Just out of interest... honest opinions please

[legallyblond]

Can I have your opinions on these:

Pippa
Hesper
Elin
Emily
Heidi
Beatrix
Nancy
Kitty
Matilda

Frank
Henry
Adam
B enjamin
Yannick
Ivo
Joshua
Frederick
Thomas

Sorry... I know there's a lot of them, but that's why I need opinions!

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Pippa Nice
Hesper Do you mean Hester?
Elin Yuck
Emily Nice
Heidi Yuck
Beatrix Nice
Nancy OK
Kitty OK
Matilda OK

I like :

Pippa
Kitty
Matilda
Adam

Not keen on the others.

I like Kitty, Matilda, Adam and Frank the best.

If you do chose Matilda, why not spell it Mathilda

I like

Emily
Beatrix
Matilda

Frank
Henry
Adam
Benjamin
Joshua
Frederick
Thomas

Girls: like Emily, Beatrix, Pippa

Boys: like Henry, Adam, Frederick, Thomas

Pippa Yes
Hesper No
Elin No
Emily Love
Heidi Yes
Beatrix No
Nancy No
Kitty Stripper
Matilda Love

Frank Awful
Henry Ok
Adam Yes
B enjamin Love
Yannick No
Ivo Ok
Joshua Yes
Frederick No
Thomas Ok but a bit bland.

I like Pippa but I think most people assume it's short for Philippa (which in fact I don't like). Like Emily.
See Kitty as nn for Katherine (and prefer Kate). Not sure about the others.

Like Frank, Henry and Joshua (though I have a nephew Joshua and his mum hates it when he gets called Josh, which he inevitably does)

Hesper and Elin are not names - discard
Would use Philippa over Pippa
and Beatrice over Beatrix
Emily overused IME
ditto Matilda (esp if known as Tilly)
Rest are passable

Yannick and Ivo too outlandish for me
Joshua overused
Adam excellent
Rest passable

Pippa -- nice
Hesper -- nice, unusual
Elin -- nice (Mrs Tiger W)
Emily -- too popular for a long time
Heidi -- ok
Beatrix -- very nice
Nancy -- nice
Kitty -- ok as nn for Katherine
Matilda -- nice, getting popular

Frank -- rhymes with
Henry -- lots of Henrys
Adam -- very nice, underused
B enjamin -- very nice
Yannick -- a bit tth
Ivo -- LOVE
Joshua -- meh
Frederick -- very nice
Thomas -- very nice

from the girls list i like pippa, hesper (nice meaning) and kitty
boys list Yannick, Ivo and Frederick

Elin is a name - why do you say otherwise MrsBadge? Just because you haven't heard it before doesn't make it not a name!

Pippa lovely
Hesper no
Elin no
Emily nice
Heidi quite nice
Beatrix nice prefer beatrice
Nancy like
Kitty no
Matilda maybe

Frank would suit a certain type/not sure
Henry yes
Adam nice
B enjamin lovely
Yannick no
Ivo no no no
Joshua yes
Frederick fred is nice
Thomas yes

just my opinions..

Pippa, Nancy or Frederick. All very cool, nice, normal names.
Yannick, Ivo and Hesper ?
What about Ivor ? Or Ike ? Or Hesther ? Elspeth ?

Like Pippa and Heidi lots.

Less keen on your boys list. Would prob go for Adam out of them, but still doesn't excite me.

I like Nancy and Kitty (but would name her Katherine, as Kitty may not suit an adult).

Like Adam, Henry, Benjamin and Joshua.

Pippa - pretty
Hesper - reminds me of Uncle Hester from the Addams family
Elin - nice if you're Welsh
Emily - pretty but commonly used
Heidi - cute if you're blond and 5 years old
Beatrix - prefer Beatrice, but nice, fairly unusual
Nancy - not keen, very Oliver Twist
Kitty - nice, becoming more popular
Matilda - don't like this one

Frank - no, it has to be Frankie if he's to have any street cred at all
Henry - nice enough but not that unusual
Adam - really like this, but was vetoed by my DH
Benjamin - very nice
Yannick - odd if you're English
Ivo - quite like the car magazine Pro Evo
Joshua - really like this
Frederick - really like this
Thomas - nice as Tom

Thanks team!

Its tricky, because some of the names I just like, and some are family names or DH's choices (DH's fave is Nancy... hmmm)...

For instance, Beatrix, Ivo and Frank are family grandparents' names. And Yannick (common in France, particularly Brittany) and Elin (common in Norway) are partly because I like them (Elin) or DH likes them (Yannick) but mostly because I am quarter French and DH is quarter Norwegian.

My faves at the moment are Hesper (it definately is a name as I know 2!) and Pippa, or Adam and Frederick.

I love Pippa (Though personally i'd go with Philippa and then shorten it so if they turned out to be a tomboy they can choose something less girly)

Hesper is a lovely name too - I have not heard it before (though I like Hester). Although, looking it up it is a similar meaning to Vesper, (same root I guess) which is what we called our cat (like the bond girl!)

Adam is very nice, so is thomas though it is very popular.

Hesper = awful but I love Hester.
Emily is good so is Matilda. I also like Adam, Benjamin and Thomas. I like Joshua too.

Matilda (if not HesTer) and Adam are my favourites.

Matilda, I have one, well a Mathilda. Brill name.

And I absolutely adore Ivo. It's such a great name. From your lists, I also like Beatrix.

Pippa OK
Hesper AWFUL
Elin NOT KEEN
Emily BORING BUT OK
Heidi NOT KEEN
Beatrix NOT KEEN
Nancy NOT KEEN, POSH, OLD FASHIONED, SLANG TERM
Kitty LIKE
Matilda LIKE

Frank DISLIKE
Henry OK
Adam OK
B enjamin LIKE BEN ON IT'S OWN
Yannick AWFUL
Ivo OK
Joshua OK
Frederick OK IF FREDDIE FOR SHORT
Thomas DULL BUT OK

I love Ivo.

so there!

And Benjamin

Pippa nicest of girls imo.

Pippa - ok
Hesper - yuk
Elin - don't like
Emily - v nice
Heidi - ok
Beatrix - ok
Nancy - don't like
Kitty - sweet
Matilda - ok

Frank - don't like
Henry - ok
Adam - like
B enjamin like, but v popular
Yannick - why?
Ivo - don't like
Joshua - love, but very popular
Frederick - quite like
Thomas - don't like, and v popular