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

Not especially keen on any of them. Emmeline is an OK name but reminds me of the Hot Chocolate song (Emma, Emmaline) about the girl who kicked herself because she couldn’t be a star.

Neveah was made popular from that tv show 16 and Pregnant. Hendrick= gin.

Emmaline is the only one that's remotely like a name to me.

Isle- is it Eye-lee
Safia - nk idea
Heaven spelt backwards - just why???

Aramis is an old man's overpowering aftershave

Aramis was one of the Three Musketeers.

I like traditional names which can have several short forms - Alexander, Christopher, Nicholas etc. Or for girls, C/Katherine, Elizabeth, Margaret.

It just looks as if you can’t spell.

I used to work with a guy from Egypt, one of his daughters was called Saffia. With two "F"s. Its cute but I would think a its a Muslim name - but its the nicest one on your list.

I also like Hendrick though isn't it a brand of gyn?

All other names sound made up and strange:
Islie - why not Isla?
Emmeline - Naphthalene (moth balls). Why not Emma or Emily?
Neveah - only if you are Irish. otherwise why??

sorry!

Why would you need to be Irish to use Neveah? @localnotail

Yes, he becomes a monk in the end. However it is now associated with a bargain bin aftershave like Old Spice

Is naming your child Nevaeh really a thing? I thought it was a joke that it was a name that people in the US named their child because they thought it was so clever.

Aramis was quite expensive Last time I looked! Nice smell. My dad uses it, it was thought of as quite classy when it came out.

Nevaeh is ridiculous and not a name

I dont know, because its and Irish name? My personal opinion. Could be wrong.

How about binning all of those and going for a real, normal, classy name?
I'm a teacher and the number of bloody ridiculous, made-up names/spellings is getting beyond the pale. Ski, Pocahontas, Disney and Armani. Yes I have taught them all and I just feel so sorry for the kids condemned to a life burdened with such nonsense.
Feel better for getting that off my chest.

emmeline is lovely. Rest not so much.

re gods etc, what about Cybele, Hera or Iris?

@localnotail , it's not an Irish name. It's 'heaven' backwards.

Emmeline is alright. The rest are bad.

None of them to be honest.

How about Edmund? ☺️

Was going to change Hendrick to Hendrix, also like Edmund. ☺️

Changed Hendrick to Hendrix on my list, also added Edmund. Removed Islie & Neveah. X

I have changed it to Hendrix + also added Edmund to the boys. ☺️

Edmund and Emmeline are both great and have good short versions if they don't like the name!

Ed and Em! Or Eddie and Emme/ie/y. Versatile, which helps them as they grow up.

Are you getting mixed up with Niamh?

I prefer Hendrick to Hendrix, but one is gin and the other overdosed at 27, so I'm not wild about either.

Just name them for the adult they'll be for most of their lives, better to grow into a name than grow out of it.

This.

Edmund is nice! Hendrix does not compare, IMO.