Yours and mine

General Name Discussion
1

Here are my current top 10. It’s usually always changing.

Pick your top three favorites from each the girl and boy lists. For added bonus tell why you picked them.

And then give your top 10

Girls:
[name]Allegra[/name] -allie
[name]Isla[/name]
[name]Freya[/name]
[name]Vera[/name]
[name]Phaedra[/name] -fay
[name]Petra[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name] -frankie
[name]Josephine[/name] -josie
[name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Margaret[/name] -meg

Boys:

[name]Bennett[/name] -ben
[name]Declan[/name]
[name]Colin[/name]
[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Callum[/name] -cal
[name]Damien[/name]
[name]Beau[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Linus[/name]

2

So many great names! I love:

[name]Margaret[/name]-I love classics
[name]Scarlett[/name]-Girly and modern
[name]Francesca[/name]-So exotic and elegant
Honorable mention:[name]Petra[/name]. I read a book with a [name]Petra[/name] and have loved the name since.

[name]Bennett[/name]-My little boy’s name
[name]Simon[/name]-Very handsome
[name]Callum[/name]-[name]Just[/name] a nice different name

3

[name]Vera[/name] - It’s on my guilty pleasure list. It’s got a cute, sassy sound to it.
[name]Josephine[/name] - I’d never use it, but it’s got a decent sound to it. [name]Josie[/name] makes it adorable
I guess [name]Scarlett[/name] - Only reason being it’s better then the rest

(Like the boy’s list a LOT better)
[name]Simon[/name] - Recently started loving this. I like the image it creates.
[name]Declan[/name] - Simple, crisp and handsome, if not a bit too popular
[name]Beau[/name] - ALWAYS loved this. I think it’s absolutely adorable. GP for sure.

Mine:
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Mark[/name]
[name]Jack[/name]
[name]Patrick[/name]
[name]Owen[/name]
[name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Evan[/name]
[name]Vincent[/name]
[name]Adam[/name]
[name]Conor[/name]

[name]Stella[/name]
[name]Julie[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Heather[/name]
[name]Leah[/name]
[name]Ava[/name]
[name]Paige[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Autumn[/name]
[name]Noelle[/name]

4

Girls:
[name]Margaret[/name] - My own name, and I use the nickname [name]Meg[/name] as well!
[name]Josephine[/name] - [name]Josie[/name] is so cute!
And I can’t really decide between [name]Vera[/name] and [name]Isla[/name] for number three. I like them both fairly equally.

My Top 10

  1. [name]Zoe[/name]
  2. [name]Catherine[/name]
  3. [name]Veronica[/name]
  4. [name]Penelope[/name]
  5. [name]Elizabeth[/name]
  6. [name]Daphne[/name]
  7. [name]Anastasia[/name]
  8. [name]Seraphina[/name]
  9. [name]Ophelia[/name]
  10. [name]Felicity[/name]

Boys
[name]Damien[/name] - Very handsome!
[name]Colin[/name] - It’s our nephew’s name, and he wears it well.
And again I can’t decide between [name]Simon[/name] and [name]Ephraim[/name]…

My Top 10

  1. [name]Nicholas[/name]
  2. [name]William[/name]
  3. [name]Alexander[/name]
  4. [name]Sebastian[/name]
  5. [name]Gabriel[/name]
  6. [name]Benjamin[/name]
  7. [name]Dominic[/name]
  8. [name]Oliver[/name]
  9. [name]Crispin[/name]
  10. [name]Gregory[/name]
5

[name]Phaedra[/name]- this is on my backup list
[name]Freya[/name] - have always loved northern European names
[name]Petra[/name]- just like the sound

[name]Ephraim[/name]- on my list, love the sound and it is one of my fave biblical names
[name]Simon[/name]- sound smart and sweet
[name]Milo[/name]- fun sounding

mine:

  1. [name]Elizabeth[/name]

  2. [name]Violet[/name]

  3. [name]Clara[/name]

  4. [name]Juniper[/name]

  5. [name]Emmeline[/name]

  6. [name]Amelia[/name]

  7. [name]Georgiana[/name]

  8. [name]Temperance[/name]

  9. [name]Imogen[/name]

  10. [name]Ruth[/name]

  11. [name]William[/name]

  12. [name]Mackenzie[/name]

  13. [name]Monroe[/name]

  14. [name]Jasper[/name]

  15. [name]Malcolm[/name]

  16. [name]Sebastian[/name]

  17. [name]Julian[/name]

  18. [name]Edgar[/name]

  19. [name]Ezra[/name]

  20. [name]Henry[/name]

6

[name]Freya[/name] - I think this name is beautiful!
[name]Isla[/name] - Gorgeous!
[name]Josephine[/name] - [name]One[/name] of my favourite feminisations!

[name]Colin[/name] - [name]Love[/name] the Vintage British feel this name has.
[name]Ephraim[/name] - A lovely, yet obscure name.
[name]Milo[/name] - [name]Love[/name] this!

Mine are:
[name]August[/name]
[name]Edmund[/name]
[name]Dexter[/name]
[name]Jasper[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]
[name]Arlo[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Percy[/name]
[name]Rupert[/name]

[name]Violet[/name]
[name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Florence[/name]
[name]Olive[/name]
[name]Sybil[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name]
[name]Ottilie[/name]
[name]Harriet[/name]
[name]Matilda[/name]
[name]Octavia[/name]

I’m not 100% on girls though at the moment, it’s a hard choice.

7

[name]Isla[/name], [name]Petra[/name], and [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name], [name]Declan[/name], and [name]Colin[/name]

Three of these are names of my children! [name]One[/name] is a family name and the other two I just really like.

edited to add…

Oh, and I do not have a top ten list.

8

[name]Isla[/name]: A lovely and refreshing name.
[name]Vera[/name]: I have always loved the sound of this name and it also looks stunning.
[name]Josephine[/name]: Has been one of my favourite names for a very long time.

[name]Bennett[/name]: Normally not my taste, but I like the sound of it.
[name]Simon[/name]: A great classic name, can’t go wrong with that.
[name]Beau[/name]: Admittedly, I am preferring this as a nickname, but it’s lovely nevertheless.

My own Top 10:
[name]Amaury[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Archibald[/name]
[name]Charles[/name]
[name]Asa[/name]
[name]Felix[/name]
Illyrio
[name]Arthur[/name]
Viserys
[name]James[/name]

[name]Ingrid[/name]
[name]Anna[/name]
[name]Maude[/name]
[name]Saga[/name]
[name]Asta[/name]
[name]Hester[/name]
Regitze
[name]Philippa[/name]
Margaery
Rhaenys

9

[name]Francesca[/name]- familiar but with European flair
[name]Scarlett[/name]- dramatic and stunning
[name]Isla[/name]/[name]Freya[/name]- sweet and charming

[name]Bennett[/name]- proper and buttoned-up
[name]Colin[/name]- friendly and welcoming sound
[name]Ephraim[/name]- unusual and just a bit quirky

My favourites (not exactly a top 10) are in my signature.

10

[name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Francesca[/name]

[name]Simon[/name]
[name]Milo[/name]
[name]Damien[/name]

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Girls
[name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Piper[/name]
[name]Anya[/name]
[name]Veda[/name]
[name]Liana[/name]
[name]Livia[/name]
[name]Carys[/name]
[name]Emmeline[/name]
[name]Lelia[/name]
[name]Cleo[/name]

Boys
[name]Lucian[/name]/[name]Lucas[/name]/[name]Luca[/name]/[name]Lucan[/name]
[name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Jude[/name]
[name]Ronan[/name]
[name]Theo[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Ian[/name]
[name]Everett[/name]
[name]Xavier[/name]

From your girl list I love [name]Josephine[/name] (I will probably use it as a mn), [name]Isla[/name], and [name]Vera[/name].
From your boy list I love [name]Colin[/name], [name]Damien[/name]([name]Damian[/name] is in and out of my top ten), and [name]Milo[/name].