CATEGORY 1: YOUR LIST
What is your favorite girl’s name? [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]!
What is your favorite boy’s name? [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m] or [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m], depending on the day.
What is the longest name/combo on your list? [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Elowen[/name_f]
What is the shortest name/combo on your list? Hmm [name_m]Seamus[/name_m] [name_u]Brave[/name_u]?
Tell me the story behind a favorite name of yours. I don’t have any crazy stories, but I think what made me love [name_f]Lettie[/name_f] is kinda cute. I started liking it more when I read [name_m]Howl[/name_m]‘s Moving Castle, in which she’s the main character’s sister. It was my first time hearing it (or so I thought) but it felt kind of familiar. After a while I realized why! When I was 8 or 9 my absolute favourite book for a few months was called ‘’[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] and [name_f]Lettie[/name_f]’’ ([name_f]Lottie[/name_f] and [name_u]Lisa[/name_u] in [name_f]English[/name_f], but they changed the names in the Greek translation)
What is the newest name/combo on your list? [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m] and [name_m]Oren[/name_m] are newer loves of mine!
What is the oldest name/combo on your list? [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] [name_f]Bee[/name_f] has been in my UC for about a year now
What is the most underrated name on your list? (In your opinion!) [name_f]My[/name_f] list is way too big so I’ll do the most underrated from my top 20. [name_f]Estella[/name_f] for a girl and [name_m]Oren[/name_m] for a boy.
What is the most unique name on your list? There are a lot, from [name_f]Magdalen[/name_f] to [name_u]Hummingbird[/name_u], so I’m doing my top 20 again. Probably [name_f]Lavender[/name_f] and [name_u]Oleander[/name_u]
What is the most common/popular name on your list? By US statistics: [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] and [name_m]Thomas[/name_m]. By UK statistics, [name_f]Annabel[/name_f] and [name_m]Thomas[/name_m].
If you had to let go of a name on your list, which name would it be? [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and [name_u]Oleander[/name_u]. Mostly because I don’t love the nicknames.
What name on your list did you fall in love with at first sight? [name_m]Ozzy[/name_m]!
CATEGORY 2: THEMED NAMES
What is your favorite trendy name? [name_m]Franklin[/name_m] or [name_u]Edison[/name_u] for a boy, [name_f]Maisie[/name_f] for a girl (UK stats)
What is your ultimate GP name? Nausicaa
What is your favorite floral name? Does [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] count? If not, [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
What is your favorite word name? (non-floral) [name_u]Robin[/name_u] or [name_u]Honor[/name_u]
What is your favorite space-themed name? [name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
What is your favorite month or week name? (e.g. [name_u]July[/name_u], [name_m]Friday[/name_m]) [name_f]Sunday[/name_f] or [name_u]June[/name_u]
What is your favorite Greek mythology name? [name_m]Apollo[/name_m] and [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
What is your favorite name from [name_u]Harry[/name_u] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]? [name_f]Molly[/name_f] or [name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
What is your favorite name from F.R.I.E.N.D.S? [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] or [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
What is your favorite biblical name? [name_f]Magdalene[/name_f]
What is your favorite name with an unfortunate meaning? [name_m]Cecil[/name_m]
What is your favorite name with a meaning related to the ocean? Plain [name_u]Ocean[/name_u]! But if that doesn’t count then [name_f]Ondine[/name_f]
What is your favorite totally made-up name? [name_f]Elsinore[/name_f]
CATEGORY 3: INTERNATIONAL NAMES
What is your favorite Māori name? I have an OC named Rewi!
What is your favorite Irish name? [name_m]Seamus[/name_m]
What is your favorite [name_f]English[/name_f] name? [name_u]Robin[/name_u]
What is your favorite Turkish name? Manolya
What is your favorite Hebrew name? [name_m]Oren[/name_m]
What is your favorite Japanese name? Saori and [name_u]Haru[/name_u]
What is your favorite Hawaiian name? [name_f]Noelani[/name_f]
What is your favorite [name_f]Indian[/name_f] name? [name_f]Diya[/name_f]
What is your favorite Russian name? [name_m]Aleksei[/name_m]
List some other international favorites of various origins! [name_u]Floris[/name_u] ([name_m]Dutch[/name_m]), [name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] (Scottish), [name_f]Solveig[/name_f] (Norwegian), [name_f]Thora[/name_f] (Norse), [name_f]Elke[/name_f] ([name_m]Dutch[/name_m]), Arben (Albanian)
CATEGORY 5: OPINIONS
What’s a name everyone seems to love, but you’re not a fan of? [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
What’s a name everyone seems to dislike, but you love? [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
What do you think of alliterative names? What’s your favorite alliterative name? (e.g. [name_f]Alaska[/name_f] [name_f]Anouk[/name_f], [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] [name_f]Mae[/name_f]) I like them! [name_f]My[/name_f] favourite alliterative combo would be [name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] [name_f]Moon[/name_f] or [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] [name_f]Plum[/name_f].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] name meanings matter to you? Not really.
What’s your opinion on traditionally masculine names for girls, and traditionally feminine names for boys? I don’t personally like them, unless they have become truly unisex over time.
Does name popularity influence your name decisions? Yes! I wouldn’t use a name in real life if it was in the top 100. I wouldn’t use a top 200 name in general unless I really, really loved it.
How much do other [name_u]Berry[/name_u] opinions influence your name decisions? Other berries have managed to sway me on names I disliked so there’s that ( @ [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f])
What’s your opinion on using long, (but beautiful), easily mispronounced non-[name_f]English[/name_f] names in an [name_f]English[/name_f]-speaking country? As someone who has a long, easily mispronounced in [name_f]English[/name_f] name, I think they’re a bad idea. They just make life hard for no reason.
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you follow naming trends? I guess so? Vintage names and nickname names are all the rage in the UK, so.
CATEGORY 6: MISC
What was the FIRST name you can remember loving? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you still like/love it now? Hmm I remember that some of the names on my first ever UC were [name_f]Alessia[/name_f], [name_m]Matthias[/name_m], [name_m]Lukas[/name_m], [name_f]Edeline[/name_f], [name_f]Liviana[/name_f] and [name_m]Emil[/name_m]. I still like [name_m]Matthias[/name_m] and [name_m]Emil[/name_m]!
Cutest matching names for twins? If I had twins I’d probably do a nature theme. Think [name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] [name_u]Fox[/name_u] and [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_u]Wolf[/name_u] or something.
If you had to give your kid a family name, what name would you pick? [name_f]Odette[/name_f] and [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] ‘’[name_u]Noel[/name_u]‘’
What’s the best name in your family tree? Probably [name_f]Odette[/name_f]!
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you prefer the ‘Hot Takes’ thread or the ‘Quick [name_u]Poll[/name_u]’ thread? Why? I use the quick poll thread more, so that one.
Show me some ‘aesthetic’ pictures that you feel match the vibe of your name [name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] is very orange, cheerful and slightly vintage-y to me.