What comes to mind when you hear these names

[ladybirdwonder]

I won't be offended. I would just like to know first and honest impressions of these names.

Freya
Isabel
Summer
Iris
Kitty
Rose
Faye
Esther
Jemima

Ralph
Thomas
Finlay
P eter
Zachary
Freddie
Ellis
Conal
Rory
Ezra

[tummytickler]

Freya - Boring
Isabel - just too many
Summer - pretty if born in the summer!
Iris - my 8 year old dd (who is bookish, tall, skinny with glasses and v beautiful!!), and Iris Murdoch
Kitty - lovely, blonde, curly hair, dainty
Rose - lovely
Faye - OK
Esther - love this
Jemima - really cute, adn Puddleduck (nice!)

Ralph - love this
Thomas - boring
Finlay - really dislike
Peter - love this - really due a revival
Zachary - no
Freddie - sooooo many of them
Ellis - really dislike this
Conal - no
Rory - ok
Ezra - love this - this is the best one!

[ThePhantomPlopper]

Freya - Dull.
Isabel - OK.
Summer - Reminds me of a lovely, little blonde, surfy type girl who wears alot of Quicksilver.
Iris - OK.
Kitty - Dislike.
Rose - More of a middle name.
Faye - OK
Esther - OK
Jemima - OK.

Ralph - love Ralph.
Thomas - Fine, bit dull.
Finlay - I like Fin but not Finlay.
Peter - OK.
Zachary - OK
Freddie - Cute.
Ellis - Harsh, more of a surname.
Conal - Urgh.
Rory - The racing car.
Ezra - Nah.

[MaggieBeau]

Freya - loved it but too popular within a timeframe, 2002 onwards, ifykwim.
Isabel - pretty, classic, very popular.
Summer - quirky, I like it.
Iris - prefer Lois. Irish a bit harsh-sounding
Kitty - ok, not superkeen.
Rose - ok, bit dull. prefer Rosemary as it as more options. Romy Rosie
Faye - lovely, simple, pretty. Also like Faith.
Esther - I like it, don't love it.
Jemima - love this one.

Ralph - OK, prefer Raph, (raphael).
Thomas - ok, dull though
Finlay - like it, popular
P eter - love Peter, great choice
Zachary - love this one too
Freddie - LOve freddie.
Ellis - no. like Alice.
Conal - OK. Prefer either conor or Donal.
Rory - love this one
Ezra - no, unless you're Jewish. Ezra was a Hebrew King. Seems kinda cheeky using it if you're not Jewish. JMVHO>

[plonker]

Right, not read anyone elses replies yet so these are my very first thoughts ...

Freya - Freda, old woman.
Isabel - Pretty.
Summer - Bright, happy, carefree.
Iris - Elegant and striking
Kitty - Cute
Rose - Pretty, very simple and understated.
Faye - Faye can mean awful/ugly round these parts, so don't like.
Esther - Mmmm very middle class. Like it though.
Jemima - puddleduck

Ralph - Dh always calls vomitting 'ralphing' ewww. So sorry, don't like.
Thomas - strong, masculine.
Finlay - Meh
Peter - I really Peter, retro too
Zachary - Strong name. like it.
Freddie - mercury or that wimpy woman off eastenders
Ellis - not keen on unisex names
Conal - don't like but don't know why.
Rory - tiger Like it though
Ezra - Cool

[MamaLazarou]

Freya - middle class child skipping tweely through the daisies
Isabel - a nice Portugese lady I know with fabulous hair
Summer - Buffy
Iris - Murdoch
Kitty - A stripper, porn star or wrestler
Rose - West
Faye - Fey
Esther - Rantzen
Jemima - Puddleduck

Ralph - the penis from Forever by Judy Blume
Thomas - my first cat (rest his dear furry soul) - also, Dylan Thomas
Finlay - baby face Finlayson from the Beano
Peter - nothing springs to mind at all
Zachary - excellent biblical name
Freddie - Frog
Ellis - Nothing
Conal - something cone-shaped
Rory - My big handsome gay cousin
Ezra - Pound

Sorry mate, you did ask...

[janeite]

Freya - quite middle class, blonde but sturdy and into ponies
Isabel - big blue eyes - my daughter but with a 'o'
Summer - don't like this: wannabe hippy name for somebody who wants to evoke an idea that they've travelled a lot but probably haven't been further than Ibiza (sorry)
Iris - I like this - old lady but pretty

Kitty - Jane Austen: but I don't like it
Rose - yawn / older parents and a solid, dependable daughter
Faye - don't like it - a bit more 'common' than the others you've said
Esther - I like this but I like Hester better - pretty, studious girl who will go Emo at about 12
Jemima - don't like this at all, at all - sloany.

Ralph _ I taught a lovely one but it's a dreadful name imho
Thomas - v nice - clever boy / into books
Finlay - awful
P eter - dull
Zachary - I hate this. I have taught two and they were both arrested.
Freddie - don't like it : v of the moment
Ellis - I know one and he is the most beautiful looking boy I have ever seen - I like it
Conal - hideous
Rory - tis okay - dark curly hair
Ezra - awful - geek.

Sorry - I am not usually quite so honest!

[missismac]

Freya=a bit common (as in used a lot)
Isabel= the same
Summer= pretty, unimaginative though
Iris= Like a lot. Iris Murdoch, intelligent name
Kitty= Like it but a bit old lady.
Rose= dull, dull, dull - an unimaginative filler name
Faye= Hmm, pretty but nondescript
Esther= very strong, independent women
Jemima= puddleduck, Ok-Yah boarding school. Dim blonde in a hairband.

Ralph= currently cool - cool parents.
Thomas= See Rose
Finlay= See Thomas (Celtic filler)
Peter= 1950's. Nervous 1st child. Boring. Meh.
Zachary= Cool & individual, will prob be called Zac.
Freddie= Ugh. Child of unimaginative privately educated scaredy cats.
Ellis= Meh.
Conal= I see 'conal', I read "renal' or 'colon'; sorry
Rory= Good strong name, not too overused, not too zany
Ezra= Hmm, not sure sounds too much like Uriah, as in Heap . . .

[bluebump]

Freya - Nice, fairly popular
Isabel- as above
Summer - Eastenders but I like it
Iris - LOVE it. My nan is called this
Kitty - LOVE it
Rose - Fairly popular but I like it
Faye - Not keen, reminds me of someone from Steps
Esther - Biblical. Or Rantzen.
Jemima - That socialite Jemima Khan, but I like it

Ralph - That dippy one from the Simpsons, but I LOVE it
Thomas - Ok, fairly popular
Finlay - Not keen
P eter - Bit boring
Zachary - Ok, it always makes me think it's an American name, not sure why
Freddie - Ok
Ellis - Like it, my best friend has one
Conal - Not keen
Rory - LOVE it, my new fave boys name
Ezra - Biblical/Jewish but ok

[Gunnerbean]

Oh this is fun! Here goes...

Freya - boring/overdone name used by people who are actually a bit common but think they're a cut above.
Isabel - boring, boring, boring and absolutely done to death - would usually have a brotehr called Thomas.
Summer - kid off Eastenders and a bit common Iris - a sort of "Islington set/trying to be a bit bohemian" name

Kitty - Frightfully middle class and twee.
Rose - Boring done to death middle name that can often be hypenated with other names to make an extremely twee first name (i.e Millie-Rose)
Faye - bland, non-descript and old fashioned
Esther - Middle class and twee
Jemima - horrible and middle class and with a whiff of snob about it.

Ralph - Not too bad but again, a bit "Islington set"
Thomas - Boring, boring, boring, soooo boring & would sit very nicely with Isabel in the sooo boring stakes
Finlay - actually quite a nice name but very common absolutely done to death now - a name very high on the list of "Names Most Commonly Heard Shouted Out in Primark" .
Peter - very 1950s
Zachary - again, not a bad name but not these days - done to death and in the same bracket as Finley (see reference to names shouted out in Primark)
Freddie - Frightfully middle class and twee and in the same bracket as Kitty
Ellis - Not too bad
Conal - Moving swiftly on...
Rory - Yuk! In the same bracket as Kitty, Freddie and Esther
Ezra - I only know this as a Turkish girl's name. If used for a boy in the UK I would think of it as trying to be trendy and different and sounding pretty silly.

[mulranno]

Freya
Isabel...popular..but love Belle or Bella
Summer...trying to be cool but common
Iris..something "hard" about it crossroads 1981
Kitty..Gorgeous...fun, strong, unpretentious
Rose..OK...but Roisin, Rosario, Rosa
Faye..1970,s estate
Esther...fester..?...prefer Esme
Jemima...love it Mimi for nn

Ralph...no
Thomas...ok
Finlay...estate
P eter...ironic?
Zachary...estate
Freddie...popular but not commom..cheeky chap
Ellis...yuck
Conal...colon..(..ic irrigation)
Rory..the lion..sloaney
Ezra...nice what about Enzo?

[Tambajam]

Freya - nice North London girl, getting more common
Isabel - sweet name, 1 in DS's class.
Summer - parents were hippies
Iris - Murdoch, nice name
Kitty - daughter of a friend. Met another the other day. Like it.
Rose - nice name. Not exciting.
Faye - Dunaway
Esther - Rantzen
Jemima - a bit snotty
Ralph - Fiennes
Thomas - classic
Finlay - fire engine
Peter - rare these days
Zachary - a few Zacs around here
Freddie - Flintoff, fine name
Ellis - like it
Conal - dear me, no. Sounds medical
Rory - red, Scottish, like it.
Ezra - Pound, don't like it.

[Nettee]

You are brave - bet you don't use any of them after this analysis but here goes:

Freya - pretty - like this one
Isabel - a bit spikey but quite nice
Summer - annoying girl on neighbours
Iris - old lady
Kitty - old fashioned - someone out of an old book?
Rose - like Kitty - prefer the name though
Faye - just don't like it
Esther - too old - and Ransom
Jemima - sounds like an over weight girl for some reason to me

Ralph - too posh
Thomas - like this dd would probably have had this name if she had been ds2
Finlay - don't really like it - don't know why
P eter - again don't like it for some reason - maybe because of Peter Rabbit - sad story
Zachary - I do like this but would probably be shortened which would put me off a little (although so would Thomas of course)
Freddie - nice name but Fred is an old man name so not sure I would go for it
Ellis - too posh again
Conal - hmm - probably not
Rory - too posh
Ezra - girls name

Hope that helps - mind you it is only you and dp that have to like it!

[SlartyBartFast]

Freya i like it
Isabel ditto
Summer nope
Iris unusual
Kitty not really - babyish
Rose so so
Faye no
Esther no ransom
Jemima puddleduck

Ralph not keen
Thomas tank engine
Finlay too popular
P eter no
Zachary not so bad
Freddie kruger
Ellis not really
Conal what??
Rory mcgrath
Ezra not keen

i hope i havent been too blunt

[giveloveachance]

Freya - know several people with cats / dogs called Freya
Isabel - lovely, izzy cute!
Summer - oh no. Eastenders!
Iris - grannies only
Kitty - cat and can't imagine called an adult woman Kitty.
Rose - cute and lovely
Faye - Dunaway - yes
Esther - good old fashioned bible name
Jemima - puddleduck
Ralph - great name
Thomas - great name
Finlay - have to agree - fire engine!!
Peter - dont know any and if I had a boy he would be Peter!
Zachary - getting very popular
Freddie - nightmare on elm street.....
Ellis - too much like a surname
Conal - agree with tambajam sounds a bit medical, just think of the nickname potential...
Rory - in the archers! Rory the racing car
Ezra - oh dear, not at all.

[SarahL2]

Freya - 2 friends have beautiful little girls called Freya
Isabel - done to death - I know loads!!
Summer - a season
Iris - Old lady
Kitty - a cat. A nickname not a proper name
Rose - my neice
Faye - nice
Esther - Ranson - big teeth
Jemima - lovely

Ralph - reminds me of the book everyone read as a teenager - "Forever" by Judy Blume. The male character names his penis Ralph!
Thomas - the tank engine
Finlay - lovely boy I just spent today with
Peter - not sure
Zachary - nice
Freddie - mercury. Big tash, very gay
Ellis - surname
Conal - hate it
Rory - the Racing Car
Ezra - too biblical for me.

This is why it took me 9 months to pick my sons name!! We just couldn't find anything we both liked! I have 6 months left to think of something for DC2

[Rolf]

Ooh, what a great list of names

Freya - v pretty. Less post than it used to be, but not in a bad way!
Isabel - lovely name but there are a lot of them.
Summer -not keen. Too fey and floaty
Iris - ok, like the idea and the flower but not a particularly attractive word
Kitty - nice alternative to/abbreviation for Catherine. Or is it a bit too scullery maid? Not sure.
Rose- nice but used quite a lot atm - not necessarily a problem
Faye - don't like this at all. I hear it in a whiny estuarine accent
Esther - lovely
Jemima - love this name. We almost used it for DD2.

Ralph - nice name but can't avoid thinking of it as a name for a willy (as in Judy Blume's Forever)
Thomas - brilliant name. I have one!
Finlay - good name but it could date - there seem to be a lot of them atm
P eter - lovely name. Rolls off the tongue nicely.
Zachary - v nice name but I think it's a bit chavvy, sorry.
Freddie - lovely but would use it as a shortform of Frederick. Bermuda shorts and pudding-basin haircut and rosy cheeks. Could end up a fat merchant banker though!
Ellis - not keen
Conal - great name. Strong masculine but also creative
Rory - I like this one too.
Ezra - hmm, not so sure. It wouldn't suit many people and you'd have to have a very strong instinct that it was the right name when you meet the baby.

[LaDiDaDi]

Freya-to much like Friar
Isabel-very pretty, like it, also v. popular
Summer-very of the moment
Iris-nice, unusual flower name and not too too girly
Kitty-quite cool
Rose-a bit dull
Faye-a bit wet
Esther-very grown up
Jemima-I like it though I've heard it referred to as a doll's name.

Ralph-cool name but I do get the Forever association but would another generation?
Thomas-the tank engine
Finlay-nice, Scottish
P eter-underused lovely name imo
Zachary-ok
Freddie-Mercury
Ellis-too girly for me for a boy but then I do like Elliott
Conal-colon
Rory-I love this name, would go on my list but too much like dd's name
Ezra-very cool name

[Rolf]

I've just read the other comments. I think the most damning is "Peter - nothing springs to mind at all" . Still love it though.

[simplesusan]

Freya- As an adult wears long,floral skirts with sensible sandals. Has long unfashionable hair and lives by the sea,with her cat which she took in as a stray. Enjoys painting.
Isabel- highly strung, very thin suspects husband of having an affair, which he is with his secretary.
Summer- hippy chick
Iris- boheimian. Very happy living in expensive town house with husband and several kids.
Kitty- Was a blond curly haired child. But became reclusive after her beloved parents divorced.
Rose- Dark haired, cheerful sort. Seperated from husband but never got around to finalising the divorce. Likes to re-cycle and "make" lots of craft stuff for the house.
Faye- Spent most of her life wishing she was someone else.
Esther- The charity worker
Jemima- Successful children's author. Doesn't care much for her old friends whom she finds rather too common for her new found life as a celebrity.

Ralph- Dark, hansome chap. Always popular and friendly at his public school. Has had several girlfriends but is secretly gay. Has a huge pad in the country where he hosts parties for his male friends.
Thomas- Cheeky as a boy. married and works in insurance.
Finlay- blond haired child.Now has dyed streaks in his hair. Moved around the country with his parents. Has lots of friends but quite unsettled and cannot make a career for himself.
Peter- born to an elder father and younger mother. Continued his childhood love of trains and still has his collection in the converted loft. Still lives with his mother, his father passed away. His mum makes him sandwiches to take to work. Wears a green tank top, glasses and hair parted down the side.
Zachary-The most annoying child in the class. Only his young,pierced, tatooed mother liked him. Grew up to be a looser. Neighbours planning a street party when he is finally evicted from his housing association property.
Freddie- totally annoynomous child. married the first woman who showed any interest. devoted to his child, disillusioned wife refuses to have any more kids to him and is planning to leave as soon as said child is grown up.
Ellis- Good looking with a fashionable girfriend.
Conal- English parents with a vague Irish connectin( 6 generations back)
Rory- became a drop out and sleeps rough
Ezra- Flamboyant, wealthy, single.

[beanieb]

pmsl at SimpleSusan - many of those are spot on for me!

[MrsWeasley]

Freya - This makes nothing in particular spring to mind.
Isabel - makes me think sneeky
Summer - someone who is summer born
Iris - flower
Kitty - cat
Rose - sweet smelling flower
Faye - a bit dreamy
Esther - Ransen
Jemima - ducks

Ralph - rotten
Thomas - the tank
Finlay - long hair and cute (I like this name)
P eter - perfect
Zachary - quack
Freddie - Rod, jane and freddy from rainbow
Ellis - footballer dont know why!
Conal - canal
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - dont think anything about this name at all.

I wonder if we could work out our personality from these results

[mrsradders]

Freya - very pretty but very popular
Isabel - nice
Summer - australian!
Iris - very very very pretty
Kitty - very cute not sure for a grown up though, maybe katherine but called kitty!!
Rose - lovely i know a really sweet girl called rose
Faye - nice
Esther - was at school with a very mouthy one!
Jemima - puddle duck!!

Ralph - fiennes blush
Thomas - another
Finlay - very popular
P eter - nice classic name
Zachary - nice but don't like Zac
Freddie - lovely
Ellis - think of a last name
Conal - ???!!!!!????
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - sounds a little girly

Hope i haven't offended!! xxx

[makingdotoo]

Freya - A norse goddess?
Isabel - My mate, nice lass
Summer - My daughter 4 year old, beautiful red head and NOT a chav. grr.
Iris - erm eyeballs?
Kitty - purr purr
Rose - thorny
Faye - twee?
Esther - chat show host?
Jemima - puddleduck quack quack

Ralph - poncy (sorry)
Thomas - the tank engine
Finlay - fire engine
Peter - i like it.
Zachary - quite a common choice now but nice.
Freddie - love it but halfwit on bb is putting me off.
Ellis - its okay.
Conal - erm.colon? colonal? not a name to me.
Rory - the racing car. Quite lik it.
Ezra - erm pass.

[3ofeach]

ladybirdwonder you obviously have wonderful taste as DS1 is Conal - he is 20 now, we have only met 2 others. it has suited him at all ages and he loves his name

DD3 is Kitty ( although we have used it as a nn for Keturah instead of Catherine )