Share your shortlist!

General Name Discussion
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Hi berries! Here is a place for you to share your name shortlists (if you dare). 30 names or less for each list!
I can’t wait to read your favourite names :smiling_face:
Here are mine!

Boys

Alden
Alder
Atlas
August
Darcy
Echo
Fable
Gideon
Harmony
Hart
Jem
Julian
Malcolm
March
Noah
River
Silas
Shepherd
Shiloh
Warren
Wilbur

Girls

Alice
Astoria
August
Bea
Beatrice
Clementine
Dahlia
Eartha
Eloise
Fawn
Idalia
Juliette
Juniper
Liora
Lily
Luella
Lucy
Marceline
Marcella
Meadow
Moon
Nina
Noah
Nora
Oryx
Patience
Primrose
Ruby
True
Willow

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Not in order of preference

Girls
  1. [name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
  2. [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
  3. [name_f]Greta[/name_f]
  4. [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
  5. [name_f]Esther[/name_f]
  6. [name_f]Marianne[/name_f]
  7. [name_u]Scout[/name_u]
  8. [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
  9. Margot/Margaux
  10. [name_u]Romy[/name_u]
  11. [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
  12. [name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
  13. [name_f]Esme[/name_f]
  14. [name_u]Cleo[/name_u]
  15. [name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
  16. [name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
  17. [name_f]Clementine[/name_f]
  18. [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
  19. [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
  20. [name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
  21. [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
  22. [name_u]Billie[/name_u]
  23. [name_f]Zara[/name_f]
  24. [name_f]Ottilie[/name_f]
  25. [name_f]Maxine[/name_f]
  26. [name_f]Frida[/name_f]
  27. [name_f]Moon[/name_f]
  28. [name_f]Ines[/name_f]
  29. [name_f]Frida[/name_f]
  30. Maud/e
Boys
  1. [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
  2. [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
  3. [name_u]August[/name_u]
  4. [name_u]Sage[/name_u]
  5. [name_u]Eden[/name_u]
  6. [name_m]Elio[/name_m]
  7. [name_m]Bram[/name_m]
  8. [name_u]Frankie[/name_u]
  9. [name_u]Laurie[/name_u]
  10. [name_u]Teddy[/name_u]
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edited for privacy

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This is my short list of names approved by my husband. Like [name_f]Helen[/name_f] said, my personal short list would be much longer. :wink:

Boys:

[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m], [name_m]Atticus[/name_m], [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_u]Crosby[/name_u], [name_m]Desmond[/name_m], [name_u]Edison[/name_u], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_u]Francis[/name_u], [name_u]Franklin[/name_u], [name_u]Jasper[/name_u], [name_m]Laszlo[/name_m], [name_m]Linus[/name_m], [name_m]Malcolm[/name_m], [name_m]Orson[/name_m], [name_m]Raphael[/name_m], [name_m]Ronan[/name_m], [name_m]Severin[/name_m], [name_u]Walter[/name_u], [name_u]Winslow[/name_u]

Girls:

[name_u]Alba[/name_u], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], [name_f]Cosima[/name_f], [name_f]Delphine[/name_f], [name_f]Estelle[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Maxine[/name_f], [name_f]Odessa[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Raphaela[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f], [name_f]Violetta[/name_f]

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I keep my shortlists to 11 each. In a rough order:

Girls
  • [name_f]Mia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Bronte[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Saskia[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Stella[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Thea[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Luna[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
Boys
  • [name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Lewis[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Evan[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Reuben[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
  • [name_u]James[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Oliver[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Beck[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Darcy[/name_u]
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My current “realistic” shortlists of what I’d name a real human child are strangely pretty short at about 10 each, and they’re not in any particular order. But here they are!

Boys/Masc
  • Simon
  • Malcolm “Mac” or “Colm”
  • Rowan
  • Victor “Tory”
  • Julian “Jules”
  • Vincent
  • Felix
  • Spencer “Penn”
  • Morgan
  • Rory
Girls/Femme
  • Athena “Thea”
  • Isadora “Sadie”
  • Cassandra “Cassie”
  • April
  • Roxanne “Roxy”
  • Georgia
  • Anneliese
  • Felicity
  • Veronica
  • Marceline “Marnie”
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In close order of favourites

girls

[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophie[/name_f]
[name_f]Tegwen[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Joanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ffion[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]

boys

[name_m]Paul[/name_m]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_m]Gwion[/name_m]
[name_u]Joseph[/name_u]
[name_u]Robert[/name_u]

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put 22 for boys and 12 for the girls! tried to put the names in order

boys 🌼

rio
zen
jude
indigo
aurelio
florian
elio
remy
ziggy
freddie
leon
bodhi
jasper
jack
ventura
jairo
dimitri
everest
ludo
calixto
koa
kai

girls 🍄

alma
cleo
simona
oceana
vida
isla
gaia
nimue
ainaz
electra
calixta
salma

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Boys

[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Darius[/name_m]
[name_u]Spencer[/name_u]
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m]
[name_m]Cyrus[/name_m]
[name_m]Gilbert[/name_m]
[name_u]Pierce[/name_u]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Pascal[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m]
[name_m]Lazarus[/name_m]
[name_m]Shepherd[/name_m]
[name_m]Patrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Nehemiah[/name_m]
[name_m]Newton[/name_m]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Wycliffe[/name_m]
[name_m]Graham[/name_m]
[name_u]Grady[/name_u]
[name_u]Banner[/name_u]
[name_m]Fraser[/name_m]

Girls

[name_f]Elinor[/name_f] “Nora”
[name_f]Coralie[/name_f]
[name_f]Gloria[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Junia[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]
Elise/Annelise
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Linnea[/name_f]
[name_f]Nuria[/name_f]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]

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No SO so these are just my picks (in alphabetical order).

Girls

Ada
Arwen
Beatrix
Clara
Eloise
Elowen
Flora
Florence
Frankie
Indie
Ivy
Juno
Luna
Magnolia
Nora
Olive
Rose
Sylvie
Willa

Boys

Ambrose
Atlas
Atticus
Caspian
Cyrus
Darcy
Elio
Evander
Florian
Indigo
Oliver
River
Rowan
Sasha
Soren
Wesley

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I’ll limit these to 30 max but try to keep em under 15.

boys

Summary

[name_u]Leo[/name_u]
[name_m]Silas[/name_m]
[name_m]Elio[/name_m]
[name_m]Bram[/name_m] / [name_m]Bramwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Raphael[/name_m]
[name_m]Linus[/name_m]
[name_m]Ilias[/name_m]
[name_m]Matthias[/name_m]
[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Roman[/name_m]
[name_m]Tolliver[/name_m] nn [name_m]Tolly[/name_m]
[name_m]Eneas[/name_m]
Alev
[name_m]Silvestro[/name_m] nn Sev
[name_m]Levon[/name_m]
[name_u]Gabriel[/name_u]
[name_m]Liev[/name_m]
[name_m]Isaeus[/name_m]
[name_u]Zephaniah[/name_u]
[name_m]Jerome[/name_m]
[name_m]Milas[/name_m]
Dimitrie
[name_m]Cassian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]

girls

Summary

[name_f]Julietta[/name_f] nn [name_f]Etta[/name_f]
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Apolline[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdalen[/name_f] / [name_f]Magdala[/name_f]
[name_u]Laurel[/name_u]
[name_f]Aline[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Mirela[/name_f] nn [name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_u]Maz[/name_u]
Elisabel / Elisabelle nn [name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_u]Léonie[/name_u]
[name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivien[/name_u]
Madalina nn [name_f]Mada[/name_f]
[name_f]Celandine[/name_f]
[name_f]Elestren[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurore[/name_f]
[name_f]Lila[/name_f]
[name_f]Anca[/name_f]
[name_f]Paza[/name_f]
[name_f]Nomi[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_u]Phaedra[/name_u]
[name_u]Aberdeen[/name_u]
[name_f]Zella[/name_f]
[name_u]Nepenthe[/name_u]
[name_u]Maven[/name_u]
[name_f]Esmeralda[/name_f]
[name_f]Emerence[/name_f]
[name_f]Avila[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabela[/name_f] nn [name_u]Ara[/name_u]
[name_f]Nerina[/name_f]
[name_f]Isola[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcina[/name_f] nn [name_f]Alcie[/name_f]
[name_f]Lune[/name_f]
[name_f]Nesha[/name_f]

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:blossom:

girls

alba
aria
armine
diellza
emelina
farah
giulia
hope
iris
june
mattea
maeva
tomany
thomasin
valentina

boys

alba
asa
august
ciro
edmund
emile
felix
gabriel
george
isa
iver
joah
jude
leno
lewis
lucca
otis
raphael
robin
sage
sebastian
shea
theodore
toma
wilfred

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here are mine!

boys 🦕
  • oliver
  • theodore
  • jasper
  • harrison
  • ezra
  • august
  • miles
  • reuben
  • otis
  • wesley
  • arlo
  • calvin
  • forrest
  • isaac
  • leo
  • simon
  • hugo
  • rafferty
  • beau
girls 🌼
  • eleanor
  • margot
  • ivy
  • florence
  • willa
  • aoife
  • beatrix
  • nora
  • juniper
  • olive
  • eloise
  • saoirse
  • alma
  • ottilie
  • florence
  • imogen
  • esme
  • piper
  • maisie
  • thea
  • clementine
  • paloma
  • seren
  • ada
  • romy
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[name_f]My[/name_f] top 10s for each, top 5 are bold and italicized~

girls

[name_u]Kahlo[/name_u]
[name_f]Amparo[/name_f]
[name_f]Azula[/name_f]
[name_f]Fatima[/name_f]
[name_f]Hecate[/name_f]
Rocío
[name_f]Mavis[/name_f]
[name_f]Rumer[/name_f]
[name_f]Estera[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]

boys

[name_m]Osiris[/name_m]
Zephiro
[name_m]Prospero[/name_m]
[name_u]Loki[/name_u]
[name_u]Galen[/name_u]
[name_u]Raven[/name_u]
Montero
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
Klarion
Místico

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In no particular order

Girls
  • [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Romy[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Flora[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Cleo[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Ines[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Pauline[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Libby[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Tess[/name_f]
  • [name_f]Lilou[/name_f]
  • [name_u]Alma[/name_u]
  • [name_f]Mara[/name_f]
Boys
  • [name_m]Bram[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Laurie[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Raphael[/name_m] / [name_u]Rafa[/name_u]
  • [name_m]Otto[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Ivo[/name_m]
  • [name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
  • [name_u]Marlowe[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Sasha[/name_u]
  • [name_u]Kit[/name_u]
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Like others above, I’m just sharing SO-approved names, whereas my own personal lists would me much longer (and, well, different):

Girls

[name_f]Emily[/name_f] “Emmy”
[name_f]Irene[/name_f]
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Thea[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f]
[name_f]Summer[/name_f]
[name_f]Lola[/name_f]

Boys

[name_u]Jude[/name_u]
[name_m]Elwyn[/name_m]
[name_u]Harper[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]George[/name_u]
[name_u]Mackenzie[/name_u]
[name_u]Maxwell[/name_u]
[name_m]Damian[/name_m]
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Keith[/name_m]

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boys 🧸

theodore
sebastian
kit
river
ezra
jasper
elio
atlas
asher
august
otto
hugo

girls 🍄

lilia
clara
ivy
sylvie
eden
delphine
lyra
juno
elara
elodie
athena
elva

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Realistically, the ones I’d definitely use:

Girls

[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f], [name_u]Mallory[/name_u], [name_f]Rosalia[/name_f], [name_u]Cleo[/name_u], [name_f]Aoife[/name_f], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Natalia[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Orlando[/name_m], [name_u]Koa[/name_u], [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_u]Jack[/name_u], [name_u]Flynn[/name_u], [name_u]Sasha[/name_u], [name_u]Emmett[/name_u]

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Girls:

Summary

Elspeth
Imogen
Frida
Delphine
Marguerite
Petra
Florence
Constance
Sybil
Rosalind
Fidelma
Aphra
Cornelia
Saskia
Zinnia
Cosima
Bernadette
Felicity
Emmanuelle
Guinevere
Amadea
Zosia
Agnes
Estella
Simone
Zahra
Dorothea
Antoinette
Jacinda
Theodosia

Boys:

Summary

Morris
Ansel
Walden
Clement
Alasdair
Wilfred
Abner
Orson
Rupert
Ambrose
Cecil
Reuben
Wendell
Nelson
Perry
Desmond
Nigel
Jasper
Felix
Alfred
Hiram
Clarence
Amos
Bernard
Luther
Kester
Glenn
Finbar
Ephraim
Dexter

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girls
  • agnes
  • august
  • betty
  • billie
  • dorothy
  • eleanor
  • eliza
  • frances
  • jane
  • june
  • libby
  • louise
  • manon
  • maxine
  • olivia
  • paloma
  • romy
  • tiggy
boys
  • beck
  • cosmo
  • hal
  • jem
  • laurence // laurie
  • percy
  • theodore
  • timothy
  • valentine
  • wilbur
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