actually Indigo which is just outside the top 500 for a girl.

If you are fine with top 50 names like Ezra, what about Rory or Luca. If you’d prefer less common, have a look outside the top 500 - Cassian, Amos, Harlan, Dean, Heath, Silas.

For a girl, less commonly used (outside top 500) - Cara, Ruth, Claudia, Morgan, Celeste, Mara.

If you want something more unusual, I'd avoid Mabel as it seems to be massively growing in popularity, I know 4 who have been named that recently!
I also know of two Nova and one Callie from years ago

Rowan is very popular for a boy where we are, but I prefer it for a girl anyway and havent met any recently. That would be my girl pick.

I like Rowan and Callie or Mabel

I know a sibling set called Ezra and Elijah which I always thought sounded nice together.

I also like Caius for a boy.