Names - Islie, Emmeline, Safia, Neveah and Hendrick.

[LouCritt]

Hey all!

I would like your opinions on the following names please ☺️
Girls - Islie, Emmeline, Safia and Neveah
Boys - Hendrick

Really struggling with boy names so feel free to bring any other ideas, any that go together for the girls also x

Love Emmeline but really dislike the others sorry.

Thank you! No need to apologise, I would rather hear the truth than people say they all sound lovely and I end up regretting the chosen name once she/he is born. X

I love Emmaline, it's beautiful. The rest I don't really like personally, especially Neveah.

The boys name is nice but I'm like you, really struggling with boys names! We've been looking at lists of Greek and Roman gods and also cosmic name lists and are coming up with some slowly. But it's hard work. Girls names are so cute and pretty it's easy to imagine a baby with the name but with boys names it's so hard because you've got this tiny adorable little baby with a man's name!!! It's just so odd. I guess you have to remember that they spend a tiny part of their lives as babies so try to pick a name that you'd like on a teenage boy or a man, rather than a baby. That's what we're doing!

Safia I like but I think Safiya is the standard spelling? Don’t like any of the others I’m afraid. With Neveah, did you mean Nevaeh, as in heaven backwards? If so it’s a name that started as a joke on the internet and so gets the piss taken out of frequently. I’d avoid either spelling for that reason even if you like it (but I don’t at all, sorry).

Yes it’s Safiya, just had a look on the Internet.
Nevaeh is now removed from the list, thank you. X

I have removed Nevaeh now, seems to be a very unpopular name.
Have you come up with any good names for a boy so far? ☺️ I totally agree with you, it’s hard to find cute names that also sound laddy for when he’s in secondary school as well. Boys names are either too manly like you said, or too cute to where they would get picked on as a teen. With girls, a cute name will sound nice for them throughout their life and will be accepted. It’s different for a boy.

Thankyou for the advise, will have to have a look on Google at the Greek and Roman Gods list and see if I come across any I like! X

All dreadful, particularly Nevaeh and Islie.

Nevaeh is off the list now, thank you for your feedback. X

I like Hendrix for a boy rather than hendrick. I like emmeline. Saffiya is nice but only if you are from a culture that uses that name, not if you're white British. Isla is pretty overused and boring, islie is too made up.

Islie

How do you pronounce this? Not sure if it's just me being clueless but I'd think you had some.weird spelling of Isla

Emmeline is nice. Safiya is also ok.

Hendricks is gin

Eye-Lee x

Islie - nice twist on Isla, which has become so popular
Emmeline - lovely classic and I like Emmy
Safia - Safiya is nice
Neveah - not keen

Hendrick - not too keen but ok

Do you like

Adeline
Adelaide
Arwen
Seren
Nia
Nyah
Darcey
Romy
Macie
Heidi
Hallie
Callie
Lena
Sienna
Savannah
Mila
Mara

Boys

Fraser
Franklin
Nolan
Hudson
Evan
Jago
Logan
Nathan
Harvey
Ethan
Rafferty
Milo
Dexter
Hayden
Lucian
Cyrus
Jackson

Emmiline is gorgeous.

Safiya is OK.
Islie I don't know what it says. I-Lee?

I don't hate Hendrick. Never heard it before but could work depending on your surname. Can be shortened to Rick.

Thanks, changed to Hendrix as I do think that sounds better. X

Hendrix is cool.
I like Safiya too.

Other boys name suggestions:
Hudson
Jackson
Roman
Heath
Ellis
Wilson
Parker
Cooper
Marley
Clayton
Harris / Harrison
Orson

Islie sounds quite cute but looks odd to me, I did guess the right pronunciation but written down in most fonts it looks a lot like leslie! Emmeline is my favourite from your list as I love the nickname Emmy.

From experience if you're really struggling with a boys name then you're probably having a boy!

Oh wow, that’s interesting to know. I was hoping for a baby girl, my partner wants a boy though so he will be happy! X

If you like names like Hendrix then I imagine cowboy style names would work for you.
So,
Nate
Beau
Silas
Ned
Wyatt
Harris
Zach
Hudson
Otis
Hank ( Henry on birth certificate)
Tate

Emmeline - pretty
Nevaeh - chavviest name in existence, awful
hendrick - like the gin? Love Hendrix though
islie - looks like a homemade mash up of Isla and Elsie

I went to school with a couple of Muslim girls called Saffiyah. Would assume you are a Muslim family with this name, if that matters.

Hendrick and Hendrix have very different feels to me. Hendri(c)k is a Dutch version of Henry and I would assume cultural links to the Netherlands. Hendrix I would assume a musical reference.

Also agree that Saffiyah (in any spelling) would suggest a Muslim background to me.

I like them all except nevaeh