ellesabe's baby name shortlist

[ellesabe]

Okay so I know it's quite long and I haven't even asked DH what he thinks of them yet but I thought I'd just chuck them out there! Let me know what you think.

Boys
Arthur
Barney
Dominic
Fergus
Hugo
Jasper
Jonah
#marker #7
Milo
Orlando
Barney0
Barney1
Barney2
Barney3

Girls
Barney4
#mark er#15
Barney6
Barney7
Barney8
Barney9
Dominic0
Dominic1
Dominic2
Dominic 3
Dominic4
Dominic5
Dominic6
Dominic7

Okay so I have no idea what went wrong there!!!
Hang on, I'll try again!

Boys:
Arthur
Barney
Dominic
Fergus
Hugo
Jasper
Jonah
Milo
Orlando
Otis
Percy
Rufus
Sidn ey

Girls:
Amber
Coral
Dorothy
Esme
India
Jemima
Matilda
Nancy
Olive
Pheobe
Ramona
Sie nna
Verity

Middle name will probably be James for a boy or Mary for a girl but we're flexible!

I like Jonah, Milo, Rufus, Sidney, Amber, Olive and Ramona.

Oh and our surname begins with an H

I have a Matilda and a Fergus, so am a bit biased...

Also love Dominic, Barney and Rufus and Nancy & Phoebe. Dorothy is quite sweet as well (nn Dotty ?)

Love Arthur
Milo
Otis
Percy
Sidney

Dorothy
Nancy
Olive

Boys:
Arthur, cute
Barney, not so keen, purple dinosaur/horrible chav who went to my school
Dominic, is really nice and a good solid name
Fergus, quite trendy maybe a bit wet, sorry
Hugo, it depends the person if it suits them IYSWIM, on 1st impressions too posh
Jasper,
Jonah,
Milo,
Orlando, depends on the person again but i like it
Otis,
Percy, (a bit geeky?)
Rufus, better than Fergus
Sidn ey love it

Girls:
Amber, meh
Coral, not so keen, prefer Cora
Dorothy, prefer Dorothea nn Thea (taya)
Esme, love it
India, pretty
Jemima,
Matilda, love it, and nn Matty
Nancy, cute
Olive, even cuter
Pheobe, meh
Ramona, she sounds mischievous, prefer Rowena
Sie nna,
Verity,

I know what you mean about Fergus - it used to be my fave but I have one in my class this year and he's a bit wet!

Boys:

I really like Arthur

Girls:

I love Matilda.
Olivia, Phoebe and India are nice
Nancy is growing on me having heard it a few times recently

Arthur -- too popular
Barney -- prefer Barnaby. The purple dinosaur has killed Barney for me.
Dominic -- Love
Fergus -- Love
Hugo -- Love
Jasper -- Like a lot
Jonah -- Love, also love Jonas
Milo -- Like a lot, but very trendy
Orlando -- Like a lot; has an 1800's air to it somehow
Otis -- Like a lot
Percy -- NO
Rufus -- Like
Sidney -- OK, but it's becoming more a girl's name (Sydney). I also think of an East End slasher type.

Girls:
Amber -- Dislike, sort of an airhead name
Coral -- ok
Dorothy -- dislike, prefer Theodora
Esme -- like
India -- dislike because India is a country
Jemima -- Love
Matilda -- Like
Nancy -- Like
Olive -- Like
Phoebe -- Like
Ramona -- OK, but prefer Renata
Sienna -- too Miller/ Hollywoodish
Verity -- The essence of twee, imo

Arthur or Barny for a boy.

Nancy or Phoebe for a girl.

Boys:
Arthur - OK
Barney - OK
Dominic - Nooooooooo
Fergus - Nice
Hugo - Yes
Jasper - Yes
Jonah - Yes
Milo - Yes
Orlando - Yes
Otis - Love
Percy - No
Rufus - Love
Sidn ey - Yes

Girls:
Amber - No
Coral - OK
Dorothy - Yes
Esme - Yes
India - OK
Jemima - OK
Matilda - No
Nancy - Yes
Olive - Yes
Pheobe - No
Ramona - Love
Sie nna - No
Verity - Love

I like:

Jasper
Orlando
Rufus

Amber
Jemima
Matilda
Sienna
Verity

My thoughts

Arthur - still too old manny
Barney - cute but there's that damn bear
Dominic - good one
Fergus - Sharkey - nah
Hugo - Posh posh
Jasper - love it
Jonah - and the whale - good ring to it
Milo - Venus de? Nice though - as is Arlo
Orlando - another 'o' - know a very cool Orlando of about 40 years of age. Good name - but Woolf's book suggests a certain gender-ambiguity to it
Otis - lifts - or Redding - both are great things, I guess
Percy - pointed at porcelain - no no
Rufus - for a red head
Sidney - old many

Girls:
Amber - green red.....
Coral - I like this, though it seems very 70s - which may be a good thing
Dorothy - Wizard of Oz
Esme - ok
India - no, unless there is a good reason why
Jemima - lovely name. I remember the doll on Playschool.
Matilda - sweet
Nancy - too twee
Olive - On the Buses, is all I can think of when I hear this
Pheobe - Is it not Phoebe - don't like it anyway
Ramona - sounds like a motor mouth - is it just the Ramones echo?
Sie nna - keep it in the paintbox
Verity - too virtuous