Short lists

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What's your "short list" of favorite names for either gender? The ones you would be thrilled to use on your theoretical children?

Mine for girls:
Victoria Lee (Victora was my great-grandmother's name, Lee is my mother's middle name)
Bridget Theresa (Bridget is one of my favorite names, I like its meaning, and I used to work with a little girl named Bridget who was the light of my life. Theresa is my favorite cousin's name.)
Isabel Jaye (No real meaning here, I just love Isabel and like Jaye with it. I like Isabel Jade as well, but Jaye has fandom nerd appeal, and is obscure enough that no one will get that it's a nerdy thing...)
Catherine Alexandria (St. Catherine of Alexandria would be a pretty badass person for a little girl to be named after.)
Jessica Morning (This is a personal thing, I really can't say I like the name Jessica much objectively, but the meaning behind it makes me want to use it.)
Annabelle Rose (My mother wanted to name me Annabelle Lee, after herself in a way - her name is Ananda Lee - and call me Anna, and I think it's beautiful. I go back and forth with middle names, I like Kate and Sage as well, but I really love Annabelle Rose, even though Rose is a common middle name.)
Lily Kate (Kate is my middle name, and I like it with Lily, but I have so many potential middle names for Lily that I like just as well: Josephine, Gabrielle, Sage and Claire)

For boys:
Graden Patrick (Graden was my maternal grandmother's maiden name and I just love it, Patrick is my father's middle name.)
Liam Spencer (I would've been Liam Fletcher if I had been a boy. I hate Fletcher, which is my mother's favorite boy's name. Spencer is actually our cat's name, but I think it's a great name that works well with Liam.)
Lennon Michael (Lennon was my paternal grandmother's maiden name, and Michael was my paternal grandfather, who I don't think I ever met...there are about a million Michaels in my family, it's sort of a tradition.)
Stephen Fox (Stephen was my maternal grandfather's name, and I've been stuck on Fox as a middle name for Stephen ever since I was a teenage X-Phile. I don't think I'd use both Wolf and Fox, though. I suppose one would have to change.)
Brennan Wolf (No meaning behind this one, I just love both names.)
Jude Atticus (No real meaning here either, though I do like the Beatles, saint lore and To Kill a Mockingbird.)