short list, frank opinions required

[crapmother]

Here is our shortlist, please comment
GIRLS:

Stephanie
Felicity
Lynette
Matilda
Tegan

BOYS:

Samuel
Gabriel
Logan
Lucas
Lyndon

Matilda is great but quite popular. Like Stephanie as a retro possibility.

Gabriel, Lucas, Samuel are all lovely. Not sold on Logan, Lyndon or Lynette.

Tegan is just awful.

Always thought of Felicity as a 'horsey' kind of name. Can't say why but just not keen.

Stephanie - a bit dated
Felicity - fab name
Lynette - very 70s and wouldn't age well
Matilda - lovely, very classic
Tegan - Not heard before; would wonder if it was a boy?

BOYS:

Samuel - lovely but very popular
Gabriel - lovely
Logan - cool
Lucas - fab
Lyndon - unusual but cool

GIRLS:

Stephanie - nice
Felicity - nice
Lynette - nice, although DHousewives association!
Matilda - nice
Tegan - I really don't like this, can't really articulate why

BOYS:

Samuel - like this
Gabriel - makes me think of the angel
Logan - don't like this, it's like Tegan somehow
Lucas - like this
Lyndon - a little odd for my taste

GIRLS:

Stephanie - OK
Felicity - OK
Lynette - love it
Matilda - too popular/of the time
Tegan - OK

BOYS:

Samuel - OK
Gabriel - love it
Logan - yuck!
Lucas - like
Lyndon - hate

Am loving all your frank comments. Two names are my choice, others are family members' choices

Stephanie - bit blah
Felicity - ok
Lynette - prefer Felicia
Matilda - nice
Tegan - don't like

BOYS:

Samuel - too common at the moment
Gabriel - love
Logan - like
Lucas - no
Lyndon no

Stephanie - nice enough, a bit 70s?
Felicity - yes, like it
Lynette - no
Matilda - nice but there are swarms of Matildas around
Tegan - made-up sounding.

Samuel - nice, a bit dull
Gabriel - OKish
Logan - loganberry is a fruit. Can't think of anything else. Like calling your child Rasp or Strawb.
Lucas - quite like
Lyndon - quite like

Which ones are your choice?

There is a Frank thread at the moment.

oops, got your girls names muddled.

I meant that I liked Felicia better than Felicity (DD had a girl in Kindergarten called Felicia)

and no to Lynnette (bit dated)

GIRLS:

Stephanie- not keen
Felicity- pretty
Lynette-dislike
Matilda- lovely but becoming quite popular if that bothers you.
Tegan- dislike

BOYS:

Samuel- good classic, also quite popular
Gabriel- lovely
Logan- okay
Lucas- my v lovely DS's name so a bit biased
Lyndon-my first instinct is no as I'm not a fan of surnames as first names but it could grow on me

Frankly, right?

GIRLS:

Stephanie - no opinion
Felicity - I like this a lot
Lynette - nope
Matilda - like it
Tegan - awful

BOYS:

Samuel - nice
Gabriel - gorgeous
Logan - dreadful
Lucas - lovely
Lyndon - awful

Not read anyone elses opinions, so these are very first thoughts:

GIRLS:

Stephanie - hmmm, a little retro but I like it. Will inevitably be shortened to 'Steph', but hey, that's better than being shortened to 'fanie'
Felicity - like a lot. very pretty and feminine, but still seems strong.
Lynette - dislike.
Matilda - one of the Martha/Edith/Violet ilk names that are very current atm. I somehow can't get on board with these names although I'm very definitely in a minority
Tegan - dislike. similar (in my mind) to names like Courtney and Britney

BOYS:

Samuel - great name. strong and masculine. love Sam
Gabriel - I really like this name, although it's much 'softer' than Samuel. Quite an 'arty' name
Logan - dislike along with Bailey, Macauley, Jackson type names
Lucas - quite like this
Lyndon - ok

GIRLS:

Stephanie - not to my taste
Felicity - very pretty
Lynette - awful
Matilda - lovely
Tegan - not too bad, but others on the list are much nicer

BOYS:

Samuel - fine
Gabriel - not a fan, although it seems to score highly with a lot of mnetters
Logan - quite like it
Lucas - nice
Lyndon - unusual but ok

GIRLS:

Stephanie No
Felicity Yes
Lynette No
Matilda Maybe
Tegan NO

BOYS:

Samuel Maybe
Gabriel Yes
Logan NO
Lucas No
Lyndon NO NO NO

Stephanie or Samuel.

Absolutely no to Matilda or Gabriel if you are aiming for more unusual names.

Stephanie - hmm know a lot of Stephanies my age, i.e. older women, not young girls
Felicity - like this a lot, work with a Fliss for short
Lynette - nah
Matilda - do like, becoming v. popular
Tegan - not keen, know one shortened to Tia

BOYS:

Samuel - okay
Gabriel - like a lot
Logan - okay
Lucas - becoming v. popular
Lyndon - prefer Linden

Yes to:

Stephanie
Matilda

Samuel
Gabriel
Lucas

No to others

Stephanie - I like it. Stephie, lovely. Hate stephen though!
Felicity - no.
Lynette - no, but Lydia or Linda or Belinda yes
Matilda - ok.
Tegan - I like it.

BOYS:

Samuel - a good name, if you don't mind popularity
Gabriel - like it, like Gabe
Logan - no.
Lucas - ok, prefer Marcus
Lyndon - eh?

Stephanie - Dated, not keen
Felicity - quite like (still a bit dated though)
Lynette - No, but not keen on Lydia either
Matilda - Like it
Tegan - Really dislike it

BOYS:

Samuel - Great name
Gabriel - Love it
Logan - No
Lucas - Like it.
Lyndon - Horrible

While we're talking about names, would you mind changing your nickname? Bet you're not a crap mother!

Stephanie - A bit too retro
Felicity - really like - love "Flick"
Lynette - hmmmm ok - prefer Lydia
Matilda - love it (obviously). Haven't come across another one in rl despite claims its becoming very popular
Tegan - Horrible

BOYS:

Samuel - classic but a bit dull
Gabriel - like it
Logan - not keen
Lucas - like it
Lyndon - not one I'd considered but I really do like it. Unusual without being daft imo

Stephanie - beautiful name - the coolest girl in school with the longest legs
Felicity - Kendal. Sorry.
Lynette - Bit 70's
Matilda - Wrinkly old granny face with teeth missing
Tegan - too Australian

Samuel - too many Samuels
Gabriel - will get shortened to Gay in the playground
Logan - Nice name, reminds me of the goofy one from Bros though
Lucas - too many Lucases
Lyndon - OK

The only ones I like are Felicity, Gabriel and Matilta.

Really different from your other names I thought...

There are a few Tegans where I live, I dont think its made up - isnt it a welsh name?
Im not keen on any of the other girls names, matilda is alright.

For the boys I like Samuel, Logan and Lucas. I like Gabriel a lot, but think it might be hard to carry off.

I like Felicity, Matilda, Samuel and Lucas.

I like Tegan though I am biased. My 5 year old is Tegan Jessica (TJ for when she gets older). Tegan means 'pretty ornament' though we settled on it as quite liked Tigger at the time and also had just had holiday in Antigua!
Can also be spelt Tiegan or Teagan.
Felicity could get shortened to Flick.
Quite like Matilda (older names are back in vogue).
Prefer Logan out of the boys names.
Just to confuse how about Gabriella for girl? Or too HSM!