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I agree with 2 to 3 kids. In real life I'd probably go with 2, but I don't really have a presence for this fictional family.

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From your list I like:
Boys:
August -I would be hesitant to use it as a first name because it seems feminine.
Patrick
Anthony
Mathias -I like both pronunciations I have heard. How do you pronounce it?
Benjamin
Girls:
Helena -It’s not my favorite though, so I would prefer it in the middle name slot.
Lynn -You have a really cute family tradition there. I’m definitely open to making it the middle name of a first daughter.
Tempest
Catriona -How do you pronounce it?
Amelia -It’s not my favorite though, so I would prefer it in the middle name slot.
Niamh
Kathleen

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I don’t like:
Boys:
Estel -It seems feminine to me and is also fairly unknown, at least where I live.
Jason -The name reminds me of too many unsavory acquaintances.
Felix -The name reminds me of too many unsavory acquaintances.
Mikhail -I’m not fond of the pronunciation.
Theo -The name reminds me of too many unsavory acquaintances.
Lucas -I’t’s too popular for me.
Nicholas -I just don’t like the sound.
Girls:
Ruth -I just don’t like the sound.
Rebekah -I don’t like the sound or spelling.
Pearl -It reminds me of an old lady I wasn’t fond of and I don’t like the sound in general.
Josephine -The name reminds me of too many unsavory acquaintances.
Magdalene -It feels too religious for me.
Keely -I don’t like the sound or spelling.
Mia -The name reminds me of too many unsavory acquaintances.
Grace -It feels too religious for me.
Virginie -I don’t like the meaning.
Siobhan -I don’t like the sound.
Kora -I don’t like the sound or spelling.

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I’m on the fence about:
Boys:
Diarmad -I have no idea how to pronounce it. I lean towards disliking it because it’s so unfamiliar but I would be open to reconsidering if it’s a favorite of yours.
Eoin -I like the pronunciation but I have a friend named Owen (same pronunciation) and I feel like I would confuse the spellings.
Tristan -I just can’t decide whether I like it or not.
Girls:
Sinéad -I don’t know how to pronounce it. I lean towards disliking it because it’s so unfamiliar but I would be open to reconsidering if it’s a favorite of yours.
Victoria -I just can’t decide whether I like it or not.

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I’ve commented on preferring some of them as middle names, but in all honesty the middle names don’t matter to me as much. Basically any of them, even the ones I said I disliked, would be acceptable middle names.

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Here are some of my favorites:
Boys:
Thomas “Tam”
Rafael
Everard / Evander
Isaac
Neil / Nathaniel “Neil”
Gareth
Peregrine
Jonah / Jonas
Alfred
Edmund
Leander
Fitzroy / Fitzwilliam
Hugo
Peregrine
Cyrus
Ellis
Girls:
Rosemary
Silvia / Silvie
Maeve
Fiona
Lucy
Cecily / Cecilia
Matilda “Tilda” / “Mattie”
Minerva
Diana
Guinevere “Gwen” -I’m open to other spellings as well.
Thea -It could be a nickname if preferable.
Viola
Sybil
Claire
Bethan
Lyra
Juniper