A Whole Lotta Names

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Using the idea I got from this post, I made my (up to...) top 10 favorite names of each gender and for each letter.  Yeah, up to.  No way I could do it for all of them!

 

Definitely let me know if you also like some of the more uncommon ones so we can be name friends. :P (And I tried to put some pronunciations for some, too... I like a lot of Irish and Welsh stuff.)  I also tried not to use names that were forms of each other, but who am I kidding?  No names I'd only use as nicknames, though!
(*names I actually would use/have used IRL)

A
Alasdair*
Alphonsus
Augustin
Airril (AR-il)
Ambrose
Angus
Andrew
Alban
Awen
Aquinas
Affaith (AF-ee)

Anne*
Agatha*
Agnes
Angela
Alastríona
Aghna (IE-na)
Allison
Afanen (a-VAN-en)
Abigail

B
Benjamin*
Bram
Bevan
Balthazar
Blas
Brendan
Bruce
Bryn
Barnaby

Bronwen*
Bonnie
Bethan
Bernadette
Bronagh
Béibhinn (BEV-in)
Belén
Bronmai (BRON-mie)
Briony

C
Columba
Ciarán*
Charles*
Clair*
Cyril
Colin
Christopher
Cormac
Connor
Columcille (col-um-KEEL)

Claire*
Clémence
Channary
Catherine
Colombe (co-LOHM)
Constance
Caitlin

D
Dáire* (Dara)
Diarmaid (Dermot)
Damien
Diether (DEE-ter)
Delano
Daighre (DAY-ra)
Dacre (DAY-ker)

Dulcibella
Drysi (DROO-see)
Daphne
Dinah
Danielle
Drorit

E
Emlyn*
Éamonn (AY-mon)
Emil
Emmanuel
Errol
Edwin
Edward
Eoghan (O-an)
Eugene
Éanna (AY-na)

Eugenia*
Euphemia*
Edith*
Eleanor*
Easter
Elizabeth*
Eloise
Emer
Eseld
Eira

F
Francis*
Feidhlim (FEL-im)
Finlo
Fitzwilliam
Franklin
Faridoon
Flynn
Faoiltiarn (fel-TEERN)
Fiachra (FEE-ak-ra)

Fionnuala* (fin-OO-la)
Fiadh (FEE-a)
Frances*

G
Gregory
Graham
Grier
Gulliver
Guy (GHEE)
Germain
Gwilym
George
Gordon
Gale

Gretchen*
Grace*
Georgina*
Gaenor
Genevieve*
Guinevere
Geraldine
Georgiana (jor-JAY-na)
Glesni
Gillian

H
Hamish
Henry
Harrison
Hartwin
Harvey

Honora*
Harriet

I
Ieuan* (YAY-an)
Ian*
Ignace
Ira
Ionawr (YON-oor)
Islay (IE-la)

Íde (EE-da)
Isobel
Innes
Ivy

J
James*
John*
Joyce
June
Jen

Janna (YAN-a)
Joanna
Juliet
Jemima
Joy
Julienne
Josephine (prn. in French)
Jeanine

K
Kieran
Karsten

Katherine
Keturah
Keziah
...boo K

L
Llewellyn*
Louis*
Lovell
Linden
Leland
Linus
Lewin

Louise
Lalage (la-LAZH or la-LA-ya... eww the English prn.)
Lourdes

M
Michael*
Malachy*
Mackenzie*
Meirion
Manfred
Mánus (MAW-nas)
Melchior

Margaret*
Mairéad* (ma-RAYD)
Mae
Mefin (MEV-in)
Myfanwy
Marjorie
Maple
Magdalene
Maureen
Marnie

N
Norman*
Nicholas*
Noel (NOHL)
Neal
Noble

Nimue
Nina
Nora

O
Oisín (OSH-een)
Odhran (OR-an)
Orval
Owen
Oliver

Olwen*
Olalla (o-LA-ya)
Oona
Olive
Ouida (WEE-da)

P
Patrick*
Peter*
Paderau
Pherick
Paul
Ptolemy
Prosper
Peregrine

Philomena
Phaedra
Penelope
Prudence
Pascale
Petronel
Padma
Paolina
Paloma

Q
Quincey
Quentin

Pff...

R
Roger
Richard
Rory
Ralph (RAYF)
Rowan
Roland
Royal
Remiel
Rupert

Róisín* (rosh-EEN)
Rosalie*
Rose
Ramona
Regina
Rowena

S
Séamus*
Sage
Sacheverell
Satchel
Sable
Sean
Sallah
Silvio
Stuart
Somerled

Shoshannah*
Sunshine
Sibel (sih-BEL)
Saoirse (SEER-sha)
Saraid (SOR-it)
Sarah
Susannah

T
Thomas*
Theodore*
Taliesin
Tavish
Trevelyan

Tallulah
Tesni
Tegwen
Thomasina
Temperance

U
Uaithne (WA-nya)
Ulysses

Úna

V
Valentine
Virgil

Virginia*
Vivien
Vienne

W
William*
Walter*
Ward
Warren
Wynn
Wendell

Winnifred
Wilhelmina

X
Xavier (ZAY-vee-er or za-vee-AY)

Xochitl (SO-cheel)

Y
Yevgeniy
Yves (EEV)
Ynyr (IN-ur)

Ygraine

Z
no boys, boo Z

Zsuzsanna
Zinnia

Comments

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I can't do a top 10 for each letter, that's too much naming work even for me ;) BUT. I feel like doing my two favorites (b/g) for each letter, because I haven't done that in a while!

April/Adam
Belén / Bram
Cassia / Carmine
Dunya / D-
Eve / Elliot
Flora / Francis
Gemma / G-
Helena / Hadrian
Indigo / Ira
June / Joseph
K - / K - (hate K names)
Lydia / Leland
Maeve / Morrison
Neve / Nathaniel
Ottilie / Otis
Pilar / Philip
Q- / Q-
Roisin / Roman
Saffron / Simon
Tamsin / T-
U - / U-
V- / Victor
W- / Walter
X-/X-
Yonina / Y-
Zorah / Z-

Roisin is very high up my list, glad to see you like it too! I also love Taliesin, forgot I liked that one =).

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it took me like an hour to do! We have some in common, I see. I've never seen Dunya before. It's interesting. What's its etymology?

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

It's an Arabic name. Well, technically it's a word (see Dunya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunya), but it's being used as a name as well. I've seen Moroccon girls called Dunya before. It's pronounced Doon-yah. I really like it!

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that is really pretty!

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Cant do 10 for each letter, but I can do each letter LOL (its boy then girl for each letter...and yes I have been known to gender switch lol) Some are total GPs and will never be inflicted on a child...

Asher, Aiden, Ash, Archer, Alexei, Abraxus , Anders, Archimedes, Andreas, Ashley, Alec, Asheton

Annagrey, Annabella, Annabelle, Annika, Arabella, Alora, Alaura, Azure, Ainsley, Aisling. Acacia, Asher, Adair, Adrasteia, Andromeda, Annora, Anya, Aoife, Antigone, Adalia, Arcadia, Azra, Artemis, Adora, Athenaïs, Andraste, Aubrey, Annaliese, Anaïs, Aurora, Alys, Anath, Ananais

Bard, Beckett, Boone , Breckin, Braxton , Bran, Bain, Balendin, Booth, Beowulf

Beckett, Bronwen, Bailey, Bella, Bronte, Baudelaire, Bailen, Bryony, Bellatrix, Belladonna, Bellamorte, Brennan

Cole, Cain, Cian, Chance, Cooper, Cullen, Cahil, Callum, Curran, Cormac, Carter, Cillian, Creed, Cash, Caius, Conley, Constantine, Coen/Cohen

Catharine, Catra, Circe, Cadence, Calla, Chloë, Cian, Cora, Campbell, Coraline, Clarity, Clemency, Caroline, Claire, Clemence

Darwin, Declan, Dominic, Donovan, Duncan, Dresden, Dempsey, Dermot, Dane, Darcy, Dax, Diego

Dahlia, Darwin, Dresden, Daisy, Delilia, Dagny, Danae, Damiana

Ewan, Euan, Ethen, Eoin, Elijah, Ender, Ezra, Ever, Elias

Ella, Emma, Elysia, Elysian, Ever, Eveille, Emersen, Eyre, Ezra, Eliora, Evanescence, Evaliese, Evolet, Estella, Eliana, Esme, Eliza

Finnegan, Flynn, Finn, Finian, Foster, Fox

Fallon, Fate, Fleur, Francesca, Fiona

Grey, Gabriel, Gage, Gavin, Griffin, Gracen, Gideon, Greer , Greagoir, Gunnar

Grey, Greer, Gréazure, Grémorrow, Genesis, Georgia, Gianna, Giada, Georgiana

Haden, Holden, Hatcher, Hunter, Harlow, Harper, Harker, Haven, Hannibal, Harkness, Hadrian, Hugh, Hrothgar, Hyde

Helaina, Harper, Hero, Honor, Hunter, Harlow, Hera, Harker, Haven , Haydn

Ioan, Indigo, Ian, Indiana , Ianto

Isabella, Ianthe, Isolde, Illiana, Inara, Indigo, Isidora, Indiana , Ismene, Ianna, Illyria, Iona

Justice, Joshua, Jack, James, Jensen, Jericho, Jonah, Jude, Jain, Jackson, Joss, Jonas , Just

Justice, Joshua, James, Journey, Jude, Jane, Juno

Kisten, Keagan, Keane, Killian, Kindred, Kallias, Knightly

Katharine, Katja, Kindred, Kallisto, Kleio, Kismet

Lachlan, Latham, Layton, Lawson, Leander, Lennon, Locke, London, Luca, Lynch, Lysander, Liam, Levi, Leviathan, Lear, Lennan, Lennox, Lorne

Lennon, Lennan, Lenore, Liadan, Liliana, London, Lorelei, Lyra, Lyric, Liora, Leila, Lilias, Leonore, Leonora, Lenora, Lilah

Mathias, Matteo, Malachi, Maddox, Maden, Mercer, Merrick, Micah, Murphy, Miles, Maximilian, Maxim, Merritt

Melora, Morrow, Magdalena, Murphy, Maren, Mila, Melia, Mercy, Mercer, Meliora, Mneme, Morgan

Nico, Nicolai, Nicholas, Nathan, Noah, Nigel, Nevada

Nyx, Nora, Noa, Nimue , Nicola, Nevada, Nona

Owen, Olivier, Orion , Oakley, Oliver, Orpheus , Odin

Ophelia, Olivia, Oleanna, Oralee, Oriana

Paladin, Payne, Payton, Penn, Pax, Paxton, Paden

Paladin, Pax, Paxton, Piper, Poe, Psyche, Petra, Providence, Paxten, Phaedra, Persephone, Philomena, Poem

Quinn, Quintin , Quentin, Quinlan

Quinn, Quenna, Quiana, Quinlyn, Quinnah

Rafferty, Rafe, Rhys, Remington, Ryder, Riordan, Ransom, River, Roarke , Rogan, Raiden, Raith, Ronin

Rowen, River, Reveille, Reigna, Reign, Rosalie, Remembrance, Remember, Remedy

Sawyer, Saxon, Sebastian, Sinjin, Sullivan, Spencer, Seeley, Sharpe, Soren

Sage, Salem, Serenity, Shiloh , Sonora, Scarlett, Skye, Story, Sunday, Song

Tristan, Tate, Thomas, Thane, Thornton, Thorne

Tate, Tatum, Thora, Trinity, True, Thessaly, Tallis, Tyche, Tierney, Trilby

Urian, Upton, Uriah, Uri, Ulysses, Urien

Uriah , Ursula, Una, Uma, Urien

Valentine, Val, Victor, Vic, Vlad, Vitaley

Vivian, Verity, Veronica, Vrai, Vicary, Victoire, Vesper, Valentina, Violet

Walker, Willem, Wilder, Wolfe, West, Warwick, Wilde, Wiley, Wisdom

West, Willoughby, Winter, Wren, Willow, Waverly, Wednesday

Xander, Xavier, Xenos , Xan, Xenocrates

Xanthia, Xanthe , Ximena, Xaviera, Xan

Yeates, York , Yan, Yorick, Yale

Ysolt, Yeardley, Yael, Yanthe , Yasmina, Yeva

Zachariah, Zane, Zev, Zion , Zachary, Zenan

Zoe, Zoya, Zara, Zion, Zahara, Zaidia

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

Of your more different names, I also like these:
Annagrey - ooh, so Austen/Bronte-y. Excellent.
Balendin - also on my list
Oh, I really like Grace on a boy, but didn't have that on my list.
Gréazure, Grémorrow - interesting... what are these?
Haven - on a boy
Honor - It only wasn't on my list because I had Honora on it.
Kindred - ooh, I've never considered this before!
Kismet
Morrow
Poem
Providence (Puritan names ftw!)
Remembrance
Sinjin
Sonora
Tallis

[requiem-morrow.livejournal.com]

Gréazure, Grémorrow - interesting... what are these?

I must admit...they are names I made up in high school...twenty years ago LOL

[penguiny7.livejournal.com]

lol. Nice.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Listed are ones I like. * are on my list.

Alasdair
Ambrose
Agatha
Agnes
Benjamin*
Bram
Balthazar
Barnaby
Bronwen
Ciarán*
Cormac
Connor*
Claire*
Catherine
Daphne*
Dinah
Éamonn*
Eoghan (O-an)
Edith
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Eloise
Fitzwilliam
Franklin
Gregory
Graham*
Gale
Gretchen
Genevieve
Gillian
Hamish*
Henry
Harrison*
Harriet
James*
June
Josephine* (English prn.)
Kieran
Louis*
Linus*
Mackenzie
Margaret*
Marjorie
Nicholas
Nimue
Owen
Oliver*
Patrick
Penelope
Quentin*
Roger*
Rory
Rupert*
Rowena
Séamus*
Sage
Sarah*
Susannah
Theodore*
Tallulah*
Tegwen
Temperance
Virgil
William*
Xavier* (ig-zay-vyer)
Zinnia