Oh I DO love talking about baby names :)

[Ginger]

love patrick and matilda

[No.5]

Matilda is currently number 1 in my girls list, followed by Stella and Violet so I love those

From your boys names I like Thomas, Callum and Jacob.

[feeb]

Matilda LOVE IT was 1 of my favs on list
Harriet Love it a mothers group friends DD name
Stella NOPE sorry
Violet Very cute but DH doesnt like flower names
Nora BLODDY NORA LOL sorry nope
Rose LOVE it
Olivia Another fav was on my list

William Very nice and classic
James Very nice but I couldnt use as 2 close friends have DS's
Thomas Very nice but close friends have son
Benjamin Its ok
Spencer I really like this
Callum Yes don't mind it
Ethan I like it but very popular
Jacob LOVE it DS1 name
Simon sorry outdated 70 - 80 name
Patrick like it was on my list

[Floweryfields]

Poppy and Honor are my current fav girls and Tobias and Luca fav boys.

Eta which pretty much has nothing to do with the thread as they aren't any of your names at all lol!

From your list I love(d) Olivia and Thomas for many years,however had bad work related experiences with them and so they are now off the list forever!

[Aimz]

Oooh I love Poppy!!!

Added to the list

[Minque]

Poppy, Violet, Thomas and Patrick are my faves from your list!

[BlackRose]

Love talking names!! My opinions on your suggestions below:

Matilda - love but quite common
Harriet - no
Stella - no
Violet - don't mind
Nora - no
Rose - love
Olivia - love but too common

William - love
James - love but recent cousin called their baby boy James
Thomas - love but my ex was a Tom and also Thomas the tank engine has ruined it for us
Benjamin - love
Spencer - oooo new one for me and love
Callum - love but a cousin is named callum
Ethan - no
Jacob - no
Simon - no
Patrick - no

[chody47]

Matilda and Olivia would be my faves from that list. When looking at them I immediately saw 'Matilda Rose' as a name. I think that would be beautiful (although DH would never let me use Matilda )

[grub17]

Matilda - i think it's cute but seems pretty popular thesedays, which for me is a turn off
Harriet - love it ... but i do think of that line from Miss Congeniality... Dirty Harriet lol
Stella - love it!
Violet - love it too, suggested it for dd but Dh wasn't a fan... men!
Nora - not a fan
Rose - as a middle name veyr pretty
Olivia - have a friend of this name and she's so sophisticated and gorgeous! so love the name

William -always loved it
James - dh's name, ds's middle name
Thomas - my grandads name but dh wasn't a huge fan. i would have named ds that otherwise
Benjamin - lol i see a theme here... another immediate family member's name!
Spencer - LOVE LOVE love this name.
Callum - meh not a huge fan
Ethan - see callum
Jacob - cute but i don't love it
Simon - mmm sorry not a fan, i just think of that horrid simple simon ryhme, which the child woudl probably get.
Patrick - yeah, anotehr possible for us! lol

What about Paul for your boys' list? it's classic and strong name? I really like cooper too but my dh's reaction was "isn't that a surname'' pft!
We have an Imogen, maybe that would go for your girls list?
You obviously have a very classic taste
Oh, another name i thought you might like.... it's a bit 'old fashioned' is Tess? I love Tess and Meg as names, DH hated them.

gee if I could get full naming rights like you do you lucky thing!!!

[sangie]

Lucky you having full naming rights! Love most of your names and our list for both DD and DS had quite a few of those on there!

My favourites from your list are Olivia, Stella, William and Ethan (DS is Ethan so I'm a bit biased lol!).

Other names on our list were Alyssa, Genevieve, Ivy, Eva, Sophie, Hannah, Lucas, Zac, Hamish, Daniel.

[Aimz]

I have a feeling full naming rights will be revoked - "come on Amy, I didn't ACTUALLY mean it"

I'd love some more suggestions - especially for girls.

I absolutely LOVE Penelope. But it's my brothers fiance's name, and while I ADORE her, I couldn't use it.

From everyone else's suggestions, I love Meg, Eve/Evie, Sophie/Sophia (can't use either though), Poppy and Imogen I LOVE but my ex-H loved that name so much so I'd feel weird using it.

I absolutely LOVE Rose as a first name, but would probably use it as a middle name (Matilda Rose is my all time #1 favourite name). However, middle name will likely be Catherine, after DP's sister who passed away as a baby.

Other names I'm throwing around are:

Grace
Florence
Charlotte (although it's very popular!)
Lucy
Josephine (I LOVE Jo or Joey as a nn)
Pippa (although I'm not mad on Phillipa and have a thing about using nicknames as full names IYKWIM)

Boys are way too hard. So many to choose from, so many combinations, but I don't have my heart set on any! Isn't that always the way?

[Rowellen]

I have a feeling full naming rights will be revoked - "come on Amy, I didn't ACTUALLY mean it"

I'd love some more suggestions - especially for girls.

I absolutely LOVE Penelope. But it's my brothers fiance's name, and while I ADORE her, I couldn't use it.

From everyone else's suggestions, I love Meg, Eve/Evie, Sophie/Sophia (can't use either though), Poppy and Imogen I LOVE but my ex-H loved that name so much so I'd feel weird using it.

I absolutely LOVE Rose as a first name, but would probably use it as a middle name (Matilda Rose is my all time #1 favourite name). However, middle name will likely be Catherine, after DP's sister who passed away as a baby.

Other names I'm throwing around are:

Grace
Florence
Charlotte (although it's very popular!)
Lucy
Josephine (I LOVE Jo or Joey as a nn)
Pippa (although I'm not mad on Phillipa and have a thing about using nicknames as full names IYKWIM)

Boys are way too hard. So many to choose from, so many combinations, but I don't have my heart set on any! Isn't that always the way?

I don't see a problem with naming a child a name that is a nickname. A lot of nicknames have become names anyway. I like Pippa as a name better than Phillipa. I like Josie as a nn for Josephine.

I'm not a fan of Grace personally. Lucy's nice.

Hazel
Evelyn
Caitlyn
Esmae/Esme
Nancy
Nina
Miriam
Talia
Mali/Marley
Estella/Estelle

[meow]

I like pretty much all your girls names. Though I'm not mad on Olivia as I seem to know so many little Olivia's now. I also prefer Nina to Nora. How about Alice?

Boys names I like Spencer and Benjamin from your list. How about Timothy? I LOVE Timothy and it's not popular at the moment like most of your suggestions.