So I’ve managed to chuck off about 15 or 20 names going mostly solely based on your votes (minus [name_m]Baker[/name_m] as it’s an honour name). So which would you cut off from this list and what combos do you think would sound good.
I’m putting every name and then the percentage that I like it. I decided that would be easiest (or I’m going crazy?) some rational in parentheses. Featuring some weird numbers. Also, I don’t think I would ever rate a name 100% so beware.
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u] - 78% (I do really like it, but I think it’s getting overused)
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] - 45% (it’s growing on me)
[name_u]Waverly[/name_u] - 51.2%
[name_u]Juniper[/name_u] - 59% as a first name, 94% as a middle name
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] - 95%
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] - 84%
[name_f]Juno[/name_f] - 15.5555%
[name_f]Brielle[/name_f] - 30% as a first name, 85% as a middle name
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] - 88%
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f] - 63% (it’s growing on me)
[name_f]Cassia[/name_f] - 29% (I don’t hate it. If I met a kid named [name_f]Cassia[/name_f] I wouldn’t think “oh poor thing” but I really don’t like it personally… reminds me of [name_u]Cassidy[/name_u]/[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] and then the parents that when on to [name_f]Cassadee[/name_f]/Cassanndrah)
[name_f]Colette[/name_f] - 2% (could work as a middle name, but it’s over as a first name and I don’t think it’s ready to come back)
[name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] - 39% (I wouldn’t use it, but I have nothing against it… seems a little too hippie/trendy, but could be a great middle and the combo [name_f]Aurelia[/name_f] [name_m]Baker[/name_m] would balance it out)
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] - 86% (simple, but could be stunning with a nice middle)
[name_f]Briar[/name_f] - 18% (something is definitely off but not off enough that I would necessarily delete)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] - 93%
[name_f]Pearl[/name_f] - 84% (Prefer it as a middle, but love it either way)
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] - 40% (gorgeous, but I don’t like “[name_u]Frannie[/name_u]” or “[name_u]Frankie[/name_u]” or any of the other nicknames)
[name_f]Callista[/name_f] - 3%
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] - 17% (have you heard how [name_f]Rachel[/name_f] described it on Friends?)
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f] - 53% (has really great potential, but I prefer [name_f]Maeve[/name_f])
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] - 71% (I’ve always really like it, but I don’t like “[name_f]Gen[/name_f]/[name_f]Jen[/name_f]” and I prefer other “[name_f]Evie[/name_f]” names like [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]/[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]/[name_f]Eva[/name_f])
[name_f]Fiona[/name_f] - 77% (Shrek kind of ruined it for me, but I’m coming around)
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f] - 82%
[name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] - 30% (I know it’s a NB fav, but I just can’t)
[name_f]Edie[/name_f] - 91% as a nickname for [name_f]Edith[/name_f], 70% on it’s own
[name_f]Fern[/name_f] - 4% (would be a really cute middle)
[name_u]Simone[/name_u] - 23%
[name_f]Autumn[/name_f] - 0%
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f] - 45% (Percent may have been lower if I didn’t like “[name_f]Tess[/name_f]”)
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f] - 46%
[name_f]Leona[/name_f] - 39%
[name_f]Vera[/name_f] - 89%
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f] - 50% (same as [name_f]Francesca[/name_f], needs a good nickname, but doesn’t have one)
[name_f]Opal[/name_f] - 66% (good middle name, but not sure about it as a first name)
[name_u]Arden[/name_u] - 13%
[name_f]Dorothea[/name_f] - 69% (prefer [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f])
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f] - 9% (will always be a car for me)
[name_f]Laurel[/name_f] - 14%
[name_f]Talitha[/name_f] - 4%
[name_f]Callie[/name_f] - 20%
[name_u]Holland[/name_u] - 63% (might be higher, but I don’t like “[name_f]Holly[/name_f]”)
[name_f]Etta[/name_f] - 83%
[name_u]Shiloh[/name_u] - 49%
[name_u]Hollis[/name_u] - 61% (I like it more than [name_f]Mavis[/name_f], but still don’t like “[name_f]Holly[/name_f]”)
[name_f]Verity[/name_f] - 1%
[name_u]Sage[/name_u] - 5%
[name_f]Jolie[/name_f] - 3%
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f] - 45% (I really like it as a middle name, if I met someone named [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] I would think it was pretty)
[name_f]Geneva[/name_f] - 40%
[name_f]Maxine[/name_f] - 46%
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] - 70%
[name_f]Ruth[/name_f] - 59.463856% (I do really like it, but it’s too simple as a first name and too common as a middle)
[name_u]Reese[/name_u] - 24%
[name_f]Mercy[/name_f] - 20%
[name_f]Luella[/name_f] - 40% (cute, but kind of a tongue twister for me)
[name_f]Greta[/name_f] - 65%
[name_u]Fallon[/name_u] - 35.5%
[name_f]Posey[/name_f] - 13% (I like [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] nn [name_f]Posey[/name_f], but on it’s own- not for me)
[name_u]Remi[/name_u] - 62.134%
[name_f]Winslet[/name_f] - 2%
[name_f]Britta[/name_f] - 4% (Would be cute if it weren’t a water filter)
[name_u]Albany[/name_u] - 1%
[name_f]Libby[/name_f] - 64.67%
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u] - 60%
[name_f]Thora[/name_f] - 70%
[name_f]Amity[/name_f] - 3%
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f] - 66.39% (I really like it, but my first thought is the allergy medicine)
[name_f]Cambria[/name_f] - 3% (same as [name_f]Cassia[/name_f], but a little worse)
[name_f]Lorelai[/name_f] - 60%
[name_f]Honor[/name_f] - 60% (I prefer [name_f]Honora[/name_f], even [name_f]Honora[/name_f] called [name_f]Honor[/name_f], I want to lowball this name, but I just can’t)
[name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] - 45% (overused and all of my [name_f]Gabrielle[/name_f] friends complain about being called [name_m]Gabriel[/name_m])
[name_f]Valerie[/name_f] - 1%
[name_f]Serena[/name_f] - 4%
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] - 39.99999999%
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] - 0%
[name_f]Lacey[/name_f] - 9%
[name_u]Quincy[/name_u] - 33.94% (guilty pleasure for me, too many boys named [name_u]Quincy[/name_u] for it to work)
[name_u]Layne[/name_u] - 49% (I prefer [name_u]Laine[/name_u])
[name_f]Greer[/name_f] -54%
[name_m]Kerrigan[/name_m] - 55%
[name_f]Lainey[/name_f] - 54%
[name_f]Leni[/name_f] - 7%
[name_f]Audra[/name_f] - 5%
[name_f]Melody[/name_f] - 2%
[name_f]Kami[/name_f] - 1%
[name_u]Bristol[/name_u] - 45%
[name_u]Aspen[/name_u] - 1%
[name_f]Saffron[/name_f] - 0%
[name_u]Landry[/name_u] - 56.8%
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u] - 10%
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] - 69.9999%
[name_f]Delphie[/name_f] - 8%
[name_u]Haven[/name_u] - 9%
[name_u]Flannery[/name_u] - 57% (guilty pleasure)
[name_u]Campbell[/name_u] - 12%
[name_f]Giselle[/name_f] - 24%
[name_f]Delta[/name_f] - 26%
[name_u]Ariel[/name_u] - 76%
[name_m]Palmer[/name_m] - 11% (I would like it if it were a family name, I don’t know why that changes things for me but it does)
Here is where I gave up. I was so close to the finish line, but I just couldn’t do it.
[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Goldie[/name_f], though. [name_f]Goldie[/name_f] would’ve been 91%