One of my favorite ways to procrastinate is look up baby names for my future family and I am curious to see what everyone else thinks of some of my top picks. I am not married yet but I am getting up there in years so children are on my mind.
I was bestowed one of the top names of the 80s and always had to be identified by my last initial growing up. Consequently, I want to give my children unique but not impossible to spell or pronounce names. I generally prefer spunky/strong names to royal/flowery sounding names (i.e.: [name_f]Bella[/name_f], [name_u]Aiden[/name_u]) but you have to be careful to stay out of odd celeb baby name territory.
Let me know what your favorite and least favorite ones are and if you have any suggestions!
Girls
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u] (nn: [name_f]Ellie[/name_f])
[name_f]Maven[/name_f] (nn: [name_f]Mae[/name_f] or [name_f]Mave[/name_f])
[name_f]Marit[/name_f] (nn: [name_f]Mari[/name_f])
[name_f]Jovie[/name_f]
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
Boys
Almanzo
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
Talus
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ike[/name_m]
[name_u]Marlow[/name_u]
Middle names aren’t the most important to me - I assume my partner will have someone in the family they’d like to name a kid after, or at the very worst they can pick the middle names if I get to pick the first names 
I actually like all of those besides [name_f]Jovie[/name_f]…not that [name_f]Jovie[/name_f] is so bad, I had honestly not seen/heard it until right now.
My favorites of your list are:
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_f]Wendy[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_m]Clark[/name_m]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_u]Marlow[/name_u]
My favorites are [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] and [name_f]Marit[/name_f]. My least favorite are [name_f]Maven[/name_f], [name_f]Jovie[/name_f], and Talus.
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Avia[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f]
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_u]Jules[/name_u]
[name_m]Milo[/name_m]
[name_u]Arlo[/name_u]
[name_m]Amos[/name_m]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
I love [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] and like [name_f]Marit[/name_f]. All the others are OK but I really dislike [name_f]Wendy[/name_f]! It’s my mum’s name and though I love her very much, we’re both in agreement about her name.
Your boys’ options are all pretty cool. [name_m]Ike[/name_m] and [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] are my favourites, and Almanzo and [name_u]Marlow[/name_u] are probably my least favourites.
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f] is my favourite! It’s definitely spunky and strong to me. I like [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] and [name_f]Maven[/name_f] ([name_f]Maeve[/name_f]) as sisters because they are both very striking. [name_f]Maven[/name_f] [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] sounds like a good combo to me (even though you aren’t bothered about middles).
My least favourite is [name_f]Wendy[/name_f] because it doesn’t sound as strong as the others. [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] is similar but much more spunky for me.
[name_m]Clark[/name_m] is another name I like but it is very similar to [name_f]Cleo[/name_f], which I like more. [name_m]Ike[/name_m], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m] and [name_u]Marlow[/name_u] are all great for boys and very handsome. I’m drawn to Almanzo because it’s so unique but I don’t really think it fits with your girl names.
Have you thought about [name_m]Atlas[/name_m], [name_m]Ivan[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u]? (I would suggest [name_m]Rocco[/name_m] but you said no celebrity names)
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f], [name_f]Maven[/name_f], [name_m]Ike[/name_m] and [name_u]Roscoe[/name_u] make a nice sibset.