Favourite names

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

My list of favourite boys', girls', and unisex names. In no particular order. (Note: some names in the boys / girls section are actually unisex, but I only like them for one sex or the other, hence my categorizing them by sex.) Warning: huge lists ahead.

BOYS
Lauren / Loren
Evelyn / Evelin
Aubrey
Arthur (one of my middle names)
Samuel
Jesse
Isaak / Isaac / Izaak / etc.
Elijah
Ezra
Gabriel
Raphael / Rafael
Misha
Sasha / Sacha
Mikhail (not Michael)
Alexei / Aleksey / Aleksi / Alexi
Nikita(s)
Ashley / Ashleigh
Mordred

GIRLS
Fawn
Eva / Ava
Susan
Eliza / Liza
Elisabeth / Elizabeth / Ersabet / Elisaveta / etc.
Betsy
Anna / Anne / Annie
Marie
Alice
June
Marine
Maryse
Araceli
Marianthe
Zoë / Zoï / Zo(o)ey
Marisol
Victoire
Maggie
Magda
Winifred / Winnie / Fred
Saoirse

UNISEX
Morgan (my first name)
Quin(n)
Winter
Alison / Allison
Whitney
Shelby / Shelbie
Milo
Alexis (my second middle name)
Willow
Fin(n)
Gwyn(n) / Wynn
Kay(e)
Leigh / Lee
December
Ariel / Aeriel
Isidore
Yael / Yaeli

Comments

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

I like:

Aubrey
Samuel
Ezra
Gabriel
Ashley

Ava
Eliza
Elisabeth / Elizabeth
Betsy
Anna
Alice
Maggie
Magda

UNISEX
Allison (on girls)
December (on girls)

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

You know that Lauren, Evelyn and Aubrey are generally girls names, right?

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. All three of those were men's names first (among several others in my list), and later became popular for girls. So, technically, they are unisex.

[imamaryanne.livejournal.com]

My understanding is Loren=boys, Lauren=girls. Also, you have Allison listed under unisex. That's another where spelling counts. Allison is a boy name, meaning son of Allen and Alison is a girl name, from the french diminutive for Alice.

All my knowledge comes from the internet and may be incorrect. the above is just what I've read.

[pleasure-past.livejournal.com]

Behind the Name says that Lauren was originally a diminutive of Laurence, which is very logical looking at the spelling, so it was a masculine name first.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I never thought about that, but that does make sense.

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

Please remember that the posting was simply my opinion on the names. You don't need to tear me apart about it. Relax. Adding an extra L to "Alison" for a boy is hardly the most ridiculous naming gaffe in the world.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say Allison, Evelyn and Lauren may have once been boy names, but they are mostly girls names now. Hearing any of those, I would assume the person is a girl, and I would find it weird to learn that any of them are boys, as I think girls names on boys are kinda weird. Might not be the most ridiculous naming gaffe, but it's up there.

If you like a name, you like a name, and that's the bottom line, but I see a lot of those names and I think "girls' names" and I think a lot of other people would think that too.

[imamaryanne.livejournal.com]

Wait, what? Not only was I not tearing you a new one about anything, I don't even think you made a gaffe. You listed both spellings of Alison and listed them under the unisex category. I was simply telling you an interesting tidbit that I had read online. I really didn't mean any offense, and I definitely don't think you made any type of gaffe.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that Allison was originally male, although to mean "son of Allen" does make sense; everyone I know with that spelling is female.

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I live in the UK and I've never met a female Aubrey. Over here it's the kind of name you only really see on older men.

[houndofloki.livejournal.com]

Loren I could get behind as a unisex name, and Aubrey actually sounds male to me (maybe the other commentor is thinking of Audrey, which is a girls' name)

Evelyn, though, yikes. I think naming a boy Evelyn would be sentencing him to a lifetime of torment ._.

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

Any boy called Evelyn... he'd need to be pretty good in a fist fight.

[karohi.livejournal.com]

Agreed! :/

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

My reasoning for that is in homage to the novelist Evelyn Waugh, a man. I had never heard of it for a boy before that, but it got me to thinking, and I decided I really liked it.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Aubrey actually sounds male to me (maybe the other commentor is thinking of Audrey, which is a girls' name)

I actually went to college with an Aubrey and an Aubrie, both females. Just throwing that out there.

[roxtarrr.livejournal.com]

Aubrey is Drake's first name :D

[silvermidnight.livejournal.com]

i like almost all of them!

how do you pronounce Araceli? where is the emphasis? Uh-ross-ah-lee? Air-ah-cell-ee?

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

It's a Spanish name, so I'm thinking "AHR-ah-sell-ee". Could be wrong, though.

[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

Yup. That's how I'd say it, anyway.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I like:

Ezra
Raphael / Rafael
Ava
Eliza
Elisabeth
Anna / Anne / Annie
Victoire
Morgan
Quinn
Winter
Whitney
Willow
Gwynn / Wynn
Kay
Leigh / Lee
Ariel

[felicitea.livejournal.com]

I like:

BOYS
Loren
Evelyn
Aubrey
Isaac
Ezra
Misha
Sasha (My SOs middle name is Aleksandr, I call him Sasha)
Mikhail
Alexei / Aleksey / Aleksi / Alexi

GIRLS
Ava
Marianthe
Victoire
Magda

UNISEX
Quinn
Alexis (my second middle name)
Yael

[vlchelper7763.livejournal.com]

It seems that classic names are coming back.

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

Seems so. They've got a really simplistic elegance that I love a lot -- especially on a girl.

[landslideoflove.livejournal.com]

Sasha / Sacha
Mikhail
Alexei / Aleksey / Aleksi / Alexi
Nikita

On hot Russian hockey players :) lol.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I like:
Lauren / Loren (boys only, as you listed says a female Lauren)
Jesse
Raphael
Sasha / Sacha - as a nickname for Alexander or variant
Alexei / Aleksi

GIRLS
Eliza - as a nn for Elizabeth
Elisabeth / Elizabeth / Elisaveta / etc. ((Elspeth? I like that one too)
Marie
Alice
June

UNISEX
Morgan (boys only)
Quin(n) (boys only)
Winter
Willow (girls only)
Gwyn(n) / Wynn
December (girls only)

I really like the idea of putting the originally male names back on males; I just happen not to be really into most of the ones you listed. Still, I think it would be cool to see them on boys.

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

I like:

Loren, Ezra, Mikhail, Alexei

Marisol, Magda, Winifred, Saoirse

Quinn (my name, so I'm biased), Shelby, Willow, Wynn

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

I worked with a male Loren and it grew on me. I see it much more as a male name now!

I like:

Loren
Aubrey
Arthur
Samuel
Isaac
Elijah
Ezra
Gabriel

GIRLS
Eva
Eliza
Elisabeth / Elizabeth
Anna / Anne / Annie
Alice
June
Maggie (as a nn for Margaret or Magnolia)
Saoirse

UNISEX
Morgan
Quinn
Winter
Alison (only for a girl)
Milo (only for a boy)
Willow (only for a girl)
Finn (as a nn for Finley for a boy)

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I worked with a male Loren and it grew on me. I see it much more as a male name now!

From a pretty young age I was taught that Loren is the male spelling and Lauren is the female spelling, so for some reason I don't really think about them being the same name.

[rosabelle.livejournal.com]

I like:

Aubrey
Arthur
Gabriel
Misha
Sasha
Eva
Ava
Susan (I prefer Susannah but Susan is okay)
Elizabeth
Ersabet
Marie
Alice
Araceli (LOVE this)
Zoë
Maggie (as a nickname)
Morgan
Quinn
Winter
Willow
Finn
December (this was totally my favorite name when I was fifteen and I still have a soft spot for it)
Ariel

[distractful.livejournal.com]

Love Mischa, Sacha, Alexei, Samuel, Jesse
Annie, Alice, June
Alexis, Ariel

[theljfromheck.livejournal.com]

My dad's name is Loren so to me it's a man's name. Even Lauren seems odd for a girl to me.

I like most of the names you listed. Good names!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I like:

Alexei
Elijah
Gabriel
Ezra
Jesse
Sasha

With Samuel, Gabriel, Raphael, and Misha---do I sense a Supernatural-related theme?

Eliza
Ava
Maryse
Saoirse although substitute teachers may stumble on it
Anna
Elizabeth
Maggie

Leigh
Milo
Quinn
Morgan
Whitney
Finn
Ariel

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

No, I don't watch Supernatural, so no theme. Just names I like.

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

I like:
Evelyn (for a girl though)
Misha (Oh, Misha Collins :))
Mikhail
Alexei

Eva / Ava
Alice

Shelby (for a girl)

[iam-katie.livejournal.com]

I really like your name!! Is it Morgan Arthur Alexis or Morgan Alexis Arthur? Either way I love the neutralness of it. Morgan is a great name

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

Why thank you! It's Morgan Arthur Alexis. I usually go by either Morgan or Arthur, but I tell people I'd answer to any of the three, which is true. X3

[boywarrior.livejournal.com]

Gwyn is unisex? How is it pronounced?

Und I should link you to my names list, I think thered be a few you'd enjoy. ^^

[boywarrior.livejournal.com]

http://listography.com/plutomilk/autobio/names_i_like

in fact, here it is! There may be some you like on there ^^

[pax-morgana.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Gwyn is unisex. It's pronounced "GWIN".

And I like some of those names, but tbh, most of 'em aren't really my cuppa. Thanks for sharing, though!