Any of these you hate / love?

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Starting to think about baby names, not finding out the sex so both to consider. Let me know if there are any you think are awful, or great, or if you can think of any horrid nicknames they'd be faced with! Surname begins with 'L'. Thanks.

Girls

Georgia
Florence (Flo)
Jodie
Maya
Lyra
Sofia

Boys

Benjamin (Ben)
Frederick (Freddie)
Edward (Ted)
George

Boy names all fine.
Girl names - I loathe Jodie. Really really do.
I also don't go a bundle on FLorence - am behind the times with this crumbly-name revival as I still remember ancient great aunts with the names so to me they don't belong on little babies (yes I know they grow up but still)

Lyra is probably quite a common new name - don't know - have you checked the baby name stats for the last few years?

I prefer Sophia as a spelling unless you are from a country that doesn't use the 'ph'; lovely name though.

I have a Maya and a Ted! Great minds

Girls

Georgia love
Florence (Flo)hate
Jodie really hate
Maya like
Lyra no
Sofia love

Boys

Benjamin (Ben) Really love
Frederick (Freddie) no
Edward (Ted) ok
George ok

Girls

Georgia - lovely
Florence (Flo) - also lovely but the fact that they might one day become an Aunty Flo puts me off (euphemism for period).
Jodie - don't like
Maya - ok
Lyra - ok
Sofia - love

Boys

Benjamin (Ben) - love
Frederick (Freddie) - like it
Edward (Ted) - ok
George - like it

Georgia, Florence or Sophia for a girl.

Frederick, Edward or George for a boy.

My faves...

Georgia
Florence (Flo)
Maya
Lyra

Benjamin (Ben)
Frederick (Freddie)
Edward (Ted)
George

In fact, I really like your list!

love maya. can i pinch it?

Girls

Georgia Like
Florence (Flo) Like
Jodie Dislike
Maya Dislike
Lyra Dislike
Sofia Ok but know loads

Boys

Benjamin (Ben) Ok
Frederick (Freddie) Like
Edward (Ted) Like
George Ok but know loads

Great choices, although not too keen on Jodie on its own, maybe short for something.

I love Florence and Lyra out of your girls names, I'm quite a fan of alliterative names, ds2 is Hugo H_.

Boys wise I'm sorry to say Ben always reminds me of a dog's name (despite it being my lovely nephew's name). My favourite from your boys names is Edward (Ted) - traditional but a little unusual these days, and Ted sounds pretty cool I think.

Good luck, dh and I were always fine on boys names but struggled like mad with girls. Lucky we have 2 boys I suppose

Thanks for all your opinions, still no closer to deciding though, think I'll have to wait and see what baby suits when it arrives!

At the moment I'm edging towards Georgia Florence L. or Sophia Florence L. for a girl and George Edward L. for a boy. But that will probably change in 10 minutes time!

Do you mind that George Edward L. would have the initials GEL ?

Girls

Georgia- okay
Florence (Flo)- lovely!
Jodie- dislike
Maya- lovely!
Lyra- dislike
Sofia- okay

Boys

Benjamin (Ben)- lovely classic
Frederick (Freddie)- ditto- not too keen on Freddie though
Edward (Ted)- ditto
George- ditto

I like all of your boy's names!

Only one I really dislike is Jodie. I think it has a harsh sound to it.

I like all of them. Joley or Jolie over Jodie but I don't think it is bad! Lyra is really nice, new for me but modern and pretty sounding without being too frilly a girls name.
Out of the boys Frederick I think.

All the best with choosing

I love Lyra and Sofia. I did like Jodie years ago but that Marsh girl has put me off. What about Joely instead?