Our style is more popular and trendy, which I understand is not everyone’s cup of tea. Please share your opinions on our names !
MN’s haven’t been 100% decided yet, but they all will be 2 names; [name]Marie[/name] ______ (either [name]Kate[/name], [name]Elizabeth[/name], [name]Claire[/name], or [name]Grace[/name]).
[name]Olivia[/name] - Very pretty, but popular.
[name]Madison[/name] - Very boring and too popular.
[name]Abigail[/name] - Boring & popular.
[name]Emily[/name] - Nice name, but too boring for me.
[name]Brooke[/name] - It’s a nice name but I don’t think it’s very feminine.
[name]Audrey[/name] - [name]Love[/name] love love.
[name]Avery[/name] - I like this!
[name]Hayley[/name] - [name]Way[/name] too popular.
[name]Savannah[/name] - Cute!
[name]Taylor[/name] - Too trendy/popular/unisex.
[name]Mackenzie[/name] - Too popular & NMS.
[name]Morgan[/name] - This is a boys name to me.
[name]Sydney[/name] - [name]Just[/name] really don’t like this name.
[name]Kendall[/name] - Like this
[name]Bailey[/name] - Not a fan.
[name]Paige[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like.
[name]Stella[/name] - Absolute favorite!
[name]Makenna[/name] - NMS.
[name]Kinley[/name] - NMS.
[name]Sienna[/name] - NMS.
[name]Bristol[/name] - NMS.
[name]Olivia[/name] – I’ve never liked the way this name sounds.
[name]Madison[/name] – Boring.
[name]Abigail[/name] – Sweet. [name]Love[/name] the meaning and love [name]Abby[/name].
[name]Emily[/name] – [name]Way[/name] overdone right now. It does have a pretty sound though.
[name]Brooke[/name] – Pretty but not spectacular.
[name]Audrey[/name] – [name]LOVE[/name]!!! [name]One[/name] of my favorites.
[name]Avery[/name] – Still very much a boy name to me
[name]Hayley[/name] – Eh. Neither here nor there to me
[name]Savannah[/name] – So pretty!
[name]Taylor[/name] – As a teacher, I’m just so tired of this name.
[name]Mackenzie[/name] – [name]Don[/name]'t care for this.
[name]Morgan[/name] – I still like it for a boy, but it’s cool for a girl too.
[name]Sydney[/name] – Sweet and spunky.
[name]Kendall[/name] – [name]Love[/name]!!
[name]Bailey[/name] – It’s a cute name, but it doesn’t grab me at all.
[name]Paige[/name] – Boring
[name]Stella[/name] – It still seems a bit old lady to me.
[name]Makenna[/name] – Pretty
[name]Kinley[/name] – Cute, but I worry about it being cutesy.
[name]Sienna[/name] – Sweet
[name]Bristol[/name] – I find this adorable. I do realize that it has some different connotations because of [name]Bristol[/name] [name]Palin[/name], but it’s just so pretty and cool!
[name]Olivia[/name] - Too popular, but a nice name.
[name]Madison[/name] - Not really a fan. Really overdone and too close to a lot of other popular names ([name]Addison[/name], [name]Madeline[/name], etc).
[name]Abigail[/name] - Cute!
[name]Emily[/name] - Nice but not a favorite.
[name]Brooke[/name] - Like it.
[name]Audrey[/name] - [name]Love[/name] x 10000!!
[name]Avery[/name] - I prefer this on a boy.
[name]Hayley[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Savannah[/name] - NMS at all, and I have a bad association with this name.
[name]Taylor[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Mackenzie[/name] - [name]Way[/name] way way overdone, not to mention all the other similar names ([name]Mikayla[/name], [name]McKenna[/name], etc).
[name]Morgan[/name] - NMS at all.
[name]Sydney[/name] - NMS but nice.
[name]Kendall[/name] - Meh.
[name]Bailey[/name] - I can’t picture this on a human, only a dog.
[name]Paige[/name] - Cute!
[name]Stella[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t see the appeal, sorry.
[name]Makenna[/name] - Not a fan at all.
[name]Kinley[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Sienna[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Bristol[/name] - I do like it but I think it’s hard to get past the [name]Bristol[/name] [name]Palin[/name] connection.
From your list, I like;
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Paige[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Sienna[/name]
and
[name]Bristol[/name]
I think the best names on your list are:
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
They’re all popular names, but I do genuinely like them and I think they’re great despite the popularity. I don’t think they’ll be as dated as the others; they’re names I could see “coming back” (like [name]Rose[/name] could come back as a popular name, but [name]Mildred[/name] seems terminally dated) while the others are much more 2000s to me. I love the rhythms of [name]Emily[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], and [name]Olivia[/name] and I think [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Stella[/name] are very elegant.
I like [name]Emily[/name], [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Paige[/name] and [name]Stella[/name]. Not a huge fan of any of the others. Your middle names are all very nice!
[name]Olivia[/name] -NMS but cute nn [name]Livvy[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] -cute
[name]Abigail[/name] -NMS
[name]Emily[/name] -like
[name]Brooke[/name] -love (I have a [name]Brooke[/name])
[name]Audrey[/name] -sounds drab to me
[name]Avery[/name]- too trendy
[name]Hayley[/name] -good choice
[name]Savannah[/name] -nice
[name]Taylor[/name] -becoming dated
[name]Mackenzie[/name] -cute
[name]Morgan[/name] -cute, bit dated
[name]Sydney[/name] -NMS, a city here in Australia… couldn’t imagine naming a child after that city
[name]Kendall[/name] -boy name
[name]Bailey[/name] -NMS
[name]Paige[/name] -OK
[name]Stella[/name] -cute
[name]Makenna[/name] -NMS
[name]Kinley[/name] -NMS but OK
[name]Sienna[/name] -NMS but OK
[name]Bristol[/name] -sounds more like a place name, which is OK if you have ties to [name]Bristol[/name]
I like
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Abigail[/name]
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Savannah[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Kinley[/name] - This name isn’t usually my style, but I like it.
I wouldn’t use [name]Marie[/name] [name]Claire[/name] as a middle name combo because of the magazine, but the others are all very nice choices.
[name]Audrey[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], and [name]Stella[/name] are the stand outs for me, all girly and pretty classic so no worries about the name becoming dated.
It isn’t the trendiness that bothers me it’s more that I find [name]Avery[/name], [name]Taylor[/name], [name]Mackenzie[/name], [name]Morgan[/name], [name]Sidney[/name], [name]Bailey[/name] very masculine. All are more boys names than girls names in the UK.
[name]Kendall[/name] doesn’t have a nice sound, and all I hear is [name]Ken[/name] and [name]Doll[/name].
I used to like [name]Savannah[/name] and [name]Sienna[/name], but like you said they are trendy.
[name]Hayley[/name] and [name]Brooke[/name] seem dated already and not even trendy.
[name]Madison[/name] and [name]Paige[/name] are names I strongly dislike.
[name]Bristol[/name] is a place in [name]England[/name].
If you’re trying to narrow it down, I’d remove anything that has been in the top 20 the last couple of years. I know you like popular, but I say this to lessen the chances she’ll be one of three in her class or something. Assuming you’re in the US, that removes:
Also check out the 2010 and 2011 lists for your state, as this may rule a few more out (if you want to go that way).
Looking at the rest of your names, it seems it’s fairly evenly split between traditionally girls names and unisex names. Decide if you are happy with a name that could possibly be mistaken for a boys name, then look at your list from there.If not, it rules some more out.
You could also approach the list by the nickname factor, it this is important to you. [name]Do[/name] you want a name with a cute nickname, or do you prefer one that doesn’t have one?
If you’ve done the ‘checks’ you feel are important, then it will come down to which one you could always do the ‘yell test’ - how does it sound when you have to call out for them to come to dinner, or on the playground? I’m sure you could think of some other factors you find important which may help narrow it down too.
Of the ones that weren’t ruled out in the above ‘top 20’ check, I personally like:
[name]Brooke[/name] - biased because that’s my name
[name]Audrey[/name] - beautiful name that’s somehow classic and trendy at the same time
[name]Sydney[/name] - biased again because I live in Australia
[name]Paige[/name] - same as for [name]Audrey[/name]
Good luck - you do have some great names to choose from!
From your list, I love [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Abigail[/name], [name]Emily[/name], [name]Audrey[/name], [name]Savannah[/name], and [name]Stella[/name]. They are all really classic names, so even though they’re popular, they’re not trendy and tied to one time. My two favorites and [name]Olivia[/name] and [name]Emily[/name]. I just love the way [name]Olivia[/name] sounds and think it is a gorgeous name. [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Marie[/name] or [name]Emily[/name] [name]Marie[/name] both sound nice though. (I would pick a one-syllable second middle name, like [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Marie[/name] [name]Grace[/name], or [name]Olivia[/name] [name]Marie[/name] [name]Kate[/name]).
[name]Marie[/name] ([name]Elizabeth[/name], and [name]Claire[/name]) are my favorite combos.
So I eliminated names that I don’t particularly like.
[name]Madison[/name]- Despite every girl having this well known surname as their first name, I absolutely adore it. [name]Love[/name] [name]Maddi[/name] as a nickname.
[name]Abigail[/name]- I [name]LOVE[/name] this name. [name]Abby[/name] is cute too. To me, this name is more classic than popular. Plus it’s connected to the historical figure [name]Abigail[/name] [name]Adams[/name]. Who wouldn’t want to share a name with her?
[name]Emily[/name]- I remember this being my first name that I loved when I was little. Only problem was, when I was 4, I couldn’t pronounce it haha.
[name]Brooke[/name]- Pretty, but I prefer it in the middle name spot.
[name]Audrey[/name]- Very pretty. I like both [name]Audrey[/name] and [name]Aubrey[/name], but I understand most people have a preference on which one they prefer.
[name]Taylor[/name]
[name]Morgan[/name]- [name]Taylor[/name] and [name]Morgan[/name] are both unisex names that I like. I prefer [name]Taylor[/name] on a boy and [name]Morgan[/name] on a girl… but that’s me.
[name]Paige[/name]- Nice. I wouldn’t kick this name off the list, but I personally think the other names are better.
[name]Stella[/name]- Great name. Never realized that this was considered a “grandma” name until this site.
[name]Bristol[/name]- Very pretty and underused
Like:
[name]Emily[/name]
[name]Madison[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Hayley[/name]
[name]Mackenzie[/name]
Dislike:
[name]Olivia[/name] - Bad association.
[name]Bristol[/name] -Feels to masculine to me.
[name]Kinley[/name] - " "
[name]Morgan[/name] - I really dislike the sound of it.
[name]Paige[/name] - Feels a little dated and reminds me of Degrassi High.
[name]Sydney[/name] - I’ve never really liked it as a name.
[name]Kendall[/name] - TV association gives [name]Kendall[/name] a bad name.
[name]Bailey[/name] - My friend’s dog’s name. So I kind of associate with her.
[name]Makenna[/name] - Feels a little made up.
