First thought associations with my list

[velveteenbun]

Please can you tell me what or what sort of person comes to mind with these names as need to whittle down the long lists.

Imogen
Scarlett
Melody
Chantelle
Delilah
Genevieve
Martha
Esmé
Tara
Nancy
Tallul ah
Polly
Jean
Molly

Where has velveteenbun gone?

Are we all helping in her decision?!!!!

Imogen - lovely
Scarlett - not keen
Melody - No
Chantelle - Awful
Delilah - Awful
Genevieve - mmm not sure
Martha - Fantastic name, I love it
Esme - lovely
Tara - love this too
Nancy - not too keen
Tallulah - No
Polly - Don't like
Jean - Don't like
Molly - Not keen

Imogen - posh and stuck-up.
Scarlett - will grow up to be a stripper or a film star.
Melody- posh and musical parents, child will rebel.
Chantelle - cappatea has put it perfectly!
Delilah - whore
Genevieve- a child who will grow up to change her name.
Martha - dumpy.
Esmé- great name! Love it!
Tara - scary woman.
Nancy- nurse.
Tallulah - awful, awful name
Polly - just as cuppatea has said!
Jean - boring boring boring
Molly - tomboy. Will call herself Mol.

Imogen - posh rides horses
Scarlett - bossy
Melody - whimsical and whiney
Chantelle - always complaining about her benefits
Delilah - that's your pregnancy hormones kicking in - ignore them
Genevieve - see above
Martha - listens to Radio 4
Esme - arty and studious
Tara - fussy and controlling
Nancy - stylish bit subversive
Tallulah - CBeebies presenter
Polly - posh bit vacant
Jean - mature really is an older person's name - consider Jeannie?
Molly - pretty and popular

Imogen - posh totty
Scarlett - U'Hara nuff said
Melody - wimpy
Chantelle - chavvy (sorry)
Delilah - slutty
Genevieve - pretentious
Martha - dull housewife
Esmé - simpering ballet type
Tara - IT girl
Nancy - jolly piratical type
Tallulah - tart
Polly - good little girl
Jean - plain but worthy
Molly - annoying

you did ask for what comes to mind!
Theres certainly a lot of diversity in your list.

Imogen - neat, pretty, clever
Scarlett - trendy, flirty
Melody - arty, hippy
Chantelle - bolshy, pushy, loud, flirty
Delilah - shy and very embarassed by name!
Genevieve - mysterious, musical, maybe a bit straight-laced
Martha - cool, balanced, happy
Esmé - ditto Martha
Tara - a bit sloaney; a party-girl
Nancy - a frilly, girly-girl type
Tallul ah - a wacky, arty, Greenpeace hippy type
Polly - sensible, happy, primary school teacher
Jean - reserved, sensible, a bit lacklustre
Molly - cool, girly, home-loving

Of all those names I like Imogen Melody, Marrtha and Polly

Imogen - pretty, petite, bookish
Scarlett - naughty
Melody - a bit thick
Chantelle - blonde, big brother, but not so with Chantal spelling oddly...
Delilah - just can't picture this on a real person rather than a fictional character
Genevieve - kind, sweet, well-liked but average
Martha - cheeky, fun, sporty
Esmé - a bit wet
Tara - Reid...PT...
Nancy - lovely, pretty, gorgeous and brainy
Tallul ah - WAG
Polly - dull
Jean - cool (but only with an unusual surname otherwise dull)
Molly - the cat?

Imogen, Nancy and Martha are my favourites. All pretty, classic, cute on a baby and suitable for an adult. All also gaining in popularity, but not overly used yet.

Imogen - Lovely plays hockey and is good at school.
Scarlett - Naughty child.
Melody - Wet blanket
Chantelle - Big Brother
Delilah - Emmerdale
Genevieve - Poncey
Martha - Lovely sweet child
Esme - 1 of 5 in her class.
Tara - Bitchy, smokes behind the bike sheds.
Nancy - Trendy, very popular.
Tallulah - Parents thought it was trendy but she is a quiet bookish type and intends to change her name to Emily once she is 18.
Polly - Pretty friendly girl wants to work as a volunteer nurse in Africa
Jean - Parents trendy media types, Jean has an overactive imagination and escapes into fantasy worlds all the time.
Molly - Shy little thing.

My favourites are Martha, Molly, Polly and Nancy.

Imogen - upper class, bit thick
Scarlett - slightly chavvy
Melody - don't like, bit wet
Chantelle - footballer's wife
Delilah - awful Tom Jones song
Genevieve - don't like
Martha - like it a lot, cool name
Esme - ditto
Tara - american soap star.
Nancy - totally fabulous
Tallulah - yuk - sort of name a Hollyoak's star calls their kid
Polly - cute name
Jean - I really like this but possibly only as middle name
Molly - way too popular.

Imogen- stubbs
Scarlett - brat child
Melody- no
Chantelle-no
Delilah-god no
Genevieve- ok
Martha- too many of them around
Esmé-pretty
Tara-reminds me of tarka the otter
Nancy-ok
Tallul ah- please no, never
Polly- wolly doodle
Jean-boring
Molly-twee

Nancy and Esmé it is then!

Imogen - Jilly Cooper book I read as a teen.
Scarlett - O'Hara
Melody - Ditzy
Chantelle - nice girl I used to work with
Delilah - Tom Jones
Genevieve - Pretty
Martha - Stewart
Esmé - I love Esme but it does make me think of Granny Weatherwax (Terry Pratchett books)
Tara - trashy
Nancy - okay
Tallul ah - God no
Polly - okay
Jean - nah
Molly - nice

Imogen - Becomes a GP or Surgeon. Is this name getting too popular now? Bordering on being too popular I'd say.

Scarlett - a nail technician from Hounslow. Some spell Scarlet? Would she go through life telling people there were two ts at the end of her name?

Melody - A Song? A mermaid sister from Disney's Ariel?

Chantelle - TV porn star

Delilah - child of middle class hippies

Genevieve - porcelain skinned and beautiful child. Surprisingly uncommon I'd say.

Martha - name chosen recently by Ulrika types

Esmé - Esme and the Smugglers, 1940s children's classic. It's quite nice

Tara - House in Gone With The Wind? Palmer Tompkinson, man who puts tar on the roads? Quite like it but a bit posh possibly

Nancy - David Cameron's daughter, okish.

Tallul ah - Bugsy Malone possibly too aspirational

Polly - a doll but I like it

Jean - Pride of Miss Jean Brodie, not keen, middle aged women with hair dyed 'autumn leaf' by clairol.

Molly - daughter of an Estate Agent from Fulham

Imogen - I like it, reminds me of that Jilly Cooper book, she was a virgin for AGES in that one.
Scarlett - Nope. Love Scarlett O'Hara, but the name has been overused
Melody - pretentious. I imagine a right simpering little thing.
Chantelle - GAWD N BENNETT
Delilah - I quite like leather trousers. I wouldn't chuck my pants at Tom Jones though.
Genevieve - pretty. I like that film, in fact it's one of my favourite films ever, I like the bit when...Wait! This is a CAR'S name.
Martha - Used to hate it, quite like it now. I do tend to think of grey ladies though.
Esmé - XMIL's name. I cannot be unbiased. Sorry.
Tara - s'alright, tend to think of that Tara girl who had a botched boob job though. (Terrible nipples)
Nancy - Don't like it.
Tallul ah - Please don't.
Polly - I like this.
Jean - Hello auntie JEAN! Dinnerladies and WI women are called Jean. Not little babies.
Molly - I like this too.

Imogen - annoying and spoilt
Scarlett - O'Hara / Johanssen
Melody - ditsy
Chantelle - chavvy
Delilah - deceptive
Genevieve - hopeless romantic
Martha - sweet & gentle
Esmé - another romantic
Tara - windswept Irish girl
Nancy - from Oliver Twist
Tallulah - from Bugsy Malone
Polly - put the kettle on
Jean - smart, efficient 50 year old
Molly - slightly feeble girl

I think Tara Esme / Martha Esme is nicest

Imogen--nice gell
Scarlett--nice girl slightly off the wall
Melody--bit thick
Chantelle--even thicker
Delilah--musical
Genevieve--sophisticated and a bit stuck up
Martha--hard working
Esmé--short and fun
Tara--nice girl , all rounder
Nancy- cheeky
Tallul ah-- nice but dim
Polly-- down to earth
Jean--dull
Molly--practical and sensible but popular

Imogen -hot-housed at fee-paying school but not v. intelligent
Scarlett - changed name to Claire or Alison aged 17
Melody - plump teen who is sick of being asked to give people a tune.
Chantelle - sophisticated and intelligent woman who is estranged from her cruel parents.
Delilah - why, why, why?
Genevieve - Jen.
Martha - intelligent and strong-minded, suit any age. Like.
Esmé - stuck in a boring job.
Tara - can't beat raboomdee-eh!
Nancy - confident girl who shops in Urban Outfitters. Like.
Tallulah. My name is.. Cream pie fights etc. Also see Chantelle. Perhaps a butch girl who enjoys subverting expectations.
Polly - cries and simpers a lot while carrying a dolly. As an adult.
Jean - achingly cool with bleach-blonde cropped hair, push bike and multiple admirers. Named after her great-aunt. Like
Molly - Sugden