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[Opinions] Names of Family from the UK
Thomas Phillips - b. 1984, father
Gemma Louise Reid - b. 1985, mother
Esme Jane Phillips - b. 2009, oldest daughter
Sienna Rose Phillips - b. 2011, 2nd oldest daughter
Jack Paul Phillips - b. 2013, oldest son
Amber Leigh Phillips - b. 2018, younger daughter
Olivia Eleanor and Ethan Anthony Phillips - b. 2020, twin siblingsWhat do you think about the names?

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I love the names Louise, Amber, Jane, Eleanor, Esme, and Leigh for girls. As for boys, I find the names Jack, Paul, Thomas, Anthony, and Ethan to be very handsome names.
I would use Thomas (family name), Jane, and perhaps Esme (family name) and Louise as mns.I dislike Gemma, Sienna and Amber, though they do go together. Jack Paul puzzles me: why not John Paul, nn Jack? Better flow, and I don't enjoy nicknames as full names. Jack is a family name, but also a nn for John. I knew a wonderful Leigh, back in my school days: her names were actually Mabel Leigh but she went by Leigh. Perhaps Amber Leigh could do the same? I find Eleanor Olivia easier to pronounce than Olivia (family name, but she preferred Olive) and I like it better. Ethan doesn't really happen where I live, but I do like Antony (that pronunciation, regardless of spelling). Antony Ethan and Eleanor Olive would do nicely.
I like Thomas, Esme Jane, Rose, Jack, Paul, Olivia Eleanor, and Ethan Anthony.
The twins’ names are oddly repetitive, even with the English pronunciation of Anthony. Olivia Eleanor is almost a tongue twister.Jack Paul is choppy and I’m not a fan of Sienna, nor of Leigh on a girl. None of them are terrible though.