New name lists...thoughts?

[amspeck-myworld.livejournal.com]

I seem to go in flows of really liking one gender and wanting to redo all the names of the other.

My husband and I both like our girls' name list at this point:

Top 5 first names:
Mirabelle
Celia
Winifred
Zofia
Irena

Middle/Hebrew names:
Batel
Eliora
Elinoa
Emuna
Mehetabel
Nili
Serach
Shifra

And as such we're having issues with our boys name list. We both have a couple that still fit for first names:

Dominic
Franklin

But there are some which we like for first names, but couldn't use together (singularly they are fine, but together they are OTT):
Asher
Eben
Ezekiel
Jeremiah (nn Jeremy or Jer. I have a cousin Jeremy which is why we don't think we can just use Jeremy)
Zedekiah (possible nn of Zed, Zedekiah)

And middle names for boys:
Eran (my children now have a step-cousin named Erin)
Naaman
Reuel
Seraiah
Ismeari
Yosha

All thoughts and suggestions welcome!

Comments

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I love:
Winifred -- it's my aunts name, her nn is Winnie
Eliora -- Like it without the E, my cousin's middle name is Liora
Ezekiel -- love it with the nn Zeke
Jeremiah nn Jeremy -- adore it!

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

Liora is my favorite name.

I like Celia, and I don't think Asher would be too much. There aren't any names on your list that I particularly dislike.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I love Celia and Winifred. Mehetabel brings to mind Archy and Methitabel, which is the only place where I've actually heard the name in use.

I love Dominic. Eben's nice. Jeremiah is my brother's name. He hated it as a child, and insisted on being called Jerry until he was 18 or so. I hate Jerry as a nickname, but I like Jeremy. A lot of people called him Jeremy anyway, thinking, for whatever reason, that that was actually his name.

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I like Celia but don't really like any of the other names.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

I like:

Mirabelle
Celia
Zofia
Eliora
Dominic
Asher
Eben

I know a Shifra...she's in her 70's, I believe.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

LIke:
Celia
Eliora
Dominic