Help me narrow down my list

Please help me narrow down my list. What are your favourite names? What names would you avoid? What is your opinions on these names? Open to suggestions :). Thank you!

Elsie
Primrose
Josephine
Arienne
Genevieve
Tansy
Rosalie
Charity
Delilah
Sylvie
Heidi
Sage
Everly
Ever
Evanna
Felicity
Autumn
Winter
Summer
Peggy
Ginger
Clover
Bluebell
Claudia
Clara
Bianca
Ada
Lara
Octavia
Sienna

Sorry for the long list!

[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_u]Everly[/name_u], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], and [name_u]Winter[/name_u] are my favorites! I like [name_f]Sienna[/name_f], but prefer the [name_f]Siena[/name_f] spelling, for some reason. And Arienne is really nice–I know of a little one, actually!–but I personally prefer [name_f]Arianne[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

Good luck!

Favorites are:

Arienne
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]

Favorites as middle names: [name_f]Primrose[/name_f], [name_f]Charity[/name_f], [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_u]Sage[/name_u]

I like [name_f]Heidi[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f]

[name_f]Evanna[/name_f] and [name_f]Ada[/name_f] are ok.

My favorites:

[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] (although I like it better on a boy)
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]

For me, [name_f]Evanna[/name_f] is pretty strongly linked to one person ([name_f]Evanna[/name_f] [name_m]Lynch[/name_m]) and I wouldn’t use it for that reason. I’m not a fan of nicknames as full names, like [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] and [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], but [name_f]Elsa[/name_f] and [name_f]Margaret[/name_f]/[name_f]Marguerite[/name_f] with those nicknames are fine. I also dislike [name_f]Tansy[/name_f] - I think there are nicer botanical names out there, for one, and tansy tea was historically used as an abortifacient because it’s highly poisonous. Not the best association ever.

Favourites are:

[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
Arienne
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]

I have fallen in love with these names you’ve picked;
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] This is my cousins name, and to be honest If she was not named that I properly would of used this myself.

Favorites:
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] (but I think it will get shortened)
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]

Like:
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f] (maybe too cutesy for an adult)
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] (I prefer [name_f]Sylvia[/name_f] since it’s more familiar)
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] (I like it but worry it will sound dated in a few years)
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]

[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t like:
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] (overly girly and prissy. What if she is a tomboy?)
Arienne (personally not a fan of Ar- names, [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], [name_f]Arianna[/name_f])
[name_f]Charity[/name_f] (a little dated to me)
[name_u]Everly[/name_u] (it’s fine, just a little too modern for me)
[name_u]Ever[/name_u] (same)
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f] (too unfamiliar)
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f] (know too many older ladies with this name)
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f] (has a stripper connotation for me for some reason :confused: but I see the appeal)
[name_f]Clover[/name_f] (too cutesy)
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] (way too cutesy, too close to blue balls, also the ice cream with a cow on it)
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] (dated)
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] (too harsh)
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f] (too modern)

Favourites:

[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]

I also like: [name_f]Tansy[/name_f], [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], [name_f]Clover[/name_f], [name_u]Winter[/name_u], [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] (but only as a middle), [name_f]Ginger[/name_f], [name_f]Peggy[/name_f], [name_f]Lara[/name_f].

I would avoid these:

[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] (very fussy, would suit only a few people, I’m strongly influenced by knowing a [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] who -with great relief - changed her name)
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] (over-used in the past -know several in their 30’s, lost any charm for me)
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f] (over-used

Top 5:

[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]

I dislike:

[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] - [name_f]Do[/name_f] not like the ‘prim’ part of the name
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f] - makes me think of tansy tea which was used to abort
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f] - [name_f]Peg[/name_f] doesn’t seem attractive to me
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f] - just not my style
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] - I would only use this as a middle name personally

These all appeal to me. * are favorites.

[name_f]Tansy[/name_f]*
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]*
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]*
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]*
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]*
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]*
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]*
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]*
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f], though I prefer the [name_f]Siena[/name_f] spelling.

You might enjoy [name_f]Meadow[/name_f] and [name_f]Marigold[/name_f]

Likes:
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]: [name_u]Love[/name_u] the sound & meaning; prefer the spelling [name_f]Silvie[/name_f].
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]: [name_u]Love[/name_u] the sound & meaning; [name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_m]Barton[/name_m] was one of my childhood heroines.
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]: This isn’t my usual style but for some reason I really like it; I’d probably use [name_u]Tavi[/name_u] or [name_f]Tavia[/name_f] on a daily basis.
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]: [name_m]How[/name_m] can you go wrong w/[name_u]Jo[/name_u] [name_u]March[/name_u] from [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women? :slight_smile:
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]: My favorite season of the year.
Arienne: Unusual & pretty…you might have to deal w/a lot of people mistaking it for [name_f]Arianne[/name_f]/[name_f]Arianna[/name_f]/[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]/etc.
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]: My second-favorite season.
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f]: I like it because it’s semi common in the British literature I’ve read & the sound is spritely; it would probably be a GP in the US though.
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]: I wouldn’t use this on the birth certificate, but love it as a nn for [name_f]Virginia[/name_f].

Meh:
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]: It sound silly, but I don’t care for how a capital G looks. The sound is very pretty…if I were to use this name I’d spell it Jenneveve.
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]: I probably like this better as a middle name.
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]: I like it well enough, but not enough to consider using it myself. [name_f]Flick[/name_f] is a cute nn though.
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]: I prefer [name_f]Larissa[/name_f] or [name_f]Laurel[/name_f].
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]: It’s a nice virtue name, but [name_f]IMO[/name_f] a bit old-fashioned…very Dickens-like to me.
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]: I don’t have any strong feelings about it one way or the other, but wouldn’t use it myself.
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]: It’s got a pleasant sound & nice meaning; if I were to use it it would probably be in the middle & spelled [name_u]Saige[/name_u].

[name_m]Don[/name_m]‘t care for:
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]: I’m old enough that all I think of is the [name_m]Borden[/name_m] cow.
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]: Reminiscent of The Hunger Games, which is probably a plus for some people.
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]: This is one of the few [name_f]Rose[/name_f]-names that I don’t like but I can’t put my finger on why.
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]: I think of the Biblical story & the evening radio show host.
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]: The name seems middle-aged to me (I have a number of Heidis in my age group) & not ready for a comeback yet.
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]: Too trendy.
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]: Too trendy.
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f]: Too similar in sound to [name_f]Ivana[/name_f]/[name_f]Ivanka[/name_f].
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]: This name’s too reminiscent of my mom’s or even grandmothers’ generations.
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]: There was an unpleasant character in a children’s book named [name_f]Clover[/name_f] & it soured me on the name at a young age.
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]: Pretty image, but too unusual for me, even as a middle name.
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]: I can’t get past the meaning of the name—lame.
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]: My daughter had a classmate named [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], who wasn’t the nicest person.
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]: [name_m]Even[/name_m] w/[name_f]Ada[/name_f] Lovelace as a great namesake, I just don’t care for the name…I think it’s the sound that I don’t like.

Favorites
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]-makes me think of the song Hey There [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] by the Plain White T’s
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]

Indifferent
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]

Avoid
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]-I’m not a fan of nickname names
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]-this makes me think of the Hunger Games
Arienne
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]-this makes me think of Twilight
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]-I’m not a big fan of word names
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]-I’m not a fan of season names
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]-I’m not a fan of nickname names
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]-this makes me think of a food brand
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]

Like:
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]

Fine:
[name_f]Charity[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_u]Ever[/name_u]
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f]
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f]
[name_f]Clover[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f]

[name_m]Don[/name_m]'t Care For:
[name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f]
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]

[name_f]Elsie[/name_f] - adorable. [name_m]Favorite[/name_m] usage I’ve heard of is [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] Otter, daughter of [name_f]Zoey[/name_f] Deschanel
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] - have yet to see on real baby. Beautiful imagery, but would I want this as my own name? Not sure I would be up to the “Prim” comments?
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - have always liked, especially paired with something that softens its edges. so much nn potential. makes me think of [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_u]March[/name_u] :slight_smile:
Arienne - dislike, only because it doesn’t seem to have substance to me (?) I can’t mentally separate it from similar [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Adrianna[/name_f], [name_f]Audriana[/name_f], etc.
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] - one of my favorite names esp. w/ [name_m]French[/name_m] pronunciation
[name_f]Tansy[/name_f] - has never been a fave - I think I have the reaction to it that some people do to [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], as a rather backward country name, a name for a pet animal etc. Personally I love [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] - but I haven’t been converted on [name_f]Tansy[/name_f] yet!
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] - my favorite name. hands down.
[name_f]Charity[/name_f] - bad association
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] - love the sound of it, but can’t get past the Bible story
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] - another favorite. So cute on a baby, so elegant on a woman.
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f] - Cute, but dated, to me.
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] - Like as a middle name, but in most combos somehow strikes me as…blah?
[name_u]Everly[/name_u] - Not a big fan. Strikes me as trendy, not in a good way.
[name_u]Ever[/name_u] - a bit better than [name_u]Everly[/name_u]
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f] - unusual - I think I’m having a negative association with [name_f]Ivana[/name_f] Trump when I say it
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] - love this
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] - love the meaning, sadly just like the name [name_f]Summer[/name_f], it’s so dated to me - such an 80’s name
[name_u]Winter[/name_u] - not as outdated as [name_f]Autumn[/name_f] & [name_f]Summer[/name_f], but still doesn’t sound fresh to me anymore ;/
[name_f]Summer[/name_f] - see [name_f]Autumn[/name_f]!
[name_f]Peggy[/name_f] - dislike. I can see it as cute on a little hipster baby but I really don’t like “[name_f]Peg[/name_f]” & find [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] too close to Piggy
[name_f]Ginger[/name_f] - a bit dated? plus I can only see this word as meaning “red-head” now, so it would seem a bit too obvious on a red-head and a bit odd if she was not (?)
[name_f]Clover[/name_f] - I know this is a bit much, this little name, but I like it! I love memories of clover in warm hayfields in my childhood so it just has this sweet association to me.
[name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] - A guilty pleasure :slight_smile: I still could never assign this to a child in the first name spot.
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f] - I go back & forth on this & [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]. Currently thumbs down.
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] - love. so pretty & sweet. like much better than [name_f]Claire[/name_f].
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] - really like it.
[name_f]Ada[/name_f] - cute
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] - like but a bit…boring, without the right middle name(s)?
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - fabulous, but overwhelming
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f] - nice but doesn’t grab me

I really like [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f], and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]. Clearly I like vintage-y names!

Favorites:
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_u]Winter[/name_u]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Evanna[/name_f]

I’m not a fan of [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] and [name_f]Ginger[/name_f] because they seem too outdated for my style, and [name_f]Heidi[/name_f] will always remind me of the little Swiss girl. Also, I personally don’t like the [name_u]Ever[/name_u]/[name_u]Everly[/name_u] names because, for some weird reason, they remind me of all the sappy, teeny-bopper YA books that flooded the market a few years ago.

[name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], and [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] favorites to me. Timeless, elegant, and easy to spell.

I don’t prefer [name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] and [name_f]Primrose[/name_f]. Although I love botanical names, these feel too whimsical for a person. What if your daughter’s life ambition is to run a long distance freight company, will [name_f]Bluebell[/name_f] fit in in that scene? I’m being glib, but I like a name with more versatility.

You had so many other lovely choices that I just chose my stand-outs.