My favorites are [name]Felicity[/name], [name]Imogen[/name], [name]Hazel[/name], [name]Temperance[/name], [name]Blythe[/name], & [name]Mirabel[/name] for girls and [name]Ransom[/name], [name]Milo[/name], & [name]Alaric[/name] for boys.
Totally love [name]Ransom[/name] for a boy, with [name]Conrad[/name] at a close second. [name]Harriet[/name] has a great nn with [name]Hattie[/name]. [name]Luna[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Rosalind[/name], and [name]Hazel[/name] are among my favorites. Great list!
Boys side: [name]Lysander[/name] and [name]Samson[/name] are on our list so I have to give a nod to those two (even with the p in [name]Sampson[/name]) and I like [name]Alaric[/name] and [name]Lemuel[/name] a lot. [name]Hadrian[/name] is really good, and [name]Hugh[/name] is a quiet classic.
Girls
[name]Rosalind[/name]: I used to dislike it, while loving [name]Rosamund[/name] and [name]Rosemary[/name]. I still prefer those other two, but [name]Rosalind[/name] is climbing up my possibilities. I like the beautiful rose/red dragon juxtiposition.
[name]Blythe[/name] is on my list for a middle name. [name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Josephine[/name] are completely gold-standard classic. So is [name]Helena[/name] but I can’t make myself like [name]Helena[/name].
[name]Imogen[/name], [name]Hazel[/name], [name]Opal[/name], [name]Vesper[/name], [name]Felicity[/name] - I love all of these, in about that order. [name]Felicity[/name]'s not bad I just love the others even more.
[name]Samson[/name] isn’t my favorite name or anything, but I’ve heard worse.
I like Felecity on your girls list. I know a little girl with this name.
[name]Blythe[/name], not too sure on the pronounciation. [name]Bliss[/name] is pretty, maybe a subsutitute for [name]Blythe[/name]?
[name]Ransom[/name] - Really really really don’t like, sorry.
[name]Conrad[/name] - Not bad.
[name]Hadrian[/name] - It’s ok but I’d like [name]Adrian[/name] more.
[name]Alaric[/name] - Meh.
[name]Lemuel[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like. Reminds me of a lemur.
[name]Lawson[/name] - Not a fan.
[name]Sampson[/name] - Meh.
[name]Hugh[/name] - Meh.
[name]Lysander[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Milo[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Willem[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Henrik[/name] - I actually kinda like it but I like [name]Henry[/name] more.
GIRLS
[name]Annora[/name] - Meh.
[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rosaline[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Josephine[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Harriet[/name] - I kinda like it but I think the “hairy” sound in it throws me off.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] - A good classic name.
[name]Imogen[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Felicity[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Helena[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Lucille[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name] the nn [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Mirabel[/name]/[name]Mirabelle[/name] - It’s ok.
[name]Hazel[/name] - [name]LOVE[/name]!
[name]Opal[/name] - Meh.
[name]Vesper[/name] - Like the scooter things?
[name]August[/name]/[name]Augustine[/name] - Prefer [name]August[/name] as a boy’s name.
[name]Phoebe[/name] - [name]Love[/name]!
[name]Sibyl[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like it.
[name]Temperance[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like.
[name]Luna[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like.
[name]Blythe[/name] - [name]Don[/name]'t like at all.
[name]Arwen[/name] - It’s ok.
I love:
[name]Sampson[/name] - stong and underused
[name]Milo[/name] - cute
[name]Henrik[/name] - I prefer [name]Henry[/name] but [name]Henrik[/name] is not as popular which is nice.
[name]Annora[/name] - I love almost all -ann name and this one is beautiful.
[name]Rosalind[/name]/[name]Rosaline[/name] - I prefer [name]Rosemarie[/name] or [name]Rosalie[/name], but I think all ‘rose’ names are pretty.
[name]Josephine[/name] - This has been on my list forever. I love the nns too.
[name]Harriet[/name] - I used to dislike this name but now I love it. [name]Hattie[/name] or [name]Etta[/name] would make cute nns.
[name]Helena[/name] - So pretty.
[name]Temperance[/name] - I usually put this on my guilty pleasure list but I love it.
I like:
[name]Alaric[/name] - This is growing on me. I think I like Aidric or Emeric better.
[name]Hugh[/name] - I prefer [name]Hugo[/name] but I like [name]Hugh[/name] too.
[name]Lysander[/name] - Cool and unusual.
[name]Willem[/name] - Prefer [name]William[/name] but not a bad name.
[name]Elizabeth[/name] - Common but always a good choice.
[name]Imogen[/name] - [name]May[/name] have pronunciation issues but I like it.
[name]Felicity[/name] - [name]One[/name] of my favorite virtue names.
[name]Lucille[/name] - I like most ‘[name]Lu[/name]’ names but I prefer [name]Lucia[/name] or just [name]Lucy[/name].
[name]Mirabel[/name] - [name]Lovely[/name] but it might not age well. [name]Mira[/name] is cute too.
[name]Hazel[/name] - Cute.
[name]Opal[/name] - Cute.
[name]August[/name] - I prefer this for a boy but it’s not bad for a girl.
[name]Phoebe[/name] - Cute.
[name]Sibyl[/name] - I really like this.
[name]Luna[/name] - It’s ok but it always makes me think of the moon, which isn’t a bad thing.
[name]Blythe[/name] - Simple and sweet
[name]Arwen[/name] - Nice.
NMS:
[name]Ransom[/name] - My least favorite name from your list. This would cause so much teasing - ransom letter, ransom note, etc…
[name]Conrad[/name] - I don’t like the ‘con’ part.
[name]Hadrian[/name] - I just think of the [name]Roman[/name] emperor. I prefer [name]Adrian[/name]
[name]Lemuel[/name] - I don’t like the sound. Prefer [name]Samuel[/name].
[name]Lawson[/name] - a little too trendy for me
[name]Vesper[/name] - This could be a tough name for a little girl to have…[name]James[/name] [name]Bond[/name], [name]Vesper[/name] Martini, [name]Vespa[/name] scooter…
Here are boy and girl lists. I’d love your opinions!