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

[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.