New Name Game

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Just found this in a forum thread on Nameberry.com:

1. Go to Nymbler.com
2. Add your top 3 girls names and top 3 boys names as your inspirations
3. Click find names once
4. List all of the names that show up here and tell us what you think of them!

I used the following:

Diana
Helena
Isabel
Nolan
Hugo
Callum



Results and thoughts:

Maria - Nice, but I probably wouldn't use it.
Antonia - This name has intrigued me for a while.  I say it "An-ton-EE-ah".
Camilla - I really like the flow of this name.
Grace - My middle name (and my favorite part of my name)!  Of course, I love it!
Charlotte - One of my favorites.
Elizabeth - Classic. 
Claire - I love this one a lot, too!
Audrey - Alright, I guess.

Julian - I've really liked this name for a while now.
Henry - One of my favorites for a boy.
Julio - I prefer Julian.
Tomas - The Spanish pronunciation is cool, but I prefer Thomas as a spelling.
Lorenzo - This name is fun.
Graham - This one has been growing on me recently.
Owen - I really like this one a lot.



What are your results?  Did anything surprise you?

Comments

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My top names: Rosemary, Cordelia, Eleanor, Theodore, Everett, Emerson

Results:
Walter - Love it! I don't like it enough to use it, though. I think of Breaking Bad, too.
Henry - If Henry weren't so popular right now, I'd totally use it. The DH and I were thinking about using it for a long time.
Gilbert - I don't know why, but this name doesn't sit well with me. I say it really funny. I like its meaning, though.
Basil - Cute, but more of a guilty pleasure name for me. I would use it on a pet. I LOVE the spice.
Owen - Lovely name. We have friends with an Owen so I don't know if we would use it. I like nn options and Owen doesn't really provide that.
Edmund - I love this name too but it sounds so British to me that my American accent doesn't do it justice. My grandpa was Edward, so I'd love to use something similar (like Edwin, too) to honor him.
Oliver - Very nice name, but popular.

Alice - Simple and nice. Too simple for me.
Winifred - It's cute, but I'd never use it.
Audrey - Love Audrey! I have a cousin Austin so it's kind of too close sounding (considering my grandma calls Austin "Audy")
Elizabeth - Elizabeth is... Elizabeth. It's a great name but too boring-classic for me.
Charlotte - Very popular, but very nice.
Grace - Meh. I don't like virtue names much. Grace is so filler now-a-days.
Rowena - A beautiful name!
Florence - I just think of the nn Flo and that makes me think of aunt Flo. :-/ It's a pretty name though.

I'm not really surprised by any of these suggestions.

I pronounce Antonia like "ahn-TONE-ya."