Too crusty?

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DH and I are expecting. Not sure yet the sex, so have short list of names and would love your opinions. We like traditional names, non-biblical, strong, and not so popular--but we worry about saddling the wee thing with a name that's crusty...

One more thing: Boys will get DH's last name, girls get mine. Mine is common English last name, plain and safe. DH's last name has teasing potential (a slightly imaginative 10-year old boy will hear "poo"), so need to avoid names that might amplify that (please, no Harry Poo!).

Here we go, and many thanks for your frank opinions

Boys:
Angus
Conrad
Edgar
George

Girls:
Agnes
Eleanor
Louise
Georgia

Not crusty enough I would say! I think that your girls names might need crusting up a bit if your last name is plain as they are quite safe names too. Apart from Agnes.

Boys:
Am loving Angus & Edgar (and they're both on my shortlist too!) George is OK but don't like Conrad

Girls:
Agnes is a great name - other are all a bit plain though.

hiya, iam sorry dont like any of the boys names.
girls i like eleanor, but prefere elena without the or sound, bit prettier with an a

I like all the boys names.

Eleanor, Louise and Georgia are quite normal, I think..

Agnes is fab. Wish I'd thought of it when naming DD, although I can bet DH would have objected.

Can you just define crusty though, bit confused about that...?

I love all of those names, esp. Angus,and Agnes.

Makes a nice change to see a list I really like

Ahhh... when I saw 'crusty' I thought eco-warriors and dogs on string! Maybe Summer, Warty, Dragon...things like that.

Personally I love Eleanor (tis my DD) and I don't think it's plain at all . But Agnes is my next favourite.

Boys - Like edgar and George.

i was thinking along the swampy line too.

dragon oooohhhh

That's what I thought Orm, was expecting Rainbows and Skys and the like...

Eleanor is lovely, was actually my DDs name for a couple of hours after she was born - but we changed our minds, she ended up with Rhiannon - a bit on the crusty side itself..!

Edgar would remind me of Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar, George, Angus

Love Agnes,

The other girls names are pretty but so popular now. You can't turn round without trippng over Ellies, Louises and Georgias!

agnes is great,my niece (who is spanish and lives in spain) is called Ines (which is spanish for agnes-we call her aggy for short)
love all the boys (except conrad) and your ggirls list bar agnes and eleanor are v common/safe

I like Conrad & Georgia best

not keen on the others
Louise eg, is a bit plain for my liking but Eloise is pretty

Those aren't crusty at all- most of them are lovely!
Esp like Agnes and Eleanor from the girls list and George from the boy's list.

I like-

George from boy's list. Conrad is OK as well. Angus, for some unknown reason,makes me think of cows. And the ex-presenter of have I got news for you.

Edgar 'Poo' is not a good name!

Right, girls- I love Georgia. I prefer Louisa to Louise. I much prefer Ines to Agnes (much prettier imo and not jumping on the agyness deyn ridiculousness), and I like Eleanor or Elena.

Order of preference- Ines, Georgia, Louisa, Eleanor. And for boys no.1 is George.
Please, no to Angus.

PS Eloise also nice. Not Louise, not old enough yet to deserve a revival and not classic enough to have sufficient baby naming style. Go for Louisa

All subjective of course

I know this is really childish but Angus reminds me of anus for some reason!

As with other posters I also think your names are very "safe" and quite plain. I like Eleanor, prefer it prenounced Elena.

Boys:
Angus - nice
Conrad - yuck
Edgar - double yuck
George - nice but common

Girls:
Agnes - harsh (aggie!)
Eleanor - nice but common
Louise - bit nothingy
Georgia - yuck

by common I mean there are many not chavtastic IYKWIM.

Not keen on your boy's names, I'm afraid. At a push, Conrad, as Con is quite a cool nickname.

Also not keen on your girl's names at all (sorry). I think Louisa is a lovely name, but Louise sounds flat and very 70s.

Edgar is my middle name I love it obviously!For a girl Agnes is lovely

I like Angus. And Louisa.

Boys:
Angus - nice
Conrad - not sure
Edgar - not sure
George - nice

Girls:
Agnes - not sure
Eleanor - Ok, but never like it personally due to associations with someone
Louise - nicer with 'a' at the end
Georgia - nice

I don't think they are remotely these days.

Thanks all for your replies: Angus AKA Anus "Poo" had never crossed my mind, but would be a terrible thing for a little boy with mean classmates.

I'm not from the UK, so interesting to hear that names like Eleanor are common. Where I live, girls typically get names like Madison or MacKenzie, boys are Aiden and Jayden. Georgia would be considered WAAAY out of left field!!

By crusty, I sort of meant "old" (even stale to certain ears); my DS is Arthur--old fashioned, but not egregious. Too crusty for me would be Wibur, Elmer, or Orville...

Looks like Agnes is the fav here by far

Any thoughts on:

Boys:
Roderick
Alfred

Girls:
Gladys
Frances

Thanks again all who have weighed in

Alfred great - and lots of possible shortenings too. Don't like your other new suggestions at all though (sorry )

Given that you're not from the UK and you say that Eleanor/Georgia/George are not at all popular/common I'm be tempted to reconsider my 'girl' vote and go for Eleanor!

i think theyre all nice

I'm proper gutted that my name's a bit nothingy! (louise)

I've never met anyone through school or work with the same name and have always loved being a Lou.

I love love love George x