Name Inspo - kids classmates

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31 weeks now and pretty set on a name but do have the odd fleeting doubt so keeping an open mind.

I was looking at DD1's class list today and wondered if anyone else would like to share some of the names from your older children's classes at school/nursery for possible inspiration.

In DD1's reception class (UK), we have:

GIRLS: Clara, Emme, Astrid, Elsie, Nancy, Tara, Flora, Robyn, Olive, Ava

BOYS: Freddie, Dougie, Alfie, Teddy, George, Charlie, Isaac, Ellis, Reuben, Oliver, James

Girls: Ivy, Isla, Iris, Isabella and Arabella.

Boys: Theo, Theo, Zach, William, Alfie, Archie and Oliver.

Here are some from across my 3 children’s classes

Lila, Amber, Freya, Elsie, Scarlett, Layla, Florence, Connie, Hattie, Ettie, Effie, Seren, Annie, Rosie, Addy (not sure if short for anything), Abigail, Jessica, Erin, Holly, Ruby, Poppy, India, Francesca, Indi, Isla, Lola, Mabel, Romy, Lyra, Esme, Priya, Darcey, Beatrice, Matilda, Tabitha, Vivienne, Alice, Lucy, Imogen, Macy, Sienna, Frida, Flora, Clara, Anais, Arwen, Daisy, Ivy, Violet, Chloe, Megan,

(plus lots of Isabella variants, Sophie / Sophias, Ellie / Ella / Eleanors, Eve / Evie /Ava variants, Olivias, Emilys, Lilys and Graces)

James, Harry, Finley, Max, Koby, Boden, Sonny, Neirin, Alex, Josh, John, Rio, Cory, Dougie, Ralphy, George, Kain, Jackson, Albert, Cyrus, Maddox, Reuben, Zachary, Eli, Sebastian, Samuel, Ben, Louis, Jake, Isaac, Hayden

(Lots of Arthurs, Henrys, Olivers, Noahs, Jacks, Teds, Freddies, Leos, Alfies, Theos)

Elsie, Bella, Evie, Lola, Elysana, Kristen, Lillian, Seren, Theodora, Annabella

wilson, Stan, Ollie, Jake, Blake, George, Arlo

I'm not sure if this is interesting, but in Finland we have:

Girls: Sylvi, Rauha, Elsi, Aino, Milja, Alva, Alma, Tuula, Ella x2, Olivia, Iines

Boys: Tapio, Benjamin, Eeli, Hugo, Veikka, Otso, Felix, Marlo, Simo, Mauno

Nearly every girl's name in my children's nursery classes ends with the 'a' sound, think Orla, Ayla, Ava, Olivia, Aliah, Freya, Lola, Lara. Some lovely names but I chose a non- 'a' name for my child for this reason!
Boys: Louis, Finn, George, Freddie, Toby, Oscar are some I can remember!

Girls: Amelie, Maisy, Romy, Millie, Grace, Willow, Ruby, Ella
Boys: Frankie, Dexter, Hugo, Jayden, Oscar, Max, Finn

across my DC’s classes:

Boy- Fox! Macsen, Phillip, Maddox, Henry, Arthur, Oscar, Jaxon, Lennox, Toby, Finn, Ben, Thomas, Daniel, Luca, Wren, Paxton, Freddie, Louie, Wilf, Jasper, Arlo, Rocco, Atlas, Kit, Jude, Monty, Tiger, Clement, Beau

girl- Aria, Nellie, Lilac, Addison, Gigi, Bia, Fern, Etta, Ettie, Emmy, Orla, Elle, Mae, Jasmine, Quinn, Cora, Opal, Olive, Livi, Lyra, Tess, Celeste, Primrose, Ottilie, Dottie, Allegra, Alice, Lauren, Mabel, Kitty, Ada, Pippa

Olivia, Arabella, Freya, Bella, Ella, Enna, Amelia, Emilia (can you spot the theme here?)

Also (for balance): Grace, Hattie, Rose (x2)

Boys: James (x2), Oliver (x2), Ollie, Olly, Frankie, Freddie, Ted, William, Oscar (x2)

Lots of 'a' and i sounding endings...and not just in my class...this is pretty much a 'standard' across all the school.

Yr1:

girls - Emmeline, Mabel, Lottie x 2, Nancy, Isla, Arabella
boys - Theo, Oscar, Louis (various spellings) x 3, George

nursery:

girls - Isla, Lottie, Poppy, Rosie, Harper
boys - James, George, Henry, Luca, Fred, Leo x 2

Beatrice, Olivia, Lily, Mia, Lottie, Layla, Penelope, Maisie, Poppy, Rosa, Charlotte, Francesca, Emily, Annabelle, Evelyn, Pippa

Oliver, Max, William, Thomas, Ethan, George, James, Gabriel, Archie, Myles, Arlo

Some across school and nursery/ toddler groups:
Boys: Oliver, Ollie x 3, Jamie, Isaac x 3 Frank/Frankie x 4, Arlo, Ethan, Theo, Oscar, Elliot, George, Archie, Finn
Girls: Isla, Olivia, Ava, Ada, Lena, Luna, Mia…lots of names ending in ‘a’

Loving these responses, thank you everyone for sharing!

There's definitely a common theme isn't there with a lot of 'a' ending girls names and 'ie' ending boys names.....

Saying that though, I went to school in the 80's/90's and there were a lot of 'a' girls names then too - Sarah, Rebecca, Emma, Leona, Lisa, Victoria, Laura, Louisa, Gemma being just some I can remember from my year group etc
And 'ee' ending girls name as well.... Kerry, Jenny, Kimberley, Sophie, Marie, Katie, Emily, Lucy.....

Across various clubs/school/nursery:

Boys: Louis (various spellings), Reuben, Freddie, George, James, Harrison, Roman, Patrick, Oscar, Harry, Charlie, Arthur, Angus, Oliver/Ollie, Archer, Alfred, Noah, Edward, Thomas/Tom, Henry

Eta forgot Elliot! Lots of Elliots

Girls: Isabelle/Isabella, Grace (lots), Florence, Sophie, Orla, Rose/Rosie (lots), Layla, Daisy, Alice, Bea, Dottie, Minnie, Annabelle, Mabel, Penelope, Harriet/Hattie

Florence, Hattie, Hettie, Clara, Penny x 2, Clover, Amelie, Isla, Ada, Elodie, Lyra, Dora, Nula

Theo x 3, Roman, Ethan, Sid, Wilbur, Wilf, Finn, Ronnie, Kit, Frank

Girls: Emily, Hazel, Maisie, Iris, Marnie, Eden, Elin, Sofia, Nell, Annabel, Izzy, Sara, Layla, Ziva, Ophelia, Leila, Gemma, Lara, Jasmine, Mara, Ava, Lyra, Holly, Amy, Rosie, Amelia, Savannah, Alannah, Tess, Francesca

Boys: Joe, Theo, Milo, Thomas, Alfie, Leo, Fritz, William, Ben, Aaron, Siôn, Gwyn, Harrison, Oliver, Max, Daniel, Archie, Ted.

Plus lots of Welsh names which might not be what you’re after

Emily, Charlotte, Maria, Florence, Eliza, Mia, Freya, Ava, Molly, Ella, Elinor, Isabella, Annabelle, Millie, Abigail, Madeleine, Jemima, Clara, Tabitha, Lucy, Susannah, Imogen

George, Sam, Theo, Daniel, Mathias, Marcus, Leo, Felix, Zach, Isaac, Milo, Charlie, Jack, Thomas, Freddie, Finn, Guy, Julius

Here

aurora, Olivia, Abigail, riley, Khadri, Ada, Mimi, Thandi, Ruby, Esme, Esme, Robyn, Christina, nicole

archie, Lenny, Harry, Ethan, Abdullah, Ewan, Thomas, Thomas, Alex, Alex, Noah

Here in Norway:
Girls: Nora, Tuva, Eline, Linnea, Astrid, Ida, Pernilla, Henrietta, Sigrid, Ingrid, Saga,

Boys: Alfred, Rasmus, Knut, Samuel, Ulrik, Olaf, Kornelius

Montessori class:

Maria, Esme, Robyn, Ayla, Amelia, Penelope, Clara, Genevieve, Poppy, Anya, Sinead

Theo, Rory, Tristan, Hugo, Sahib, Oscar, George, Seb

Stella,Amy, Orla, Sophie,Sophia, Sofia, Zoe, Holly, Lilly

Ethan, Jackson, Thomas, Hugo, Max, Leon, Teddy

DD’s classes have had: lots of Isabellas/Bellas, lots of Evies/Evas, lots of Phoebes; multiple Scarletts, Georginas, Ellas, Sophies, Laras, Lotties, Amys, Amelias, Mias and Avas. Other names: Lola, Evie-May, Olivia, Mabel, Anna, Molly, Chloe, Zoe, Freya, Esme, and Poppy. All pretty popular names to be honest.

Boys:
Ralph, Zachary, Alastair, Tommy, Charlie, Oliver, Peter, Joey, Henry, Ted and Teddy, Arjun, Rudy, Dexter, Caelan, Ezra, Xavier, Jacob, River, Reuben, Caleb, Magnus, Freddie, Archie, Isaiah

Girls:
Isla x 2, Emmie, Emmeline, Ada, Sophia x 2, Annabel, Arabella, Reeva, Freya, Violet, Bonnie, Poppy x 2, Sapphire, Penny, Mollie, Ivy, Isabel, Indie x 2, Indigo, April, Hettie, Harriet, Florence, Gracie, Evelyn x 2,