Baby name list thoughts

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Please give your thoughts and impressions of these names for a September baby. Gender is unknown. Be as brutally honest as possible. Thank you.

Stephen
Damien
Cameron
Elliot
Jesse/Jessie
Cody (could be short for Dakota)
Corey
Christopher
Stefan
Sean
Derek/Derrick

Faith
Louisa
Katrina
Deanna
Kendra (would call her "Keke")

The boys names are nice apart from Damien due to the devil link. I don’t personally like Cody or Derek but that’s my opinion and the baby is yours not mine.

From your girls names I like Faith, Louisa and Katrina.

I love the name Dakota and Cody, but do feel some would think they're a bit too American, so I probably wouldn't be brave enough to use them. Love though. Also like Cameron, Corey, Christopher and Jesse/Jessie.

Don't love any of the girls names, but don't dislike any of them either. Faith is probably my favourite of the options.

Only really like Jesse and Jessie tbh.

Cody and Corey sound like American brats... sorry! The other boy names are lovely, perhaps not counting Derek...

I really like Faith in your girls list.

Wow, what a mix! You said be honest… I hate Damien, Derek, Stephen and Cody, and I really don’t like Kendra. I like Cameron, Jesse, Elliot, faith and Louisa.

Stephen - Ok
Damien- No
Cameron - Yes
Elliot - ok
Jesse/Jessie - no for a boy
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - No
Corey - No
Christopher - lovely
Stefan - not unless you have foreign roots
Sean - ok
Derek/Derrick - Yes/no
Faith - no
Louisa - yes
Katrina - no
Deanna - no
Kendra (would call her "Keke") - no

Stephen - i like it, retro cool maybe, not a fan of Ste or Steve though

Damien - the omen

Cameron - its nice enough

Elliot - love but prefer Elliott
Jesse/Jessie - meh
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - like neither

Corey - cute

Christopher - like, like Kit but is a bit trendy, not so keen on Chris

Stefan - like

Sean - not a fan

Derek/Derrick - not rrady for a revival yet

Faith - love it
Louisa - nice
Katrina - not a fan but fine
Deanna - don't like
Kendra (would call her "Keke") - like nn kiki but not Kendra

I like all the boys names except Damien ( as in the Omen), and Cody and Corey ( are they American? Not sure but too wacky).

Love love love Elliot and Christopher .

I like all the girls except Deanna ( creepy song by Nick Cave)

Louisa and Katrina both beautiful names

please remember you asked! I'll also say, most kids just make any name seem lovely & perfect for them and if you just say 'this is x' id probably think it suits them!!

Stephen (my Dads name m, but always Steve 💕 but it feels too dated now)
Damien - no devil link too
Cameron - no specific child who ruined that
Elliot - no personal reasons
Jesse/Jessie - girls name to me.
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - ok but not Dakota (girls name to me)
Corey - no reminds me of the young guy who was abducted & not found.
Christopher - No, also dated)
Stefan - definitely not.
Sean - nope
Derek/Derrick- absolutely definitely not

So, I guess if I had to choose from your list alone I'd go with Cody, but it's not a name I'd choose if I could choose any name.

Faith no dislike these type of faith, hope, charity type names.
Louisa ok dated though
Katrina ok also dated
Deanna - no
Kendra (would call her "Keke") no

But again not names I'd actively choose.

I hope you find names YOU love, that's all that really matters!

I like Cameron and Jesse

I like Elliott, Cameron and Sean from your boys list and Faith and Louisa from the girls.

There's an odd mix here of names I'd expect to hear in my own generation (early 40's) and very American style current names.
As a Scottish person I could never name a boy Jesse, calling a boy a big Jessie was the ultimate insult at my school!

All nice enough, except Derek. Unless you're going to be giving birth to a 60 year old man in an anorak.

Faith is the only name that is my taste.

Christopher and Louisa are my favourites

I love Damien, Jesse, Katrina and Faith.

Stephen and Elliot are lovely.
I also like Faith, Louisa, Katrina, Christopher and Cameron.

I can't lie, I dislike all of the choices except for Cameron and Christopher

Not a fan of any , sorry

Why not choose from the top 50 baby names , I am not sure any of your choices are popular at the moment.

My favourites, Stephen and Louisa.

I like Louisa, Stefan, Damien, and Christopher.

The rest are not my taste at all.

Stephen - Stephen/Steven spellings. Overused in my age group
Damien - Damian/Damien spellings
Cameron - Cam. The chap who gave us Brexit.
Elliot - Elliot/Elliott/Eliot
Jesse/Jessie - big jessie
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - too American
Corey - too American
Christopher - OK
Stefan - ok. Not keen on Stef.
Sean - lots of them in my age group. Sean/Seán/Shaun/Shawn
Derek/Derrick - not currently popular

Faith - OK but not if you can't say th
Louisa - fine
Katrina - latrine-a
Deanna - Dee. Deana flows better
Kendra (would call her "Keke") - Keke is not to my taste. It lookss like Keh-keh. Kiki better. Kendra is ok.

Stephen - I like the full name but Steve is very dated
Damien - no
Cameron - not a fan
Elliot - very popular, lots of little Elliots around, not my cup of tea
Jesse/Jessie - Jesse as a boy very trendy, has grown on me
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - i think both Cody and Dakota are more mainstream in the UK for early years kids than the comments are suggesting. Not a fan personally but not outlandish.
Corey - as per Cody
Christopher - fine. I dislike Chris as a shortening, similar to Steve, but Kit is lovely.
Stefan - great name, easily my favourite of your boys' names.
Sean - fine
Derek/Derrick - ok.

Faith - not a fan of virtue names
Louisa - yes, good name
Katrina - ok. Kat/Kit/Kitty ok
Deanna - not a fan
Kendra (would call her "Keke") - not a fan

Stephen - I like it, classic
Damien - The Omen
Cameron - love, good strong name
Elliot - never liked it but not sure why
Jesse/Jessie - hate it for a boy
Cody (could be short for Dakota) - no
Corey - no
Christopher - nice
Stefan - ok
Sean - nice
Derek/Derrick - awful
Faith - like it
Louisa - yes, pretty
Katrina - yes
Deanna - not keen, prefer Diana
Kendra (would call her "Keke") - I like Kendra but not Keke

All perfectly nice and normal.

Except Dakota with the nickname Cody. Dakota and Cody don’t sound alike… one has a K and one a D. Cody alone is lovely.

Cameron or Elliot
Katrina or Louisa