What is your favorite boy/girl names?

I like weird names, probably from having a boring and common name myself. I had a class in high school once that was literally ⅓ Rachels.

For a girl, some of my favorites are Indigo, June, and Niko.
For a boy, I like Emerson, Jacob, Simon, and Jack.

I’d probably tone down my odd tastes for naming an actual child, lol.

I don’t really have just a few favorites.

Hrothgar has a nice ring to it.

Elizabeth, Victoria…

I like names that can’t have a long E sound on the end. Like Cindy, Lorri, Candy, Suzey, Mary, etc. Same with boys: No Jimmy, Billy, Tommy.

Data is an excellent name for all genders.

Girls: Eve, Vanessa, Olivia, Giselle, Rose, Patrice

Boys: Brendan, Kyle, Christian, Evan, Adam, Spock

Girls: Maiken, Ronja, Ellinor, Anniken, Lindis
Boys: Fredrik, Oskar, Ruben, Trym, Vetle

@Mariah My two grandsons on the one side are Jacob and Simon.

Lovely! Those two are in common enough use that I’d be comfortable not reining in my tastes in those instances. I’ve used both in fiction writing. When Matt and I were talking hypothetically about child names one time, he brought up Jake. I said, “so, Jacob?” Somehow he hadn’t made the connection and wasn’t sure he liked the full name. I’m like….we’re not writing ‘Jake’ on a birth certificate, honey. Hahaha

I like calling him Jake the best.

Max, Mary Evangeline, Maeve

I apparently like M’s and V’s (and always thought I’d name a child in a way that pointed at my best friend).

I recently met a tiny human called Evelyn and I thought that was a sweet old-fashioned name making a comeback – and it’s perfect for that little person. The same family has a dog called Agnes and I kind of like that as well.

Max was trendy about the same time Jack and Jacob were so I probably would have skipped it if I’d had a boy during that time period. The playgrounds around us are still full of Max/Jack/Jake/Jacob (human and canine).

I study names as a hobby, and there are many I really like.

If I should ever breed again (not likely but anything’s possible, I guess), the name we’ve planned for a boy would be Arthur Eugene, and I also like the name Owen, and for a girl it’s less set, but I like Eileen, Moire, and Aine.

Damian
Zoe
Esme
Baron

Isaac should be famous / different at the same time..

If I had 3 sons I would name them Ethan-Evan-Eli !

Emma
Emily
Sarah
Rachel
David
Aaron
Michael
Colin
Ethan
Evan

@mariah – none of the names you have written seem weird.

I suppose “uncommon” would have been a better descriptor.

Yeah..may be..

Dick & Fanny…[just one fucking thing after another]

@MooCows My mom became deaf in her forties. She learned speech reading and said never name a child a name that starts with and F or a V. Because you have to sneer to say those consonants.

i love the name Vincent

Jacqueline for a girl. Cooper for a boy.

My son and I were joking about girl names. My granddaughter had scrawled a pic of a face in yellow highlighter. She showed her dad and said it was me. Chris goes, “She’s jaundiced?”
I said, “Jaundice” would be a pretty name for a girl, wouldn’t it!
He said, “Yeah! And I think Chlamydia is pretty girl’s name too.”

For boys:

Nikoloonski
Adolph
Benito
Genghis
Goliath
Cthulhu
Godzillo
Osamo
Atilo

For girls:

Godzilla
Osama
Atila
Ammutseba
Mothra
Gargantua
Medusa

@Incoherency_ You left our Isis and Isil. Isis is a great name. (Media’s fault for using it for the violent organization of questionable origin and backing that they’ve got so many people rallied as the scapegoat.)

Sarah
Natalie
Natalia
Julia (pronounced the English speaking way)
Nina
Reina (my aunt’s name, pronounced rye-na).
Marie
Sofia
Mae
Melissa
Elizabeth
Rachel
Francesca
Kathryn
Vivian

Michael
Nathaniel
Nicholas
Chaim
Joe
Fabricio (it’s actually my ex’s name, but he only uses it with family.
Zev

I work with a guy named Fabricio. He’s from Italy. Top sort. Great person.

For girls: Hannah, Amy, Lauren
For boys: Kevin, Andrew, Brian

I almost forgot about:

Fascisto, Psychonazio, and Anushita.

Who here is glad that I’m not there parental unit? ;-o

@cazzie My ex’s family is from Ecuador. He goes by John. Lol. John is actually his first name, although it was spelled incorrectly on his birth certificate. Not that it matters. Some relatives use the nickname Feeze with him, short for Fabricio.

His siblings were/are Diego, Ramiro, Silvia, and Hugo. Hugo is actually Victor Hugo, and so was his father. I think his own son also, but his son goes by Victor or Vic. All good names.

@Brian1946

“Who here is glad that I’m not there parental unit? ;-o”

Is they’re any specific reason for such an egregious misspelling? ;-)p