Thoughts on Sam's List?

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Apparently today is my one year anniversary of joining NB! :partying_face: So to celebrate, I wanted to get some help/opinions on my long list. I’ve spent all summer working on compiling an official written down master List of my favorite names that I would genuinely consider using in the future because I didn’t really have one before (and eventually will use that list to finally write a UC) but I’ve kind of gotten stuck. I would love to see combos, suggestions of things to add to the list (especially for the boys), or which ones are you favorites but any feedback is welcome :heart: Thank you all for this wonderful community and here’s to many more years to come! :clinking_glasses:

Girls

[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f] “Wren”
[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] “Birdie”
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] “Cara”
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f] “Nina”
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] “Dot”
[name_f]Elaine[/name_f] “Lane”
[name_f]Elara[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] “Nell”
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] “Elsie”
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] “Wren”
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] “Ginger”
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_u]Holly[/name_u]
[name_f]Henrietta[/name_f] “Henri”
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] “Belle”
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] “Sadie”
[name_u]Ivy[/name_u]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] “Josie”
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] “Jet”
[name_u]Larkspur[/name_u] “Lark”
[name_f]Lia[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f] “Livie”
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] “Lizzie”
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marianne[/name_f] “Annie”
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f] “Marie”
[name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] “Mattie”
[name_u]Meadowlark[/name_u] “Mel”
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] “Peggy”
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f] “Annie”
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] “Sallie”
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] “Rosie”
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] “Sera”
[name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] “Beth”
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Violetta[/name_f] “Lottie”
[name_f]Winifred[/name_f] “Freddie”
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Adam[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] “Al”
[name_u]Arthur[/name_u]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] “Ian”
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_m]Dominic[/name_m] “Nick”
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m] “Ted”
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] “Van”
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_u]Finley[/name_u] “Finn”
[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “Freddie”
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u] “Finn”
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m] “Harris”
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] “Thorne”
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] “Hal”
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m]
[name_u]John[/name_u] “Johnny”
[name_u]Larkspur[/name_u] “Lark”
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] “Ollie”
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] “Pippin”
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] “Theo”
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_u]Valentine[/name_u] “Val”
[name_m]Victor[/name_m]
[name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u] “Will”

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name rank
love:
bernadette, dorothy, elara (it’s picking up around here :laughing:, on my list!), juliet, larkspur, faye, henrietta, lucy, matilda, meadowlark (love these whimsical names), peregrine, ramona, seraphina (great meaning)

caspian, felix, henry, larkspur, oliver, peregrine, peter, theodore

it’s cool, but not my list kind of thing:
alina, annie, daphne, estelle, florence, holly, isadora, ivy, josephine, lia, marigold, rosalie, rosemary, violetta

adam, arthur, dean, declan, edmund, evander, griffin, hawthorne, hugo, john, valentine, victor, william

not my brand of tea:
adrienne, dana, caroline, elaine, eleanor, georgina, hazel, imogen, isabelle, liv, louisa, lydia, marianne, marina, rhiannon, scarlett, tabitha, vanessa, winifred, zelda

alistair, conrad, dominic, finley, freddie, frederick, harrison, ian, isidore, stellan, tristan, wells

observations
adrienne “wren”, juliet “jet”, isadora “sadie” - so creative!
bernadette “birdie” - i remember saying this recently, was it you or someone with the same idea? technically, it’s a great cute and creative nickname. but, bernadette is a bear name, so nicknaming it bird is …funny.

tristan - it’s a sad name. great sound, i get it, but as part of a big chunk of the romance speaking language world, it’s literally sad on a stick.

new ideas
audrianna
estrella
coraline
della
colette
tressa
romilly
eloise

valentin
zell
elio
eliam
stefan
cal / callan / callahan
leander
flynn
alaric
lincoln “nick”
aris
zebedee
bernardo
jack
hector
rhys

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[name_u]Happy[/name_u] NB Anniversary!

You have a lovely list!

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites are: [name_f]Alina[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_u]Dana[/name_u], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] ‘Nell’, [name_f]Estelle[/name_f] ‘Elsie’, [name_f]Faye[/name_f], [name_u]Florence[/name_u], [name_f]Isadora[/name_f], [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Imogen[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_u]Larkspur[/name_u], [name_f]Lucy[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Marina[/name_f], [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f], [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Stellan[/name_m], [name_u]Tristan[/name_u], [name_u]Valentine[/name_u]

That’s a lot of favourites - sorry!

I’d make these combos:

[name_f]Alina[/name_f] [name_u]Wren[/name_u]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Louisa[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f] [name_u]Ivy[/name_u]
[name_f]Estelle[/name_f] [name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Elara[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Faye[/name_f] [name_f]Marina[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f] [name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_u]Florence[/name_u] [name_u]Meadowlark[/name_u]
[name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_u]Larkspur[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] [name_f]Matilda[/name_f]

[name_m]Felix[/name_m] [name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m]
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u] [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m] [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m] [name_m]Oliver[/name_m]

Some suggestions to add:

[name_f]Anya[/name_f]
[name_f]Nadine[/name_f] ‘Deenie’ ‘Nina’
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_u]Camille[/name_u] ‘Millie’
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f] ‘Pepper’
[name_f]Wilhelmina[/name_f] ‘Mina’ ‘Winnie’
[name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] ‘Mab’
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f] ‘Kai’ ‘Kei’
[name_f]Martina[/name_f] ‘Mitzi’
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f] ‘Effie’
[name_u]Jubilee[/name_u] ‘Billie’
[name_f]Sunshine[/name_f] ‘Sunny’
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f] ‘Cassie’
[name_f]Frederika[/name_f] ‘Freda’ ‘Fia’
[name_u]Solstice[/name_u] ‘Sol’ ‘Tizzy’
[name_f]Sonnet[/name_f] ‘Etta’ ‘Nettie’

[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Sholto[/name_m]
[name_m]Fergus[/name_m] ‘Gus’
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m] ‘Mac’
[name_u]Leander[/name_u] ‘Leo’
[name_m]Cosmo[/name_m]
[name_u]Ezra[/name_u]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_u]Clarence[/name_u] ‘Clark’ ‘Clancy’
[name_u]Florian[/name_u]
[name_m]Magnus[/name_m] ‘Max’
[name_u]Lawrence[/name_u] ‘Ren’ ‘Lance’
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ozias[/name_m] ‘Ozzie’
[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m] ‘Bram’
[name_u]Julian[/name_u] ‘Jude’
[name_m]Gideon[/name_m]
[name_m]Forrest[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Rafferty[/name_m]
[name_m]Ewan[/name_m]
[name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Sylvan[/name_m]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]

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Girls

I like so many of these names, so here are the ones I was particularly happy to see this evening, for whatever reason:
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Elara[/name_f], [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Ramona[/name_f], [name_f]Marianne[/name_f].

Combos:
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Alina[/name_f] [name_u]Ivy[/name_u]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_u]Hazel[/name_u]
[name_f]Adrienne[/name_f] [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u] [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]

Sisters: [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] and [name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]

Suggestions:
[name_f]Danika[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgetta[/name_f]

Boys

Favourites: [name_m]Conrad[/name_m], [name_m]Evander[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_u]Griffin[/name_u], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], [name_m]Stellan[/name_m], [name_m]Wells[/name_m]
Combos:
[name_m]Evander[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] [name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m] Griffink
[name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_m]Wells[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m]

Suggestions:
[name_m]Cormac[/name_m]
[name_u]Emrys[/name_u]

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[name_u]Happy[/name_u] Nameberry anniversary! Your list is lovely.

[name_f]My[/name_f] favourites…
[name_f]Annie[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_u]Florence[/name_u], [name_u]Hazel[/name_u], [name_u]Holly[/name_u], [name_f]Henrietta[/name_f], [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Liv[/name_f], [name_f]Louisa[/name_f], [name_f]Marianne[/name_f], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u] (especially with nn [name_f]Peggy[/name_f] :heart_eyes:), [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

[name_u]Arthur[/name_u], [name_m]Caspian[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_m]Felix[/name_m], [name_u]Freddie[/name_u], [name_m]Harrison[/name_m], [name_m]Hugo[/name_m], [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u], [name_m]Theodore[/name_m]

Combos…
[name_u]Holly[/name_u] [name_u]Peregrine[/name_u]
[name_u]Hazel[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]
[name_u]Dana[/name_u] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] [name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_u]Ivy[/name_u] [name_f]Elaine[/name_f]

[name_u]Arthur[/name_u] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] [name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_m]Alistair[/name_m] [name_u]Dean[/name_u]
[name_u]Henry[/name_u] [name_m]Hawthorne[/name_m]
[name_m]Isidore[/name_m] [name_m]Wells[/name_m]

Other ideas… (Sorry for any repeats!)
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Diana[/name_f]
[name_f]Posie[/name_f]
[name_f]Harriet[/name_f]
[name_f]Francie[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Polly[/name_f]
[name_f]Ada[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Enid[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Agnes[/name_f]
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Marilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Theodosia[/name_f]

[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m]
[name_m]Edgar[/name_m]
[name_u]Albie[/name_u]
[name_u]Ellery[/name_u]
[name_m]Alaric[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Emil[/name_m]
[name_u]Jasper[/name_u]
[name_u]Howard[/name_u]
[name_u]Merritt[/name_u]
[name_u]Percy[/name_u]
[name_u]Eddie[/name_u]
[name_m]Donovan[/name_m]
[name_m]Simon[/name_m]
[name_u]Kit[/name_u]
[name_u]Hartley[/name_u]

[name_f]Hope[/name_f] this helps!

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are:

[name_f]Alina[/name_f]
[name_f]Annie[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]
[name_f]Liv[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f]

[name_u]Declan[/name_u]
[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Griffin[/name_u]
[name_m]Ian[/name_m]
[name_m]Stellan[/name_m]
[name_u]William[/name_u]

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Thank you all for the wonderful responses :heart: there are so many great suggestions that will definitely be added to the list.

@Aren I’m a big fan of unexpected nicknames so I’m glad to see them getting some love. I know I’ve mentioned [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f] “Birdie” a few times recently so that definitely might have been me. I hadn’t thought of the bear/bird thing but a bear called [name_u]Bird[/name_u] is hilarious to me so now I love it even more :joy: The sad aspect of [name_u]Tristan[/name_u] is not great, for now its still on my long list but that is keeping it out of my tippy top favorites.

And to shout out some of my favorite combo ideas:
@Greyblue [name_f]Elara[/name_f] [name_f]Faye[/name_f] and [name_m]Conrad[/name_m] [name_m]Evander[/name_m] are such mystical fantasy adventure name!
@EdgeOfTheMeadow [name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_u]Hazel[/name_u] has the coziest autumn vibes and [name_m]Stellan[/name_m] [name_m]Frederick[/name_m] is so handsome!
@Indigoskies [name_u]Dana[/name_u] [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] and [name_m]Isidore[/name_m] [name_m]Wells[/name_m] jumped out to me. I wouldn’t have thought to pair these together on my own but I really love them!

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ok, you might have convinced me in the hilariously calling a bear a bird thing :joy:

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