Opinions on my top names please...?

[rabuxton]

I only have 4 weeks to go and DH and I aren't agreeing on any names. Please give opinions on the following...

Boys - Elliot, Darwin, Zander
Girls - Avril, Evangeline, Raina

Any other suggestions welcome although I think we have gone through them all twice now...Help!

I like Elliot and Evangeline, especially if you use Evie as a nickname. Why not Alexander, Xander for short?

Not mad on any of them but Evangeline is ok I suppose.

Zander should probably be spelt Xander - but it's very try hard and naff either way as is Darwin

Elliot is a bit chav.

Raina sounds made up and Avril is a 50 year old hairdresser.

I think Evangeline and Avril are both pretty. Raina reminds me of Princess Diana's stepmother Raine, who she and her siblings nicknames "Acid Rain".
All your boys names are nice - my vote would be for Darwin in this anniversary year! Clever idea of yours!

I like all of your boy's names but I would put Alexander on the bc and call him Xander.

Not fussed on your girl's names tbh.

Darwin was thought through Charles and not Australia. I thought it was quite a powerful name regarding his lifes work.
I'm least keen on Zander and don't like Alexander, but is on DH's shortlist. Whereas Elliott is on mine and he's not taken to it for some reason.
How do I go about getting my own way, but not being a cow about it?

Thanks for all your comments.

I only like Elliot really ( which is so not chavvy IMO ,not round here anyway lol)

Absoloutely LOVE Avril like all your boy names but perhaps prefer the spelling on Zander with an X? HTH and congratulations!

Liffeybag - not the wife to esteemed MayorQuimby am a wife to someone else though, seriously double that dh has ever posted here, rofl

Really like Darwin Avril and Evangeline, would you shorten it to Eve or Angel or Geli?

Elliot and Evangeline get my vote
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Eliot and Avril

Elliot - It's ok, it's a bit chav to me as well.
Darwin - If I was meeting a guy called Darwin I would be expecting a major geek.
Zander - I like Xander, it seems mispelt with a Z.
Avril - Avril Lavigne? No.
Evangeline - Lovely. It's on my girl's name list.
Raina - I like it, obvious to say but it does sound regal and elegant. I'd spell it Reina, which is a Spanish girl's name as I agree Raina looks a bit made up.

or Rayna?

Elliott is a great name - not chav in any way IMO, quite the contrary. It's our favourite boys name is our next is a boy.
Of your girls names, I think Raina is pretty.

Love your girl's names. Don't like Elliot - too popular.