I'm bored, tell me what you think of these names

MNgirl326 · June 2014

It's raining, I'm bored. Here are the names I am looking at so far.

Tell me what you think, you can be honest, I don't have my heart set on any of them.

Boy- William, Noah, Samuel, Benjamin, Adam, Oscar, George, Elliot

Girl- Amelia, Arianna, Harper, Scarlett, Elise, Evelyn, Victoria, Vivian, Ruby

motherboy · June 2014

I love Ruby (and you might too since you listed it twice

). Evelyn is also great. Those are my favorite of your girls.

George is great. Noah is overdone (I think it's the current #2 boy name ). I also like Elliot and Oscar.

MNgirl326 · June 2014

motherboy said:

I love Ruby (and you might too since you listed it twice ). Evelyn is also great. Those are my favorite of your girls. George is great. Noah is overdone (I think it's the current #2 boy name ). I also like Elliot and Oscar.

Ha! I do, I didn't even notice!

SpaceGirlSpiff · June 2014

All of them are nice names! Adam is on my boys list too (still trying to convince H)

I've always loved the name Victoria as well

LadyXaverian · June 2014

Solid list!

William- Like, especially with the nick name Will

Noah- Like

Samuel- Like

Benjamin- Like

Adam- Like, and I never hear this name anymore

Oscar- While I generally love "old man" names, I'm not a fan of this one

George- It's ok. I think it will grow in popularity due to a certain little prince, and it's probably growing on me for that same reason.

Elliot- Like

Amelia- Like, despite its popularity

Arianna- Not a fan

Harper- NMS but I know a couple of sweet little Harpers so I have good associations

Scarlett- Like

Elise- Like, but it reminds me of a name I love even more, which is Eloise.

Evelyn- Like, but I have to admit, I know a LOT of little Evelyns. I can think of 5 off the time of my head who are 3 or younger.

Victoria- Like especially with the nn Tori

Vivian- Like

Ruby- Love (it's my niece's name, so I am probably biased!)

tarynlphillips · June 2014

LOVE LOVE LOVE Harper!! (But I may be biased as that's the girl name we've chosen...but I have never met a Harper I didn't just adore). My grandma was Ruby so I love that name too (Haha...and her sister was Pearl, I guess even back then parents had themes in mind?!)

I like Elliot and Benjamin, not a big fan of Oscar or George. I have a lot of friends named Adam...but don't know many kids with the name...so maybe it should start making a comeback??

adgrammer · June 2014

Benjamin is our boy name so I like that. I really like Vivian too. We love nicknames. You have nicknames with those.

idontevenknow · June 2014

Benjamin and Elise

Maebb · June 2014

William and George sound a little too "royal family" to me.

Oscar will always remind me of "Oscar the grouch."

I love "Noah" and "Samuel."

Of the girl names, my favorites are Harper, Elise, and Evelyn (nn Evie), and I feel neutral about the rest.

aerotigergirl · June 2014

Nice list! I think my favorite boy name on your list is Elliot (it's at the top of our list for a boy or a girl), but I also really like Oscar, and the possible nickname Ozzy. For the girls, I like Ruby and Amelia.

bre_anna_101 · June 2014

I know, I'm mostly a lurker, but I like all your name choices!

Had to speak up on this one cause my little boy is Elliott and we love it. It is unique enough that there's not to many of them, but common enough that most people have at least heard of it.

jonesparty7 · June 2014

Benjamin and Evelyn are my two favorites!

longcat07 · June 2014

i like both of your lists. benjamin, elliot, and oscar are my favorites from your boy list, and amelia, evelyn, and vivian are my favorites from your girl list. good, classic names.

MahriM23 · June 2014

Love the name Elliot! the name I don't really like on the list is Victoria. Mostly because even if you want to call her "Tori" (which is cute), there will still be people that call her Vicky (which is awful/just not my favorite).

mpiemont · June 2014

Boy- William, Noah, Samuel, Benjamin, Adam, Oscar, George, Elliot

I like Adam the best of the boys list- The rest are all way over used or NMS (Oscar, Elliot, George).

Girl- Amelia, Arianna, Harper, Scarlett, Elise, Evelyn, Victoria, Vivian, Ruby

Evelyn used to be my #1 girls name circa 2001 when Pearl Harbor came out. Since then, 50000000000000 people I know have used that name. Still it is a beautiful name. My favorite is Victoria- but I'm not a fan of shortening names and I think it'd be hard to keep her from being called Vicki or Tori.

So my votes are Adam & Elise

MNgirl326 · June 2014

Thanks for all your thoughts ladies!

Sorry, I never responded. Turns out a rainy afternoon leads to water in your basement.

I'm glad you like most of my names. I like them too. My son's name is Michael so we need to go with something that will work with his name.

My husband likes Rosalyn with a nickname of Roz. I pretty much hate it. So, we will see what happens.

Lanatir · June 2014

Late to the game. I fled the house today because we have no A/C... So catching up now...

Amelia is DD's name, so obviously I LOVE it. Vivian is our pick if 2.0 is a girl. And I LOVE Harper (the English major in me loves Harper Lee, author of TKAMB), but DH isn't on board with that.

As far as boys, Oscar is probably my least favorite, but I'd be fine with all the others. haha.

tripletoe · June 2014

I love the name Harper, but its our prime minister's last name and its kind of wrecked it for me

. Love Benjamin.

mommy5point0 · June 2014

I have a Benjamin! Not only is it cool and classic, I've never met a Ben I didn't like. Mine, of course, is my favorite of all time.

MichaelSC28 · June 2014

Victoria is fav!

rodiesmum · June 2014

MNgirl326 said:
It's raining, I'm bored. Here are the names I am looking at so far.
Tell me what you think, you can be honest, I don't have my heart set on any of them.
Boy- William, Noah, Samuel, Benjamin, Adam, Oscar, George, Elliot

Girl- Amelia, Arianna, Harper, Scarlett, Elise, Evelyn, Victoria, Vivian, Ruby

Boy- samuel or noah.
Girl - arianna or scarlet

drpayne · June 2014

Love them all, except oscar. My youngest is a William

Vanval10 · June 2014

Boy-
William: like
Noah: Cute!
Samuel: like
Benjamin: Classic
Adam: always nice
Oscar: not a fan
George: not a fan
Elliot: cute

Girl-
Amelia: cute
Arianna: cute
Harper: like
Scarlett: love
Elise: like
Evelyn: like
Victoria: not a fan
Vivian: cute!
Ruby: not a fan

wcmama1001 · June 2014

My son is named Benjamin. If he'd been a girl, he would have been Evelyn. I'm partial to these two

.

I like all your names. Will you pick "the" name ahead of time or wait until the baby comes to choose?

jmcmoe · June 2014

Boy-
William- I love this name (Will is a cute nn) it's also my DS's middle name, however it's Extremely popular (#5 in 2013) so if you are going for original this is not the name for you haha
Noah- was literally the number one name of 2013
Samuel- nms
Benjamin- also nms
Adam- I know like 50 Adam's
Oscar- the Grouch?
George-the meaning is "farmer" which i like!

Elliot- nms because it does not have a good short form or nn

Girl-
Amelia- very popular
Arianna- sounds too prissy
Harper- nms
Scarlett- it's ok
Elise- I like this name but I know a lot of ppl don't know how to say it properly but if you think she could live with ppl calling her Elsie then go for it haha
Evelyn- one of my favs
Victoria- snobby sounding and Vicki is the opposite
Vivian- also snobby sounding
Ruby- cute but strange if she's not a redhead

If you are interested here is the list of names an their popularity in 2013 : https://nameberry.com/popular_names/US

MNgirl326 · June 2014

jmcmoe said:

Boy- William- I love this name (Will is a cute nn) it's also my DS's middle name, however it's Extremely popular (#5 in 2013) so if you are going for original this is not the name for you haha Noah- was literally the number one name of 2013 Samuel- nms Benjamin- also nms Adam- I know like 50 Adam's Oscar- the Grouch? George-the meaning is "farmer" which i like! Elliot- nms because it does not have a good short form or nn Girl- Amelia- very popular Arianna- sounds too prissy Harper- nms Scarlett- it's ok Elise- I like this name but I know a lot of ppl don't know how to say it properly but if you think she could live with ppl calling her Elsie then go for it haha Evelyn- one of my favs Victoria- snobby sounding and Vicki is the opposite Vivian- also snobby sounding Ruby- cute but strange if she's not a redhead If you are interested here is the list of names an their popularity in 2013 : https://nameberry.com/popular_names/US

Meh, i'm not too concerned with popularity. My son's name is Michael. LOL which is a family name as well as super popular.

Amelia, William, and Oscar are all family names.

Ruby is nice, and chances are it would be a red head since DH, LO and I are all red heads.

MNgirl326 · June 2014

wcmama1001 said:

My son is named Benjamin. If he'd been a girl, he would have been Evelyn. I'm partial to these two .

I like all your names. Will you pick "the" name ahead of time or wait until the baby comes to choose?

I hope to have the names picked out before hand. We will find out the sex so once we know that, it will be a little easier to narrow it down. RIght now I am just looking around and seeing what names I like. It's hard after being a teacher, there are a LOT of names I don't like because of various students I've had. hahaha

9513 · June 2014

aerotigergirl said:
Nice list! I think my favorite boy name on your list is Elliot (it's at the top of our list for a boy or a girl), but I also really like Oscar, and the possible nickname Ozzy. For the girls, I like Ruby and Amelia.

Elliot is on our list for a girl too! I love it!

Keberly91 · June 2014

I've been thinking Harper if mine's a girl!

kayham12 · June 2014

Love Ruby and Elliot

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