Opinions needed Girls and Boys shortlists

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Ok so I have been stressing for months now over names and since we don't even know what it is due to a very stubborn baby refusing to show it's bits on the day of the scan, I have to be prepared for either eventuality.
So far we're finding our boys list easier we have a definite shortlist:

Elliot (me and dp both love it but not much positive feedback)
Lewis/Louis
Harry
Thomas
And we've decided on James after my FIL for a middle name

Girls we're struggling with, we can't seem to agree on any

Emily (he wants this but I'm not so keen, it is pretty but too popular for me)
Amelie (my suggestion as a compromise on Emily but he doesn't like it)
Elizabeth
Jessica nn Jessie
Olivia (nice but very popular)
Jamie (I love it but he's not sure)
Arianne??? (I'm not sure why but it keeps popping into my head)

Any other suggestions for girls and preferences on both lists please

I like Elliot, it's a cool name. Please don't choose Harry or Thomas, they are so boring and overused.

Girls I like Jamie and Arianne.

I love Elliot

as for girls have you considered Emeline as an alternative to Emily

I love Elliot, it was my first choice for DS but dp vetoed it and whilst I do love the name we've picked (registered him today ) I stick realy like Elliot.

Emily and Arianne are my favourites from your girls list. I also really like Emmeline. Amelie is too trendy and of the moment for me.

My favourites from your lists are Elliot and Elizabeth.

Boys:

I like Harry and Thomas, and both go nicely with James.
Not keen on eithr Elliot or Lewis/louis.

Girls:

I like Emily, Amelie and Olivia best. Jessica and Elizabth also nice. Arianne is ok. Don't like Jamie.

I knew a boy named Elliot. His parents called him Tolly, though. It was sort of sweet.

Like Elliot the best of your boys' names.

I also like Emmeline instead of Amelia or Emily.

Love Elizabeth.

Not keen on Jamie.

I have an Elliot- the only boys name I really love. His middle name is Peter, after my grandpa. There have been a few thread on here- mostly saying it sounds a bit girly, (i blame Scrubs for that-it is deffo NOT a girls name! )It suits ds down to the ground- he is 7 and far from girly!

I love Amelie.

Really don´t like Elliot though-see it as a surname.

i really like Elliot. If you both love it, then you should go for it imo. No one name is going to get 100% approval from family, friends & acquaintances.

Although Harry & Thomas are both very sweet, inoffensive names, they are very popular. Louis is very nice though.

I actually like all of your girls' names, so sorry, not much help on that!

Boys - I like Thomas and James.
Girls - I like Emily, love Elizabeth, like Olivia, HATE Jamie and don't dislike Arianne but think maybe it's a bit 'fussy' sounding.

i LOVE Elliot. would def use that from your boys list
the others are nice, but there are so many of them around

from the girls list my faves are
Elizabeth
Olivia
Arianne

I think Elliot is a great name.
I also like Lewis, but if you are in Scotland it is very poular!

From the girls I like Jessie and Arianne, although I think Aria is nicer.

Other girl ideas.
Aphra
Sadie
Esme
Juliet
Ilaria

Elliott is a really good name. if you dont use it as his first name, it would be really nice as a middle name as well. its a nice little boys name but then a respectable and distinct mans name without being too formal. first other things i thought of were e.t. and then i thought of elliott smith the singer, dont know if thats good or bad.

i also like thomas. i never knew a thomas/tom who wasn't clever.

harry and louis seem a bit overused for babies now, but i think they are both nice anyway. i would pick something else. i think henry is better than harry, i know a lot of people disagree with that. prefer louis to harry. dont like lewis at all, reminds me of the 'dud' in the class in the simpsons who always gets sick on people.

for the girls i thought emily was very nice. its true that there are lots of them around but its a classic name so its never going to sound common or faddish. unlike amelie i think which is very 'of the past few years'.
i also like elizabeth. but you could lose control of the nicknames with that one. but that might be to her benefit if she has more control over what she wants when she's older.

Elliot (me and dp both love it but not much positive feedback) - love it - DS would have been Elliot (is infact his middle nae) but couldn;t have as a first name as we already have a Harriet.
Lewis/Louis - Bleugh!
Harry - Too many of them already
Thomas - Bit nothingy
And we've decided on James after my FIL for a middle name

Girls we're struggling with, we can't seem to agree on any

Emily (he wants this but I'm not so keen, it is pretty but too popular for me) - bit nohtingy - lacks imagination
Amelie (my suggestion as a compromise on Emily but he doesn't like it) - really like - we have an Emelia would that not be a good compromise.
Elizabeth - lacks magination
Jessica nn Jessie - really common - in that there are too many
Olivia (nice but very popular) - as Jessica
Jamie (I love it but he's not sure) - not a proper name
Arianne??? (I'm not sure why but it keeps popping into my head) - makes me think of a spider!

Elliot- Very nice
Lewis/Louis- OK, quite popular
Harry- Nice, popular again
Thomas- Very nice(my cousin's name)

Emily- Pretty
Amelie- Pretty too
Elizabeth- Nice, grown up name(my middle name)
Jessica- Nice(my first name!)
Olivia- Nice, pretty, popular( my best friend's name)
Jamie- OK.
Arianne- Pretty.

Elliot is slightly less common than the others, hence other peoples' more muted feedback, but once they know your Elliot they will love the name. If you and dh love it then imo decision made!

What about the Shakespearean name Emilia as the compromise between Emily and Amelia? Also as in Emilia Fox, I think? Have just scanned down and seen some other incredibly sagacious MNer has suggest the same [smile}

Second choice would be Elizabeth as it's beautiful and it has some lovely nicknames as well.

MC- that is so funny- I wanted to call DD Harriet, but didn't because we have an Elliot!

Mean to add, DD is Millie (Millicent) Elizabeth- so OP, I think you have great taste in names!!

Oh Raahh - you have wonderful taste in names!
Ds would have been Elliot but we couldn't sort out a middle name to go with it, so it ended up as his middle name instead (which we'll be gutted about if no3 turns out to be a boy, as we will want to use it as a first name), and dd would most likely have been Millicent if it wasn't for a clash of Mil-anything with our surname.

What other boys names do you like, in case you can inspire us for dc3 (we are sorted if it's a girl)?!

Sadly,CantSleepWontSleep , i don't like any other boys names! I was soooo relieved when we knew we were having a dd, as Dh wanted Sumner for a boy! There isn't even anything i sort of like... (not much help really!)

Elliot- Love it, one of personaly favs which DH has vetoed, damn him
Lewis/Louis- not keen, a bit chavvy in my bit of south london
Harry- dull
Thomas- I know literally thousands of Tom's, dull

Emily- Lovely, and actually not as popular (or I don't come across many) as I'd thought ti would be
Amelie- Fine
Elizabeth- Love it when shortened to Libby
Jessica- Love it when shortened to Jess
Olivia- boring, everyone has an Olivia
Jamie- Chav version of Lewis
Arianne- Cute

Ooh GWTMH - are you pregnant again? Congrats if so .

Raahh - bah humbug - fat lot of use you are! We are struggling so much with boys names. Have a few we like, but nothing we LOVE (unless it begins with same initial as ds, or is his middle name).

not mad on Elliott tbh but like your others
Tom is always lovely
James is fab too

out of your gilrs names i would go with elizabeth - beth libby eliza etc