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[Anny]

Well, I haven't had name lists before, so I thought I would just write down names that I like/ love, but I am not sure about most of them.

I would very much appreciate it
First: ... if you would share some thoughts about my names, positive and negative. If you do not have opinions on all, it is fine with me, comments on a couple names are also welcome (since both lists are quiet long) ... A top 5 or 10 of each would also be very helpful.
Second: ... if you could suggest middle names. The ones I have are family names, except Rosalie, but I am not settled on those names. I already have name combinations which will probably stay!

Some spellings are due to the fact that I am German, and I just like the English pronouncation of those names.

~ GIRL ~
First names:
~~~ Alaina
~~~ Amira … 'Mira'
~~~ Arya
~~~ Briana/ Brienna … 'Bri'/ 'Bria'
~~~ Briella … 'Bri'/ 'Bria'
~~~ Caitlin
~~~ Cecilia … 'Ceci'/ 'Cilia'
~~~ Cordilia … 'Cori'/ 'Dilia'/ 'Della' ---> Cordilia Rosalie
~~~ Daphne
~~~ Elara … 'Ellie' ---> Elara Emilië (this combo will stay, it is my favorite of my all-time favorites, I have loved it for years! And I can definitely imagine calling my daughter Ellie when she is a good girl and Elara Emilië when she is making trouble ;D)
~~~ Esmé
~~~ Gibea
~~~ Isadora … 'Isa'/ 'Dora'
~~~ Keila
~~~ Laiza
~~~ Liora … 'Lia' ---> Liora Charlotte
~~~ Malia/ Melia
~~~ Meara
~~~ Mattea … 'Tea' -> new love
~~~ Nevia(h) -> this has nothing to do with Nevaeh, fortunately it has a Hebrew meaning, but I forgot it
~~~ Nerea
~~~ Nelia … 'Nelli'
~~~ Ophelia … 'Phea'
~~~ Riana … 'Ria' -> new love
~~~ Rosalie … 'Rosie' -> Maybe only for mn?
~~~ Soraya -> more of a guilty pleasure
~~~ Stella
~~~ Theodora … 'Thea'
~~~ Viera
~~~ Vivienne

Middle names: ~~~ Emilië ~~~ Charlotte ~~~ Rosalie ~~~ Margarete ~~~


~ Boy ~
First names:
~~~ Arden
~~~ Arlen -> new love
~~~ Bennett ... 'Ben'
~~~ Benjamin ... 'Ben'
~~~ Cieran/ Kieran
~~~ Conrad
~~~ Corbin/ Corben
~~~ Dante
~~~ Dexter … 'Dex'
~~~ Delias … 'Dell'
~~~ Donovan
~~~ Dorian
~~~ Eames/ Eamon
~~~ Edric … 'Eddie'/'Ed' -> new love
~~~ Finnegan/ Finnigan … 'Finn'
~~~ Finley ... 'Finn'
~~~ Gaius -> more of a guilty pleasure
~~~ Gideon
~~~ Hadrian
~~~ Holden
~~~ Linus
~~~ Livius
~~~ Lucius
~~~ Nathaniel … 'Nate'
~~~ Nereus … 'Nero'
~~~ Quentin
~~~ Reuben/ Ruben
~~~ Roman
~~~ Sirius -> more of a guilty pleasure
~~~ Severin/ Severus
~~~ Soren
~~~ Sullivan
~~~ Thadeus ---> Thadeus Robert
~~~ Tobin
~~~ Theon -> new love

Middle names: ~~~ Robert ~~~

My all-time favorites are bolded, so those are definitely going to stay!!!

Thanks in advance for your time

[ashooles]

I like:

~ GIRL ~
First names:
~~~ Briana
~~~ Briella
~~~ Caitlin
~~~ Cecilia … 'Ceci'/ 'Cilia'
~~~ Daphne
~~~ Isadora
~~~ Malia
~~~ Nevia(h)
~~~ Riana … 'Ria'
~~~ Rosalie
~~~ Stella
~~~ Theodora … 'Thea'
~~~ Vivienne

Middle names: Charlotte ~~~ Margarete ~~~


~ Boy ~
First names:
~~~ Arden
~~~ Conrad
~~~ Corbin
~~~ Dante
~~~ Dexter
~~~ Donovan
~~~ Dorian
~~~ Eamon
~~~ Finnegan/ Finnigan
~~~ Finley
~~~ Holden
~~~ Nathaniel
~~~ Nereus … 'Nero' (this nn could be a bad idea because the Roman empror named Nero was a complete nutter. Just my opinion )
~~~ Quentin
~~~ Reuben
~~~ Tobin

Middle names: ~~~ Robert ~~~

[Anny]

~~~ Nereus … 'Nero' (this nn could be a bad idea because the Roman empror named Nero was a complete nutter. Just my opinion )

I know ... I had the same association but I am not sure whether to like it or not! Do you have other nn to Nereus?

[Remy Hadley]

My top 10 names of each gender...
1. Alaina
2. Ophelia
3. Cecilia "Ceci, Cilia"
4. Arya
5. Caitlin
6. Elara "Ellie" [Elara Emilië - perminent combo, her absolute fav]
7. Amira "Mira"
8. Vivienne
9. Rosalie "Rosie"
10. Isadora

- I loooove Alaina!! It's been on my list (: Though, I've been back and forth on Alana, Alaina, and Elaina. I'm currently going with Elaina/Eliana, but I still do looove Alaina! <3
- Amira is beautiful, Mira is also beautiful <3 I personally think that Amira needs a nick name, but Mira is beautiful.
- Arya is beautiful! Is it pronounced Ah-rye-uh? or like Aria? [ah-ree-uh]?
- Briana is nice, a tad dated around here, but nice. Brienna is unique, sounds nice <3 I love Bri!! Bria is nice too! But Bria could even be a name on its own in my opinion!
- Briella is okay, a tad trendy in my opinion. I've always prefered it at the end of like, Gabriella or something, but its nice. Again, love Bri. And Bria <3
- Caitlin is nice! I loooove the name Kate, or Katie, so love Caitlin <3
- I love Cecilia lately! Ceci is real pretty, Cilia is okay, more like a full name than a nick name to me though. Plus I prefer the spelling Celia personally (;
- Cordilia is okay, just not my taste. Cori works nicely as a nick name though, and Dilia or Della are both lovely. I think Della is really lovely!!
- Daphne is okay... just not my style <3
- Elara is beautiful! I wouldn't use it myself, but it does sound nice. Love Ellie! And Elara Emilië is beautiful, love the combo!
- Esmé is okay, I don't care for it.
- Gibea is okay... idk <3
- Isadora is nice, I considered it for a bit. I just don't care for the nick name Dora much, because of Dora the explorer and all. But Isa is nice!
- Keila is nice, how do you pronounce it??
- Laiza is nice, like Liza?
- Liora is interesting, never heard it before <3 Lia is a cute nick name though! Liora Charlotte is a nick combo!
- Malia is beautiful, I prefer this spelling to Melia (:
- Meara looks beautiful, but I don't know how to pronounce it ):
- Mattea is nice, Tea is a cute nick name. I know a girl named Tia, its sweet.
- I like Neviah much better than Nevaeh, lots less trendy if its Hebrew and all.
- Nerea is interesting. Nice <3
- Nelia is okay, Nelli is cute!
- Ophelia is beautiful and I love it so much! But it has the oh-feel-ya sound to it so I worry about teasing and all ): Phea is a cute nick name, but Lia is nice <3
- Riana is okay, makes me think of Rihanna. Ria is a nice nick name
- Rosalie is beautiful, looove Rosie!!
- Soraya is really beautiful, I think!!
- Stella is beautiful though a tad nick namey, I like Estella! (:
- Theodora is really beautiful!! and Thea is nice!!
- Vivienne is beautiful!!
- Viera is nice!!


I'll do the boys list in a sec, hope this helps though!

[ReadeAlexandra]

~ GIRL ~
~~~ Amira … 'Mira' << also like Samira ... Amira True
~~~ Cecilia … 'Ceci'/ 'Cilia' << love this name!!!!!! <3 ... Cecilia Claire nn CC
~~~ Esmé << love but Twilight has made it popular ... Esme Corinne
~~~ Isadora … 'Isa' << Isadora Melanie
~~~ Meara << Meara Rosalyn
~~~ Mattea … 'Tea' << also love Matteo nn Teo ... Mattea Sydney
~~~ Rosalie … 'Rosie' << I adore this name but Twilight has made it popular... Rosalie Margaret
~~~ Soraya << love this name ... Soraya Lynnette
~~~ Stella << Stella Rosemary

~ Boy ~
~~~ Bennett ... 'Ben' << Bennett Cullen
~~~ Benjamin ... 'Ben' << Benjamin Joseph nn Benji
~~~ Corben << love w/ nn Ben or Ori ... Corben Zachary
~~~ Dante << Dante Oliver
~~~ Eames << Eames Jeremy
~~~ Gideon << Gideon Robert
~~~ Holden << Holden Gregory
~~~ Linus << Linus Gulliver
~~~ Reuben/ Ruben << love w/ nn Ben ... Reuben Patrick
~~~ Thadeus ---> Thadeus Robert nn Teddy

[Meghan<3]

My favorite girl names are Caitlin, Alaina, Briana, Cecilia, Elara, Viera, Vivienne, in that order. I like the combos Caitlin Emilië, Alaina Margarete, Briana Charlotte, Cecilia Margarete, Elara Emilië (unique, but pretty!), Viera Margarete, and Vivienne Rosalie. My absolute favorite is probably Caitlin Emilië.

My favorite boy names are Arlen, Benjamin, Bennett, Nathaniel, Edric, Sullivan, and Arden, in that order. I like the combos Arlen Robert, Nathaniel Robert, and Sullivan Robert.

[Anny]

- I loooove Alaina!! It's been on my list (: Though, I've been back and forth on Alana, Alaina, and Elaina. I'm currently going with Elaina/Eliana, but I still do looove Alaina! <3
- Amira is beautiful, Mira is also beautiful <3 I personally think that Amira needs a nick name, but Mira is beautiful.
- Arya is beautiful! Is it pronounced Ah-rye-uh? or like Aria? [ah-ree-uh]?
- Briana is nice, a tad dated around here, but nice. Brienna is unique, sounds nice <3 I love Bri!! Bria is nice too! But Bria could even be a name on its own in my opinion!
- Briella is okay, a tad trendy in my opinion. I've always prefered it at the end of like, Gabriella or something, but its nice. Again, love Bri. And Bria <3
- Caitlin is nice! I loooove the name Kate, or Katie, so love Caitlin <3
- I love Cecilia lately! Ceci is real pretty, Cilia is okay, more like a full name than a nick name to me though. Plus I prefer the spelling Celia personally (;
- Cordilia is okay, just not my taste. Cori works nicely as a nick name though, and Dilia or Della are both lovely. I think Della is really lovely!!
- Daphne is okay... just not my style <3
- Elara is beautiful! I wouldn't use it myself, but it does sound nice. Love Ellie! And Elara Emilië is beautiful, love the combo!
- Esmé is okay, I don't care for it.
- Gibea is okay... idk <3
- Isadora is nice, I considered it for a bit. I just don't care for the nick name Dora much, because of Dora the explorer and all. But Isa is nice!
- Keila is nice, how do you pronounce it??
- Laiza is nice, like Liza?
- Liora is interesting, never heard it before <3 Lia is a cute nick name though! Liora Charlotte is a nick combo!
- Malia is beautiful, I prefer this spelling to Melia (:
- Meara looks beautiful, but I don't know how to pronounce it ):
- Mattea is nice, Tea is a cute nick name. I know a girl named Tia, its sweet.
- I like Neviah much better than Nevaeh, lots less trendy if its Hebrew and all.
- Nerea is interesting. Nice <3
- Nelia is okay, Nelli is cute!
- Ophelia is beautiful and I love it so much! But it has the oh-feel-ya sound to it so I worry about teasing and all ): Phea is a cute nick name, but Lia is nice <3
- Riana is okay, makes me think of Rihanna. Ria is a nice nick name
- Rosalie is beautiful, looove Rosie!!
- Soraya is really beautiful, I think!!
- Stella is beautiful though a tad nick namey, I like Estella! (:
- Theodora is really beautiful!! and Thea is nice!!
- Vivienne is beautiful!!
- Viera is nice!!

Thank you for the inputs

Alaina is beautiful and I can imagine calling my daughter that. I had Eliana on my list, but tossed it. Elaina would be to similar to Elara, but I actually like Alaina more, spelling and pronouncation. Thing is, Germans would pronounce it Uh-li-nah, if that makes sense, so I would constantly correct people, so would she!
Amira ... I don't know about this one, but it would work with Elara and Liora, if I ever would name my 2 daughters Elara and Liora, so Amira would work for a 3rd daughter, because of the -ra ending.
Arya ... I got it from 'The Game of Thrones' and in the series it is pronounced: Are-ee-ah, if that makes sense, but I prefer it Ah-ree-ah.
Briana/ Brienna ... I think I would go with Brienna. That way Gemans would pronounce it tha way I want it: Bree + Anna. I love the sound of it, and it would work great with Elara.
Briella ... not sure yet, I might get tired of it. Idk yet.
Caitlin ... same as Alaina, lots of pronouncation correction, but I still love the name!
Cecilia ... mmh, not sure of this one, lots of harsh sounds, so maybe not. Cilia because of the German pronouncation!
Cordilia ... I love this one, much softer than Cecilia, and I love the name Dilia, but I feel like Dilia should be a nn. Spelling is again due to the German pronouncation.
Daphne ... I guess it is more of a guilty pleasure. I would constantly pronounce it the English way, not the German way, and I guess that kinda bothers me.
Elara ... I LOVE this name, and I will use it for my 1st daughter if my future bf/ husband also loves the name!
Esmé ... it is beautiful, but I don't think I can imagine using it!
Gibea ... In my Bible translation, Gibea was the name of a city in the Old Testament, so I thought it would be beautiful! And depending on my future hubby, I might consider it.
Isadora ... Idk about this one, it sounds a bit different in German than in English. But still doen't know whether to like it or dislike it!
Keila ... Another town in the Old Testament, well in my Bible translation. I would pronounce it like Kyla, but in English it would be more like Leila but with a 'K'. But I think I like this one more than Gibea!
Laiza ... Found this one when my pregnant friend was looking for names. It is pronounced Lah-ee-sah, like Louisa but with an 'aa'-sound instead of a 'ou'-sound.
Liora ... I fell in love with this name the first moment I saw it! The Hebrew meaning has sth to do with light, I think it means 'my light'! I would work great with Elara, and someone suggested Liora Charlotte in a previous topic, and thought it to be a perfect combination. But I am not as confident as with Elara, although I can imagine calling my daughter Lia.
Melia ... not sure about this one. I think I just stick with Alaina which I am sure of! I actually prefer this spelling, too
Meara ... You would pronounce it like Mira, I would pronounce it: May-ah-rah. It kinda belongs to the same category as Elara, Liora, Amira (concerning spelling and pronouncation)
Mattea ... Definitely a new love, and can imagine calling my daughter that. Tia could be a nn, Tea has a different pronouncation in Germany: it would be Tay-ah rather than Tee-ah.
Nevia ... I think I like this spelling way more than Neviah which kinda remindes me of Nevaeh to much.
Nerea ... Maybe Neria? I was looking at Nevia and Nerea, and thought a combination would be beautiful.
Ophelia ... Used to be a guilty pleasure, but I somehow can imagine calling my daughter that. The German pronouncation is slightly different, so no teasing with oh-feel-ya. It would be: Oh-fay-lya, not Oh-feel-ya.
Riana ... kinda had the same assocation. But the more I look at it and say it, the more I think I like Brienna more!
Rosalie ... Rosie is a cute nn, but somehow it is more an old ladies nn imo, not to Rosalie, but more to Roswita. Idk. But I still like Rosalie, very cute name but I am afraid it might be to cute for an adult! I hate the nn Rosa, which is 'baby pink' in German, and I kinda hate this color
Soraya ... won't use it, but I still think it is a beautiful name!
Stella ... Well, I think of the sun when hearing or saying Stella, and I am interested in stars and astronomy. But I am still not sure whether to use it or not.
Theodora ... Idk yet, but kinda beautiful, but kinda also very oldfashioned!
Viera ... I think I'll toss this one.
Vivienne ... It is beautiful, maybe I put it to the middle names!

So, new middle names would be: Vivienne and I recently thought of Natalie or Natalia!

[Anny]

~ GIRL ~
~~~ Amira … 'Mira' << also like Samira ... Amira True
~~~ Cecilia … 'Ceci'/ 'Cilia' << love this name!!!!!! <3 ... Cecilia Claire nn CC
~~~ Esmé << love but Twilight has made it popular ... Esme Corinne
~~~ Isadora … 'Isa' << Isadora Melanie
~~~ Meara << Meara Rosalyn
~~~ Mattea … 'Tea' << also love Matteo nn Teo ... Mattea Sydney
~~~ Rosalie … 'Rosie' << I adore this name but Twilight has made it popular... Rosalie Margaret
~~~ Soraya << love this name ... Soraya Lynnette
~~~ Stella << Stella Rosemary

~ Boy ~
~~~ Bennett ... 'Ben' << Bennett Cullen
~~~ Benjamin ... 'Ben' << Benjamin Joseph nn Benji
~~~ Corben << love w/ nn Ben or Ori ... Corben Zachary
~~~ Dante << Dante Oliver
~~~ Eames << Eames Jeremy
~~~ Gideon << Gideon Robert
~~~ Holden << Holden Gregory
~~~ Linus << Linus Gulliver
~~~ Reuben/ Ruben << love w/ nn Ben ... Reuben Patrick
~~~ Thadeus ---> Thadeus Robert nn Teddy

Thank you for the suggestions

I wasn't aware that I like Twilight names. I am not really a fan of it. I did see the movies but they didn't really impress me.

Many of the suggested middle names wouldn't work in German: True, Sydney, Zachary, Cullen, Jeremy, Gregory

I like:
Esmé Corinna
Cecilia Claire
Meara Rosalie (instead of Rosalyn)
Rosalie Margarete ... I didn't get Rosalie from Twilight I saw it a couple of times before, and it was actually a character's name of the animated series 'Lady Oscar' which I loved when I was child, Idk if you know that or not. But because of that, it is on my list.
Dante Oliver is also gorgeous, but don't want to use Oliver, although I like the name. I just know some people that are not family or best friends with that name, and I only want to honor my family and maybe my best friends.
Gideon Robert works in English, but I don't think it sounds nice in German.

Also thought about the nn Teddy for Thadeus, that's why i like Thadeus, I am not really a fan of Theodore though, but weird that I kinda like Theodora

Not really a fan of Joseph, Patrick, Gulliver, Melanie, Lynnette, & Rosemary

[Anny]

My favorite girl names are Caitlin, Alaina, Briana, Cecilia, Elara, Viera, Vivienne, in that order. I like the combos Caitlin Emilië, Alaina Margarete, Briana Charlotte, Cecilia Margarete, Elara Emilië (unique, but pretty!), Viera Margarete, and Vivienne Rosalie. My absolute favorite is probably Caitlin Emilië.

My favorite boy names are Arlen, Benjamin, Bennett, Nathaniel, Edric, Sullivan, and Arden, in that order. I like the combos Arlen Robert, Nathaniel Robert, and Sullivan Robert.

Thank you for your thoughts

I put Arlen on the list because I love the combo Arlen Robert! Sounds and looks gorgeous!
I think I'll toss Viera! But Viera Margarete looks cute
Caitlin Emilië is gorgeous, I already answered Remy about the name Caitlin. But I think I'll stick to Elara Emilië.
I think I'll use Vivienne as mn, I think that Alaina Vivienne would work better than Alaina Margarete.
Brienna Charlotte looks and sounds great, I'll add that to my list
Cecilia Margarete also looks amazing, but Cecilia is kinda harsh sounding, so I'll go with Cordilia!
Don't really like the combo Vivienne Rosalie, doesn't look right!