According to your Appetite: Rank these 30 A names!

Since people seemed to enjoy my T post, I thought I’d do the same for A names. Rank the following list of 30 A names and I’ll tally up a communal list. If you’re following my other posts, you’ll recognize these as the first middle names I have used in more than one TAM combo.

If you find a name unusable or just don’t like it at all, stick it in a discard pile (the discard pile helps me tally points and not forget names to detract from).

Acantha
Adelaide
Agatha
Agrippa
Aisling
Alcie
Alcione
Alethea
Alienor
Alma
Althea
Amaranthe
Ambrosia
Anaïs
Anita
Anthémis
Antigone
Apolline
Araceli
Ariadne
Arianell
Arsinoë
Artemis/Artemisia
Asphodel
Aster
Asterope/Asteropée
Astraea
Astrid
Athenaïs
Audre

Have fun! Thanks, Berries! :partying_face:

  1. Adelaide
  2. Althea
  3. Aisling
  4. Araceli
  5. Ariadne
  6. Arianell
  7. Acantha
  8. Alethea
  9. Alcie
  10. Astraea
  11. Astrid
  12. Apolline
  13. Alienor
  14. Audre
  15. Anaïs
  16. Anita
  17. Aster
  18. Ambrosia
  19. Arsinoë
  20. Alcione
  21. Amaranthe
  22. Anthémis
  23. Athenaïs
  24. Alma
  25. Agatha

Discard: [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée, [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]/Artemisia, Asphodel, [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], [name_f]Aster[/name_f]

Ooh fun! Ok, let’s see…

  1. Araceli
  2. Alienor
  3. Alcie
  4. Aisling
  5. Adelaide
  6. Anais
  7. Ambrosia
  8. Agatha
  9. Ariadne
  10. Alethea
  11. Amaranthe
  12. Alcione
  13. Apolline
  14. Arianell
  15. Astraea
  16. Athenais
  17. Audre
  18. Artemisia
  19. Anita
  20. Acantha
  21. Aster
  22. Alma
  23. Astrid

Discard: [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], Anthemis, [name_f]Arsinoe[/name_f], Asphodel, [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropee, [name_f]Althea[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f]

  1. [name_f]Althea[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
  3. [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
  4. [name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Aster[/name_f]
  7. [name_f]Audre[/name_f]
  8. [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
  9. Anthémis
  10. Amaranthe
  11. Athenaïs

Discard: [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], [name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f], Asphodel, [name_f]Alcie[/name_f], Arsinoë, [name_f]Acantha[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Aisling[/name_f], [name_f]Alcione[/name_f], [name_f]Alienor[/name_f], [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Anais[/name_f], [name_f]Anita[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Araceli[/name_f], [name_f]Arianell[/name_f], [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée, [name_f]Astraea[/name_f]

Please don’t be offended that I culled so much. This is just my personal preferences. :blush: I love how left field your tastes are though! :grin:

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  1. Agatha - 10/10
  2. Artemisia/Artemis - 9/10
  3. Anita - 9/10
  4. Alienor - 8/10
  5. Ariadne - 8/10
  6. Arianell - 8/10
  7. Astrid - 8/10
  8. Aster - 8/10
  9. Aisling - 7/10
  10. Araceli - 7/10
  11. Althea - 7/10
  12. Apolline - 7/10
  13. Acantha - 6/10
  14. Alma - 6/10
  15. Anaïs - 6/10
  16. Alethea - 6/10
  17. Athenais - 6/10
  18. Astraea - 6/10
  19. Alcione - 5/10
  20. Adelaide - 5/10
  21. Alcie - 5/10
  22. Audre - 5/10
  23. Amaranthe - 5/10
  24. Anthémis - 5/10
  25. Arsinoe - 5/10

I would eliminate :
26. [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] - 4/10
27. [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée - 3/10
28. [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f] - 2/10
29. [name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f] - 2/20
30. Asphodel - 2/10

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From fave to least

Adelaide
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
Anaïs
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
Astaea
[name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
Amaranthe
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
Asphodel

I’d lose
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agrippa[/name_f]
Anthémis
Arsinoë
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]
Athenaïs
[name_f]Alcione[/name_f]

These are so fun! I’m sorry I haven’t been more active on your recent initials posts, I keep trying to carve out some time to answer properly but time can be hard to come by around here!

These are in order of personal preference, and sub-sorted according to the age-old principle of [name_u]Love[/name_u]/Like/Lose :wink:

[name_u]Love[/name_u]

[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f] ([name_f]Tiggy[/name_f]! :heart_eyes:)
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
Anaïs
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]

Like

[name_f]Alienor[/name_f] (but I hesitate over the “alien” bit)
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
Athenaïs
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée
Anthémis

Lose

[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
Amaranthe
Asphodel
[name_f]Alcione[/name_f]
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Agrippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
Arsinoë (I struggle to see past the first syllable :flushed:)

I especially adore the options up to and including [name_u]Artemis[/name_u]. And although [name_f]Astrid[/name_f] is my personal favourite, I love the more extravagant options for you: [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] and [name_f]Arianell[/name_f] are gorgeous options that feel suitably eccentric and undiscovered, but still rich in history and sophistication.

(this one was so much harder than T for some reason!!)

[name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcione[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Arsinoe[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
Amaranthe
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
Anthemis
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Athenais[/name_f]
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]

Discard: [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], Asphodel

I think some of these I might discard if they were a first name, but almost all of them work as middles!! I love your A list :slight_smile: It’s very you!

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Your absence has been noted but I totally recognize the time commitment aspect. I plan on doing a post or two once I finish the last two ([name_f]Twila[/name_f] and [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]!!) of my top 10 to round things out and pit favorites against one another and then one final post asking for feedback on a select few of the very favorites. So there is still time to chime in! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]

Lose: [name_f]Acantha[/name_f], [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], Alcionex [name_f]Alienor[/name_f], Amaranthe, Anaïs, Anthémis, [name_f]Araceli[/name_f], Arsinoë, [name_u]Artemis[/name_u], Asphodel, [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée, Athenaïs

  1. Adelaide
  2. Alma
  3. Anaïs
  4. Agatha
  5. Anita
  6. Apolline
  7. Artemis/Artemisia
  8. Astrid
  9. Ariadne
  10. Antigone
  11. Audre (would be higher if spelt [name_f]Audrey[/name_f])
  12. Aster
  13. Araceli
  14. Althea
  15. Alethea
  16. Astraea
  17. Aisling
  18. Acantha
  19. Alienor
  20. Arianell
  21. Alcie
  22. Agrippa
  23. Amaranthe
  24. Asterope/Asteropée
  25. Arsinoë
  26. Ambrosia
  27. Athenaïs
  28. Anthémis
  29. Alcione
  30. Asphodel

This is such a fun idea!

  1. Adelaide
  2. Ariadne
  3. Althea
  4. Alethea
  5. Aisling
  6. Ambrosia
  7. Alcie
  8. Ambrosia
  9. Astrid
  10. Aster
  11. Anita
  12. Alienor
  13. Agatha
  14. Alma
  15. Arianell
  16. Audre
  17. Anaïs
  18. Arsinoë
  19. Artemis
    And I’d discard the rest of them - please don’t be offended!
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Like

  1. Adelaide
  2. Aisling
  3. Althea
  4. Astrid
  5. Alma
  6. Ariadne
  7. Anita
  8. Alienor
  9. Aster
  10. Agatha
  11. Athenais
  12. Alethea
  13. Ambrosia
  14. Astraea
  15. Acantha
  16. Artemis/Artemisia
  17. Audre
  18. Apolline
  19. Amaranthe

Discard (Unusable)

  1. Arianell
  2. Anthemis
  3. Anais
  4. Alcione
  5. Antigone
  6. Asterope
  7. Alcie
  8. Araceli
  9. Agrippa
  10. Arsinoe
  11. Asphodel

I like [name_f]Katinka[/name_f]’s idea of [name_u]Love[/name_u]/Like/Lose. And these aren’t in any certain order within each category. They’re too far from my style in names for me to rank them that much. lol

Love
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]

Like
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_f]Anais[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]/Artemisia (prefer [name_u]Artemis[/name_u])
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]

Lose
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Agrippa[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcione[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
Amaranthe
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
Anthémis
Arsinoë
Asphodel
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée
Athenaïs

  1. Adelaide
  2. Aisling
  3. Ambrosia
  4. Astrid
  5. Agatha
  6. Althea
  7. Alma
  8. Anita
  9. Anaïs
  10. Ariadne
  11. Araceli
  12. Artemis/Artemisia
  13. Astraea
  14. Arianell
  15. Acantha
  16. Alcie
  17. Amaranthe
  18. Aster

Discard: [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], [name_f]Alcione[/name_f], [name_f]Alethea[/name_f], [name_f]Alienor[/name_f], Anthémis, [name_f]Antigone[/name_f], [name_f]Apolline[/name_f], Arsinoë, Asphodel, [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée, Athenaïs, [name_f]Audre[/name_f] (either I struggled to pronounce these names or I think others might)

  1. Adelaide
  2. Agatha
  3. Audre
  4. Artemis/Artemisia
  5. Astrid
  6. Anaïs
  7. Althea
  8. Ariadne
  9. Aster
  10. Alethea
  11. Araceli
  12. Antigone
  13. Alma
  14. Arianell
  15. Astraea
  16. Anita
  17. Apolline
  18. Alcie
  19. Acantha
  20. Alienor
  21. Amaranthe
  22. Alcione
  23. Aisling

Lose: Athenaïs, [name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée, Arsinoë, Anthémis, Asphodel, [name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f], [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f]

  1. Ariadne
  2. Artemis/Artemisia
  3. Arianell
  4. Adelaide
  5. Astraea
  6. Astrid
  7. Althea
  8. Apolline
  9. Alcione
  10. Aisling
  11. Audre
  12. Ambrosia
  13. Araceli
  14. Alienor
  15. Acantha
  16. Aster
  17. Asterope/Asteropée
  18. Antigone
  19. Anita
  20. Anaïs
  21. Alcie
  22. Alethea

Discard:
Amaranthe, Asphodel, Anthémis, Athenaïs, [name_f]Alma[/name_f], [name_f]Agatha[/name_f], [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], Arsinoë

These are fun! I think I’m a bit less adventurous with As than I was with Ts…

LIKE:

  1. Alma
  2. Astrid
  3. Adelaide
  4. Aster
  5. Althea
  6. Alethea
  7. Ariadne
  8. Artemis/Artemisia
  9. Apolline

USABLE:
10. [name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
11. Anaïs
12. [name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
13. [name_f]Audre[/name_f]
14. [name_f]Aisling[/name_f] (I know this is supposed to “[name_f]Ashlyn[/name_f]” but I knew a girl growing up who pronounced it “Aze-ling” and I honestly prefer that)
15. [name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
16. [name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
17. [name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
18. Amaranthe
19. [name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
20. [name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
21. [name_f]Alcione[/name_f]
22. [name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
23. [name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
24. [name_f]Anita[/name_f]
25. Athenaïs

Discard:
Asphodel - I feel like this is like naming your daughter Purgatory. I also don’t like the shared sounds with asphalt.
[name_f]Agrippa[/name_f] - “Get agrip (pa)!”
Arsinoë - This one is kind of cool, but I dislike the shared sounds with “arsenal.”
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]/Asteropée - Too hard to pronounce.
Anthémis - Too close to “anathema.”

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This was so fun!

Anais
[name_f]Aisling[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_f]Astrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Aster[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Agatha[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Audre[/name_f]
[name_f]Althea[/name_f]
[name_f]Athenais[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]/Artemisia
[name_f]Alienor[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Alma[/name_f]
[name_f]Alethea[/name_f]
[name_f]Anita[/name_f]
[name_f]Araceli[/name_f]
Amaranthe
[name_f]Arianell[/name_f]
[name_f]Ambrosia[/name_f]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f] (it always just sounds like a mispronunciation of [name_f]Austria[/name_f] to me, sorry)
[name_f]Asterope[/name_f]

Discard: [name_f]Acantha[/name_f], [name_f]Agrippa[/name_f], [name_f]Alcie[/name_f], [name_f]Alcione[/name_f], Anthemis, [name_f]Arsinoe[/name_f], Asphodel

Favorite to least…

  1. Ariadne
  2. Astraea
  3. Astrid
  4. Araceli
  5. Adelaide
  6. Althea
  7. Artemis/Artemisia
  8. Alma
  9. Alienor
  10. Ambrosia
  11. Anaïs
  12. Arsinoë
  13. Aster
  14. Audre
  15. Athenaïs
  16. Asphodel
  17. Alethea
  18. Amaranthe
  19. Apolline
  20. Acantha
  21. Alcione
  22. Alcie
  23. Arianell
  24. Antigone
  25. Agatha
  26. Anthémis
  27. Aisling
  28. Anita
  29. Agrippa
  30. Asterope/Asteropée