I made a list...

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I've been interested in names for at least 10 years, and over the years I've made lots of little lists. I recently dug them up and put them all together to make the ultimate list of "every name I've ever liked". I'm sure there are others that never made the lists though.

So I thought I'd put them up for opinions. In particular, I'm going to bold my current favourites and cross out the ones I no longer like. Some are probably more like guilty pleasures - so I'll only bold ones I'd actually consider using. Would appreciate any comments, but especially on my bold ones :)



Boys
Aaron
Adrian
Andrew
Anthony
Benjamin
Cameron
Christopher
Colin
David
Elijah
Evan
Hamish
James
Jarrod
Jeremy
Joel
John
Jonas
Jonathan
Joseph
Judah
Lachlan
Lucas
Luke
Mark
Micah
Michael
Nicholas
Patrick
Paul
Peter
Reuben
Silas
Simon
Theodore
Thomas
Timothy
Ravi

Girls
Alice
Amelia
Anezka
Annika
Anna
Anneliese
April
Audrey
Aviva
Belinda
Bethany
Brianna
Briony
Bronwen
Caitlin
Caroline
Catherine
Chiara
Corinne
Dorothy
Elizabeth
Eloise
Felicity
Fiona
Francesca
Genevieve
Grace
Hazel
Irene
Iris
Jane
Janet
Jasmine
Jemima
Jenna
Jessica
Julia
Juliet
Kate
Laura
Liliana
Miranda
Natalie
Natasha
Nicole
Rachel
Raina
Raquel
Rebecca
Renata
Renee
Rhiannon
Rose
Rosemary
Ruby
Ruth
Samara
Sarah
Shari
Siobhan
Susan
Tallulah
Tamara
Tara

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I love Annika and Juliet, the others are strong (and good names) but aren't my style. They're classic but used a lot.

I do like some that you don't have bolded, like:

Andrew
Elijah
Joel
Lachlan
Micah
Silas
Simon
Theodore
Thomas
Amelia
Annika
Aviva
Briony
Bronwen
Caroline
Catherine
Eloise
Fiona
Francesca
Genevieve
Hazel
Irene
Juliet
Rose
Ruby
Ruth

[gregariouspeach.livejournal.com]

I think Ravi is a great name. I wanted to use it for A boy but our friends used it!

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

I like (*ones I would use):
Benjamin* - my son's name!
Cameron
Christopher
Colin*
Evan
Hamish
James*
John*
Michael*
Nicholas* - my son's middle name
Patrick* - almost was my son's name :)
Peter
Theodore*
Thomas*

Alice
Amelia
Anna - but much prefer Anne
Audrey
Briony
Bronwen
Caitlin
Caroline
Catherine*
Elizabeth*
Felicity
Fiona*
Genevieve*
Grace
Iris
Jane
Jemima
Juliet
Rose
Rosemary
Ruth
Sarah
Tallulah

Dislike:
Anthony
Jarrod
Jeremy
Joel
Lucas
Silas

Annika
Belinda
Corinne
Jasmine
Miranda
Natasha
Raina
Raquel
Rhiannon
Samara
Shari
Tamara
Tara

[arbus.livejournal.com]

there are a lot that i really like and are on my own list, so i am going to only notate the ones i absolutely love...

elijah
james (prob my number one favorite boys name, too bad there are TONS of james in my family)
john (will be our first sons middle name bc it is husbands formal first name and also his fathers)
jonas
luke/lucas
micah
simon

amelia (very high on our list)
anna/annaliese
caitlin (i prefer catherine but the husband likes caitlin better)
catherine
caroline
elisabeth (in our top five... but i only like it spelled this way)
fiona
francesca (my long standing number one girls name but the husband is not a fan :( )
genevieve (a name that i only recently brought up to the hub and couldnt believe that he liked, so its in our top three!)
grace (i named our new kitten this because i love it but couldnt see using it on a child these days)
hazel
iris
jane
kate
natalie
rose
ruby
tallulah

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I like:

Hamish

Belinda
Briony
Bronwen
Caroline
Fiona
Hazel
Renee
Rhiannon
Rosemary
Ruby
Siobhan
Tallulah

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

I love all your bolded boy names. I also like:

Colin
Lucas
Patrick
Theodore

I'm not a huge fan of Annika or Anna. I do like your other bolded girl names. I also really like:

Amelia
Felicity
Genevieve

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Benjamin - this is my number one boy's name, and has been for quite some time :)
Evan
James - love this, especially as a middle name for Benjamin. I know .. unfortunate initials. But I love the sound of it.
Jonas - this is my third favorite boy name :D
Joseph - love.
Lucas
Paul
Peter

Alice
Anna
Francesca
Ruth - I surprise myself by actually really liking this name, but I would probably only use it as a middle.

I did like most of your names, so I tried to just choose my favorites :)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
Andrew
Christopher
Jonathan
Luke
Patrick
Peter
Silas
Timothy

April
Audrey
Bethany
Caitlin
Caroline
Catherine
Francesca
Jane
Janet
Jenna
Juliet
Kate
Raquel
Rhiannon
Sarah
Siobhan
Susan
Tara

I LOVE Susan and Tara. I rarely see them on other people's lists!