Please rank my baby name list!! Don't hold back

[danascully96]

You don't have to respond to all of these, just general feelings. Also, I'm American, so I've noticed some of these names have a more "dated" connotation in the UK than in the US.

Girls:

Felicity "Flick"

Tessa "Tess"

Juliet "Jules"

Violet

Scarlett

Elizabeth "Eliza"

Sylvia "Sylvie"

Margot

Madeline (pronounced "MAD-uh-LINE") -- how inevitable is the nn Maddie?

Caroline

Susannah

Charlotte

May/Mae

Lily

Dahlia ("DOLL-lee=yah")

Boys:

Miles

Christopher "Kit"

Fraser

Graham (I pronounce it "GRAM"):

Dean

August

James "Jamie"

William

Rowan

Robin (maybe too girly in the US?)

Jasper

Jack

Griffin

Girls:
Felicity "Flick" - nice
Tessa "Tess" - nice
Juliet "Jules" - nice, don’t like Jules
Violet - love
Scarlett - meh
Elizabeth "Eliza" - love
Sylvia "Sylvie" - meh
Margot - nice
Madeline (pronounced "MAD-uh-LINE") -- how inevitable is the nn Maddie? - nice, I think most people will say ‘Mad-uh-lyn’ regardless of spelling
Caroline - nice
Susannah - nice
Charlotte - nice
May/Mae - meh
Lily - nice
Dahlia ("DOLL-lee=yah") - awful

Boys:
Miles - meh
Christopher "Kit" - meh
Fraser - meh
Graham (I pronounce it "GRAM"): - awful
Dean - awful
August - nice
James "Jamie" - meh
William - love
Rowan - nice
Robin (maybe too girly in the US?) - nice
Jasper - awful
Jack - meh
Griffin - awful

Girls:

Best- Felicity, Caroline, Juliet, Susannah
Middle- Elizabeth, Margot, Madeline, Tessa (prefer Theresa), Sylvia
Dislike due to popularity/ overexposed- Lily, violet, May Scarlett, Charlotte
Seriously dislike- Dahlia

Boys:

Best- jack, robin, William, James but not Jamie
Middle- Fraser, rowan , August, Christopher
Not keen- jasper, miles,
Seriously dislike- Dean, Griffin

Oh dislike Graham too, sorry

Over here ( UK) Dean would grow up to be a 'tradie'. Carpenter,roofer,plasterer, electrician. Not a classy name at all.

Girls:
Felicity "Flick" - no
Tessa "Tess" - no
Juliet "Jules" - yes, my fave from your list ( but I’m not that keen on the nn Jules)
Violet - ok
Scarlett - nice
Elizabeth "Eliza" - I like Eliza
Sylvia "Sylvie" - nice
Margot - not sure, think it sounds a bit harsh
Madeline (pronounced "MAD-uh-LINE") -- how inevitable is the nn Maddie? - nice name but nt keen on Maddie, probably will get called Maddie or Mads
Caroline - no
Susannah - no, but I like Susie
Charlotte - nice, safe, classic
May/Mae - no, feels over used (especially as middle name)
Lily - yes, nice and feminine
Dahlia ("DOLL-lee=yah") - no, I don’t like the pronunciation you use
Boys:
Miles - yes
Christopher "Kit" - Quite like Kit, cool
Fraser - yes, quite like this
Graham (I pronounce it "GRAM"): - no.
Dean - no
August - yes, like this a lot
James "Jamie" - classic, prefer Jamie
William - safe, classic. Posh
Rowan - not sure
Robin (maybe too girly in the US?) - yes, nice name. I don’t find it too girly
Jasper - no, I find it a bit too posh
Jack - classic, nice
Griffin - no

Violet
Scarlett
Elizabeth "Eliza"
Sylvia "Sylvie"
Dahlia

Love love love all these OP! All on my list too. Not so keen on the others.

You might also like:

Delilah
Seren
Paloma
Carys
Eloise
Goldie

I'm not keen on the boys list apart from Jasper and Jack.

But Jack is a little bit meh.

I don't think any are awful.

I find Lily to be the most bland/overused name (a personal opinion with no offence ro any little Lily's meant of course, people definitely think the same of one of my kids names from what I've seen on here).

Jack instantly makes me think brat, and overused too.

Dean and William are bland too, Fraser is just OK.

Felicity "Flick" - wet blanket name, sorry!
Tessa "Tess" - great
Juliet "Jules" - also great
Violet - not a fan, don't like the sound
Scarlett - not a fan, don't like the sound
Elizabeth "Eliza" - strongly dislike Eliza but Elizabeth is good
Sylvia "Sylvie" - fine
Margot - ok
Madeline (pronounced "MAD-uh-LINE") -- how inevitable is the nn Maddie? - I don't like the line ending. The Madeleine pronunciation is beautiful. Either way likely to get Maddie or Mads in the UK
Caroline - has grown on me recently. Although don't like the line bit.
Susannah - nice
Charlotte - don't like the sound
May/Mae - refreshing as a first name, overdone as a middle
Lily - nice
Dahlia ("DOLL-lee=yah") - not a fan

Boys:
Miles - don't like the sound
Christopher "Kit" - yes!
Fraser - not a fan
Graham (I pronounce it "GRAM"): so dated in the UK
Dean - also dated
August - quite nice
James "Jamie" - love Jamie, dislike James
William - great name
Rowan - ok
Robin (maybe too girly in the US?) - prefer it on a boy. Good name.
Jasper - nice
Jack - nice
Griffin - I really like Griffin.

My daughter's name is Rowan. it's one of my favourite names.

I guessed you were US as 'Gram' Graham Crackers are Digestives.

Am surprised Scarlett is on the list then as Gone with the Wind a banned book there, no?

I like Charlotte and Dahlia. Jack and Miles.

Top 3 for each

Caroline
Elizabeth
Juliet

Fraser
Christopher / Kit
Miles

Girls:*

Felicity "Flick" 7/10

Tessa "Tess" 5/10

Juliet "Jules" 7/10

Violet 7/10

Scarlett 5/10

Elizabeth "Eliza" 10/10

Sylvia "Sylvie" 5/10

Margot 7/10

Madeline (pronounced "MAD-uh-LINE") -- how inevitable is the nn Maddie? 0/10 due to pronunciation 10/10 if pronounced maddy-lin

Caroline 10/10

Susannah 10/10

Charlotte 10/10

May/Mae 5/10

Lily 10/10

Dahlia ("DOLL-lee=yah")0/10 due to fact pronounciation and spelling don't match

Boys:

Miles10/10

Christopher "Kit"10/10

Fraser5/10

Graham (I pronounce it "GRAM"):0/10

Dean 3/10 chavvy

August 5/10 weird

James "Jamie" 10/10

William 10/10

Rowan5/10 could be a girl

Robin (maybe too girly in the US?) 7/10

Jasper 7/10

Jack7/10

Griffin 0/10

No ranking, just some comments:
Felicity is lovely but Flick is awful.
Juliet is nice but I don’t like Jules. Those two nicknames are the sort of thing your friends might call you when you’re a teenager but they’re not what your parents should call you.
If you want to change Sylvia to Sylvie, just call her Sylvie. They are two different names.
Madeline is pronounced Madelin here. I’ve never heard of MadeLINE.
Everyone in this country will pronounce Dahlia as Day-lee-a. I don’t like it either way.
The other girls' names are fine.

Christopher is nice but I don’t like Kit (school kids talk about their PE kit)
Gram is not a name here. It’s a unit of weight.
August - just no. Pretentious.
Griffin - weird.’
The rest are fine.

I like Violet, Lily and Rowan. Couldn't date all, sorry!

Ffs

Love

Violet, Margot
Miles, Rowan, Jasper

Like

Lily
Fraser

Ok

Madeline, Charlotte, May/Mae but only for middle name, Dahlia, Scarlett, Elizabeth, Christopher, James, William, Jack, Griffin

Don't like

Felicity, Tessa, Juliet, Sylvia, Caroline, Susannah
Graham, Dean, August, Robin

I am currently in the US, but my boyfriend is from the UK and we may one day move back. I only mentioned the pronunciations in case they made the name sound better since I know Graham is dated in the UK. Clearly, my attempt backfired as everyone hates the US pronunciation even more 🤣

I should have written Dahlia as “Dahl” instead of “Doll,” but those two sound identical to my ears.

Yeah, actually, this is a point where Brits and Americans agree because Madeline is usually pronounced with the “lynn” ending over here as well. I grew up with the books, so I am partial to the “line” ending.

I've never understood why Americans pronounce Graham as GRAM, it just annoys me every time I hear it. Why even bother with the extra letters?
I wouldn't call him that if you're living in the UK as hell be explaining a weird pronunciation every time anyone reads his name or more likely will just learn to pronounce it properly and then it won't be the name you wanted.

I like the sound because it reminds me of graham crackers (which are delicious) and men in sweaters since most Grahams here are preppy, whereas “GRAY-um” sounds grayer lol

I’ll confess that we bastardize the mother tongue a lot 😅 And we do say water weird! We should enunciate the “t” better. We also shouldn’t put the punctuation mark inside the quotes and should defer to the British style “ “. We are maniacs over here 😜

I like Caroline, Charlotte or Susannah.

Miles and Jack.

I like Jules, but not Juliet. Prefer Julia.

Any name that is likely to be pronounced differently will be a pain ( I have a name like that and have spent my whole life correcting people on how to say it ). Don't assume people will opt for a nick name of your preference. Eg. Elizabeth could be Liz and not Eliza.

I didn't know Americans said Gram when saying Graham. How peculiar.

If you are in the UK, Madeline will be pronounces Madeleine (like the cake) and you don’t stand a chance of Dahlia being said other than as Day-Lee-ah.

I won’t rank the names as they are all about equal to me - they all give off a middle class, jolly hockey sticks vibe which - if that is your tribe or aspiration - then great, they’re ideal!
But, as someone with a name that’s mispronounced more often than not, I implore you not to bother with the Grem and Dollia pronunciations - your child won’t thank you!
also I know three Madelines and they are all known as Maddie, so that seems pretty unavoidable.