Not too poplular but not too wacky - which of these names meets this criteria!?

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Hi, I seem to be going round in circles when it comes to possible names for DC3 (due in late March). Dh is not being much help! We already have an Isaac and a Felix (that's probably blown my cover if there's anyone on here who knows me!). We generally like slightly unusual but not too wacky names. Here is our my shortlist so far - any thoughts would be appreciated...

GIRLS:
Sylvie
Imogen
Anya
Miranda
Corinne

BOYS:
Reuben
Leo
(struggling more with boys names as you can see!)

Thanks

janeite my dd1 is Rowan so you could have used it! Pronounced slightly differently than the boy version though.

I have an Imogen and she would have been an Isaac were she a boy! I love Reuben too. Other boys names : Angus, Noah, Otto, Gideon, Hector, Hamish. Other girls: Agatha, Clara, Ingrid, Greta ...

Apart from Leo - which is quite common around here - I think all the names on your original list pass the 'not too popular but not too wacky' test. The only one which I don't much care for is Corinne (I prefer Corinna as in the Bob Dylan song).

I love Noah!

Would even consider another baby just to use it! Could even be for a girl if you spell it Noa.

Really ElephantJuice? It never entered my head to use it for a girl and the chances of ever having dd3 to name (or even ds1!) are very low now! What's the difference in pronunciation?

Imogen and Reuben from your list
and I lurve Noah....but dh hated it, therefore I have 3 sons but none of them called Noah

I like all your names. You have excellent taste

Leo and Sylvie my personal faves.

i like imogen was going to call ds2 and i like ruben as well soooo cute

Oooh, you have such similar tastes to me.

I like Sylvie and Anya.

What about Miriam? Or Helena? And I LOVE the suggestion of Noa for a girl.

For boys, I like both Reuben and Leo. What about Theo?

I think Sylvie is just lovely.

I'm not very keen on either of your boys names TBH. One I love is Magnus. It crops on here quite often as belonging to beautiful men!

Wow thanks everyone, LOADS of great suggestions to work through here, and it is actually really helpful to hear other people's views on the names I was already considering too. I'm kind of sad now that I've only got one baby to name - maybe I'll have to start working on DH about the prospect of DC4 in a few years

i wanted not 2 wacky or 2 common & called my DD Poppy

I think any of those are fine.

If you are looking for more boy's names take a look at this.

Ray, Dexter, Maxamus, Maxwell, Maximilian, Seth, Edmund, Edgar, Arthur, Frederick, Brook, Ash, Charles, Alfred, Tobias, Hector, Boris, Barnaby, Barney, Jeremiah, Jeremy, Zack, Rory, Niall, Moses, Harold, Howard, Donald, Ronald, Victor, Francis, Frank, Patrick, Fergus, Albert, Hubert, Abraham, Stirling, Rufus, Monty, Biff, Kit, Pierce, Piers, Blythe, Neal, Niles, Wilbur, Wilfred, Theodore, Teddy, Monty, Judah, Geoffrey, Godfrey, Bruno, Jarvis, Horace, Blake, Brodie, Bobby, Herbert, Robin, Walter, Clarence, Hugh, Ernest, Tobin, Roman, Cassius, Lucas, Luca, Dominic, Laurence, Hugo, Christopher, Richard, Benjamin, Gregory, Nicholas, Stephen, Stefan, Benedict, Michael, Rowan, Ian, Caleb, Scott, Russel, Graeme, Martin, Kieron, Jude, Philip, Pip, Robert, John, Jonty, Johnny, Ray, Rae, Silas, Evan, Angus, Augustus, Gus, Tristan, Saul, Gabriel, Emmanuel, Inigo, Nico, Raphael, Alexis, Alexei, Alessio, Archibald, Hector, Munro, Peter, Paul, Xavier, Fabio, Fabien, Conrad, Carlos, Marco, Mario, Victor, Raul, Roger, Guy, Rodrey, David, Derek, Bryn, Flynn, Finn, Simon, Stuart, Christian, Felix, Arran, Isaac, Otis, Casper, Bartholomew, Barry, Yannic, Yann, Jonah, Jonas, Joby, Florence, Solomon, Gyles, Shaun, Zebedee, Zebadiah, Orville, Anthony, Gerald, Gerard, Marcus, Bruce, Jared, Josiah, Isaiah, Bruno, Vernon, Edwin, Vinny, Malachi, Gerry, Lionel, Norbert, Alastair, Lucien, Clement, Draco, Elijah, Quentin, Ned, Elmo, Chad, Oscar, Raul, Griffith, Nathaniel, Nate, Tate, Woody, Woodrow, Rocky, Rocco, Spike, Logan, Todd, Wallace, Sven, Alan, Kevin, Gareth, Gary, Jordan, Nigel, Trevor, Keith, Craig, Trevor, Melvin, Mervyn, Darren, Euan, Timothy, Orlando, Milo, Andrew, Joey, Glen, Ross, Connor, Basil, Cyril, Kirk, Jason, Pascal, Leo, Blaise, Dante, Sacha, Attila, Blair , Adrian, Hadrian, Alden, Allen, Anton, Colin, Dean, Finnian, Gillean, Cillian, Julian, Declan Bryan, Dennis, Alistair, Neil, Guy, Kenneth, Kevin, Bernard, Leonard, Percy, Alec, Royston, Norris, Ashley, Lloyd, Darryl, Malcolm, Grayson, Douglas, Ambrose, Maurice, Oswald, Waldo, Ivan, Ivor, Atticus, Tarquin, Hercules, Herakles, Jerome, Cuthbert, Marcel, Reginald, Damien, Gilbert, Pierre, Kelvin, Terence, Andreas, Dale, Delvin, Dalton, Delbert, Delphin, Delphinus, Delphino, Delroy, Delrick, Alexander, Grant, Clyde, Sidney, Vincent, Vinnie, Desmond, Cyrus, Lewin, Curtis, Ezra, Eli, Ashton, Mercury.

Kendrick
Neville
Gavin
Wilton
Dara