Message: "Top 10 for May!" - Behind the Name

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- Emmelina

5/5/2024, 3:38 AM

1. Gwyn
2. Edwin
3. Edmund
4. Clarence
5. Sidney
6. Lewin
7. Abner
8. Rowan
9. Morley
10. Tavish

1. Imelda
2. Mabel
3. Mavis
4. Corabeth
5. Hilda
6. Maven
7. Dorabelle
8. Maud
9. Magnolia
10. Lumi

Names I have been liking:
Alexander Emlyn Oleander/Leander Lorenzo Robin Ronnie
Doris Eudora Lettice Lorelei Maple Millicent Morven

- sprout

5/3/2024, 6:14 AM

1. Miriam
2. Ruth
3. Naomi
4. Abigail
5. Rivka
6. Eva
7. Noa
8. Ayelet
9. Esther
10. Mary

1. Eli
2. Abraham
3. Isaac
4. Micah
5. Noah
6. Jonah
7. Malachi
8. Noam
9. Elijah
10. Asher

- Higuma (Higuma Kanora) +1

5/2/2024, 11:47 PM

Girls
1. Euphemia
2. Anastasia
3. Anahí
4. Marguerite
5. Dorothea
6. Araminta
7. Tzipporah
8. Arthémise
9. Clarissant
10. Inés

Boys
1. Wolfram
2. Alphonse
3. Marius
4. Edmund
5. Régis
6. Barnaby
7. Gwendal
8. Anshelm
9. Bastian
10. Yuzuru

- ari.

5/3/2024, 8:27 AM

Arthémise and Clarissant are magical.

- honeyberry04

5/2/2024, 4:03 PM

My list hasn’t changed much since last time but this past month I took a crack at making combos for my favorite names…

Kit Eugenia “Kitty”
Lavinia Charlotte
Millicent Primrose
Dorothea Cecily
Beatrix Evelina
Cordelia Marjorie
Clementine Shirley
Wilhelmina Pip / Wilhelmina Dot
Pamela Georgiana
Rosamund Joan
Runner up: Marigold Susan

Kit Horatio
Valentine Henry
Laurence Sylvan
Ambrose Kenneth
Sylvester Anthony
Barnaby Owen
Robin Devereux
Alistair Merlin
Reginald Cosmo “Rex”
Randolph Horatio
Runner up: Percival Simeon

- Ariane +1

5/2/2024, 10:26 AM

Akelei
Ansonia
Freesia
Heldria
Holdine
Irmelin
Mirabel
Ornella
Riccarda
Sandria

Alberich
Baldur
Clamor
Conrad
Dorian
Fabian
Ferdinand
Giselher
Severin
Wendelin

- Wordsmith

5/2/2024, 11:00 AM

Riccarda's gorgeous!

- HaySkyNatBla4 (HaySkyNat)

5/2/2024, 4:05 AM

Esme
Willow
Zoe
Miriam

Xander

- Coffee and Wildflowers (Melissa.) +1

5/2/2024, 2:47 AM

Connor
Milo
Theodore
Brennan
Thane
Roan
Ash / Asher
Hazel
Wynne
Murphy

Anouk / Anoushka
Saoirse
Ash / Ashley / Asha
Cora
Nora
Alma
Willa
Matissa
Theodora
Amaris

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:23 AM

I like:

Connor
Milo
Theodore
Roan
&
Anouk & Anoushka (I like the second as a nickname for the first)
Saoirse
Theodora

I also really enjoy Hazel, but as a feminine name.

- Babochka +1

5/1/2024, 9:52 PM

Lily
Viola
Violetta
Adelina
Juliet
Rosalie
Cordelia
Alexandra
Caroline
Margot

Alexander
Roman
Dmitry
Adam
William
Jonathan
Vincent
Patrick
Julian
Kai

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:22 AM

I like:

Viola
Adelina
Juliet
Rosalie
Cordelia
Alexandra
Caroline
Margot
&
Roman
Dmitry (though I'm more partial to Dimitri)
Adam
William
Jonathan
Julian

- Katiuscia (OnyxMoon) +2

5/1/2024, 7:18 PM

Anthea
Philomène
Héloïse
Gwyneira
Pomeline
Isobel
Orsola
Shamira
Melpomene
Isemay

Gilbert
Icarus
Renato
Leopold
Marius
Reuel
Antoni
Giles
Cyprian
Ruslan

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:16 AM

I like Philomène, Gwyneira, Isobel, and Leopold the most from your list.

- Wordsmith

5/2/2024, 5:35 AM

Yay, another Melpomene appreciator! Great lists. :)

- Claire (Rocket) +2

5/1/2024, 7:12 PM

Enid
Jane
Scotia
Angharad
Inez
Thais
Rita
Lilith
Agathe
Josespha

Hywel
Huw
Colm
Merit
Modest
Teague
Hamish
Robin
Linus
Barry

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:15 AM

I like:

Enid
Jane
Angharad
Inez
Thais
&
Robin
Linus

- Wordsmith

5/2/2024, 5:35 AM

I like the eclecticism of these lists.

- Missy +1

5/1/2024, 4:24 PM

Athena
Eleanora
Cordelia
Astrid
Freya
Zoe
Lucy
Antonia
Minerva
Josephine

Andrew
Nikolai
Rune
Alexander
Leo
Asher
Sebastian
Roman
Hades
Morgan

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:12 AM

I like:

Athena
Cordelia
Astrid
Freya
Zoe
Antonia
Minerva
Josephine
&
Nikolai
Rune
Leo
Sebastian
Roman

- Delphi_Blue +1

5/1/2024, 4:13 PM

1. Sylvie
2. Imogen
3. Avielle
4. Florence
5. Camille
6. June
7. Élodie
8. Thaïs
9. Maude
10. Eloisa

1. August
2. Oskar
3. Vincent
4. Rafael
5. Émile
6. Mathis
7. Luka
8. Moritz
9. Josef
10. Laurits

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:11 AM

I like:

Sylvie
Avielle
Florence
June
Thaïs
Maude
Eloisa
&
Oskar
Rafael
Josef

- ari. +1

5/1/2024, 1:29 PM

Auberon
Corentin
Dragomir
Faris
Galileo
Leo
Miran
Rembrandt
Somerled
Taliesin

Cassiopeia
Esperanza
Galatea
Helena
Lydia
Marianthe
Nimue
Roshanara
Steliana
Vellamo

- erb816

5/3/2024, 8:08 AM

I like:

Auberon (though I'm more partial to Shakespearean Oberon)
Faris
Leo
Taliesin
&
Cassiopeia
Esperanza
Helena
Lydia
Marianthe
Nimue
Steliana

- Myosotis +2

5/1/2024, 11:37 AM

Pandora Beatrix Clio
Artemis Georgina Ann
Evanthe Marigold Cherry
Morgana Lyra Tempest
Valkyrie Athena Ingrid
Calista Ziva Autumn
Athena Lydia Tempest
Lyra Calista Autumn
Clio Hermione Sybil
Beatrix Lavender Margot

Caspian Arthur Hale
Lysander Phoenix Sage
Ptolemy William Ambrose
Phoenix Arthur Blaise
Horatio Atticus Peter
Nikolai Isidore Emrys
Taavi Nikolai Altair
Indigo Edmund Taavi
August Lysander Wolf
Lorenzo Felix Amadeus

- honeyberry04 +1

5/2/2024, 4:06 PM

Ooh I love Ptolemy William Ambrose! And Horatio Atticus Peter is most handsome. Evanthe Marigold Cherry is adorable!

- Myosotis

5/2/2024, 10:21 PM

Thank you so much!

- Wisteria (Tawnee) +2

5/1/2024, 8:16 AM

1. Nolan
2. Logan
3. Evander
4. Tiernan
5. Gareth
6. Flynn
7. Kieran
8. Everett
9. Morgan
10. Silas

1. Eleanor
2. Iris
3. Evelina
4. Calista
5. Ada
6. Elowen
7. Noemi
8. Natalie
9. Calpurnia
10. Miranda

- Wordsmith

5/1/2024, 11:48 AM

Calpurnia, wow!

- erb816

5/1/2024, 8:47 AM

I like:

Evander
Tiernan
Kieran
Everett
Silas
&
Eleanor
Iris
Calista
Elowen
Calpurnia
Miranda

- Kesces (guest) +1

5/1/2024, 7:27 AM

Julia
Estella
Stella
Marina
Lucia
Lucy
Clara
Ruby
Lydia
Olivia

Leo
Xavier
Lucas
Dante

- erb816

5/1/2024, 8:04 AM

I like:

Julia
Estella & Stella (I prefer the latter)
Clara
Ruby
Lydia
Olivia
&
Leo
Xavier
Lucas
Dante

The list seems to be short of masculine names, but I like all of them!

- erb816 +2

5/1/2024, 6:56 AM

Recently, I decided to completely redo how I organize my favorite names. Among the lists of my overall PNL is a short one dedicated to names that I've decided are unusable for me in real life - and I used to exclude those from my Top 10 entirely. No longer.

Since I'm now incorporating into my Top 10 names that I wouldn't be able to use in real life (for whatever reason), I've also decided to no longer do combos in these lists. A separate post about combos, or (more likely) taking it to the polls, will suffice for me in terms of feedback. :-)

Anyway, here are my Top 10:

Nicholas
Wesley
Finn
Adrian
Tobias
Donovan
Malcolm
Jackson*
Richard
Dominic
&
Sabrina
Arielle
Miriam
Margot
Deirdre
Edana
Ruby*
Elena*
Zoe
Cassandra*

Adrian, Jackson*, Richard, Deirdre, Edana, Ruby*, and Zoe replaced Caleb, Derek*, Devon*, Daria, Elaine*, Naomi*, and Tamsin. Honorable mentions go to Lucan, Asa, Marguerite, Alice, Guinevere, and Philomena, which were all on my list in the interim (I reworked this list a few times in April).

Jackson, Ruby, Elena, and Cassandra are all still "unusable" for me (they're either my cousins, their kids, or friends' kids); but I've decided to move Margot into my regular list. The previous bearer is no longer in my life, and I won't let her ruin the name for me. Vive Margot!

Edit: ten years ago (May 2014), these were my Top 10 names:

Elliott
Dominic
Malcolm
Nicholas
Edmund
James
Scott
Wesley
Richard
Cameron
&
Clarice
Juliet
Ursula
Olivia
Scarlett
Diana
Cecily
Brigit
Guinevere
Sabrina

It's around this time, I think, that a lot of my permanent favorites began to be cemented.

This message was edited 5/1/2024, 8:01 AM

- Kesces (guest)

5/1/2024, 7:08 AM

I love Nicholas, Adrian, Elena, and Ruby.

- Francisinfp5w4

5/1/2024, 7:07 AM

I like Wesley, Caleb, Derek, Naomi among the names you mentioned.

- LydiaZhang +3

5/1/2024, 6:32 AM

Boys:
Alexander
Lorenzo
Dylan
Raphael
François
Leander
Ludovico
Aurelian
Siegfried
Leontios

Girls:
Helena
Cordelia
Magdalena
Theodora
Matilda
Ingrid
Rosamund
Isabel
Vanessa
Calanthe

This message was edited 5/1/2024, 6:32 AM

- erb816

5/1/2024, 8:03 AM

I like:

Lorenzo
Raphael
François
Leander
Ludovico
&
Helena
Cordelia
Magdalena
Theodora
Rosamund
Isabel

- Kesces (guest)

5/1/2024, 7:09 AM

I love Isabel.

Don't mind Lorenzo, Helena, Rosamond, and Vanessa.

- Francisinfp5w4

5/1/2024, 6:33 AM

I like Isabel (preferably spelled Isabelle) and Vanessa in your list.

- Wordsmith +2

5/1/2024, 6:28 AM

Constance
Eudora
Euphrosyne
Hilda/Hildegarde
Ianthe
Louisa
Maud
Melpomene
Romola
Tacita

Anselm
Arkady
Cecil
Clement
Éleuthère
Ferdinand
Hubert
Oswald
Sufyan
Vivian

- Emmelina

5/5/2024, 3:38 AM

I love:
Eudora, Hilda and Maud
Cecil, Clement and Oswald

- erb816

5/1/2024, 8:02 AM

I like:

Constance
Eudora
Louisa
Maud
&
Éleuthère
Ferdinand

I'd like Tacita if I didn't hate the meaning. :-(

- Francisinfp5w4 +2

5/1/2024, 6:27 AM

Boys:
Austin
Jason
Dylan
Jeremy
Andrew
Jesse
Tristan
Caleb
Spencer
Wesley

Girls:
Megan
Courtney
Jacqueline
Jennifer
Chelsea
Patricia
Stephanie
Amy
Shelby
Monica

Unisex:
Shannon
Ashley
Cassidy
Alexis
Jade
Taylor
Blake
Sydney
Kelsey
Casey

To avoid confusion, from now on Boy/Girl/Unisex will be based on my preferred gender.

- erb816 +1

5/1/2024, 7:58 AM

I like:

Tristan
Caleb
Wesley
&
Jacqueline
Jennifer
Chelsea
Stephanie
&
Cassidy (prefer feminine)
Jade (prefer feminine)
Sydney (prefer feminine)

- Francisinfp5w4

5/1/2024, 8:11 AM

Thank you.

- namesarecool285 +3

5/1/2024, 6:15 AM

Boys:

Bradley Nathan
Marvin Zachary
Evander Lewis
Vincent Arthur
Henry Damon
Zachary Dylan
Tristan Jack
Gregory Donovan
Ian Trevor
Paul Anthony

Girls:

Agnes Flora
Tiffany Estelle
Janet Miriam
Cecily Margaret
Kayla Roxanne
Dorothy Faye
Vanessa Trudy (or Trudy Vanessa)
Priscilla Heather
Beatrice Anna
Sally Rebecca

- erb816

5/1/2024, 7:57 AM

Bradley Nathan - I'm pretty sure I've met more than one guy, around my age (early 30s), with this name. If his middle name wasn't Michael or James, it was Nathan. This is not necessarily a bad combo, just a rather dated one. Very 80s/90s (Millennial).

Marvin Zachary - Well... when I hear the name Marvin, I think of two associations: 1. Marvin the Martian, on Looney Toons; and 2. Marvin in Pulp Fiction, who's appearance is short but... very memorable. Even trying to put pop culture associations aside, Marvin & Zachary feel like different genres of names.

Evander Lewis - This is great, no notes.

Vincent Arthur - It's a one-two, one-two rhythm in terms of syllables, so a little punchy; otherwise, the names do go together. Vincent has always sounded harsh to my ears, but it pairs well with Arthur. (I think Arthur Vincent would sound better, though.)

Henry Damon - Like Marvin Zachary, this feels like a mixing of genres. Henry is very traditional and safe, whereas Damon is the "bad boy" image personified. (There's a reason the character is Daemon in ASOIAF / House of the Dragon.) This combo reads like someone's trying to make Henry dangerous, which is pretty much impossible, no matter how many dangerous men named Henry may have actually existed. This combo also looks a bit off as written, given how round the letters in Damon are.

Zachary Dylan - Much better than Marvin Zachary, imo. It's a bit like Bradley Nathan in terms of being dated, but hardly a bad name to have.

Tristan Jack - Tristan is so formal that Jack as the middle name is frankly jarring. If you want a one-syllable middle, I think Tristan James would be much better.

Gregory Donovan - I love Donovan, but it feels repetitive here, given that it has the same syllabic rhythm as Gregory (three syllables, with the first one stressed). Aha, I have the solution: Henry Donovan and Gregory Damon!

Ian Trevor - Ian's a weird one, in that I can't really decipher if it's one or two syllables. One and a half? Anyway, this combo feels very British, but that's what some people are looking for. He'll need suede elbow pads on his suit jacket when he gets older, though.

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- Francisinfp5w4 +1

5/1/2024, 6:32 AM

I like/love:
Nathan
Zachary
Dylan
Tristan
Ian
Anthony

Tiffany
Estelle
Vanessa
Heather

You're good at making combos.

This message was edited 5/1/2024, 6:33 AM

- namesarecool285

5/1/2024, 6:42 AM

Thank you so much!! :D

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