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[Opinions] Top 10 for May!

by erb816

5/1/2013, 5:05 PM

Post your current top ten names, if you want, go back and see how your taste has changed. If you haven't been doing this before, it's never a bad time to start.

2013:
January - http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4364373
February - http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4375931
March - http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4387170
April - http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4396563

#MonthlyTop10

Replies

- kingoflove21vher

5/5/2013, 5:04 PM

William Silas
Callum Neil
Graham Isaac
Ileana Aimée
Théa Evelyn
Caia Violéine

- Mar (X-Mar)

5/5/2013, 2:30 PM

Alphabetically, not sorted by preference
Girls:
Eira
Era
Jonna
Junia
Noa
Nova
Sora
Tess
Tova
Winter (mn only)

Boys:
Boaz
Bras
Jason
Leo
Lex
Orion
Oscar
Ramses
Remo
Solon

- Lily (Destry) +1

5/3/2013, 12:34 PM

in no particular order...

May or Mae (I can't decide on a spelling)
Ayla
Luna
Matilda
Marlowe
Meadow
Violet
Seraphine
Audrey
Sasha

Sam
Max
Luke
Anton
Finn
Henry
Shiloh
Macsen
Theo
Diarmuid

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/3/2013, 8:34 PM

I like:
May/Mae
Ayla
Meadow
Seraphine
Luke
Finn
Chiloh
Theo
Macsen

- fluffien (guest) +1

5/3/2013, 12:29 PM

Ivy
Ingrid
Eydis
Priya
Emily
Mae
Noa
Evrose
Clara
Leona

Ronan
Kaj
Anders
Damon
Adrian
Rhys
Ivan
Martin
Abram 'Bram'
David

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/3/2013, 8:34 PM

I like:
Mae
Evrose
Ronan
Bram

- Peacemonger +1

5/3/2013, 6:32 AM

Girls:
Willow
Faith
Lydia
Lila(h)
Genevieve
Ophelia
Fable
Eve
Mila
Honour(a)

Boys:
Raphael
Eamonn
Ivan
Perrin
River
Sebastian
Roarke
Silas
Maxim
Thatcher

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/3/2013, 8:33 PM

I like:
Eve
Honour/a
River
Sebastian
Maxim

- Mareasi (Free_Spirited_Girly) +1

5/3/2013, 3:52 AM

Patience (as always)
Charlotte
Margaret nn Maggie
Victoria
Imogen
Catherine
Ivy
Millicent
Phoebe
Aleydis

Benjamin
Archibald
Nathaniel
Noah
Tobias
Jonah
Elijah
Flynn
Rufus
Morgan

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/3/2013, 4:01 AM

I like:
Margaret "Maggie"
Millicent
Nathaniel
Jonah
Rufus

- lovewn +1

5/2/2013, 9:55 PM

I'm a little late, but here are mine. On both lists the first name is my top choice, the rest are in random order

Leona - I think this one is sticking around as #1
Calista
Melanie
Anthea
Gillian
Mary
Solene
Sabrina
Lydia

Armand - New to my list, but I love it! I say ar-mund like Raymond with Are instead of Ray... the database says ar-MAWN is the only correct pronunciation but I have always heard it my way. I would use Ari as a nickname
David
Wilfrid- only as a middle name and 80% of my love is for the meaning
Dean
Douglas
Joaquin
Kurt
Niel
Somerled
Victor

- erb816

5/2/2013, 10:16 PM

I like:

Calista (though I prefer Callista)
Gillian
Solene (though I prefer Solenne)
Sabrina
Lydia
&
Armand (doesn't even need a nickname, imo)
Douglas

- Rachel Shaina (Evil) +3

5/2/2013, 12:31 PM

Helena
Parisa
Maude
Tirzah
Fable
Eris
Persephone
Seraphine
Mio
Eulalie

Ashley
Mordecai
Ari
Hollis
Sparrow
Storm
Zia
Nocturne
Infinity
Hero

- Peacemonger

5/3/2013, 6:08 AM

Your list rocks.

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/3/2013, 4:00 AM

I like:
Helena
Eris
Persephone
Seraphine
Mio
Ari
Hollis

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:10 PM

I like:

Helena
Parisa
Maude
Tirzah (love Tirzah!)
Persephone
Seraphine
&
Mordecai
Hollis

- Daddysdancer (guest) +2

5/2/2013, 11:34 AM

Only a few changes to the girls list this month.

Girls:
Bryony
Miriam
Hope
Sylvie / Sylvia
Ingrid
Alice
Tamsin
Eva
Ivy
Amity

The Pool: Celeste, Sylvanie, Aurelia/Aurelie, Molly, Madeline, Audrey

Boys:
Owen
Rhys
Andrew
Ronan
Isaac
Aaron
Tobias
Rowan
Marius
Thomas

The Pool: Victor, Leo, Vincent, William, Rhett, Gabriel,

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:09 PM

Of your "list" names, I like:

Miriam
Sylvie / Sylvia
Ivy
&
Owen
Rhys
Ronan
Rowan

Of your "pool" names, I like:
Aurelia
Audrey
&
Leo
William
Rhett
Gabriel

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:37 AM

I like:
Bryony
Miriam
Amity
Molly
Madeline
Ronan
Isaac
Leo
Gabriel

- Caroline (CarolineCarolina) +2

5/2/2013, 10:34 AM

I'm sick of my top ten. I'm making a new one.

Sylvie
Henrietta
Margot
Virginia
Sally
Polly
May
Jane
Grace
Celia

Peter
Louis
Rowan
Vincent
Richard
... that's all I've got

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:06 PM

I like:

Sylvie
Jane
Celia
&
Rowan
Richard

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:34 AM

I like:
Margot
Polly
Grace
Celia
Louis

- Millie (ImSorryIfILoveYou96) +2

5/2/2013, 8:49 AM

Boys which I never struggle with:
Tobias
Sebastian
Jeremy
Sidney
Albert
Edmund
Elijah
Atticus
Beckett
and Vincent

Girls which I'm having a nightmare with!
Roberta
Erika
Leigh
Caroline
Matilda
Natasha
Georgina
Scout
Brooke

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:05 PM

I like:

Sebastian
Edmund
Atticus
Beckett
&
Matilda
Scout
Brooke

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:34 AM

I like:
Sebastian
Atticus
Roberta
Scout

- Mistawis +2

5/2/2013, 8:26 AM

Anna
Beatrix
Catherine
Cecily
Delphine
Eleanor
Eloise
Louisa
Lydia
Rose

Arthur
Charles "Charlie"
Frederick
Henry
Leo
Rupert
Sebastian
Theodore
Thomas
Walter

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:04 PM

I like:

Beatrix
Catherine
Cecily
Delphine
Eleanor
Eloise
Louisa
Lydia
Rose
&
Frederick
Henry
Leo
Sebastian

I like pretty much all of your girl names except for Anna, which does nothing for me.

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:29 AM

I like:
Rose
Charles "Charlie"
Leo
Rupert
Sebastian
Theodore

- Sigrid (Beautiful Victory) +2

5/2/2013, 4:47 AM

1. Ophelia / Ofelia
2. Hedvig / Hedwig
3. Aurora
4. Cleo
5. Olympia
6. Astrid
7. Daphne
8. Amalia
9. Alexandria
10. Alfhild or Ishild. Can't make up my mind.

New: Alexandria, Alfhild and Ishild.
Gone: Artemis and Juliet / Juliette

Boys:
1. Vidar
2. Alexander
3. Sture
4. Julius
5. Finn
6. Kasper
7. Hjalmar
8. Sigfrid
9. Hilding
10. Viljar

New: Sigfrid, Hilding and Viljar
Gone: Emanuel, Martin and Rufus

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:02 PM

I like:

Ophelia
Olympia
Amalia
Ishild (cool!)
&
Alexander
Finn

It's a shame you got rid of Juliet. She's probably my favorite name.

- Malin (nilamalin)

5/2/2013, 11:53 AM

I love Ofelia, Aurora, Olympia, Alexander and Kasper. Alfhild is cool, but I prefer the Norwegian Alvilde.

- Alcyone +2

5/2/2013, 4:17 AM

Girls:
Sage
Iris
Isis
Mira
Kira
Clara
Theodora
Delphine
Ivy
Adara

Boys:
Theo
Malachi
Gavin
Evren
Rowan
Kai
Declan
Silas
Alexander
Corbin

This message was edited 5/2/2013, 4:19 AM

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:01 PM

I like:

Sage
Iris
Clara
Delphine (yay!)
Ivy
&
Malachi
Gavin
Rowan
Declan
Alexander

I like Evren for a girl.

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:28 AM

I like:
Sage
Mira
Theodora
Theo
Malachi

- Mireio (guest) +2

5/2/2013, 4:03 AM

Not really in any order at the moment...

Girls:

Elisabeth
Eleanor
Susannah / Susanna
Louisa
Helena
Lila
Isabella / Isobel
Eliza
Alexandra
Katharine

Boys:

Jack
George
James
Luke / Lucas
Samuel
Jonathan
Miles
Alexander
Thomas
John

- erb816

5/2/2013, 2:00 PM

I like:

Eleanor
Elisabeth
Eliza
Helena
Isobel
Katharine
Louisa
&
Alexander
James
John (actually a good name; it's a shame that its commonality has rendered so many people averse to it)
Jonathan
Miles (I prefer Myles, though - it looks less like the plural form of "mile")

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:26 AM

I like:
Susannah
Helena
Isobel
Jack
Lucas
Jonathan
Miles

- Evey (augustbugx) +1

5/2/2013, 3:59 AM

Girls.
1. Isabella
2. Coco
3. Adele
4. Indiana
5. Harlow
6. Paloma
7. Alba
8. Laura
9. Olive
10. Rosie
Boys
1. Jude
2. Alexander
3. Caspar
4. Hugo
5. Harry
6. August
7. Roman
8. Ronan
9. Layton
10. Dalton

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:24 AM

I like:
Harlow
Indiana
Paloma
Rosie
Roman
Ronan
Layton

- Malin (nilamalin) +2

5/2/2013, 3:37 AM

Altea
Desideria
Felicitas
Junia
Mirjam
Rosa
Saga
Saskia
Snöfrid
Vendela

Amandus
Bonifatius
Fale
Filemon
Gabriel
Mio
Salomon
Sindre
Tuve
Vendel

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:55 PM

I like:

Altea
Desideria
Junia
Mirjam (I prefer Miriam, though)
Saskia
Vendela
&
Filemon (I prefer Philemon, though)
Gabriel
Mio
Sindre

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 11:24 AM

I like:
Junia
Mirjam
Saga
Gabriel
Mio
Sindre
Tuve

- Malk +2

5/1/2013, 11:57 PM

Lumi
Azure
Maeve
Wren
Alba
Thistle
Katherine

Torin
Luca
Magnus
Ronan
Somerled
Rune

That's all I can come up with this month as having to actually think about this for real now.

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:51 PM

I like:

Lumi (I'd love to meet a Lumi!)
Maeve
Wren
Katherine (though I prefer the 'C' spelling)
&
Ronan
Rune (this is just cool)

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 1:12 AM

I like:
Torin
Luca
Ronan

- Ana (clouds) +2

5/1/2013, 11:09 PM

Astrid, Tess, Elise, Margot, Clara, Ciara (KEER-ra), Isobel, Sophie (I actually love the spelling Sofie but I wouldn't use it), Juliet, Lucy

Luca, Martin, Tiernan, Arthur, Jude, Henry, Albert, Harry, Oliver, Soren

This message was edited 5/1/2013, 11:26 PM

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:49 PM

I like:

Tess
Elise
Clara
Isobel (yay for this spelling!)
Juliet (my favorite!)
&
Jude
Henry
Soren

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 1:11 AM

I like:
Tess
Margot
Isobel
Juliet
Luca
Soren

- ninjato +3

5/1/2013, 9:51 PM

1. Liliana/Gordon
2. Celeste/Cliff
3. Natalie/Calvin
4. Mila/Paul
5. Gabriella/Rinaldo
6. Aella/Caligula
7. Arwen/Clinton
8. Kira/Ales
9. Lydia/Marcos
10. Marisa/Blaine

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:49 PM

I like:

Liliana
Natalie
Gabriella
Lydia
&
Cliff (yay! Cliff as a full name!)

- Cristi-es

5/2/2013, 3:14 AM

Love Liliana and Lydia.

I like Natalie and Marcos. :)

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 1:11 AM

I like:
Mila
Aella
Ales

- Delphi_Blue +1

5/1/2013, 9:21 PM

1) Xanthe
2) Sylvie
3) Elodie
4) Geneva
5) Aderyn
6) Eirlys
7) Sonnet
8) Afton
9) Alaia
10) Alba

1) Oskar
2) August
3) Grover
4) Schuyler
5) Felix
6) Deacon
7) Ezra
8) Boaz
9) Griffin
10) Levi

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/2/2013, 1:10 AM

I like:
Xanthe
Geneva
Aderyn
Sonnet
Afton
Levi

- Wordsmith +1

5/1/2013, 8:42 PM

Agatha
Bernadette
Celandine
Cicely
Eugenia
Inez
Margery
Marguerite
Tacita
Winifred

I can't assemble a list of boys' names!

- Ana (clouds)

5/1/2013, 11:23 PM

I find lists of boys' names hard to make too!

I really like Agatha, Cicely and Winifred!

- Elena +3

5/1/2013, 8:02 PM

Cassandra
Celina
Indira
Juliet
Leonie
Louisa
Marina
Miranda
Susanna
Thea

Adrian
Alexander
Cian
Dominic
Gabriel
Julian
Leo
Nicholas
Oliver
Sebastian

This message was edited 5/1/2013, 8:05 PM

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:48 PM

I like:

Cassandra
Indira
Juliet (my favorite!)
Louisa
Marina (under-appreciated in real life, I find)
&
Adrian
Alexander
Dominic (my favorite!)
Gabriel
Leo
Nicholas
Sebastian

- Cristi-es

5/2/2013, 3:14 AM

I like/love:

Celina, Juliet, Marina, Susanna, Adrian, Gabriel, Leo, Nicolas and Sebastian.

Great list! :)

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 8:06 PM

I like:
Cassandra
Celina
Indira
Juliet
Gabriel
Leo
Nicholas
Sebastian

- HoneyBee (Melissa.) +3

5/1/2013, 7:51 PM

There are some new ones this month that I never thought i'd like - not sure what happened!

Boys:
Connor
Malachi
Ambrose
Milo
Roman
Isaac
Asher
Greyson
Jeremiah
Brennan

Girls:
Sage
Freya
Isla
Ella
Anouk
Aria
Ceinwen
Aoife
Molly
Thora

- Mireio (guest)

5/2/2013, 3:27 PM

I like Roman and Ella :)

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:44 PM

I like:

Connor
Malachi
Milo
Roman (I have a cousin named this)
Greyson (one of the only -son names I like)
Brennan (knew one in high school)
&
Sage (yay! Sage for a girl!)
Freya
Anouk
Aria
Ceinwen
Aoife
Thora

- Elena

5/2/2013, 1:01 PM

Nice. I'm especially fond of Asher, Isla and Aria.

BTW, one of my dds named her new kitten Freya. :-)

- persephone1313 +3

5/1/2013, 7:42 PM

Jasper
Theodore
Sebastian
Louis
Edmund
Howard
Orlando
Malcolm
Grant
Tristram

Guinevere
Persephone
Luna
Artemis
Eglantine
Dagmar
Hermione
Zoe
Mabel
Imogen

This message was edited 5/1/2013, 7:43 PM

- erb816

5/2/2013, 1:42 PM

I like:

Sebastian
Edmund (love!)
Malcolm (love even more!)
Grant
&
Guinevere
Persephone
Zoe
Imogen

I've never really understood the popularity on BtN of Tristram, though. I find the name difficult to say.

- Peacemonger

5/2/2013, 5:56 AM

I am totally loving this list!

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 8:00 PM

I like:
Theodore
Sebastian
Louis
Orlando
Persephone

- Tess3 +1

5/1/2013, 6:14 PM

Iris
Georgina
Veronica
Clementine
Bernadette

August
Theodore
Julius
Raphael
Duncan

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:59 PM

I like:
Iris
Clementine
Theodore

- Catalina (Catalina-lirio) +2

5/1/2013, 6:06 PM

Antonia
Aurelia
Gaelle
Lark
Leonora
Magdalene
Marguerite
Petra
Rosalind
Zipporah

Blaise
Callum
Cormac
Damian
Gideon
Lennox
Matthias
Raphael
Rufus
Samson

- erb816

5/1/2013, 11:23 PM

I like:

Aurelia
Magdalene
Marguerite
&
Callum
Cormac
Damian
Gideon
Lennox

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:58 PM

I like:
Aurelia
Lark
Zipporah
Lennox
Rufus (this is really growing on me!)

This message was edited 5/1/2013, 7:58 PM

- Cristi-es +3

5/1/2013, 5:55 PM

Lydia
Julia
Leah
Liliana
Emilia
Anna
Carolina
Eva / Eve

Oscar
Samuel
Daniel
Nathaniel

That's all I can come up with at the moment.

This message was edited 5/1/2013, 5:58 PM

- Elena

5/2/2013, 10:58 AM

Carolina, Eva and Daniel are my faves here. Great list!

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:57 PM

I like:
Julia
Eve
Nathaniel

- erb816

5/1/2013, 6:00 PM

I like:

Lydia
Julia
Leah
Liliana
Eve
&
Nathaniel

I often go back and forth between Julia and Juliet...

- Ismene (Madyson) +3

5/1/2013, 5:46 PM

Gwenith
Freya
Rosen
Clelia
Zephyrine
Phoebe
Eve
Romy
Nelle
Anise

Abram
Cassius
Grove
Quentin
Gratian
Cy
Ren
Teague
Calix
Anson

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:57 PM

I like:
Freya
Eve
Romy
Anise
Cassius (Do you say it CASH-us or CASS-ee-us? Another pronunciation?)
Cy

- Cristi-es

5/1/2013, 5:59 PM

I love Eve!

- erb816

5/1/2013, 5:59 PM

I like:

Gwenith (really like this spelling)
Freya
Zephyrine
Eve
Anise
&
Abram
Quentin
Gratian
Ren

- Havilah +2

5/1/2013, 5:45 PM

Frances
Juniper
Cosima
Ivy
Matilda
Reverie
Annabel
Hazel
Miriam
Rose

Lachlan
Oscar
Silas
Malcolm
Hayes
Felix
August
Calvin
Everett
Frederick

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:55 PM

I like:
Frances
Juniper
Reverie (never thought of this for a name but it's really lovely)
Hazel
Miriam
Rose

- erb816

5/1/2013, 5:58 PM

I like:

Frances
Juniper
Ivy
Matilda
Hazel
Miriam
Rose
&
Lachlan
Malcolm
Hayes
Everett
Frederick

- Babochka +4

5/1/2013, 5:27 PM

Lily
Viola
Violetta
Alisa
Marina
Diana
Anya
Stella
Marion
Karolina

Maxim
Roman
Dmitry
Patrick
Frederick
Alexander
Sebastian
Nicholas
Benjamin
Charles

- Ana (clouds)

5/1/2013, 11:28 PM

I love Viola and Violetta too! No one else ever seems to like them!

- HoneyBee (Melissa.)

5/1/2013, 7:54 PM

You have quite a classic taste - it's nice :)

I like:
Lily
Maxim
Roman
Sebastian
Nicholas
Charles

- erb816

5/1/2013, 5:57 PM

I like:

Lily
Viola
Alisa
Marina
Stella
&
Roman
Frederick
Nicholas

- Cristi-es

5/1/2013, 5:52 PM

Love/like:

Lily, Marina, Stella, Karolina, Sebastian and Nicholas. :)

- erb816 +5

5/1/2013, 5:15 PM

My Top 10 (combos)

These are my Top 10 full combos for each gender (in some cases, with a nickname at the end). These are all names I would consider using in the real world:

Cameron Elliott, "Cam"
Dominic Edmond
Finn Alistair
Francis* Dimitri, "Frankie"
John Timothy*, "Johnny"
Malcolm Terrance*, "Mal"
Matthew Lawrence, "Matt"
Nicholas Tyler, "Nick"
Richard* Geoffrey, "Rick"
Wesley Alden, "Wes"

Abigail* Constance, "Abby"
Cordelia Wren (anybody have a nn idea that *isn't* "Cordy?")
Eleanor Yvette
Juliet Eliza
Lydia Charlotte
Meadow Evangeline
Penelope Rose*, "Penny Rose"
Sabrina Vivienne
Ursula Maeve
Zoe Winnifred

* Both Francis and Frank have been used on my dad's side of the family.
Timothy honors my dad.
Terrance honors my mom, Terri.
Richard is a common name on my dad's side.
Abigail honors my paternal grandma, Gail.
Rose is a common on both sides of my family, as either a first or middle name. It's my own middle name.

This message was edited 5/2/2013, 5:03 PM

- Mireio (guest)

5/2/2013, 3:26 PM

I like...

Dominic
Alistair- prefer Alastair
Frankie
John "Johnny"
Matthew

Constance
Cordelia- nicknames could be Cora, Delia, Lia?
Eleanor
Eliza
Penelope
Rose
Vivienne- prefer Vivien
Winnifred- prefer Winifred

- Elena +1

5/2/2013, 2:23 PM

I like:

Dominic Edmond -- except I'd spell it Edmund; great combo!
Malcolm
Nicholas
Cordelia Wren -- WDYT of the nns Corrie or Cora?
Eleanor
Juliet
Penelope Rose, "Penny Rose"
Sabrina Vivienne -- so pretty!
Maeve
Zoe

- erb816

5/2/2013, 4:26 PM

Cora

I'd thought about Cora, and whether that would sound like a natural go-to nickname (only because Cordelia is a long name to use every day). I'd thought about Delia as well, but I think I like Cora better.

- Ismene (Madyson)

5/2/2013, 1:04 AM

For Cordelia I've always liked the idea of using the nn "Codie." Then there's always Delia

- Cristi-es

5/1/2013, 5:53 PM

I LOVE Lydia and Nicholas. :)

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