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

[troutpout]

Freya...ok...lots and lots around though
Isabel- pretty name...one of many many many little blonde isabels
Summer- It's ok
Iris- lovely name
Kitty- cute as a little girl name.. a quickly grown out of name though?
Rose- nice..but a bit errrm lacking in something?
Faye- a womans name...somehow sounds odd as a little girl to me
Esther- lovely name
Jemima-puddleduck

Ralph- wild curly hair ..rather posh
Thomas- blonde hair with lots of freckles..can't go wrong with it
Finlay- too many around
Peter- I like it
Zachary-lots of wild hair ...very pretty boy
Freddie- mmm not sure...like Frederick better
Ellis- cool...a bit quirky.
Conal.. Colon? never heard of it before...don't like it
Rory...don't like it sorry...racing car character?
Ezra ...rather nice

[ADealingMummy]

Freya - Germanic
Isabel - Popular, I like all the different ways of spelling it.

Summer - Pretty with Blonde tangly hair , and barefeet

Iris - Jude Laws daughter is called this.
Kitty - I like this name . Pride and Prejudice.
Rose - Plain Jane name
Faye - noooooooooo
Esther - Headgirl
Jemima - ''Daddy , I want a pony''

Ralph - not keen
Thomas - too many Thomas's
Finlay - It's oaky
P eter - Traditional , I like it
Zachary - Hard work (for the parents)
Freddie - Contrived
Ellis - More like a surname
Conal - I love Irish names
Rory - Headboy , with Alpha parents. Who's mother ignores you at school if she considers you to be poor.
Ezra - I'm not keen

[piscesmoon]

Freya-norse
Isabel-pretty
Summer-a hippy name like River
Iris-old lady
Kitty-Kitty Kat(OK as shortened form of Catriona)
Rose-prefer Rosalind, Rosamund or Rosemary but nice as a second name.
Faye-dislike
Esther-not keep
Jemima-always think 'puddleduck'

Ralph-hate
Thomas-lovely
Finlay-never like surnames
P eter-OK
Zachary-NO
Freddie-not keen
Ellis-same comment as Finlay
Conal-is it a name?
Rory
Ezra

[piscesmoon]

Sorry-thought I had finished! Don't like either of the last two but Rory is better than Ezra.

[happywomble]

Freya - lovely name - I imagine blonde scandanavian!
Isabel - lovely but very popular.
Summer - no don't like ..sounds American
Iris - think of a flower
Kitty - ok but makes me think cat or kitkat
Rose - not keen on flower names
Faye - don't like - bit chavvy
Esther - beautiful name
Jemima - like but makes me think of jemima puddleduck

Ralph - farmer
Thomas - Ok but quite popular - the best boys name in your list.
Finlay - don't like
P eter - ok
Zachary - don't like
Freddie - ok but think of shreddies
Ellis - yuk - sounds american
Conal - ugh is that a name?
Rory - red headed scot
Ezra - no don't like

[Mammina]

Freya-pretty girl, curly hair, fairly bohemian, nice handwriting
Isabel- dark hair, middle class family, polite
Summer-Australian
Iris-old lady but I love it
Kitty-a cat
Rose-fair haired english girl, pretty
Faye-a bit spoilt (don't know wy sorry!)
Esther- Ranzen
Jemima- the doll off Playschool

Ralph-curly hair, good looking. Like the name
Thomas-run of the mill
Finlay-nice name, curly hair again, well spoken
Peter-Andre
Zachary-a little bit cheeky
Freddie-Mercury!
Ellis-have always like this but have been told it's 'chav' (for want of a better name)
Conal-extremely good looking with sexy scottish or irish accent (am obviously thinking of a grown up Conal!)
Rory - the racing car
Ezra - I would have thought it was a girl's name

[myredcardigan]

Freya -lovely name but very popular.
Isabel -ditto though I prefer it spelt with an o
Summer - The only one on your list that I dislike.
Iris - pretty and plain in a nice way.
Kitty - Fab. I'd shorten it from Katherine but sounds great on its own too. Makes me think equally of a toddler with crazy curls and a professional grown-up woman.
Rose - The middle name of choice it seems though a lovely name nevertheless. Though I do love Rosalind.
Faye - Blonde and 70s but nothing wrong with that.
Esther - Classy and underused
Jemima- She's always going to be cool and well educated.

Ralph - Ok but Judy Blume is always there!
Thomas - Lovely name but again really popular.
Finlay - Good name
Peter - Ok
Zachary - Good strong name
Freddie - Not my favourite but ok
Ellis - Sounds too American but maybe that't just me!
Conal - Good strong name (again)
Rory - Love this name! Makes me think of a tall good looking Scot though the two I know are both English! (but both v.good looking!)
Ezra - The only one I've met has been a woman though I think it is a Jewish boys name.

[poppysocks]

Freya - Nice, but very much of recent years. How many middle aged Freyas do you know? Suspect it will fall out of favour fairly soon.
Isabel- Lovely. Nn Issy great too. Like that spelling.
Summer- Chavtastic. Eastenders. Nice idea though.
Iris- Murdoch, flower. Somehow rather hard and unattractive though.
Kitty- Hello-, -Cat.
Rose- Lovely, classic, but would inevitably be Rosie.
Faye- Awful. Wet, wimpy.
Esther- Hard name. Not attractive. Not sure why.
Jemima- Lovely, but with a lingering hint of puddleduck.

Ralph- Lovely, but only when pronounced Rafe. Correcting mispronounciation for a lifetime would be excrutiating.
Thomas- Classic, although popular. Love, love, love Tom.
Finlay- Like Freya, suspect it will date. Finn though is great.
Peter- ok. Bit boring but classic.
Zachary- Naff. American, particularly when Zak.
Freddie- Fred much better.
Ellis- Bit ambiguous.
Conal- Quite like.
Rory- Great. Bit too close to Roy though.
Ezra - The -a at the end could be mistaken for a girls' name.

[Gattina83]

Freya - beautiful and intelligent
Isabel - sweet when she's little, horrid when grown up
Summer - hippy dippy and eastenders
Iris - really pretty
Kitty - too sweet if she wants to be a lawyer
Rose - the girl everyone falls in love with
Faye - you can really trust her
Esther - cool when she's a teenager
Jemima - nice, people might call her Jem which i hate

Ralph - more 'happy days' than Ralph Lauren
Thomas - sissy unless he's a Tom
Finlay- annoyingly popular name
Peter - wet sissy, Pete - chav
Zachary - Zach is really nice but popular
Freddie - cool name cool guy
Ellis - smellis
Conal - sounds like Donald
Rory - i don't like the sound- think Jonathan Ross
Ezra - cool name

Freya and Zach, Esther and Freddie

[SecretNinjaChipmunk]

Freya - brand of bras
Isabel - nice, like the way you've spelt it too
Summer - ok but not wild about it
Iris - my fave flower. like it lots
Kitty - like it
Rose - knew v irritating one
Faye - no bit pah really
Esther - as said before, rantzen!
Jemima - posh puddleduck

Ralph - judy blume nuff said. you don't want him named after a willy surely????
Thomas - like it
Finlay - like it
P eter - old fashioned
Zachary - ok
Freddie - no
Ellis - ok
Conal - not unless your irish
Rory - yuckety yuck posh nobhead, sorry
Ezra - hah not really

[SevernTrentWater]

freya - average, normal girl, unremarkable
Isabel - feminine, sweet, schemeing
Summer - trendy, smart
Iris - blends into the crowd, old-lady like
Kitty - silly, airhead
Rose - sophisticated, gentle, smart
Faye - overweight/busty, loud
Esther - quite, studious, or a bit aloof and cool
Jemima - old, old lady, unattractive, dowdy, nasty

Ralph - fat kid from the simpsons
Thomas - tom, average normal kid
Finlay - outgoing, boisterous, a bit of a bully sometimes.
Peter - science orientated, likes facts, plays guitar, chatty
Zachary - average LAD
Freddie - offbeat, lots of friends
Ellis - a bit slow, likes riding bikes...
Conal - likes politics and computer games quite serious
Rory - gregarious, normal, like finlay really
Ezra - as above

[YummyMummy17]

Freya
Isabel
Summer
Iris
Kitty
Rose
Faye
Esther
Jemima

Ralph
Thomas
Finlay
P eter
Zachary
Freddie
Ellis (girls name)
Conal
Rory
Ezra

[fizzpops]

Freya - pretty, Scandinavian
Isabel - pretty, prefer Isobel
Summer - bit naff - American (imo)
Iris - pretty, also Iris Murdoch
Kitty - lovely but a nn
Rose - overused, old lady
Faye - don't like, Steps
Esther - old lady
Jemima - love but a bit cat like or Playschool

Ralph - don't like
Thomas - love
Finlay - like but prefer just nn Fin(n)
P eter - don't like
Zachary - don't like, not even Zack or Zach
Freddie - like but wouldn't be sure about naming as a nn, although don't like Frederick
Ellis - Bit modern for my taste
Conal - no
Rory
Ezra

[fizzpops]

Ooops

Rory - like
Ezra - really like but couldn't get past slight old man feeling to it.

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Freya - overused - however a pretty name
Isabel - middle aged Scottish spinster with perm
Summer - no. Don't like at all.
Iris - A beautiful name and one of my favourites.
Kitty - as a diminutive of Katharine, yes. As a named on its own, no.
Rose - pretty
Faye - no. Too fey.
Esther - Another lovely name.
Jemima - it's a duck's name.

Ralph - sounds like being sick, Rafe pronounciation pretentious imo.
Thomas - boring
Finlay - common
P eter - a nice boys name, but not too exciting
Zachary - no, overused and a little sod's name
Freddie - prefer Frederick
Ellis - funnily enough I think of this as a girl's name
Conal - hmm, not sure. OK I think
Rory - dog's name.
Ezra - very old man with a drinking problem

Sorry - some of these assumptions are silly, just put down my initial thoughts. Did you actually ask for the rambling streams of consciousness of a random mumsnetter!

On this my faves are Iris and Esther, and Freddie and Peter