Classic but with an 80s Twist?

[leafsgirl44]

I’ve been having a heck of a time with names and cycling through my different styles. I have so many different styles and types I like, and with S/O still exploring and discovering what he likes as well, our lists never stay very consistent. I had S/O take the Baby Name DNA quiz though, and he got “Charmer-Leader” as his result, with a lot of classics as the suggestions. He found that he really liked a lot of them enough to use, more so than some of our vintage cutesy picks, so I guess this is where we’re starting from, since my own taste is so broad, it seems to have its own distinct personalities LOL.

Here’s what we’ve sort of agreed/settled upon so far.

Girls:
Stephanie “Stephie”
Melanie
Laura / Lauren
Natalie
Jacqueline
Katherine “Katie”
Amanda
Jennifer
Jessica “Jessa”
Elizabeth “Lizzie”
Annabelle

Boys:
Mark
Bobby
Darcy
Preston
Luke
Tom
Jake
Ethan

Currently considering but haven’t asked S/O about/decided on yet: Courtney, Danielle / Ryan

S/O leans towards classic names and/or names with cute nickname potential for when they’re young, and I tend to lead to nostalgic names (80s babies/90s teens).

I feel like I’ve asked in the past before, but since this criteria is a bit more specific, I figured I’d see if there’s some other ideas out there? Also, I apologize in advance, this thread is probably a bit frustrating coming from me with the constant style changes

TLDR: S/O and I like classic, longer names with 80s kid/90s teen vibes, any suggestions for either gender?

Thanks x

[justanothernamenerd]

[name_f]Samantha[/name_f] “Sam/Sammy”
[name_f]Megan[/name_f] “Meg/Maggie”
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] “Emmy”
[name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] “Becca/Becky”
[name_u]Allison[/name_u] “Allie”
[name_f]Michelle[/name_f] “Shelly”
[name_f]Caitlin[/name_f] “Katie”
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] “Cassie”
[name_u]Chelsea[/name_u]
[name_f]Sarah[/name_f]
[name_f]Amy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]

[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] “Matt”
[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] “Chris”
[name_m]Joshua[/name_m] “Josh”
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] “Nick”
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] “Jon/Johnny”
[name_m]Jeffrey[/name_m] “Jeff”
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m] “Zack”
[name_m]Andrew[/name_m] “Drew”/ [name_m]Just[/name_m] [name_u]Drew[/name_u]
Sean/Shawn/Shaun
[name_u]Kyle[/name_u]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u]
[name_m]Derek[/name_m]
[name_m]Eric[/name_m]

Sorry if some of these are ones you’ve already considered!

[leafsgirl44]

Thank you! [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f], [name_u]Allison[/name_u], [name_f]Samantha[/name_f] (not sure I love [name_u]Sam[/name_u] though, even if it does have Sixteen Candles and A [name_f]Cinderella[/name_f] [name_u]Story[/name_u] backing it), [name_u]Chelsea[/name_u], [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_m]Zachary[/name_m], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] and [name_u]Sean[/name_u] are great!

[elanorelle]

These come to mind with your lists:
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Alexandra[/name_f] “Allie/Alex/Alexa/Lexi”
[name_f]Christina[/name_f] “Chrissy”
[name_f]Erin[/name_f]
[name_f]Erica[/name_f]
[name_f]Alicia[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
Julia/Julie

[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]
[name_m]Alec[/name_m]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u] “Joey”
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Landon[/name_u]
Nate/Nathan
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Jason[/name_m]
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Jared[/name_m]
[name_u]Corey[/name_u]
[name_u]Bradley[/name_u]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_u]Seth[/name_u]
[name_m]Joel[/name_m]
[name_u]Casey[/name_u]
[name_u]Corey[/name_u]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]
[name_m]Colin[/name_m]

And I pretty much second all of the above suggestions. [name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps!

[wintersnowflake03]

A few I thought of:

[name_u]Florence[/name_u] “Flossie”
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] “Carrie or Callie”
[name_f]Nicole[/name_f] or [name_u]Nicola[/name_u]
[name_f]Melissa[/name_f]
[name_u]Lisa[/name_u] (maybe with something else as a full name option)

Boy names aren’t really my forte, I second pretty much everything already said. Maybe [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] “Cam” might fit as well?

[EleanorVintage]

This is right up my street! [name_m]Classic[/name_m] but with an 80s twist is 100% my thing I love all the names you’ve got on your list, especially [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_m]Luke[/name_m] and [name_m]Mark[/name_m] I am thrilled that someone else has them on their list too!!

So, I went through my name lists and picked out the ones I thought best met your criteria! In general, I figure that if someone likes a name enough, they will come up with a nickname they want so I only added them to my favs Apologies if others have already mentioned certain names but I really enjoyed compiling this one

Aimee/Amy
[name_f]Charlene[/name_f] ‘Charley/Charleigh’
[name_f]Michaela[/name_f] ‘Mickie’
[name_f]Deborah[/name_f]
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f]
Francesca/Frances ‘Frankie’
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] ‘George’
[name_f]Helen[/name_f] ‘Nell’
[name_f]Jenna[/name_f]
Joanne/Joanna ‘Jo’
Jodie/Jody
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Leanne[/name_f]
[name_u]Lindsey[/name_u]
[name_f]Melissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
Nicola/Nicole
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Robyn[/name_f]
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u]
Susan/Susanna ‘Susie’
[name_f]Tanya[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] ‘Vicky’

[name_u]Adrian[/name_u]
[name_u]Ashley[/name_u] (yup for a boy!)
[name_u]Callum[/name_u] ‘Cal’
[name_u]Daniel[/name_u] ‘Danny’
[name_u]Darren[/name_u]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_m]Gareth[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_u]James[/name_u] ‘Jamie’
[name_m]Jonathan[/name_m] ‘Jonny’
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m] ‘Matt’
[name_u]Michael[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] ‘Nicky’
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Richard[/name_m] ‘Ricky’
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_m]Stuart[/name_m]

I really hope this has helped

[Greyblue]

Based on your list, I’ll suggest

[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Marissa[/name_f]
[name_f]Loretta[/name_f] - [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], [name_f]Lettie[/name_f], [name_f]Etta[/name_f], [name_f]Ettie[/name_f], [name_f]Lori[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] “Cassie”
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_u]Shannon[/name_u]
[name_f]Erin[/name_f]
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f]
[name_f]Sara[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]

[name_u]Ronnie[/name_u]
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_m]Dalton[/name_m]
[name_m]Duncan[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_m]Ferris[/name_m]
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
Benji/Benjamin
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_m]Jarvis[/name_m]
[name_u]Jack[/name_u]
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m]

[kachenka]

I’m always intrigued by the developments in your naming journey with your partner. I think you have a strong list already for what it’s worth.

I haven’t seen [name_m]Adam[/name_m], Dominic,Timothy, [name_m]Brandon[/name_m], [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m], [name_u]Connor[/name_u], [name_u]Dustin[/name_u], [name_u]Lee[/name_u], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] or [name_u]Toby[/name_u] suggested.

I will also put out there [name_f]Vanessa[/name_f], [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f], [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f], [name_f]Brittany[/name_f], [name_u]Holly[/name_u], [name_u]Mallory[/name_u], [name_f]Bethany[/name_f], [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u], [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]Monica[/name_f], [name_u]Antonia[/name_u], [name_f]Kristin[/name_f] and [name_u]Whitney[/name_u].

[ethelmary]

[name_f]Caitlin[/name_f]
[name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Rachel[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f]
[name_f]Madelyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Hannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Megan[/name_f]
[name_f]Natasha[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]

[name_m]Joshua[/name_m]
[name_u]David[/name_u]
[name_m]Justin[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]
[name_m]Caleb[/name_m]
[name_u]Sean[/name_u]
[name_m]Zachary[/name_m]
[name_u]Benjamin[/name_u]
[name_m]Tim[/name_m]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]

[leafsgirl44]

@elanorelle - Ooh, [name_f]Christina[/name_f], [name_f]Erin[/name_f], [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f], [name_f]Elise[/name_f], [name_u]Julie[/name_u], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_u]Joseph[/name_u] “Joey”, [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_u]Landon[/name_u], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] and [name_m]Joel[/name_m] are perfect!

@wintersnowflake03 - Thank you! I’ve been trying to get S/O on board with [name_u]Florence[/name_u] but I’m not sure he’ll agree to it. [name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] and [name_f]Melissa[/name_f] though! And [name_u]Cameron[/name_u] is a great idea, thanks!

@EleanorVintage - Thank you! Quite a few of these I love but can’t use due to family connections, but I love [name_f]Joanna[/name_f], [name_u]Jodie[/name_u], [name_f]Laura[/name_f], [name_u]Lindsey[/name_u], [name_f]Melissa[/name_f], [name_f]Natasha[/name_f], [name_f]Robyn[/name_f], [name_f]Susanna[/name_f], [name_u]Callum[/name_u], [name_u]Daniel[/name_u], [name_u]Darren[/name_u], James/Jamie, [name_m]Matthew[/name_m], [name_u]Michael[/name_u], [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m] & [name_u]Scott[/name_u].

@Greyblue - Ooh I quite like [name_f]Loretta[/name_f], [name_f]Cassie[/name_f] (not so much [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f], but maybe just [name_f]Cassie[/name_f] could work?), [name_f]Erin[/name_f] and [name_u]Jack[/name_u]! Thank you!

@kachenka - Thank you! It’s been quite the unconventional journey, it seems - most people seem to stick solidly with one taste but I always feel like I need to explore every option? And with S/O having never really considered names until 3.5-4 years ago when we started dating, it’s quite the experience I love [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u] and [name_u]Toby[/name_u] (especially loving this atm - one of my favourite films right now is That Thing You [name_f]Do[/name_f]! and an ongoing joke is that the unnamed bass player is a [name_u]Toby[/name_u], according to the actor who played him!), and [name_f]Tiffany[/name_f], [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f], [name_u]Holly[/name_u], [name_f]Brittany[/name_f], [name_f]Bethany[/name_f], [name_u]Kimberly[/name_u], [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]Kristin[/name_f] and [name_u]Whitney[/name_u]!

@ethelmary - Ooh hadn’t thought of [name_f]Madelyn[/name_f]! I quite like that! Also love a lot of the boys names too! Thank you!

[diane921]

[name_f]Cassie[/name_f] can be a nickname for [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], also. I’d love sisters [name_u]Antonia[/name_u] and [name_f]Catherine[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f] and [name_f]Cassie[/name_f]. [name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] could also be used, or
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f], nickname [name_u]Teddy[/name_u], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Dora[/name_f] or [name_f]Dorie[/name_f].

[name_u]An[/name_u] interesting nickname for [name_f]Jacqueline[/name_f] that I’ve come across is [name_u]Quinn[/name_u].

I really like [name_m]Ethan[/name_m], nickname Eth, [name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m], nickname [name_u]Nat[/name_u] and [name_u]Edward[/name_u], nickname [name_m]Ned[/name_m].

[EagleEyes]

Consider any duplicates as me seconding the idea!

[name_m]Christopher[/name_m] (Chris, [name_f]Chrissy[/name_f], Toph, Topher)
[name_u]William[/name_u] (Billy, [name_u]Will[/name_u], [name_u]Liam[/name_u], [name_f]Willo[/name_f], [name_u]Willie[/name_u], [name_m]Bill[/name_m], Wim)
[name_m]Jason[/name_m] (Jace, JJ, [name_u]Jay[/name_u], Sonny)
[name_u]Scott[/name_u]
[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_u]Jesse[/name_u]
[name_u]Tyler[/name_u] (Ty)
[name_u]Cody[/name_u]
[name_u]Logan[/name_u]
[name_m]Russell[/name_m] (Russ)
[name_m]Mitchell[/name_m] (Mitch, Mickey)
[name_m]Ross[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m] (Pat, [name_f]Patty[/name_f], [name_m]Patch[/name_m], [name_m]Rick[/name_m], Ricky)
[name_u]Brennan[/name_u]
[name_m]Brendan[/name_m]
[name_u]Dylan[/name_u]
[name_u]Evan[/name_u] (Ev, Van)
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m] (Ant, Tony)
[name_m]Jeremy[/name_m] (Jer, [name_u]Jem[/name_u], [name_u]Jerry[/name_u], Remy)
[name_u]Corey[/name_u]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u] (Spence)
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m] (Gav)

[name_f]Melissa[/name_f] (Mel, [name_f]Mellie[/name_f], Liss, [name_f]Lissy[/name_f], Missy)
[name_f]Christina[/name_f] (Chris, [name_f]Chrissy[/name_f], [name_f]Tina[/name_f], [name_f]Stina[/name_f], Cece)
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] (Gabby/Gabbie/Gabi, [name_f]Bri[/name_f], [name_f]Brielle[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], Gigi)
[name_f]Heather[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f] (Van, Ness, [name_f]Nessie[/name_f], Nessa)
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] (Cassie, [name_f]Sandra[/name_f], Andie)
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f] (Val, Valley)
[name_f]Candace[/name_f] (Candy, [name_f]Cece[/name_f], Caddie)
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] (Mer, [name_f]Meri[/name_f], Mimi)
[name_u]Mallory[/name_u] (Mal, [name_f]Lori[/name_f], Riri, Mimi)
[name_u]Shelby[/name_u] (Shel, Shelbs)
[name_u]Brooke[/name_u] (Brookie, Bebe)
[name_f]Marissa[/name_f] (Mar, [name_f]Mara[/name_f], [name_f]Mimi[/name_f], Missy)
[name_u]Lindsay[/name_u] (Lindy, Linds)
[name_f]Angela[/name_f] (Angie)
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] (Vera, [name_u]Ronnie[/name_u], Vivi)
[name_f]Jocelyn[/name_f] (Joss, [name_u]Lyn[/name_u], JJ)
[name_f]Gillian[/name_f] / [name_f]Jillian[/name_f] (Jill, Jilly/Gilly)

[leafsgirl44]

@EagleEyes [name_u]William[/name_u], [name_u]Brennan[/name_u], [name_u]Dylan[/name_u], [name_u]Spencer[/name_u], [name_m]Brendan[/name_m], [name_m]Patrick[/name_m], [name_u]Scott[/name_u], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_u]Cody[/name_u], [name_m]Russell[/name_m], [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m], [name_f]Melissa[/name_f], [name_f]Christina[/name_f], [name_f]Heather[/name_f], [name_f]Valerie[/name_f], [name_u]Meredith[/name_u], [name_u]Brooke[/name_u], [name_f]Marissa[/name_f], [name_u]Lindsay[/name_u], [name_f]Jillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] are great!