Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

Set a reminder

Please or to access all these features

Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

What are your top 10 favourite names (girls and boys)

100 replies

Cecy · 10/04/2008 22:41

I'm looking for inspiration. What are your top 10 favourite names for boys and girls?

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Jojay · 13/04/2008 22:21

Boys

Jasper
William
Leo
Theo
Cameron
Adam
Owen
Felix
Oliver
Oscar

Girls

Anna
Anna bel
Heidi
Laura
Lucy
Elizabeth
Naomi
Juliet

Can't remember any more.

LaDiDaDi · 13/04/2008 22:23

Boys

Archie
Arthur
Edward
Patrick
Dexter
Gregor
Angus
Kit
Jed
Will

Girls

Eliza
Clara
Laura
Sadie
Isobel
Penelope
Matilda
Hattie
Jemima
Liberty

janeite · 13/04/2008 22:26

Hattie! How could I forget that? I LOVE it and wanted to use it for dd2 but dp wasn't keen.

Do you like "Tom's Midnight Garden" by any chance?

Dragonbutter · 13/04/2008 22:27

Boys
Sol, Sawyer, Hunter, River, Innes, Theo, Woodrow,

Girls
Willow, Ciel, Hazel, Nuala, Naima, Nyx, Innes, River, Fern, Orlaith

noddyholder · 13/04/2008 22:28

Girls Alice Roxie Agnes Eleanor isobel Meg cecile Fleur
Boys Jesse Finn Rocky Ed Wilfred Henry Victor

saintmaybe · 13/04/2008 22:31

Sukey is lovely

but then dd is Hero, which I know everyone s

except people who know her who see it's perfect for her and beautiful

and she has many middle names just in case

saintmaybe · 13/04/2008 22:47

Ooh

very keen filtering software

won't let me say h a t e

Elkat · 13/04/2008 23:09

Girls:

Eloise, Elodie, Elizabeth, Katherine, Annabel, Sophia, Amelie, Charlotte, Susannah, Felicity.

Boys:
Fabian, Jolyon (Joe or Jon), Theo, Edwin (Ted), Cerin, Ellis, Elliot, William ... can't think of any more.

Thankfully, I only had girls - found that much easier to choose!

HonoriaGlossop · 13/04/2008 23:35

Boys:

Gabriel
Edward
Leo

Girls:

Alice
Violet
Ivy
Estella
Emerald

LookattheLottie · 14/04/2008 01:47

In no particular order:

Girls:
Charlotte (dd)
Clara
Gretta
Emilia
Alice
Heidi
Chloe
Libby
Seren
Lacey

Boys:
Arthur
Theodore
Henry
Jacob
Toby
Samuel
Luca
Finn
Max
Elijah

liz71 · 14/04/2008 19:53

boys LUKE GIRLS REBECCA LEANNE ABBIE

kitsmummy · 15/04/2008 19:42

Kit
Woody
Rufus
Rupert

Clementine
can't think of any more girls names i love

wellieboot · 15/04/2008 19:53

Mine are:

Eleanor
Alice
Rose
Isabella
Sophie
Amelia
Charlotte
Imogen
Grace
Olivia

Jack
Leo
Tom
George
Dylan
Oliver
Finn
Benjamin
Zachary
Rafferty

MadameCh0let · 15/04/2008 21:14

I love conservative names with quirky or more fashionable nick names.

Girls
Margaret with Margot, Maggie or Greta
Elizabeth with Eliza for short
Cordelia with Coco or Didi for short
Beatrix
Florence with Flora as a possible nick name
Annabel with Nancy as a possible name name
Eve
Penelope with Polly as a possible nick name
Leonora
Clodagh
Maeve
Phoebe

Boys
Patrick
Richard/Richie
Bruno
Dominic
Gregory/Greg
Fergus/Gus
Peter
Tadhg
Lorcan

hmmm, I@m obsessed with silly nns sorry about that.

frogs · 15/04/2008 21:20

Girls:
Madeline
Alice
Florence
Hannah/Anna
Catherine
Victoria
Octavia
Freya

Boys:
George
Wi lliam
Alexander
Matthias
Florian (but wasn't allowed!)
Oscar

Califrau · 15/04/2008 21:21

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Califrau · 15/04/2008 21:21

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

CantSleepWontSleep · 17/04/2008 08:36

Will doubtless forget some, but here goes....

Girls
Roxanne
Cadence
Heidi
Philippa
Georgina
Felicity
Verity
Amelia
Dorothy
Octavia
Gabriella
Madison
Imogen
(Yes, I know that's 13)

Boys
Elliot
Zachary
Reuben
Jacob
Dominic
Julian
Duncan
Ezra
Solomon
Elijah
Fitz
Patrick
Abraham
(13 again!)

PrePG · 17/04/2008 16:05

Boys
Tristan, Noah, Zachary, Jake, Luke, Evan, Max, Christian

Girls
Francesca, Alexa, Mia, Maddeleine, Mariah, Emma, Layla, Lila, Vanessa, Skye

jenwa · 17/04/2008 17:26

Girls
Phoebe (1st choice)
Jasmine
Ruby
Emilia (cant spell it!)
Grace
Ellie
Lily

Boys
Caleb (1st choice)
Harry
Lucas
DH likes Dylon (not sure though)

Squirdle · 17/04/2008 18:03

Ooh Jenwa, good choices

I have a Caleb and a Dylan who were to be Emilia and Lily had they been girls. My middle name is Grace and one of my nephews is Lucas (both of which I love)

jenwa · 17/04/2008 19:52

Squidle - same tastes then!
I am growing to like Dylon, think Caleb would be first choice though. WOuld have had if DD been a boy. Phoebe would prob be first choice for girl as liked it first time round but the middle name we gave for dd and surname meant the initials would have been that of my husbands work company.
Its hard to choose. Like Lily and Jasmine too. Someone at works dd is Jasmine so rules it out really and Lily might be too much of a mouthfull with DD's name. aggghhhh

Squirdle · 17/04/2008 20:17

I would spell Dylan with an 'a' and not an 'o' though as with an 'o' it reminds me of a fabric dye! And I don't do the 'Dillon' way of spelling it. I do like names to spelt the way they should be.

Mine, DH and all of our boys names have been mentioned on here.

I'm really liking Jemima atm too.

Dunno why I am bothering liking any names anyway as I'm not having anymore children

gegs73 · 17/04/2008 20:28

Boys
Oliver
Oscar
Max
Thomas
William (Will)
Harry
Theo
Nicholas
Lucas
Samuel

Girls
Jessie
Jessica
Isabel
Iris
Lucy
Ruby
Scarlet
Phoebe
Monica

jenwa · 17/04/2008 22:07

Yes Sorry Dylan should be with an 'a'.

Swipe left for the next trending thread