A shorter short-list - feedback appreciated :)

[JosephineClaire]

GIRLS
Harriet (Hattie)
Kathleen (Kitty/Kate)
Matilda
Emmeline

BOYS
Theodore (Theo/Teddy)
James
Nicholas (Nick)
Caspar
Harry
Arthur

We're slowly narrowing down our choices, any feedback would be great. We're not finding out the sex of our baby, so need to be prepared with maybe 2 options for boy and 2 options for a girl. Then we can decide on the final name when we meet the baby.

Girl's middle name will be 'Claire', and boy's middle names with be 'Michael Reade' (all family names)

Thanks x

Girls:
Don't like Matilda, never have.
Not keen on Emmeline.

The rest are ok, specially Kitty.

Boys:
Not keen on Caspar

The others are ok. I like Artie for a boy but with my surname it would sound so wrong.

Harriet (Hattie) - not bad
Kathleen (Kitty/Kate) - quite ugly. Kitty too twee, but I really like Kate
Matilda - but trendy
Emmeline - it's ok but possibly trying too hard

BOYS
Theodore (Theo/Teddy)- awful
James - really like
Nicholas (Nick) - really like (love Nick)
Caspar - the friendly ghost
Harry - inoffensive
Arthur - very unfortunate

Harriet and Matilda are my favourite girls names and Harry and Arthur my favourites for boys. Good Luck

Matilda Claire

and

either

Arthur Michael Reade, or
Harry Michael Reade

Like Emmeline.
Quite like Kathleen - esp nn Kitty.

Really not keen on Harriet or Matilda (ugly names to me).

Really like James
Like Theo/Teddy, Harry and Arthur

Not so keen on Caspar or Nicholas (Knicker-less - though I like Nick).

Your middle names are nice

Girls - like Emmeline but love Kitty (not keen on Kathleen though)

Boys - not keen on Theodore or Caspar, the others are just 'ok'

Thanks everyone so far - just to let you know, where I have put a nn in brackets, this would be for everyday use.

For instance, Kathleen is my grandmother's name which is the main reason it's on the list, but we'd call her Kitty/Kate always. Same for Hattie, Theo & Nick

GIRLS
Harriet (Hattie) - not so keen
Kathleen (Kitty/Kate)- love Kitty and Kate but Kate Clare doesn't sound right??
Matilda - lots of them about (Tilly)
Emmeline - like

BOYS
Theodore (Theo/Teddy) - lots of them about
James - love it, never get bored of it
Nicholas (Nick) - not my cup of tea
Caspar - don't like
Harry - like
Arthur - like

Honest feedback - hope it helps

Theo
Kitty
Emmeline are my faves.

Love Harriett and Kitty/Kate.

Boys - love Theodore, Nicholas and Harry.

Favourites - Harriett and Harry I think

Harriet (Hattie) - Love both.
Kathleen (Kitty/Kate) - Love Kate and Kitty, but not Kathleen. Personally, I think Katherine is much nicer.
Matilda - Okay, not my favourite, but I do like Tilly.
Emmeline - Like.

Theodore - Love
James - Nice but perhaps a bit boring / run of the mill, although not too many little James running around these days.
Nicholas (Nick) - See above
Caspar - The ghost
Harry - Like it as a shortened version of Henry. Not keen on its own, bit of a naughty boy's name.
Arthur - Not at all keen I'm afraid.

There are some lovely names here - especially your girls choices

theo and james for the boys name.

not keen on any of the girls names although Emmeline is unusual without being 'made up' IYSWIM

Love Harriet and Emmeline. Not keen on your boys names.

I like Harriet and Emmeline for a girl. Emmeline Harriet would be lovely.

From your boys' names I like Theodore (Theo not Teddy), James, Nicholas and Caspar.

I love Kathleen (greatly underused, imo)and Nicholas.

Kathleen and Nicholas.

DS is Nicholas but would have been Kathleen (Kitty for short) had he been a girl.

Harriet (Hattie) DISLIKE
Kathleen (Kitty/Kate) DISLIKE
Matilda LIKE ALOT
Emmeline DISLIKE

Theodore (Theo/Teddy) LIKE THEO
James OK BIT DULL
Nicholas (Nick) REALLY LIKE IT
Caspar DISLIKE
Harry LIKE
Arthur DISLIKE, OLD MAN

Matilda Claire is lovely.

Not so keen on your other girls names but none of them are terrible. I quite like Hattie.

Theodore is nice but very, very popular nowadays. James is nice but dull. I like Nicholas but not Nick. Caspar will always be a friendly ghost to me. Harry I like but I would use Henry as the fullname. I like Arthur known as Art.

Kathleen nn Kitty
Matilda
Emmeline

Casper
Arthur
Both great names.