[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] “[name_f]Anna[/name_f]”-I find [name_f]Anna[/name_f] a little boring, and can’t shake the ‘50 Shades’ association, unfortunately.
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f] “[name_f]Cassie[/name_f]” (pronounced [name_f]Cassie[/name_f]-uh)-I love the look of this name, and feel like the nn is kind of a waste of a beautiful name. [name_f]Cassie[/name_f] is average, compared to [name_f]Cassia[/name_f]. I pronounce it and prefer it [name_m]Kash[/name_m]-uh, but both pronounciations are nice.
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]-Boring to me. It doesn’t have a lot of zest
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] “[name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Libby[/name_f], [name_f]Lilibeth[/name_f]”-I think this name is overused, and besides [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] I don’t like the nn. But [name_f]Elsie[/name_f] is cute.
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]-It’s not my favorite. I’d prefer [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] to this because [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] has more nn options.
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]-Again, too popular. Prefer [name_f]Emmanuelle[/name_f] or [name_f]Emmy[/name_f]. It also sounds very youthful to me, I can’t see a grownup with this name, despite [name_f]Emma[/name_f] [name_m]Stone[/name_m] etc.
[name_f]Georgia[/name_f]-I love this name! I love that it’s a state, it’s mature and has cute nn options and I just really like this name
[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] “[name_u]Georgie[/name_u]”-really love this. I also love the nn [name_f]Gina[/name_f].
[name_f]Johanna[/name_f] (Could I use the nn [name_u]Josie[/name_u] for this if I use a middle that starts with an S?)([name_u]Jo[/name_u]-[name_f]Hannah[/name_f])-I love [name_f]Johanna[/name_f], but prefer Johanah. Really beautiful name, with a lot of good associations. & [name_u]Josie[/name_u] is a great nnn, I’d say it would work with the S middle as well.
[name_f]Lilia[/name_f]-I prefer this to [name_f]Lila[/name_f] and [name_f]Leila[/name_f], because the ee-a ending is unique. But I prefer other names more.
[name_f]Madeline[/name_f] “[name_f]Maddie[/name_f], [name_f]Mae[/name_f]” ([name_f]Maddie[/name_f] is pretty much unavoidable) (Mad-uh-Lien/like the word [name_f]Line[/name_f])-Overused. I don’t like this name. Without all the Madisons and Madelyns out there…meh.
[name_f]Maria[/name_f]-A really great name. Very classy, but fun and not used enough.
[name_f]Mariana[/name_f] ([name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Ana[/name_f])-I’m thinking of pasta without sauce. I don’t like this as much as [name_f]Maria[/name_f], because the ana ending.
[name_f]Mary[/name_f]-I don’t care for this name. It sounds old to me.
[name_f]Poppy[/name_f]-I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] this. It’s so cute! [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite flower name, and one of my favorite word names.
[name_m]Abram[/name_m]: too biblicial / [name_m]Lincoln[/name_m] associated for me
[name_m]Basil[/name_m] ([name_u]Bay[/name_u]-sul)-I like this! I feel like it’d be hard for a kid to wear, but I think the nn [name_m]Baz[/name_m] is awesome and [name_m]Basil[/name_m] is very exotic, Greek and sort of my style.
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m] “[name_u]Cass[/name_u]” (Pronounced same way as [name_f]Cassia[/name_f])-I love these type of ‘male-izations’ name. I really like this name. Again, it’s my exotic style and probably easier to wear than [name_m]Basil[/name_m].
[name_m]Isaac[/name_m]-I don’t like this because the double aa’s. The meaning is nice but the sound/spelling is just…not my favorite.
[name_m]Maxim[/name_m] “[name_u]Max[/name_u]” ([name_u]Max[/name_u]-imm)-I prefer the full name to the nn, but I think [name_m]Maxim[/name_m] is the best full length name for [name_u]Max[/name_u]. It’s a cool name.
[name_m]Paul[/name_m]-I associated it with people I know named [name_m]Paul[/name_m] more than any other name, for some reason. It’s a nice name, maybe a little old.
[name_m]Peregrine[/name_m] “[name_u]Perry[/name_u], [name_u]Perrin[/name_u], [name_m]Penn[/name_m], [name_m]Pippin[/name_m], [name_m]Pip[/name_m]” ([name_m]Per[/name_m]-uh-grin)-I think [name_m]Pip[/name_m] nn and the like are better suited for girls. I also feel this will be difficult for anyone to say.
[name_u]Theo[/name_u] (but not [name_m]Theodore[/name_m])-I like this a lot, much more than [name_m]Theodore[/name_m].