I really like the idea of combining a common first name with a sort of out-there middle name.
Mix-and-match:
Girls -
FN:
Mary,
Marie,
Maria,
Anna /
Anne,
Elizabeth,
Helen,
Alice,
Jane,
Rose,
Julia /
Julie,
Sarah /
SaraMN:
Perpetua,
Hypatia,
Fortunata,
Pandora,
Albertina,
Victorine, Voltairine,
Iphigenia,
Leandra,
Lysandra, Ignatia,
Ulyssa,
Guinevere,
Magnolia,
Marigold,
Fausta,
Amaryllis,
Apollonia,
Sibylla,
Crescentia,
Despina,
Olympia, Evanthia,
Cordula,
Nigella,
Tacita,
Juno,
Junia,
IoAlthough the other way around could also work, definitely:
Fausta Jane, Ignatia
Helen,
Hypatia Elizabeth, etc.
Boys -
FN:
John,
William,
Thomas,
Samuel,
James,
Robert,
Alexander,
Christopher,
George,
Charles,
Benjamin,
David,
Daniel,
Peter,
Michael,
Richard,
Joseph,
Paul,
Mark,
Edward,
Stephen,
Andrew,
HenryMN:
Tycho,
Magnus,
Ignatius,
Lysander,
Leander,
Evander,
Ptolemy,
Casimir,
Somerled,
Llewellyn,
Dimitri,
Atlas,
Ianto,
Idris,
Cyprian,
Oisin,
Columba,
Ulysses,
Constantine,
Orion,
Tiberius,
Oberon,
Tarquin,
Emeric,
Algernon,
Horatio,
Zimri,
Laszlo,
Torleif,
Hadrian,
Hannibal,
Zebulon,
Cosmo,
Peregrine,
Emrys,
LothairSome of my own combos (first names may vary as far as how "common" they'd be considered):
Winifred AlbertinaIris PerpetuaMargot HypatiaJunia Margot /
Margot JuniaThora OlympiaArthur ColumbaCormac UlyssesDesmond EmrysFerdinand AtlasRobin Emeric
Currently Loving:
G: Athena Lark, Cyra Lenore, Daphne Cordelia, Junia Sibyl, Penelope Susanna, Theodora Ivy, Tullia Victorine
B: Arthur Columba, Blaise Prosper, Cormac Ulysses, Desmond Emrys, Ferdinand Atlas, Panos Dimitri, Robin Emeric