What's Your Shortlist?

Whether you’re ttc or not, married or not, old enough to even have a baby or not, I’m sure you have a shortlist. I do at least. Anyways, what’s yours?

Here’s Mine:

Girls:
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (will be the first used)
[name_u]Eloise[/name_u]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Belle[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Elspeth[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_m]Theodore[/name_m] (will be the first used)
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugo[/name_m]
[name_m]Tobias[/name_m]
[name_m]Atticus[/name_m]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m]
[name_m]Phineas[/name_m]
[name_m]Alfred[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m]

I will probably not use [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] or [name_f]Juliana[/name_f], but I love the names and felt bad leaving them off of the list.

I have already 2 children but lately I’ve been toying with the idea having another baby. These are the names on my current shortlist & names that I think go with my children’s names.

Girls:
Calypso - ‘Callie / Po’
[name_u]Paisley[/name_u]
[name_u]Robin[/name_u]
Ulani
Keltie
[name_f]Melody[/name_f] - ‘[name_f]DeDe[/name_f]’
[name_f]Italia[/name_f]
Fairamay - ‘[name_f]Fairy[/name_f]’
Zaylie
[name_f]Lolita[/name_f] - ‘[name_f]Lita[/name_f]’
[name_f]Keiko[/name_f]
Zindzi

Boys:
[name_m]Owen[/name_m]
[name_u]Jeremiah[/name_u] - ‘Jez’
[name_m]Clayton[/name_m] - ‘[name_m]Clay[/name_m]’
[name_m]Beckett[/name_m]
[name_m]Jacoby[/name_m]
Nico
Marston - ‘Marty / Mars’
[name_m]Antonio[/name_m]
[name_m]Seeley[/name_m]
[name_u]Chase[/name_u]
Simeon
[name_m]Jedidiah[/name_m] - ‘[name_m]Jedi[/name_m]’
Zebedee

[name_m]Caspian[/name_m]
[name_u]Phoenix[/name_u]
[name_m]Ptolemy[/name_m]
[name_m]Horatio[/name_m]
[name_m]Nikolai[/name_m]
[name_m]Artemus[/name_m]
[name_m]Prosper[/name_m]
[name_m]Ephraim[/name_m]
Skandar
[name_m]Cedrick[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_u]Indigo[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Lysander[/name_m]
[name_m]Wolfgang[/name_m]

[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Demelza[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Morgana[/name_f]
Rowenna
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f]
[name_f]Marigold[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Adira[/name_f]
[name_f]Viola[/name_f] (Vee-OH-luh)
[name_f]Sybil[/name_f]
[name_f]Sally[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilac[/name_f]

These are just the names I would actually use. So there are some names I love on my top 10/20 list, but don’t fit my criteria (usually too popular) that I haven’t included.

I always think I don’t have a short list, but when it comes down to it, the list of names I’m likely to really use is a slim one. Most names don’t work in Norway, sadly.
For real babies, this is about it:
Idunn
[name_f]Liva[/name_f]
[name_u]Tora[/name_u]
[name_f]Rosa[/name_f]
[name_f]Signe[/name_f]
[name_f]Mari[/name_f]
Frøya
Bjørk
[name_f]Eir[/name_f]
[name_f]Erla[/name_f]
Vårin

[name_m]Iver[/name_m]
Olai
[name_u]Bo[/name_u]
Ravn
[name_f]Nor[/name_f]
Vilje
[name_m]Trygg[/name_m]
[name_m]Falk[/name_m]
Sølve
[name_m]Aksel[/name_m]
[name_m]Alvar[/name_m]

I might go a different route, with more elaborate non-Nordic names:
[name_f]Lovisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Leonor[/name_f]
[name_f]Ofelia[/name_f]
Everild
Soleia
Ellisiv
Alvilde
[name_f]Margaret[/name_f]
Olava
Emerense

[name_m]Immanuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Lavrans[/name_m]
Alvarin
Ambros
[name_m]Johannes[/name_m]
Eindride
[name_m]Valentin[/name_m]
[name_m]Edvin[/name_m]
[name_m]Ossian[/name_m]
[name_m]Ingmar[/name_m]

My shortlist is really quite short, actually, my long list isn’t much longer than my whole signature.

These are the names I can see myself using as first names:
[name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Flora[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m], [name_m]Henry[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] & [name_m]Hugo[/name_m]

A few more: [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Margot[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_m]Edgar[/name_m], [name_u]Elliott[/name_u], [name_m]Oscar[/name_m] & [name_m]Theodore[/name_m] ([name_u]Theo[/name_u])

Girls: [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Eleanor[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f], [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], [name_f]Miriam[/name_f] or [name_u]Marian[/name_u]

Boys: [name_m]Desmond[/name_m], [name_m]Edwin[/name_m], [name_m]Frederick[/name_m], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m], [name_m]Calvin[/name_m], [name_u]Glen[/name_u]

These are the only names on my list that I can really and truly imagine using.

I love a lot of names, but I wouldn’t ever use some of them in reality. The ones I would actually consider using on a real child:

~Girls~
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Sylvia[/name_f]
[name_f]Primrose[/name_f] (only as a middle)
[name_f]Felicity[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f] (probably as a middle)
[name_f]Faye[/name_f]
[name_f]Eleanor[/name_f]
[name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Susanna[/name_f] (maybe…)
[name_f]Tess[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]/[name_f]Liliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]

~Boys~
[name_m]Cedric[/name_m] (maybe…)
[name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_u]Sage[/name_u]
[name_m]Nathan[/name_m]/[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Julian[/name_m]
[name_m]Forest[/name_m] (only as a middle)
[name_m]Edward[/name_m]/[name_m]Edmund[/name_m]
[name_u]Gale[/name_u]
[name_u]Rowan[/name_u]
[name_m]Ansel[/name_m]
[name_m]Wilhelm[/name_m] (maybe…)
[name_m]Anthony[/name_m]
[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] (I love nn [name_u]Sasha[/name_u] but would probably end up using [name_u]Andy[/name_u])

Girls-
[name_f]Sadie[/name_f]
[name_f]Hazel[/name_f]
[name_f]Anna[/name_f]
[name_f]Adalyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarisse[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Lily[/name_f]

Boys-
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m]
[name_m]Thatcher[/name_m]
[name_m]Ezra[/name_m]
[name_m]Sebastian[/name_m]
[name_m]Vincent[/name_m]
[name_m]Nathaniel[/name_m]
[name_u]Jensen[/name_u]
[name_m]Felix[/name_m]
[name_m]Hadrien[/name_m]

My short list is whatever is in my signature at the moment, and why I change it at least once a day… I make a joke that I’ll be going to the courthouse to change the kids names every single day, lol. Sounds bad, but I’m still young.

Sometimes I feel that the only name that will never be taken off of it is Arsinoë. [name_f]Violet[/name_f], [name_f]Serafina[/name_f], [name_f]Josslyn[/name_f], [name_f]Demetria[/name_f], [name_f]Aurora[/name_f], [name_f]Asia[/name_f], and [name_f]Erica[/name_f]/[name_f]Erika[/name_f] I’ve loved since elementary or middle school! About half the names in my longer list as well.

For boys… Bleh. Almost every boy name I like (and ALL the ones I “love”) are from fandoms. So I can’t really say here. From my current shortlist [name_m]Alec[/name_m], [name_m]Scipio[/name_m], [name_m]Demetri[/name_m], [name_m]Prosper[/name_m], and [name_u]Nico[/name_u] have stood the longest as favourites, all somewhere between elementary school and 8th grade.

Girls:

[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f]/Annalora/[name_f]Annaleah[/name_f]
[name_f]Elaina[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsa[/name_f]
[name_f]Elisabeth[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmy[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]/Laurielle/[name_f]Lauretta[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Maribelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosetta[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Tessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_u]Vivian[/name_u]

Boys:

[name_m]Abram[/name_m]
[name_m]Bennett[/name_m]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]/[name_m]Conrad[/name_m]
[name_m]Gunnar[/name_m]
[name_m]Jonas[/name_m]/[name_m]Jonah[/name_m]
[name_m]Knox[/name_m]
[name_m]Lance[/name_m]
[name_m]Luke[/name_m]
[name_m]Maxwell[/name_m]
[name_m]Ronan[/name_m]/[name_m]Rowe[/name_m]
[name_m]Samson[/name_m]
[name_u]Walker[/name_u]

Edited for Privacy

Fn short list:
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]
[name_f]Ethel[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeva[/name_f]
Mn short list:
[name_f]Violet[/name_f]
Pond
Sea

Fn short list:
[name_m]Peter[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_m]Nicholas[/name_m]
Mn short list:
[name_u]Ocean[/name_u]
Tale
[name_u]River[/name_u]

Sadly, a lot of the names in my list are not usable in my country.

I have 3 clear candidates to be a first name for a boy: Alexander (which would mean Alexandra and Alexia are out), Gabriel (which would mean I would not use Gabriella) and Victor (which would leave out Victoria). Middle names are another story. I don’t really have any combos in my mind.

It is honestly so funny because there is just a few boy names that I truly enjoy but ironically that means I have more clear ideas what I would use on a boy than on a girl, where I have like a trillion of faves. I know that if I would use Elizabeth without hesitation, but aside from that I’m at a lost because I have too many faves.

Girls:
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelina[/name_f]
[name_f]Esther[/name_f]
[name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_m]Lincoln[/name_m]
[name_m]Desmond[/name_m]
[name_m]Eleazar[/name_m]
[name_m]Leopold[/name_m]
[name_m]Benedict[/name_m]

Girls:
[name_f]Alice[/name_f]
[name_f]Mira[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]
[name_f]Greta[/name_f]
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]
[name_f]Charlotte[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliet[/name_f]

Boys:
[name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Will[/name_m]
[name_u]Chandler[/name_u]
[name_u]Finn[/name_u]
[name_u]Alex[/name_u]
[name_m]Matthew[/name_m]
[name_u]Avery[/name_u]
[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Hadley[/name_u]
[name_u]Sawyer[/name_u]

Boys:

[name_u]Dallas[/name_u]
[name_u]Riley[/name_u]
[name_u]Jamie[/name_u]
[name_u]Tristan[/name_u]
[name_m]Carl[/name_m]
[name_m]Drake[/name_m]
[name_u]Roy[/name_u]
[name_u]August[/name_u]
[name_m]Jackson[/name_m]

Girls:

[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]
[name_f]Heidi[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Laura[/name_f] (or [name_f]Lauren[/name_f])
[name_f]Amanda[/name_f]
[name_f]Natalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Jessica[/name_f]

Some of the names in my signature I probably wouldn’t use, or would only use as a middle, but the ones I just listed are the ones I’d want to use as a first name.

[name_f]Poppy[/name_f], [name_f]Eira[/name_f], [name_f]Edith[/name_f], [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]

[name_m]Walter[/name_m], [name_u]Elliot[/name_u], [name_m]Vincent[/name_m]

In my signature :slight_smile:

I keep the longer lists on my listography account.

My shortlist is basically the top names that are mutually agreed upon, (my full list is on listography as well).

[name_f]Aoife[/name_f] (Ee-fa)
[name_f]Arianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f]
[name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Elle[/name_f]
[name_f]Elsie[/name_f]
[name_f]Emilia[/name_f]
[name_u]Evelyn[/name_u]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Lillian[/name_f]
[name_f]Lottie[/name_f]
[name_f]Maisie[/name_f]
[name_f]Mila[/name_f]
[name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]
[name_f]Tallulah[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f]

[name_m]Aaron[/name_m]
[name_u]Aiden[/name_u]
[name_m]Connor[/name_m]
[name_m]Daniel[/name_m]
[name_m]Ethan[/name_m]
[name_m]Gavin[/name_m]
[name_m]Harrison[/name_m]
[name_u]Hayden[/name_u]
[name_u]Hudson[/name_u]
[name_m]Kenneth[/name_m]
[name_m]Landon[/name_m]
[name_m]Marcus[/name_m]
[name_u]Parker[/name_u]
[name_f]Taron[/name_f]
[name_m]William[/name_m]

All of the names in my sig are on my short list. My favourite are…

[name_f]Serena[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]

[name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_m]Oliver[/name_m]
[name_u]Elliot[/name_u]