Your honest opinions please!

See the results of this poll: Kaia, William (Will), Oliver (Ollie) and (Vote one girl, one boy please!)

Respondents: 49 (This poll is closed)

  • Lucy Green: 15 (31%)
  • Piper Green: 5 (10%)
  • Phoebe Green: 4 (8%)
  • Rosa Green: 1 (2%)
  • Alfred (Alfie) Green: 5 (10%)
  • James Green: 2 (4%)
  • Elliot Green: 10 (20%)
  • Frederick (Freddie) Green: 7 (14%)

I love all your boy names, except [name]Alfred[/name]. It is not bad at all, but I am from the south and have heard it butchered to [name]Alferd[/name] my whole life. I think [name]Frederick[/name] works great with your other names. [name]Thomas[/name], [name]James[/name], and [name]Elliot[/name] are all favs though.

[name]Lucy[/name] and [name]Molly[/name] are my favorites from your girl list. Sadly, [name]Molly[/name] is too close. If you just called [name]Oliver[/name] by his full name, it would work. [name]Phoebe[/name] also works great with the sib set.

So many great choices. Good [name]Luck[/name]!

[name]Pippa[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name] are by far my favorites and fit great in your sibset.

[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] is gorgeous. I can picture it working really well on a strawberry blonde baby girl. My favourite from your boys list is [name]Thomas[/name] [name]Harley[/name]. I really love [name]Molly[/name] from your girls list as well, but I think [name]Molly[/name] and [name]Ollie[/name] are too close for siblings.

[name]Lucy[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name] and [name]Piper[/name] get my vote! All are beautiful names. I agree [name]Molly[/name] is too close to [name]Ollie[/name]. [name]Bonnie[/name] and [name]Rosa[/name] aren’t my style. And [name]Pippa[/name] sounds like a nickname to me, plus I like [name]Piper[/name] better. You could even call [name]Piper[/name] [name]Pippa[/name] if you really wanted to use it as a fun nickname (not that she needs one).

As for boys, [name]James[/name], [name]Alfred[/name] and [name]Frederick[/name] are my picks. [name]Tom[/name] [name]Green[/name] is a comedian/actor that I’m not fond of. [name]Elliot[/name] is a great name, but I think it’s too close to [name]Oliver[/name]/[name]Ollie[/name].

Great job though…you’ve got some great names to choose from.

[name]Kaia[/name] [name]Felicity[/name], [name]William[/name] [name]Arden[/name] ([name]Will[/name]), [name]Oliver[/name] [name]Kendell[/name] ([name]Ollie[/name]) and:

Girl: (feel free to suggest other middle name ideas!)
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Lucy[/name])
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Phoebe[/name])
[name]Piper[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Piper[/name])
[name]Bonnie[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Bonnie[/name])
[name]Rosa[/name] [name]Millicent[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Rosa[/name])
[name]Molly[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Molly[/name] ” too similar? because I really love [name]Molly[/name])
[name]Pippa[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Pippa[/name])

Boy:
[name]James[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]James[/name])
[name]Alfred[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Alfie[/name])
[name]Thomas[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Tom[/name])
[name]Frederick[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Freddie[/name])
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] ([name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] and [name]Elliot[/name])

[name]Lucy[/name], [name]Bonnie[/name], [name]Molly[/name],[name]Phoebe[/name],[name]Alfie[/name], and [name]Freddie[/name] all are too matchy to [name]Ollie[/name] for me. They all have the same “eee” sounding ending as [name]Ollie[/name]. For that reason I would avoid them.
That leaves [name]James[/name], [name]Thomas[/name], and [name]Elliot[/name] for boys and [name]Piper[/name],[name]Rosa[/name], and [name]Pippa[/name] for girls.
As a pp mentioned [name]Tom[/name] [name]Green[/name] is a fairly well known actor who’s a little off the wall. Also, you could run into “[name]Tommy[/name]” despite wanting to call him [name]Tom[/name]. “[name]Tommy[/name]” would then fall into the rhymes with [name]Ollie[/name] category.
[name]James[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] and [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] are both good, strong names, but I much prefer the less heard [name]Elliot[/name] to more common [name]James[/name]. :smiley: [name]Elliot[/name] is one of my favorite names!
Then you have [name]Piper[/name],[name]Rosa[/name], and [name]Pippa[/name]. Out of your middle names, I like [name]Eleanor[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name] best. I like the spunkier [name]Piper[/name] and [name]Pippa[/name] over [name]Rosa[/name]. I also have a hard time picturing a strawberry blonde or redheaded [name]Rosa[/name]. So, for me that one is out. With [name]Kaia[/name], [name]Will[/name], [name]Ollie[/name] I think I like [name]Piper[/name] a touch better. [name]Will[/name] and [name]Ollie[/name] have a slightly British flair to me, with [name]Kaia[/name] being the odd one out. I think a [name]Piper[/name] would balance that out more than a [name]Pippa[/name].Also, [name]Pippa[/name] is a commonly used nickname for Phillippa whereas [name]Piper[/name] a name unto itself.

So, my vote goes to [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name] and [name]Piper[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name]/[name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Green[/name].

I apologize for the novel length reply, but I like I needed to explain how I came to my conclusions and weeded most of the names out.

Thanks everyone! Hadn’t heard of [name]Tom[/name] [name]Green[/name]: is he only known in the US?? As far as butchered pronunciations of [name]Alfred[/name] we are in the UK so not a problem here! Am a little distraught can’t use [name]Molly[/name]… ah well. snoopy and k_lyn I think I agree in prefering [name]Piper[/name] over [name]Pippa[/name]… sorry poptart! k_lyn: novel replies are always appreciated! Always helps to hear what other people really think of the names. I’m a fan of overanalysis!

So lists now: [name]Kaia[/name], [name]William[/name] ([name]Will[/name]), [name]Oliver[/name] ([name]Ollie[/name]) and:
Girl: [name]Lucy[/name], [name]Piper[/name], [name]Phoebe[/name], [name]Rosa[/name]
Boy: [name]Alfred[/name] ([name]Alfie[/name]), [name]James[/name], [name]Elliot[/name], [name]Frederick[/name] ([name]Freddie[/name])

Full names: (sorry for the incessant writing out of lists but it helps me visualise them!!)
[name]Lucy[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]Piper[/name] [name]Evelyn[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]Phoebe[/name] [name]Lucinda[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]Rosa[/name] [name]Millicent[/name] [name]Green[/name]

[name]Alfred[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]James[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name]
[name]Frederick[/name] [name]Harley[/name] [name]Green[/name]

I have added a poll to this post with these names on! Please vote for your fav boy and girl name! If anyone else would like to contribute any novel like analysis that would be most welcome! Thanks, D x

I love your girl name options! I like each one, but I think that [name]Phoebe[/name] is the best match with [name]Kaia[/name]. For boys, I almost voted for [name]James[/name] which is so classic with [name]William[/name] especially. However, [name]James[/name] [name]Green[/name] sounds like [name]James[/name] [name]Dean[/name]! So I voted for [name]Elliot[/name].

My votes go to [name]Lucy[/name] and [name]Alfred[/name]! Although I love all your names especially the boys ones! [name]Lucy[/name] [name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Green[/name] is just lovely and [name]Alfie[/name] with brothers [name]Will[/name] and [name]Ollie[/name] is too good to pass up! I do have a soft spot for [name]James[/name] too (my sons name) but I think I like [name]Alfred[/name] better for you! [name]Hope[/name] that helps!