Please suggest something sane for me!

[Moook]

Name change as I haven't told my mn/real life friends I'm expecting yet. I know some of these names are a bit unusual. Please suggest something similar but more sane / tell me which ones I wouldn't be mad to use.

For a girl:
Adriana
Aemilia
Alicia
Amelia
Beatrice
Bryony
Cressida
Esme
Harriet
Hermione
Luciana
Lyra
Niamh
Rosalind
Rowena
Sienna

For a boy:

Hero
Hugo
Jake
Leo
Lewis
Lucas
Oliver
Oscar
Piers
Rupert
Tobias
Toby

Congratulations!

Adriana -- Nice
Aemilia -- NOOO this is horrible.
Alicia -- Nice
Amelia -- Too popular and a bit meh.
Beatrice -- LOVE
Bryony -- Like a lot
Cressida -- Like
Esme -- Like
Harriet -- Like
Hermione -- Like
Luciana -- LOVE
Lyra -- LOVE
Niamh -- Love
Rosalind -- Like a lot
Rowena -- LOVE
Sienna -- too Hollywood.

Hero -- More of a girl's name
Hugo -- LOVE
Jake -- only if nn for Jacob.
Leo -- LOVE
Lewis -- Prefer Louis
Lucas -- Too popular
Oliver -- Love but very popular
Oscar -- LOVE
Piers -- Like a lot
Rupert -- Dislike
Tobias -- LOVE
Toby -- As nn for Tobias, like a lot.

i like most of them actually, though Hero is a girls name not a boys name isn't it???

i would spell Aemilia without the A too

For a girl:
Adriana - lovely, not out there, what about Arianne too?
Aemilia - dont like spelling
Alicia - lovely but bit boring imo
Amelia - veyr popular
Beatrice - like this alot
Bryony - dont like this
Cressida- no no no no no
Esme - my name of choice!!
Harriet - again, one of my fave names
Hermione - too many HP connections
Luciana - dont like
Lyra- plain
Niamh - love it
Rosalind - dont like
Rowena - dont like
Sienna - sienna miller bad connotations

For a boy:

Hero - no please dont
Hugo - hmm where I live it would be very 'out there' but maybe not for you
Jake - very very popular
Leo - as above
Lewis- as above
Lucas- as abover
Oliver - as above
Oscar- as above
Piers - noooooooooooooooo
Rupert - nope!
Tobias - nope
Toby - quite like it

Suggestions

GIRL
Arianne, Isabella, Genevieve, Clara, Ophelia, Melissa, Felicity, Rachel, Rebecca, Natalie/Natalia, Skye, Eden, Isla, Iona

BOY
Issac, Adam, Caleb, erm.....

PS Congrats

Some suggestions for boys:
Artemas / Artemis
Atticus (would have been dd's name had she been a ds)
Byron
Cedric
Darcy
Dylan
Felix
Lucius

Rosalind is a lovely name and, IMVHO, sadly neglected when people name their babies!

The boys names don't grab me but Oliver and Oscar I think are too commonly used so I wouldn't choose them.

I like Hero a lot! And I've only heard it used as a boys name before.

You're putting a lot of expectations on the shoulders of any child you name Hero.

I have showed dh the thread and he would like to hear opinions on these:

Girls: Amelie (he likes it with the French accent on, but I don't know how to do that on the computer and I don't like French accents in names for non-French people)
Bryony (yay! was one of mine too)
Claudia
Henriette
Juliet
Lily
Madeline
Ophelia
Simone
Sylvie

Boys: He liked these names suggested by Teddy:
Atticus
Cedric
Felix
and suggested Lewis

We seem to be doing much better for girls names than boys.

From yours and your DH's lists, I like

Amelia, Beatrice, Cressida, Luciana, Rosalind, Rowena, Juliet, Lily

Jake, Oliver, Felix

We have Claudia on our short list too and also like Madeline . Last night my DH suggested Ophelia and Juliet for our 'getting longer list', but I'm not convinced.

Maybe Felix, but I think i see it as a bit of a 'cat' name. From your originial list I love Tobias with nn Toby and also Oliver but am put off by its popularity.

Beatrice and Harriet are very nice, Henriette is fantastic. :O)

I like Alicia, Rosalind, Hugo, Oliver and Toby the best.

Oh, and Claudia and Juliet from DH's list.

I love Hero for a boy, I have a japanese friend with the name but they spell it 'Hiro', maybe a good way to make it a boys name and move away from the superhero connections...?

I'm not sure about the spelling Hiro - I would read that as "High - Row" which I don't like.
I'm glad you didn't think my name suggestions were all insane! We now have plenty of options so I'll probably be back soon stuck for choosing with a shortlist.

Hero is a girls name- she is the one that gets dumped/ pretends to die in the Shakespeare play "Much Ado about Nothing".

Best Girls on your list
Beatrice
Harriet
Lyra
Rosalind

Best Boys on your list
Jake
Leo
Oscar

From your second list -- quick work btw!

Girls:
Amelie -- Nice, I like the accent
Bryony -- Like; sweet name, but not too fluffy
Claudia -- Nice but imo a bit severe
Henriette -- Lovely, Henrietta lovely too
Juliet -- Lovely
Lily -- Too popular and a bit wispy, prefer Lilia or Lilja
Madeline -- Lovely, but prefer Madeleine spelling
Ophelia -- No. Too many Feel Ya nn possibilities
Simone -- Nice
Sylvie -- Lovely

Boys:
Atticus -- Like a lot
Cedric -- ok
Felix -- Love
Lewis -- Prefer Louis

I like Harriet, Lyra, and Leo

Oh sorry, didn't see the second list. LOVE Sylvie.

Adriana - too much... Adrienne is simpler and nicer
Aemilia - like a misspelling. Amelia or Emilia
Alicia - OK as it is
Amelia as above
Beatrice - I like this.
Bryony - Like this
Cressida - no. Bit pompous or something but that's jmo
Esme - I like it.
Harriet - ok
Hermione - not my cup of tea
Luciana - nice but a bit flowery, like TWO really girly names stuck together, but I still like it.
Lyra - not crazy about this one.
Niamh - I like it
Rosalind _ I like it. I like Christabel too. quite Edwardian (?)
Rowena - nothing wrong with it but I don't like it.
Sienna - bit slebby but it's pretty.

For a boy:

Hero - girls name? I like Arnaud and Bruno
Hugo - love it
Jake - ok, good popular name
Leo - love this one
Lewis - not crazy about it.
Lucas - ok but popular. I suggest Marcus instead
Oliver - ok
Oscar - ok
Piers - I like it
Rupert - good God no
Tobias - I like it
Toby - A/a

oh there's a new list!

Yes Juliet and Sylvie are both beautiful.

Felix is lovely too

For a girl:
Adriana - dislike
Aemilia - ok
Alicia - lovely
Amelia - ok
Beatrice - lovely
Bryony - nope
Cressida - nope
Esme - lovely
Harriet - lovely
Hermione - lovely
Luciana - nope but how about Lucinda or Lucretia instead, perhaps?
Lyra - nice
Niamh - lovely
Rosalind - lovely
Rowena - nope
Sienna - nope

For a boy:

Hero - terrible
Hugo - ok-ish but I do think of Hugoagogo
Jake - nice enough
Leo - nope
Lewis - ok
Lucas - lovely
Oliver - lovely
Oscar - lovely
Piers - terrible
Rupert - lovely
Tobias - lovely
Toby -lovely

I think these are v good lists on the whole!