Favorite v. Least

I need help narrowing my list of girl names. No matter how much I try to narrow it, I keep coming back to names I’ve crossed off the list or adding new ones I come across. Which is where you all come in. If you could tell me which 5 names you like best and which 5 names you like least it should help a lot. Any additional thoughts, suggestions, or comments are more than welcome. Thanks!

The List:
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Alyssa[/name_f]
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
Esmé
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Iliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
Kensi
[name_f]Kira[/name_f]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Marie[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f]
[name_u]Skye[/name_u]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]

5 [name_m]Favorite[/name_m]:
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_f]Savannah[/name_f]

[name_u]Love[/name_u]! … [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], [name_u]River[/name_u], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Siobhan[/name_f], [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f].

Least favourite… [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Veronica[/name_f], [name_u]Joan[/name_u], [name_f]Mara[/name_f].

Favourites:
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]

Least favourites:
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_u]River[/name_u]

[name_u]Love[/name_u]: [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f], Esmé, [name_f]Mara[/name_f] and [name_u]Piper[/name_u]

Dislike: [name_f]Cosima[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_u]Joan[/name_u], [name_f]Johanna[/name_f], [name_f]Ziva[/name_f]

Faves:
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]

Least faves:
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]

Faves
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]

Least Faves
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Iliana[/name_f] ([name_f]Eliana[/name_f] is pretty, but [name_f]Iliana[/name_f] just makes me think of the word “ill”)

[name_u]Love[/name_u]: [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f], [name_f]Autumn[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f]

[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t love: Kensi, [name_f]Kira[/name_f], [name_u]Tally[/name_u], [name_f]Brenna[/name_f], [name_u]Jodi[/name_u]

I feel like this wont narrow much down for you because unfortunately everyone has different tastes and naming styles haha.
I’m a big fan of long, euphonious, multi syllable girls names with a long history of use. So obviously names like [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f] and [name_f]Savannah[/name_f] appeal to me, [name_f]Delphine[/name_f] is just beautiful and I love nature names.
I’m not a hue fan of names that are nickname-y or sound made up ie. [name_u]Jodi[/name_u], [name_f]Brenna[/name_f], [name_u]Tally[/name_u] etc.
Good luck!

Names I liked the most:
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Iliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]

Names I liked the least:
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_u]Skye[/name_u]
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]

Favourites:
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] - she is strong but still serene and soft. A beautiful mythology association as well.
[name_f]Marie[/name_f] - highly underrated as a first name. She is sweet and spunky.
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]- she is sassy, sweet and independent. She is natural and musical.
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f] - while for me the meaning is not significant she has such a melodic sound.
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] - she is soft and suitable for any age of woman as well as having a darling literary connection.

Least Favourites:
Kensi - fluffy to me, not enough history.
[name_u]Joan[/name_u] - she has history, but to me she is still attached to a generation of new grandmothers. Quite the opposite of Kensi in that she is so heavy And serious.
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] - tied to a certain age group in my area, she just seems sort of dated for a new baby.
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f] - something about the sound that I can’t put my finger on.
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u] - someone’s mother.

Favourites:

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Kira[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]

Least:

[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_f]Melody[/name_f]

Top Five:
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]- A beautifully strong name.
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]- This is really growing on me! It ages very well.
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]- I love this spelling! It adds so much to plain old [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f].
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]- Cute. It seems really smart and bookish.
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]- Vintage word name that is very pretty.

Bottom Five:
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]- Seems kind of made up, and the meaning is depressing.
Kensi- This is too much of a nickname.
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]- Same as Kensi. It reminds me of tally marks.
[name_u]River[/name_u]- This just seems more masculine to me, though I don’t like it on either gender.
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]- See Kensi and [name_u]Tally[/name_u].

I like, or at least don’t dislike, most of your names. My absolute favorite is [name_f]Freya[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

[name_m]Favorite[/name_m]: [name_f]Johanna[/name_f], [name_f]Esme[/name_f], [name_f]Claudia[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f], [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
Least: [name_f]Alyssa[/name_f], [name_u]Jodi[/name_u], Kensi, [name_f]Monica[/name_f], [name_f]Savannah[/name_f]

Ones I like the…

Best
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]

Worst
[name_f]Alyssa[/name_f]
Kensi
[name_u]Skye[/name_u]
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]

Top 5…I mean Top 7:
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
I love all of the above!

Bottom 5:
[name_f]Brenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Jodi[/name_u]
Kensi
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]

I adore/love -

[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]

least favorite -

[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
Kensi
[name_f]Delphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]

I [name_u]Love[/name_u] or Like these:
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
Esmé
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Iliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Kira[/name_f]
[name_f]Mara[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]

Am Neutral toward most of the rest.

Favorites:

  1. [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Johanna[/name_f]
  3. [name_u]River[/name_u]
  4. [name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]/[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]

Least Favorites:

  1. Kensi
  2. [name_f]Melody[/name_f]
  3. [name_u]Joan[/name_u]
  4. [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
  5. [name_u]Piper[/name_u]

[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Katarina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lana[/name_f]
[name_u]Piper[/name_u]
[name_f]Kira[/name_f]
[name_u]Skye[/name_u]
[name_f]Natalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Monica[/name_f]
Sorry I did not do ask you requested -too many nice names. We had singing contestant named Marlisa win in 2014 -and when she won the judge said “Yes! [name_f]Mara[/name_f] -we did it.” The name, sounded so nice, is a ‘family’ nname that was only used the one time on TV - I am kinda sentimental about it- sorry. So
[name_f]Mara[/name_f] stays.

[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_u]Joan[/name_u]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f]- yet like [name_m]French[/name_m] Véronique.
[name_u]River[/name_u]
[name_u]Tally[/name_u]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]