Your opinions on Australia's top 20:

General Name Discussion
1

Girls
[name]Lilly[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]: I adore it and it is declining. Australia was in a [name]Lily[/name] mania for years.

[name]Ruby[/name]/[name]Rubi[/name]: I adore [name]Ruby[/name]

[name]Chloe[/name]: It is not one of favourites but I like it

[name]Mia[/name]: I prefer it as a nickname for [name]Miranda[/name] one of my favourites

[name]Olivia[/name]: It has been rising since the nineties so I know a heap from that age to babies. I like it though

[name]Isabella[/name]: A bit too girly for my liking I prefer [name]Isobel[/name]

[name]Charlotte[/name]: I adore [name]Charlotte[/name] you can’t go wrong with a classic

[name]Sophie[/name]: Amazing, so beautiful

[name]Sienna[/name]: A bit overused and I never found it that pretty

[name]Ella[/name]: Australia was in an [name]Ella[/name] mania for a while if I were going to use it it would be [name]Eloise[/name] nn [name]Ella[/name]

[name]Emily[/name]: WAAAAAY to overused but I like it, though I can’t use it its too close to my name [name]Ebony[/name]

[name]Ava[/name]: I like it but would never use it since I believe it will just keep rising

[name]Amelia[/name]: I adore it especially the nickname [name]Millie[/name]

[name]Grace[/name]: I love it and it is my great-grandma’s name it is one name which is not going to fall too much

[name]Sofia[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name]: I prefer [name]Sophie[/name]

[name]Zoe[/name]: I have adored [name]Zoe[/name] since I was 5

[name]Madison[/name]/[name]Maddison[/name]: No way I know too many I prefer [name]Madeleine[/name] or [name]Madelyn[/name]

[name]Isabel[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]: I love it though prefer the [name]Isobel[/name] spelling

[name]Matilda[/name]: [name]Love[/name] love love [name]Matilda[/name]

[name]Lucy[/name]: I prefer [name]Lucinda[/name] nicknamed [name]Lucy[/name]

Boys
[name]William[/name]: You can’t beat the classics

[name]Jack[/name]: [name]Every[/name] little boy is named [name]Jack[/name] but I like it

[name]Ethan[/name]: No I have never seen the appeal

[name]Oliver[/name]: I love [name]Ollie[/name]

[name]Lucas[/name]: [name]Love[/name] [name]Lucas[/name]

[name]Noah[/name]: I like that it is biblical and stuff so I guess it is ok

[name]Lachlan[/name]: No way I hate [name]Lachlan[/name] I have known too many and I have not liked any. Its time is over chose another name Australia. Lachy/[name]Lockie[/name] does not appeal to me either

[name]Cooper[/name]: I love [name]Cooper[/name] the only surname name I like.

[name]Thomas[/name]: [name]Adore[/name] [name]Thomas[/name] but not really [name]Tom[/name]

[name]James[/name]: A bit common as a first and middle

[name]Joshua[/name]: I don’t really like [name]Joshua[/name] or [name]Josh[/name]

[name]Liam[/name]: Never really seen the appeal

[name]Jacob[/name]: Its ok but I don’t really see the appeal.

[name]Samuel[/name]: [name]Love[/name] [name]Samuel[/name] with the nickname [name]Sam[/name]

[name]Benjamin[/name]: I like [name]Benjamin[/name] but not enough to ever name a child that

[name]Riley[/name]: I have never known a male [name]Riley[/name] only 2 girl [name]Rylee[/name]'s so it sounds feminine to me

[name]Max[/name]: [name]Love[/name] [name]Max[/name]

[name]Alexander[/name]: [name]Love[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] such a classic

[name]Charlie[/name]: I like [name]Charlie[/name]

[name]Xavier[/name]: [name]Adore[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]

2

[name]Lilly[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]: Yes, I do like [name]Lily[/name]. I could never use it though, there are about 6 Lilys and 4 Roses in my neighborhood alone.

[name]Ruby[/name]/[name]Rubi[/name]: This is so so so so beautiful. Again unusable, my dog’s name.

[name]Chloe[/name]: Not a fan.

[name]Mia[/name]: Cute, but not really my style.

[name]Olivia[/name]: Fine name, also my little sis

[name]Isabella[/name]: I’m biased, my adorable baby cousin’s name. They call her [name]Ella[/name]!

[name]Charlotte[/name]: This one feels boring to me.

[name]Sophie[/name]: Eh… So overused in the U.S. and I only like it pronounced a certain way, kinda with a slight British accent, ha. Also it’s my nn so, not usable.

[name]Sienna[/name]: NMS

[name]Ella[/name]: This is so pretty. Would rather use [name]Etta[/name], less heard of.

[name]Emily[/name]: NMS

[name]Ava[/name]: Been there, done that. Too popular.

[name]Amelia[/name]: Nope, don’t like it.

[name]Grace[/name]: It’s been growing on me, but I would never use it.

[name]Sofia[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name]: My name. Fine, I guess.

[name]Zoe[/name]: No, too plain for me.

[name]Madison[/name]/[name]Maddison[/name]: No. Prefer on boy.

[name]Isabel[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]: No, NMS

[name]Matilda[/name]: I like it, but don’t love it.

[name]Lucy[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Lucy[/name].

Boys
[name]William[/name]: meh… [name]Will[/name] on it’s own is nice.

[name]Jack[/name]: So adorable

[name]Ethan[/name]: [name]Don[/name]'t like it.

[name]Oliver[/name]: Too many and just not a pretty name in my opinion.

[name]Lucas[/name]: [name]Love[/name], love, love [name]Lucas[/name] with nn [name]Luc[/name]. SOOOOOO cute.

[name]Noah[/name]: NMS.

[name]Lachlan[/name]:This name doesn’t appeal to me for some reason.

[name]Cooper[/name]: NMS

[name]Thomas[/name]: Growing on me

[name]James[/name]: NMS

[name]Joshua[/name]: NMS

[name]Liam[/name]: I dunno…don’t really like it.

[name]Jacob[/name]: NMS

[name]Samuel[/name]: I prefer just [name]Sam[/name]

[name]Benjamin[/name]: NMS

[name]Riley[/name]: Great that it’s being used for a boy

[name]Max[/name]: Fine

[name]Alexander[/name]: Nah

[name]Charlie[/name]: Too common.

[name]Xavier[/name]: Has been ruined for me.

3

[name]Lilly[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]: I prefer the [name]Lily[/name] spelling and I just adore this name soooo much. I would definitely consider using it!
[name]Ruby[/name]/[name]Rubi[/name]: Hate the spelling [name]Rubi[/name], just looks trendy and made up. This name reminds me of a friends rabbit who was called [name]Ruby[/name] and also of a tv show, [name]Max[/name] and [name]Ruby[/name], I think…
[name]Chloe[/name]: Not a fan, although it had grown on me a tad.
[name]Mia[/name]: Cute but its so close to other name like [name]Nia[/name], [name]Tia[/name] and [name]Riya[/name].
[name]Olivia[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Isabella[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Sophie[/name]: Hmm, Im not sure how I feel about this one :confused:
[name]Sienna[/name]: Not a fan
[name]Ella[/name]: Adorable name, love it!
[name]Emily[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name], its my cousins name!
[name]Sophia[/name]: I prefer this spelling because the [name]Sofia[/name] spelling reminds me of a girl I went to school with who was trouble…
[name]Zoe[/name]: Really dislike this name
[name]Madison[/name]: Like the nn [name]Maddie[/name] but [name]Madison[/name] is nms.
[name]Isabelle[/name]: Prefer this spelling and [name]LOVE[/name] the name!
[name]Matilda[/name]: Dislike
[name]Lucy[/name]: Really sweet however I prefer the spelling [name]Lucie[/name]

[name]William[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]:[name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Ethan[/name]: I like this name
[name]Oliver[/name]: I like this only as a middle name
[name]Lucas[/name]: dislike
[name]Noah[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Lachlan[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Cooper[/name]: dislike
[name]Thomas[/name]: dislike
[name]James[/name]: Too plain for me
[name]Joshua[/name]: Like
[name]Liam[/name]: hmm ,not sure
[name]Jacob[/name]: dislike
[name]Samuel[/name]: I also prefer just [name]Sam[/name]
[name]Benjamin[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Riley[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Max[/name]: dislike
[name]Alexander[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Charlie[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]: [name]LOVE[/name]

[name]Bree[/name]

4

[name]Lilly[/name]/[name]Lily[/name]: I like it a lot, but I like a lot of other floral names that aren’t so popular, too.

[name]Ruby[/name]/[name]Rubi[/name]: Not really my thing. Not sure why.

[name]Chloe[/name]: I like this, but not more than [name]Claire[/name] or [name]Caitlin[/name] or [name]Caroline[/name].

[name]Mia[/name]: Dislike. Nothing to do with it’s popularity, just don’t like it.

[name]Olivia[/name]: I like this well enough, but not enough to use it.

[name]Isabella[/name]: I love [name]Isabel[/name]. [name]Isabella[/name] is nice though.

[name]Charlotte[/name]: Not my favourite thing. I dislike both [name]Charlie[/name] and [name]Lottie[/name] as nicknames. Prefer many other classic names.

[name]Sophie[/name]: Hate. Can barely take it as a nickname for [name]Sophia[/name], don’t like it standalone at all.

[name]Sienna[/name]: Meh. I prefer other colour names and am not keen on place names. Not sure why this is as popular as it is. Wouldn’t really want to use it. But I prefer it to [name]Sophie[/name] or [name]Ava[/name] or [name]Amelia[/name].

[name]Ella[/name]: Sweet. But maybe too sweet? I like Elowen and [name]Eliora[/name] though so maybe I’m just being a nerddd.

[name]Emily[/name]: Over-popular, and has been for ages, but I find it lovely. Sometimes I like a name too much to care if its popular. I won’t get to use it though.

[name]Ava[/name]: Hate the sound. Not fond of [name]Eva[/name] or [name]Eve[/name] really either.

[name]Amelia[/name]: Really don’t like anything about this except the Am- sound of [name]Amanda[/name], [name]Amity[/name], or [name]Amy[/name].

[name]Grace[/name]: Not my style. It’s not offensive but its not my favourite virtue name either.

[name]Sofia[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name]: Prefer to [name]Sophie[/name], but doesn’t feel right when I picture it on my own child. It’s got a nice meaning and sound though.

[name]Zoe[/name]: I like [name]Zoe[/name] when its spelled this way. But I prefer [name]Zelda[/name] or [name]Xanthe[/name].

[name]Madison[/name]/[name]Maddison[/name]: Hate it. [name]Madeleine[/name] is just-okay to me, [name]Madison[/name] is awful. I like [name]Mattie[/name] okay as a nickname when it is short for [name]Matilda[/name] or [name]Martha[/name] though.

[name]Isabel[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name]: I like it a lot, but won’t get to use it.

[name]Matilda[/name]: Nice enough, not super into it but don’t dislike it.

[name]Lucy[/name]: It’s not my thing but its nice. [name]Lucinda[/name] or [name]Lucilla[/name] or [name]Lucia[/name] would be more me.

Boys
[name]William[/name]: Not a fan, really.

[name]Jack[/name]: It’s a NN only to me, short for [name]John[/name] or [name]Jacob[/name].

[name]Ethan[/name]: Knew too many, it’s better than [name]Evan[/name] but I still don’t like it.

[name]Oliver[/name]: Hate this name, always have. Can’t even explain why.

[name]Lucas[/name]: Nice enough but prefer [name]Luke[/name].

[name]Noah[/name]: Have known so many. It’s okay?

[name]Lachlan[/name]: Still fun and unusual to me (I’m an emigrant to Australia from the US) but it gives my Aussie husband the shudders. I wouldn’t really use it but I don’t hate it.

[name]Cooper[/name]: Meh. It’s fine.

[name]Thomas[/name]: Hate this name. Can’t imagine having a son called [name]Tom[/name] or [name]Tommy[/name]. Which is odd since I’d be cool with [name]Jonny[/name].

[name]James[/name]: Bland as tofu as a middle, not terrible as a first.

[name]Joshua[/name]: It’s okay, I’d prefer a number of other Biblical J names though.

[name]Liam[/name]: It’s okay, it was on DH’s list until he somehow only recently realized it clashes with his own last name.

[name]Jacob[/name]: Its ok, but we’re not using it when we each have multiple cousins by it.

[name]Samuel[/name]: Fine in theory, it’s the type of name I like, but I have bad associations. Prefer [name]Samson[/name].

[name]Benjamin[/name]: [name]Love[/name] it, would have happily used it - but I married one.

[name]Riley[/name]: Not a big fan but it’s okay.

[name]Max[/name]: [name]Feel[/name] conflicted about [name]Max[/name]. It’s okay.

[name]Alexander[/name]: [name]Love[/name] it, can’t use it.

[name]Charlie[/name]: Wouldn’t use [name]Charles[/name] but there’s nothing wrong with it. [name]Charlie[/name] as standalone? No, just no.

[name]Xavier[/name]: [name]Love[/name] [name]Xavier[/name], friends have dibsed it though.

I’d use more of the girls’ names than the boys. I don’t like nickname-names and can’t really identify with [name]William[/name]/[name]James[/name]/[name]Jack[/name]/[name]Thomas[/name]. And husband will kill me if I suggest [name]Lachlan[/name].

On the girls’ side, I do love florals so [name]Lily[/name] is my sort of thing, and [name]Emily[/name] is an old favourite. We’re not using either but I can’t hate on them because even though they’re insanely popular I’d use them if they worked for us.

5

I like [name]Lily[/name], and I feel that [name]Olivia[/name], [name]Isabella[/name], [name]Chloe[/name], [name]Amelia[/name], & [name]Zoey[/name] are all popular, and very pretty names, and I imagine girls with a fun personality, who are pretty & smart. I find [name]Chloe[/name] & [name]Zoey[/name] would be the ‘wild ones’ and that [name]Amelia[/name] would be very sweet and generous, and [name]Isabella[/name] a sweet little brunette, and [name]Olivia[/name], a calm and very easy to get along with person. [name]Matilda[/name] is nice, but reminds me of a witch most of the time… and [name]Lucy[/name] is cute :slight_smile: Maybe [name]Lucy[/name] will be on my list!..

For boys, I like [name]Oliver[/name], [name]Noah[/name] & [name]Max[/name]. [name]Oliver[/name] is exotic sounding to me, because I only know a few, but then there’s the [name]Hannah[/name] [name]Montana[/name] connection which is just sickening… lol, [name]Oliver[/name] Oken? [name]Noah[/name] reminds me of a funny guy, who is smart & nice. When I think of [name]Max[/name], the [name]Max[/name] & [name]Ruby[/name] connection is the last thing on my mind. I think of [name]Jennifer[/name] Lopez’s son. :slight_smile:

6

[name]Olivia[/name]: love
[name]Ruby[/name]: really like this one!
[name]Lucy[/name]: love
[name]Lily[/name]: okay
[name]Zoe[/name]: I like it, though I prefer [name]Eve[/name] (same meaning different language)
[name]Chloe[/name]: okay
[name]Isabella[/name]/[name]Isabelle[/name] : I prefer [name]Isadora[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name]: okay
[name]Sophie[/name]/[name]Sophia[/name]: okay
[name]Ella[/name]: okay
[name]Emily[/name]: okay
[name]Sienna[/name]: meah
[name]Matilda[/name]: okay
[name]Madison[/name]: don’t like, I prefer [name]Madeline[/name]
[name]Mia[/name]: not a fan

[name]William[/name]/[name]Jack[/name]/[name]James[/name]/[name]Samuel[/name]/[name]Jacob[/name]/[name]Charlie[/name]/[name]Joshua[/name]: solid regular names that are hard to dislike
[name]Ethan[/name]: okay
[name]Oliver[/name]: nice
[name]Lucas[/name]: prefer [name]Luke[/name]
[name]Noah[/name]: nice
[name]Lachlan[/name]: cool
[name]Cooper[/name]: no
[name]Thomas[/name]: love
[name]Liam[/name]: love
[name]Benjamin[/name]: love
[name]Riley[/name]: no
[name]Max[/name]: meh
[name]Alexander[/name]: meh
[name]Xavier[/name]: meh