If you were by law force to use the same first letter of the alphabet for first names what would it be?

minimum of 2

i think i would go with j because quite a few names on my shortlist begin with j (jasper, judith, james, jesse, jago) and t because i’d be gutted if i couldn’t use thomas, which is my most favourite name :love_letter:

Most likely, A: [name_f]Ada[/name_f] and [name_f]Alice[/name_f] for girls. [name_u]August[/name_u], [name_u]Arthur[/name_u] “Archie”, [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_u]Atlas[/name_u], etc. for boys. I have a lot of A names that stay consistently in my top 5 or as middles in combos.

Other ideas, where the individual names don’t all rank quite so highly:

F: [name_f]Flora[/name_f] and [name_f]Frances[/name_f] “Frankie” for girls. [name_m]Fabian[/name_m] “Finn” and [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie” for boys.

G: [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] “Genny” and [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f] “Wendy” for girls. [name_u]George[/name_u] and [name_m]Gideon[/name_m] for boys.

H: [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Helena[/name_f] “Nell” and [name_f]Hetty[/name_f] for girls. [name_u]Henry[/name_u] “Harry” and [name_m]Hugo[/name_m] for boys.

J: [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “Josie” and [name_u]June[/name_u] / [name_u]Juno[/name_u] for girls. [name_u]Jack[/name_u] and [name_u]James[/name_u] “Jamie” for boys.

L: [name_f]Lenora[/name_f], [name_f]Luna[/name_f] and [name_f]Lyra[/name_f] for girls. [name_u]Laurence[/name_u] “Laurie” and [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] “Lyle” for boys.

M: [name_f]Mabel[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] for girls. [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u], [name_u]Miles[/name_u] and [name_u]Morgan[/name_u] for boys.

P: [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f] “Pippa” and [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] for girls. [name_m]Percival[/name_m] “Percy” and [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] “Remy” for boys.

L and f
L ~ leona, leonor, leora, leslie, lielle, lycia, lenalle, leycadia
F ~ finja, freya, felise, feira

I’d use A or C. You can use A & C for multiple sounds ah, uh, ay, see, and cuh. [name_f]Ariana[/name_f], [name_f]Amina[/name_f], [name_f]Ayla[/name_f], [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f], and [name_f]Caroline[/name_f].

i honestly surprised myself without saying “c” or “l” but i’d have to say “d” and “a” because i’d be absolutely heartbroken to not use alexander or daniel. and i also adore anna, daisy, della, and amybeth to name a few. :tulip:

I’d probably use M or A names

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w for sure :ear_of_rice:

i’d have a wilder, wrigley, waiks, windsor, and wrenley!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites may be [name_m]Peter[/name_m] & [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]. :heart_eyes: :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I also like [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] & [name_f]Clover[/name_f] for sisters or [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] & [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] for sisters.

Hard to choose!

Maybe A, where it’d be [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_f]Amabel[/name_f], [name_m]Ansel[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Abner[/name_m], and/or [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
Maybe C, where it’d be [name_m]Clement[/name_m], [name_f]Cecily[/name_f], [name_f]Cornelia[/name_f], [name_m]Clark[/name_m], [name_f]Camilla[/name_f], and/or [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
Maybe F, where it’d be [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Finbar[/name_m], [name_f]Frida[/name_f], and/or [name_f]Fenna[/name_f]
[name_u]Or[/name_u] maybe it’d be L, where it’d be [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], and/or [name_u]Leander[/name_u]

This is a bit tough for me! Maybe something like;

W: [name_u]Willow[/name_u] and [name_u]Wesley[/name_u]
A: [name_f]Amity[/name_f] and [name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
B: [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] and [name_u]Billy[/name_u]
C: [name_u]Celeste[/name_u] and [name_u]Carlisle[/name_u]

I think A is my longest letter for both boys and girls so I’d probably go for that.
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Adam[/name_m], [name_m]Alan[/name_m], [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_m]Apollo[/name_m], [name_u]Adrian[/name_u], [name_m]Alec[/name_m], [name_m]Angus[/name_m], [name_u]Archer[/name_u], Avery/Annie, [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f], [name_f]Antonia[/name_f], [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Adelina[/name_f], [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_f]Angelica[/name_f], [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f], [name_f]Azalea[/name_f], etc.

I could probably manage M, C, J, S, or F as well.
[name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], [name_m]Mitchell[/name_m], [name_u]Maxwell[/name_u], [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m], Marius/Marina, [name_f]Melody[/name_f], [name_f]Marianne[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], etc.
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], Carter/Cassandra, [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], etc.
[name_u]John[/name_u], [name_m]Jacob[/name_m], [name_u]Julian[/name_u], [name_u]Jonah[/name_u], Jasper/Juliet, [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Jillian[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f], etc.
[name_m]Stephen[/name_m], [name_m]Stellan[/name_m], Sebastian/Seraphina, [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f], [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], etc.
[name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_u]Finley[/name_u], Frederick/Frances, [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Felicity[/name_f], etc.

After that I start running out of letters I have multiple boy names for and the ones I do are the few I don’t have multiple girls for.

[name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Angus[/name_m], [name_f]Adrienne[/name_f], [name_f]Annemarie[/name_f], and [name_f]Azalea[/name_f] [name_u]Bear[/name_u], [name_u]Gus[/name_u], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_u]Marie[/name_u], and [name_f]Lea[/name_f]

E or A probably

o.
ottilie, ophelia, odessa, orielle.

Well, my instinct is to pick F, as I have a ton of faves for that letter. [name_f]Frances[/name_f], [name_u]Florence[/name_u], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] / [name_m]Friedrich[/name_m], and [name_f]Felicity[/name_f] are all up there for me!

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I would probably go with A, C or E. If I could find enough names, P, S or T would be options as well.

For me it would be A or P, I’ve got more on the list with those letters than any other and some of them are high on the list in general.

[name_f]Adaluna[/name_f], [name_f]Alafair[/name_f], [name_f]Amalthea[/name_f], [name_f]Arabella[/name_f], [name_u]Artemis[/name_u], [name_f]Astraea[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], [name_m]Alaric[/name_m], [name_m]Albert[/name_m], [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m], [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Aurelian[/name_m]

[name_f]Pandora[/name_f], [name_u]Phaedra[/name_u], [name_f]Philippa[/name_f], [name_f]Philomel[/name_f], [name_f]Phryne[/name_f], [name_f]Phyllida[/name_f], [name_f]Pomona[/name_f], and my boy favourite [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u].

Maybe…

[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] and [name_m]Aloysius[/name_m] / [name_u]Bell[/name_u] and Wish
[name_f]Alafair[/name_f] and [name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] / Fairie and Brosie
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f] and [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] / [name_f]Dodie[/name_f] and [name_u]Pip[/name_u]

I think I would go with E and use

[name_f]Evie[/name_f] + [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] for girls and for boys [name_u]Elijah[/name_u] + [name_u]Ezra[/name_u]

[name_f]Evie[/name_f] [name_f]Emerald[/name_f] & [name_f]Eloise[/name_f] [name_f]Enya[/name_f] :lemon:
[name_u]Elijah[/name_u] [name_u]Eden[/name_u] & [name_u]Ezra[/name_u] [name_m]Ezekiel[/name_m] :honeybee:

a, m, b or j!

adeline, alice & ashton
mia, maeve, marlee & murphy
bridie & bronte
jasper & jude

Most likely, J / I / E / A

Jolanda & Julie (honour for my favourite historical character & book) & Johan :sweat_smile:

Isabella (Or Isidoro / Isadora / Isidore) & Ivan & Ines & Iago & Iris & Ilya / Ilyas / Ilyan

Evelina & Elsa & Emilia & Edmund (Or Edward, Edoardo) & Edith

Arthur & Antonia / Antonina (Or Antoine) / Anne & Adele / Alice & Alexei (Or Alexander / Alessandro) / Alexandra “Sasha” & August / Augusto


Ofelia / Olivia & Otto

Frida & Frances / Franziska & Fëdor & Flora