Narrowing down my top 10 list - any help much appreciated!

General Name Discussion
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[name]Hi[/name] all,

I am trying to narrow down my boys and girls names list, to my fav 2 names (as we are unlikely to have more than two of each!)

Top girls names are:
[name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Grace[/name]
[name]Alexandra[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name]
[name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Helena[/name]
[name]Olivia[/name]
[name]Sophia[/name]
[name]Victoria[/name]
[name]May[/name]/[name]Mae[/name]

Top boys names are:
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Luke[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Dominic[/name]
[name]Nathaniel[/name]
[name]Harrison[/name]
[name]Callum[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name]

Would love your opinions and thoughts. What are your impressions of a person with these names?

We would like a name that is classic but relatable, preferably a longer name that can be shorted, with history and a good meaning (roughly!) Popularity does not matter to us.

Last name is [name]Russell[/name] if that helps :slight_smile:

Looking forward to hearing you thoughts!
Mellyn

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[name]Lucia[/name] and [name]Helena[/name] for girls.
[name]Everett[/name] and [name]Harrison[/name] for boys.

I don’t really know why but I think these four together would make for an awesome sib-set.

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I like [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Olivia[/name], and [name]Sophia[/name] for girls. [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Harrison[/name], and [name]Isaac[/name] for boys.

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Top girls names:

  1. [name]Victoria[/name]
  2. [name]Alexandra[/name]
  3. [name]Grace[/name]
  4. [name]Charlotte[/name]
  5. [name]Helena[/name]

Top boys names:
All of them, honestly! I adore your boys’s style. I might be biased because I have a son named [name]Dominic[/name] [name]James[/name] haha, so I will leave those choices off of my list, even though I obviously love them. [name]Hope[/name] this helps, good luck! =]

  1. [name]Nathaniel[/name]
  2. [name]Oliver[/name]
  3. [name]Sebastian[/name]
  4. [name]Everett[/name]
  5. [name]Theodore[/name]
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[name]Victoria[/name] [name]May[/name] & [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]

[name]James[/name] [name]Dominic[/name] & [name]Everett[/name] [name]Luke[/name]

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My favorites of your girls:

1 [name]Charlotte[/name] (spunky, charming)
2 [name]Mae[/name] (sweet, devoted)
3 [name]Helena[/name] (vivacious, outspoken)

My favorites of your boys:

I honestly love [name]James[/name], [name]Everett[/name], and [name]Theodore[/name] just about the same. All are solid, classic boy names that anyone would love to have! I see any one of these being a total charmer with a winning personality!

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I will just do my best to give my honest opinions/nickname ideas, and other thoughts on each for you :slight_smile: Sometimes it helps to see what another person immediately thinks about a name!

Top girls names are:
[name]Charlotte[/name] - Ths is my best friends fave name, she plans to use [name]Lottie[/name] as a nickname. I love [name]Charlotte[/name]!
[name]Grace[/name] - I honestly only see this name as a filler middle name, and can’t picture it as a first.
[name]Alexandra[/name] - [name]Just[/name] okay, Cute nickname potential, like [name]Alexi[/name], [name]Alexa[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name] - Not my style really.
[name]Lucia[/name] - Loo-sha or -[name]Lu[/name]-see-ah? [name]Love[/name] both pronounciations, no nicknames except really [name]Lu[/name].
[name]Helena[/name] - Hel-en-ah, or Hel-ay-na? [name]Love[/name] both again, nickname possibly [name]Lena[/name]?
[name]Olivia[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]Olivia[/name], too popular for my tastes now though, Reminds me of the cute little pig on treehouse! [name]Love[/name] [name]Liv[/name].
[name]Sophia[/name] - Not my favorite name.
[name]Victoria[/name] - I have met many young Victorias lately! I think it’s just lovely, dislike the nicknames of [name]Vickie[/name], and [name]Tori[/name] though
[name]May[/name]/[name]Mae[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this name, so underused and understated. Spelling depends on the name it’s used with.

Combo Ideas – [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Lucia[/name] [name]Grace[/name], [name]Victoria[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
Ideas - [name]Alessandra[/name], [name]Alexandria[/name], [name]Olive[/name], [name]Lucille[/name], [name]Valencia[/name], [name]Opal[/name]

Top boys names are:
[name]Oliver[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]Oliver[/name], don’t use it as a sibset with [name]Olivia[/name] though, not even for twins! [name]Every[/name] [name]Oliver[/name] I know goes by [name]Ollie[/name], not my favorite nickname.
[name]James[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]James[/name], such a handsome name!
[name]Luke[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]Luke[/name] also! Simple and understated, reasonably popular if you consider the number of [name]Lucas[/name]'s that go by [name]Luke[/name].
[name]Sebastian[/name] - Reminds me of Cruel Intentions every single time. [name]Just[/name] okay.
[name]Dominic[/name] - Not a big fan of this name. Reminds of a bratty little kid.
[name]Nathaniel[/name] - [name]Just[/name] okay, I grew up with one, so it feels dated for me.
[name]Harrison[/name] - [name]Love[/name] [name]Harrison[/name]!!! (Obviously immediately think [name]Ford[/name])
[name]Callum[/name] - [name]Just[/name] okay compared to your other names.
[name]Everett[/name] - Like [name]Everett[/name] a lot!
[name]Isaac[/name] - Never been a fan of [name]Isaac[/name].
[name]Theodore[/name] - [name]Love[/name] nn [name]Theo[/name]!

Combo Ideas – [name]Oliver[/name] [name]James[/name], [name]James[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name], [name]Theodore[/name] [name]Luke[/name], [name]Harrison[/name] [name]Everett[/name], [name]Everett[/name] [name]James[/name]
Ideas – [name]Oscar[/name], [name]Lucas[/name], [name]Evander[/name], [name]Rafferty[/name], [name]Tyler[/name], [name]Cassius[/name]

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You have a very nice style, recognised names that aren’t too common!

I love most of your boy’s names; [name]Isaac[/name], [name]Theodore[/name], [name]Nathaniel[/name], [name]Everett[/name], [name]Dominic[/name] and [name]Sebastian[/name] are my favourites. [name]Callum[/name], [name]James[/name], [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Luke[/name] and [name]Harrison[/name] are too common for me in the UK. Most of those names have great nicknames, particularly [name]Rhett[/name] and [name]Theo[/name]!

[name]Everett[/name] [name]Russell[/name] is difficult to say because it’s very ‘r’ heavy, while [name]Harrison[/name] [name]Russell[/name] is ‘s’ and ‘r’ heavy, plus if he was nickname [name]Harry[/name] then [name]Harry[/name] [name]Russell[/name] is just odd sounding.

Overall I love the sound of [name]Sebastian[/name] [name]Russell[/name] and [name]Dominic[/name] [name]Russell[/name].

As for girls names, none of them are really my style because they are so common. [name]Sophia[/name], [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Georgia[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name] are my favourites. [name]How[/name] are you pronouncing [name]Lucia[/name]? [name]Sophia[/name] [name]Russell[/name], [name]Georgia[/name] [name]Russell[/name] and [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Russell[/name] are my favourites.

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[name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Lucia[/name], [name]Theodore[/name] & [name]Oliver[/name].

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Thanks for your input Lexiem :slight_smile:

I think [name]Everett[/name] and [name]Harrison[/name] will probably end up being my top 2, and [name]Lucia[/name] maybe… not sure about [name]Helena[/name], I love it and it honors family but am not sure of the perception of this name in [name]New[/name] Zealand…

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Thanks for your input Lexiem

I think [name]Everett[/name] and [name]Harrison[/name] will probably end up being my top 2, and [name]Lucia[/name] maybe… not sure about [name]Helena[/name], I love it and it honors family but am not sure of the perception of this name in [name]New[/name] Zealand…

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Thanks blammo14! I think those girls names along with [name]Lucia[/name] are my favs, for boys [name]Oliver[/name] and [name]Harrison[/name] along with [name]Everett[/name] :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your thoughts amydomsmom :slight_smile: I am def leaning towards [name]Charlotte[/name] (and [name]Grace[/name] but as a mn) for girls.
For boys I am leaning towards [name]Everett[/name], [name]Oliver[/name] and Harrisons (taking SO’s opinions into account!)

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Ohhh [name]Everett[/name] [name]Luke[/name] is quite nice actually (hadn’t thought of that-perhaps [name]Luke[/name] could be a mn). I like [name]May[/name] as a mn too actually- will keep that idea! Thanks for your thoughts :slight_smile:

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Thanks for your thoughts great to hear of the characteristics that you associate with the names :slight_smile:
P.S. (love [name]Henry[/name] and [name]Eleanor[/name] - great names!)

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Thanks so much for your thoughts! [name]Love[/name] your combo ideas def keeping [name]Everett[/name] [name]James[/name] and [name]Lucia[/name] [name]Grace[/name] - gorgeous! Also great to hear your honeswt thoughts on my names list - thank you!!

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O thanks so much! Appreciate your thoughts especially in relation to last name, I haven’t thought too much about that.

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You have a lot of nice options. I also considered [name]Harrison[/name], [name]Sebastian[/name] ([name]Bastien[/name] too) and [name]Theodore[/name] for our boy who ended up being [name]Isaac[/name]. [name]Oliver[/name] is nice too but I already knew a few people with [name]Oliver[/name]'s and seem to be hearing it a lot. If you would have told me I would like [name]Isaac[/name] a year ago I wouldn’t have believed you but hearing it again one day it really grew on me and I heard it is a whole new light - handsome and masculine. I do receive a lot of compliments on the name as well. For [name]Theodore[/name] I adore [name]Theo[/name] and [name]Teddy[/name] both as nicknames. I also like [name]Everett[/name].
For girls I love [name]Georgia[/name] and [name]Mae[/name] too. I like [name]Helena[/name] a lot as well as [name]Lucia[/name] (loo-sha, not lu-c-uh) All of the choices are cute but some I just hear a lot of so just getting a little tired of, though you can’t go wrong with a classic either ([name]Olivia[/name] [name]Russell[/name] is very pretty)! [name]How[/name] are you pronouncing [name]Lucia[/name] and [name]Helena[/name]? Though I don’t care for [name]Lucia[/name] pronounced [name]Lu[/name]-C-Uh, I do like [name]Lucy[/name]. [name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Russell[/name] has a nice ring to it too :slight_smile: