I just checked the top 1000 names for [name]England[/name] & [name]Wales[/name] and it turns out a lot of my favourites are in the top 50-100 {aka too popular}. I’m not really feeling any of my favourites anymore anyway. Previously they were [name]Alice[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Asa[/name], [name]Morgan[/name] {b}. Based on those do you have any suggestions that might like? US popularity isn’t a huge issue, but UK popularity is {and the two lists are very different}. Thank you!
Some names you might like:
[name]Alisanne[/name]
[name]Aminta[/name]
[name]Anastasia[/name]
Aspasia
[name]Athena[/name]
[name]Avis[/name]
[name]Bernice[/name]
[name]Bettina[/name]
[name]Camille[/name]
[name]Cassandra[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]
[name]Constance[/name]
[name]Cressida[/name]
[name]Dorothea[/name]
[name]Elin[/name]
[name]Eloisa[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
Esmeraude
[name]Felice[/name]/[name]Felicity[/name]/[name]Felicia[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
Fredrica
[name]Georgina[/name]/[name]Georgiana[/name]
[name]Ghislaine[/name]
[name]Giselle[/name]
[name]Gratia[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Isolde[/name]
[name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Joscelyn[/name]
[name]Lavinia[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Letitia[/name]
[name]Lucinda[/name]
[name]Lucretia[/name]
[name]Marcella[/name]
Marjorlaine
Marlies
[name]Maude[/name]
Merit
[name]Millicent[/name]
[name]Minerva[/name]
[name]Nadia[/name]
[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]
[name]Olympia[/name]
[name]Priscilla[/name]
[name]Regina[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]/[name]Rosemarie[/name]
[name]Rowena[/name]
[name]Roxanne[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Tallis[/name]
[name]Tasmin[/name]
[name]Thais[/name]
[name]Thalia[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Theodosia[/name]
[name]Thisbe[/name]
[name]Una[/name]
[name]Valentina[/name]/[name]Valentine[/name]
[name]Viveca[/name]
[name]Winsome[/name]
[name]Xanthe[/name]
[name]Hi[/name] there. I like a lot of the names of your list - I used them to help me brainstorm alternatives. [name]Hope[/name] this helps:
Alternatives to [name]Alice[/name]: [name]Eliana[/name], [name]Amabelle[/name], [name]Annabel[/name], [name]Anya[/name], [name]Ani[/name], [name]Anouck[/name], [name]Annick[/name], [name]Estelle[/name], [name]Estella[/name], [name]Elise[/name], [name]Elsie[/name], [name]Elke[/name], [name]Estee[/name], [name]Lena[/name].
Alternctives to [name]Penelope[/name]: [name]Nora[/name], [name]Lola[/name], [name]Penny[/name], [name]Prudence[/name], [name]Prue[/name], [name]Nelle[/name], [name]Nessa[/name], [name]Neve[/name], [name]Delphine[/name], [name]Daphne[/name], [name]Thea[/name].
Alternatives to [name]Clara[/name]: [name]Lana[/name], [name]Lara[/name], [name]Clark[/name], [name]Clementine[/name], [name]Celine[/name], [name]Celeste[/name], [name]Cecily[/name], [name]Celia[/name], [name]Cecilia[/name], [name]Eliza[/name].
Alternatives to [name]Amelia[/name]: [name]Milena[/name], [name]Mila[/name], [name]Emilia[/name], [name]Milana[/name], [name]Lana[/name], [name]Adela[/name], [name]Delia[/name], [name]Marni[/name], [name]Marguerite[/name], [name]Agatha[/name], [name]Nina[/name].
Instead of [name]Edith[/name], what about [name]Iris[/name], [name]Eden[/name], [name]Elin[/name], [name]Marion[/name] or [name]Gloria[/name]?
For boys, what about:
Instead of [name]Asa[/name] (which I love), what about [name]Ivo[/name], [name]Eli[/name], [name]Otto[/name], [name]Otis[/name], [name]Orin[/name], [name]Odin[/name], [name]Ari[/name], Issaih or [name]Issac[/name]?
Instead of [name]Hugo[/name], what about [name]Matteo[/name], [name]Maximo[/name], [name]Leo[/name], [name]Laszlo[/name], [name]Heath[/name] or [name]Holden[/name]?
Instead of [name]Jasper[/name], maybe [name]Casper[/name], [name]Caspian[/name], [name]Justus[/name], [name]Johan[/name], [name]Jonas[/name]?
Instead of [name]William[/name], [name]George[/name], [name]Henrik[/name], [name]Frederic[/name], [name]Anders[/name], [name]Everett[/name], [name]Conrad[/name] or [name]Cormac[/name]?
Instead of [name]Morgan[/name], perhaps [name]Parker[/name] or [name]Logan[/name] or [name]Leland[/name] or [name]Landon[/name] or [name]Easton[/name] or [name]Corbin[/name]?
[name]Alice[/name], [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], [name]Clara[/name], [name]Edith[/name]
[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Diana[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Fiona[/name]
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]William[/name], [name]Hugo[/name], [name]Jasper[/name], [name]Asa[/name], [name]Morgan[/name]
[name]Casper[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Abel[/name]
[name]Cyrus[/name]
[name]Judah[/name]
[name]Eben[/name]
[name]Phillip[/name]
[name]Duncan[/name]
I can understand wanting to reevaluate a favorites list because you’re falling out of love with it. I’d just caution not to throw out a name you like because it’s in the UK top 100 list.
Alternatives for Girls: [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Sybil[/name], [name]Jolene[/name], [name]Mirabel[/name], [name]Aurelia[/name], [name]Loretta[/name], and [name]Penrose[/name]
Alternatives for boys: [name]Nicholas[/name], [name]Julian[/name], [name]Emmett[/name], [name]Erich[/name], and [name]Anton[/name]
I don’t know if you’re in [name]England[/name]/[name]Wales[/name] or where you are, but I’d just like to point out to you that names between 50 and 100 in E & W really aren’t that popular. Examples from the top 100 2011:
#1 [name]Amelia[/name]: 5054 babies
#10 [name]Isabella[/name]: 3464 babies
#25 [name]Scarlett[/name]: 1987 babies
#50 [name]Brooke[/name]: 1216 babies
#75 [name]Willow[/name]: 772 babies
#100 [name]Lydia[/name]: 582 babies
Also, hardly any of the names you said you liked are in the top 100:
[name]Alice[/name] #37 (1554)
[name]Penelope[/name] #255 (191)
[name]Clara[/name] #212 (236)
[name]Amelia[/name] #1 (5054)
[name]Edith[/name] #206 (247)
[name]William[/name] #10 (4632)
[name]Hugo[/name] #139 (448)
[name]Jasper[/name] #138 (453)
[name]Asa[/name] #681 (47)
[name]Morgan[/name] #126 (500)
Some suggestions:
[name]Cicely[/name] #2150 (12)
[name]Esther[/name] #148 (368)
[name]Etta[/name] #1295 (24)
[name]Eugenie[/name] #3185 (7)
[name]Eunice[/name] #1489 (20)
[name]Leona[/name] #432 (99)
[name]Maris[/name]
[name]Nedra[/name]
[name]Nesta[/name] #3549 (6)
[name]Tabitha[/name] #177 (291)
[name]Vivian[/name] #1269 (25)
[name]Zora[/name] #5783 (3)
[name]Arlo[/name] #281 (158)
[name]Cato[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name] #120 (534)
[name]Elias[/name] #246 (195)
[name]Eric[/name] #251 (193)
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Fabian[/name] #295 (149)
[name]Hector[/name] #321 (138)
Ilyas #431 (91)
[name]Isa[/name] #288 (155)
[name]Jonathan[/name] #147 (406)
[name]Rupert[/name] #287 (156)
Yeah, I don’t think [name]Penelope[/name], [name]Edith[/name], [name]Asa[/name] and [name]Jasper[/name] are that popular, particular [name]Asa[/name] as there was 47 [name]Asa[/name]'s born last year.
I have two long lists of names and recently after checking the top 1000 I found that majority of my favourites fell into top 200 and were names that were given to like less than 20 children. I’m trying to change my perception of what is popular and try and avoid names that are ‘trendy’ as opposed to classicly popular. [name]Isaac[/name] is my favourite boy’s name but it is a classic, and not trendy like [name]Alfie[/name], [name]Jayden[/name], [name]Riley[/name], [name]Jenson[/name], [name]Dexter[/name] etc. Those names have all shot up into the top 100 rather than climbed steadily and therefore are more likely to date pretty quickly. Also, I’m a primary school teacher so obviously meet a lot of children, however, in my current class only 10 of the 26 children and 10 out 30 in my previous class have names within the top 100 and that includes 2 [name]Olivia[/name]'s and 3 [name]Ethan[/name]'s.
Anyway, here’s some new ideas…
[name]Adelaide[/name]
[name]Agnes[/name]
[name]Arabella[/name]
[name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Claudia[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Delilah[/name]
[name]Delphine[/name]
[name]Elowen[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Keziah[/name]
[name]Norah[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Paloma[/name]
[name]Romilly[/name]
[name]Seren[/name]
[name]Theodora[/name]
[name]Atlas[/name]
[name]August[/name]
[name]Adriel[/name]
[name]Avram[/name]
[name]Avery[/name]
[name]Barnaby[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Dakota[/name]
[name]Dante[/name]
[name]Elias[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Flynn[/name]
[name]Harper[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]
[name]Lincoln[/name]
[name]Marshall[/name]
[name]Miles[/name]
[name]Otis[/name]
[name]Phineas[/name]
[name]Quinlan[/name]
[name]Rafferty[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]
[name]Roman[/name]
[name]Sullivan[/name]
[name]Solomon[/name]
[name]Thaddeus[/name]
The names I listed weren’t all of my old favourites, and some of the ones I listed were examples of the ones I’ve grown tired of…