Our favorites at the moment:
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Archibald[/name_m]
[name_m]Axel[/name_m] - family name
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] - family name
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Otto[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Frances[/name_f] - family name
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - family name
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] - family name
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_u]Marion[/name_u] - family name
Top contenders for first names:
[name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Casper[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like [name_m]Casper[/name_m] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] and [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]? My fiance seems to like names with a bit of a punch or literary flair to them. What other middles could we use to get that same effect?
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Frances[/name_f] are great. [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f] feels a little too gothic to me for some reason. I also like [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], and [name_u]Marion[/name_u] from your list. [name_f]Isobel[/name_f] is nice but sounds like popular [name_f]Isabel[/name_f].
For boys, [name_m]Casper[/name_m] for some reason reminds me of a cheesy guy from the 70s. For [name_m]Archie[/name_m], I like the [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] idea. [name_m]Archie[/name_m] sounds pretty informal for an adult, and [name_m]Archibald[/name_m] is not the prettiest. I like [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_u]Alcott[/name_u]! The literary middle name idea is cool. Other ideas…
I really like [name_m]Archibald[/name_m]! Think it makes a great name. Also like [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] from your boys list. From your girls I looove [name_f]Winifred[/name_f], so underused! [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Frances[/name_f] and [name_f]Josephine[/name_f] are also really nice.