So I’ve noticed some quite negative threads lately so I’ve decided to make a positive one!
I always love to hear about other people favourites names so I thought that this would be fun.
What names make you happy? Like if you were to hear someone calling their child with that name, it would make you smile?
For me it’s [name_u]Jesse[/name_u] 
it’s my favourite name and because I don’t here it to often, when I do, it makes me happy.
Have fun!
I really like hearing [name_f]Amelie[/name_f]? It’s just sweet when you hear it called
A lot of the names I’d love to hear…I’ve never heard. LoL
But, I do love these names, which belong to some children in our neighborhood:
[name_f]Coco[/name_f] and [name_f]Cece[/name_f] ([name_f]Coraline[/name_f] and [name_f]Cecelia[/name_f]) are sisters
[name_m]Nevin[/name_m]
[name_f]Brigitta[/name_f]
[name_m]Manu[/name_m]
[name_f]Sylvie[/name_f] for me. It’s probably the only name I’m 110% on and I enjoy saying it. I’m also pretty thrilled whenever I see or hear [name_f]Callista[/name_f] / [name_f]Calista[/name_f] just because she’s so underused and has a great meaning. For boys, it would be [name_m]Marius[/name_m]. The rest of my boys are bit more common but I’d be surprised and delighted to hear [name_m]Marius[/name_m] (in the US) on a child.
I heard the name [name_m]Albert[/name_m] used the other day and I wanted to cry with happiness as he was so cute and the name is my favourite boys name ever. I would love to hear the names [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] and [name_f]Rosa[/name_f] more often as I also love those.
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m] - heard a mum call her little boy that a while ago and it immediately took the #1 spot on my [name_m]German[/name_m] boys’ list (it was among the top 3 even before that but I never quite knew which was my absolute favourite until then)
A coworker named his baby girl [name_f]Elara[/name_f], which I really liked.
I really like Firenze. The city of Firenze is beautiful, said and spelt [name_f]Florence[/name_f] in English, Firenze can be said [name_f]Florence[/name_f] too so I find it a lovely spelling of [name_f]Florence[/name_f].
[name_u]Bright[/name_u], springy names make me happy like [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Cora[/name_f], [name_f]Maisie[/name_f], [name_f]Mia[/name_f], [name_f]Iris[/name_f], [name_u]Laney[/name_u], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f]
Also, [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]. Maybe because it means ‘happy’, idk. But those names and others like them always make me smile.
I agree with [name_f]Felicity[/name_f]! It is a happy name
[name_f]Miri[/name_f], [name_f]Annie[/name_f], [name_u]Ari[/name_u], [name_f]Ginny[/name_f], [name_f]Marigold[/name_f], [name_f]Joy[/name_f], [name_f]Meri[/name_f], [name_u]Keely[/name_u], [name_f]Audrey[/name_f], [name_f]Summer[/name_f], [name_f]Mira[/name_f], [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], Avonlea…
[name_m]Caspian[/name_m] definitely does. Popularity is a bit of an issue, but he always makes me smile. My boys in general, really. They don’t change much but I love them all a lot. [name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m], [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], and [name_m]Nikolai[/name_m] in particular. [name_f]Pandora[/name_f] one of my oldest and still favourite name, still makes me smile when I think about her.
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f] always makes me happy. I think if I met a [name_f]Maeve[/name_f] in real life, I wouldn’t be able to stop smiling.
I’ve always smiled at [name_u]Kennedy[/name_u], [name_u]Landry[/name_u]/Landrie, [name_f]Destiny[/name_f] and [name_u]Paisley[/name_u]. I can’t quite explain why, but they’ve always made me happy when I hear them!
The names that always make me happy are my daughters’ names: [name_f]Ivalo[/name_f] and Hesper, it was like that way before they were born and is even more today. [name_f]Araluen[/name_f], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] are also names that always make me smile and think happy thoughts.
I once met a little boy named [name_m]Augustus[/name_m], [name_u]Gus[/name_u] for short and it was the PERFECT name for him. It was so cute and matched his personality really well. I’ve also met a little [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] which was great!
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f]. It’s so soft and sophisticated and pretty and underused.
Also short, bright, funky names like [name_f]Lumi[/name_f], [name_f]Suki[/name_f], [name_m]Pippin[/name_m], [name_f]Trixie[/name_f], [name_u]Hero[/name_u], [name_u]Rex[/name_u], Lupin, [name_u]Asa[/name_u], [name_m]Samson[/name_m]…
What a brilliant, beautiful idea for a thread!
Erm, I get irrationally happy when I hear some of my favorites used in real life–like [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f], [name_f]Arianne[/name_f], [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Tessa[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f], [name_f]Lottie[/name_f], etc., for girls, and [name_u]Everett[/name_u], [name_m]Casper[/name_m], [name_u]Bailey[/name_u], [name_u]Avery[/name_u], [name_u]Rowan[/name_u], [name_m]Thomas[/name_m], [name_m]Jack[/name_m], [name_m]Boaz[/name_m], [name_m]Peter[/name_m], [name_m]Leo[/name_m], [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], etc. for boys, but I agree with the posters who say [name_f]Marigold[/name_f] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]–they’re such happy names!
I like hearing pretty, slightly old-fashioned underused names because it just makes a child so unique and instead of being the tenth [name_m]Harry[/name_m] in a class they could be something special. I also like the name [name_f]Maeve[/name_f], it’s really cute and I love saying it.
[name_u]Finn[/name_u] for a boy - it makes my heart skip a beat, not so much when I hear it as when I think of it. It’s like rereading [name_m]Little[/name_m] Women and feeling like you know all the characters so well and getting all warm and fuzzy inside at the best bits [name_m]Lachlan[/name_m], [name_m]Olivier[/name_m], [name_u]Robin[/name_u], and [name_m]Alistair[/name_m], too.
For girls - [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f] makes me feel happy - like smelling a fragrant herb and just breathing it in. [name_f]Odelia[/name_f] makes me feel joyful in a strong, vibrant sort of way. [name_f]Violet[/name_f] because she’s just pure
loveliness. [name_f]Judith[/name_f], [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f], [name_f]Polly[/name_f], [name_f]Lotte[/name_f], Ness, [name_f]Tess[/name_f], [name_f]Nell[/name_f] . . . [name_f]Arianell[/name_f] . . . I agree with [name_f]Susannah[/name_f], actually.
@izzie, I really appreciate that you noticed the negativity and created a positive thread as a response to that. I didn’t like it either.