What about these names? Undecided

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James
Richard
Hilary
Frances
Helen
Oliver
Grace
Sebastian
Fiona
Anne
Rosalind
Matthew
Neil
Toby
Ian
Nicholas
Simon
Trudi
Annette
Joanna
David
Alexander
Catherine
Jane

Twins, one of each, some are family names.

Not Neil!

Love Frances, Rosalind and Helen for girls, James, Sebastian and Nicholas for boys.

If they were mine they'd be Helen and Nicholas (but only if you like Nick!)

Catherine
Frances
Oliver
Sebastian
Matthew

These are the best, but not that keen on any of the girls ones really.

I like James, Richard, Matthew and Oliver for boys. Catherine (i prefer the Kathryn spelling personally), Joanne, Helen and Fiona for girls

I like Oliver for a boy. I don't like any of the girl ones

I like Alexander and Jane.

Rosalind is my favourite of your girls' names.

Of the boys - i like Sebastian but dislike Seb. Alexander I quite like.
Toby is good but feels a different style to Rosalind.

I'd go Rosalind and Alexander.

From your list of girls names I like Helen and Fiona.
I've read previously on MN baby names, that's Fiona is not a very popular choice, however where I live the name is quite uncommon and I've always liked it!
From your list of boys names, I like Nicholas and James, Alexander and David.

Family links are a great way to choose names. From your list here are some which are due a revival.

Girls:
Helen
Frances
Anne/Annette
Hilary
Rosalind (Ros/Rosa/Rosie)

Boys:
Richard (Rich/Rick?)
Simon
David
Nicholas (Nick/Nico)
Ian

Alexander and Catherine

James okay bit boring
Richard don’t like, dated
Hilary wet
Frances wet
Helen nice, strong, classic
Oliver good but popular
Grace lovely but popular
Sebastian wet
Fiona good, classic
Anne bit boring
Rosalind good, classic
Matthew okay
Neil nope
Toby like it
Ian ummmmmm
Nicholas wet
Simon okay
Trudi like it
Annette bit middle aged
Joanna also middle aged but nice
David bit boring
Alexander wet but Alex is good
Catherine classic
Jane nice

i I think I like Rosalind and Helen best
and Toby and Alex

Shortlist:
James - yes but only as a first name
Richard - yes
Jane - yes but only as a first name and only this spelling
Helen - yes, so much nicer than Helena

Others:
Ann - yes but only as a first name. Anne nice but wouldn't use it
Rosalind - yes but as middle name. Like Ros
Matthew - yes, Matt
Neil - yes but it seems dated
Toby - not sure. Cute and Shakespearean but Tobes is awful
Nicholas - yes, Nick but not Nico or Nicky
Simon - yes but don't like Si or Sime
David - yes but not Dave
Oliver - yes but not Ollie
Catherine - yes, maybe as a middle name. Cathy?
Fiona - yes but wouldn't use it
Alexander - great but I know dozens of them
Joanna - yes but wouldn't use it, know too many Joannes
Hilary- yes but wouldn't use it
Frances- yes but wouldn't use it. Middle name as it gets misspelt
Trudi - no
Annette - no, A net curtain
Ian - no, know too many
Grace - too popular
Sebastian - no, too popular, don't like Seb

Love: James,Matthew, Nicholas +Frances, Grace, Anne and Rosalind
Really like: Alexander, Oliver, Catherine

Favourite "combos":
Nicholas and Rosalind
Matthew and Grace
James and Anne
Oliver and Frances

I like Grace enough to have one myself, Catherine and Rosalind for girls. Hilary could grow on me, too, if you're thinking of using it for a girl (I'm aware it was once for boys, but obviously crossed the gender divide at some point in time).

For boys, I like Sebastian, but LOVE Alexander (and Alexandra for a girl, should that ever be an option).

I love Frances, Catherine, Joanna and Jane.
Love Nicholas and David, quite like Richard, Ian, Toby and Simon.
All very solid, classic names.

I would choose in order of preference..
David
Matthew
Nicholas
Joanna
Jane
Catherine. All classic beautiful names.

My favourites are boys - James, Sebastian, Alexander and Toby

girls - Grace and Catherine (‘Katie’)

My favourites are boys - James, Sebastian, Alexander and Toby

girls - Grace and Catherine (‘Katie’)

I like classic names, so I like most on your list.

The only ones I don't like at all are Trudi and Annette.

Probably because they are family names, I find them mostly very dated and associate with middle aged sorry! The ones I think are more fitting with today are:

Sebastian, Toby, Alexander, James, Grace, Oliver

I like Alexander and Grace

I agree.

Alexander James and Rosalind Grace.

Alex and Rosa are a pretty pair.

The middle names are so overused though. There must be thousands (ok, a lot) of Alexander Jameses out there. They'll all blur into each other.

Duplicated names can be a nightmare. XP worked at the same company as a namesake.

Toby and Trudi

Annie & Seb would be my choice

Frances and Sebastian would be my picks.