my long list...please comment!

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Please comment with whatever you think!  Middle names, combinations, what you hate about a name, suggest names, etc...I'm ready for some changes, and I'm especially sick of my girls' names!

Boys:

Alexander "Sasha"
Arthur
Asher
August
Callum
Caleb
Calvin
Colin
Gabriel
Garrett
Graham
Henry
Jeremiah
Jonas
Levi
Louis
Max
Miles
Morgan
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Oliver
Sage
Samuel
Thomas

Girls:

Adah
Anna
Audrey
Catherine "Cate" or "Cat"
Charlotte "Charlie"?
Cecily
Eleanor
Elizabeth "Lizzie" or "Ellie" or "Beth"?
Eve "Evie"
Felicity
Imogen
Ivy
Jane "Janie"
Juliet
Kasia
Lauren
Lavender
Leah
Linden
Louisa
Lydia
Madeline
Margaret "Meg"
May
Mia
Susannah
Tamsin

Probably my tops right now are...
boys:  Sam, Sasha, Miles, Garrett, Louis, Thomas/TJ
girls: Juliet, Evie, Meg, Janie, Imogen

Comments

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Adah - looks strange to me with the -h, but totally an adorable name nonetheless
Anna - not really a fan, but I LOVE Anne. My #2 girl's name.
Audrey - nice, very dark and alluring
Catherine "Cate" or "Cat" - love it, prefer Cate b/w those nns
Charlotte "Charlie"? - very fresh, sweet name, but not convinced on Charlie as a nn. It would work if your Charlotte was an upbeat, athletic girl, I think. I just started liking Lottie as a nn, even though I didn't used to.
Cecily - nah, it's too incomplete and it annoys me for no other real reason. I'd rather see Cecilia. Plus the character in The Importance of Being Earnest is kind of obnoxious. :P
Eleanor - love it, wanted to use it but wouldn't anymore (but not for lack of liking it). I love Nora as a nn, but Nell is very sentimental, too.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" or "Ellie" or "Beth"? - Love it, my #4/5 name. Can't get much more classic, and it's so fresh and open and white. I'd rather see Lizzie or Beth, Ellie is too cutesy-trendy. But all three are nice. My favorite is Nell, and I also like Libby and Bess.
Eve "Evie" - Evie is totally adorable, but I don't really like Eve. It's obnoxious to me, and I actually think it's because Eve = Eden = an annoying girl I went to high school with! Silly.
Felicity - nice, I used to think it was frilly and prissy and disliked it, but for awhile now I've found it to be stronger, and it's a pleasant light yellow, but not washed out.
Imogen - nice, though a bit posh
Ivy - really like, I get a wonderful image from it that would take an entire paragraph to describe. Which I can, if you'd like. :)
Jane "Janie" - very sophisticated and literary, and cute nn
Juliet - like, very musical and burgundy, and like a smooth red wine being poured into a glass. Good associations, too.
Kasia - I've never seen this before. *looks it up* Ah, it's okay. Not a huge fan of the sound, and would rather see it as a nn, maybe.
Lauren - nice, very girl-next-door-y
Lavender - ehhh, it's sickeningly sweet, I'm afraid. And I'm not a huge fan of the smell. :P
Leah - dislike, don't like the sound and I've never met a Leah who wasn't one of the most annoying people ever.
Linden - ?? This is a boy's name. I was about to say, yay, very handsome and gentle and businessy, then remembered I was in the girl's list. :(
Louisa - very pretty and bright, with a sense of humor
Lydia - nice, it's quiet and dark
Madeline - like, very elegant
Margaret "Meg" - my absolute favorite #1 name of all-time! We plan to name our first daughter this. I could gush about it forever, so I won't. Meg is a very nice nn, and I'd use it except that we decided we couldn't not think of the Family Guy character. So my tops are Mae and Mamie, though I do like Margo and Greta. And DH likes Maggie.
May - love! So fresh and springy and caring and gorgeous.
Mia - okay, it has a nice exotic thing going on
Susannah - like, it's sweet and cute and light blue and prairie-girl-y. Like the folksong, too! How cool would it be to have your name in a folksong?
Tamsin - alright. I want to like this more, but I just can't. I think the sound is too masculine.