Came across Augustus John (1878-1961), the Welsh artist on this (NB) site and went down the wormhole (ie Wikipedia). Found a trove of beautifully named people in his (very controversial, self-centred and probably, from what it says, criminal/unethical) life.
Discomfort aside, the names (of his brother, wife, lovers, children, children in law, and then grandchildren etc) jumped out to me as wonderful and pretty on trend/ NB-friendly.
In addition to Augustus and John:
Boys/men
Thornton
David
Caspar
Edwin
Robin
Henry
Tristan
Horace
Romilly (yes, boy!)
Willem
Auguste
Ambrose
Girls/women
Augusta
Gwendolen “Gwen”
Winifred
Ida
Dorothy “Dorelia”
Vivien
Evelyn
Amaryllis
Mavis
Poppet
Talitha
Gwyneth
Nora
Hilda
Vera
Edit: also added names of and around his sister, fellow artist, Gwen John (1876-1939).
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I love Dorelia and Poppet!
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And also Ida! Dorothy!!! So wonderful
Like these five! Romilly for a boy or a girl, both are great
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What an interesting selection!!
Pleased to see [name_u]Robin[/name_u], [name_m]Caspar[/name_m], [name_u]Tristan[/name_u], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Mavis[/name_f] 
, [name_f]Talitha[/name_f], [name_f]Gwyneth[/name_f] and [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f] [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] ‘Dorelia’ is distinctive and interesting, Poppet is cute and [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] on a boy is intriguing - kind of like it
I like [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f] and [name_u]Robin[/name_u]! Also intrigued by [name_u]Romilly[/name_u] on a boy, I think it works in a [name_u]Bellamy[/name_u] sort of way.
I know [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] [name_u]John[/name_u] was Augustus’s sister so it seems extra odd that he’d know a male [name_f]Gwen[/name_f], too.
Gah! You’re right, @QuirkFlower - misread it (while typing it up on a busy bus!), hopefully not too horrifying for any art scholars/ aesthetes on here (only just remembered the [name_u]Rodin[/name_u] connection). [name_u]Will[/name_u] change and add parents and other sibs. Thanks
[name_m]Edwin[/name_m]!
I love [name_u]Romilly[/name_u] on a boy. Others I like are [name_m]Horace[/name_m], [name_u]Auguste[/name_u], [name_f]Gwendolen[/name_f], [name_f]Ida[/name_f], [name_f]Augusta[/name_f], [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Amaryllis[/name_f], [name_u]Henry[/name_u], [name_m]Caspar[/name_m], Robin,Gwyneth & [name_f]Winifred[/name_f].