New baby!

First time poster and apologies for the long message! We’ve just found out we’re expecting early 2021! It will be our first and we’re so excited! I’ve put together a list of boys and girls names.

So far…

Boys:

[name_m]Sorley[/name_m]

Raiffe

[name_u]Jude[/name_u]

[name_m]Huw[/name_m]

[name_u]Mack[/name_u]

[name_u]Blair[/name_u]

[name_u]James[/name_u]

[name_m]Ossian[/name_m]

[name_m]Ruairidh[/name_m]

[name_u]Ronnie[/name_u]

[name_m]Otis[/name_m]

[name_u]Rudy[/name_u]

Girls:

[name_f]Freya[/name_f]

[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]

[name_f]Iona[/name_f]

[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]

[name_f]Lilias[/name_f]

[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]

[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]

[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]

[name_f]Mila[/name_f]

[name_f]Mabel[/name_f]

[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]

I look forward to hearing your ideas! Thanks!

Do you live in [name_m]Wales[/name_m] or [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] by any chance? I notice that a lot of your names have Celtic origins. I love almost all of your girl names, and the ones I don’t is just personal taste which isn’t relevant. With boy names, I like most of them, but [name_m]Sorley[/name_m] just sounds like sore to me. Another thing to watch out for is pronunciation, if someone isn’t familiar with Celtic names (ie you don’t live in [name_m]Wales[/name_m], [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] or Cornwall), they wouldn’t know where to start with [name_m]Ruairidh[/name_m], [name_m]Ossian[/name_m] or [name_f]Iona[/name_f].
Suggestions for boys:
[name_u]Reggie[/name_u]
[name_m]Efan[/name_m]/Evan
[name_m]Harry[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacob[/name_m]
[name_m]Vaughn[/name_m]
Girls:
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_u]Seren[/name_u]
[name_f]Eira[/name_f]
[name_f]Siobhan[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]/Maya

Is it just me or did some the replies disappear? Someone else and I made a reply to this earlier but I don’t see our posts anymore

Edit: Nevermind, the OP made a duplicate post under girl baby names and that’s where I posted my response.

I LOVE [name_u]Jude[/name_u], [name_u]Rudy[/name_u], [name_m]Ruairidh[/name_m], and [name_u]James[/name_u] from your boys list! [name_m]How[/name_m] are you pronouncing Raiffe? If it is the same as [name_u]Rafe[/name_u]/Raphe, one of those spellings might be easier. Personally, I would want a longer name with [name_u]Rudy[/name_u] as a nickname. I think [name_m]Huw[/name_m] would work well anywhere, but you might have some pronunciation issues with [name_m]Ruairidh[/name_m] and [name_m]Ossian[/name_m] if you’re not living in the UK. I’m not a fan of [name_m]Sorley[/name_m]. I just can’t get over ‘sore’ being in there.

For girls, my favourites are [name_f]Freya[/name_f], [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f], [name_f]Iona[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]. Your girls names all seem easy to pronounce to me, and the only ones I could see people perhaps struggling with are [name_f]Iona[/name_f] and [name_f]Lilias[/name_f]. To be totally honest, the only thing you might really want to consider is how popular some of these are becoming, because all these names are really lovely!

I second the suggestions of [name_u]Evan[/name_u]/Efan, [name_f]Eira[/name_f], and [name_u]Seren[/name_u]. I’d also add in [name_m]Ivo[/name_m] and [name_u]Taliesin[/name_u] for boys, [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] and [name_f]Eleri[/name_f]/Elleri/Ellery for girls, and Calon for either (although this does sound more masculine to me)!