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My favourites are Dahlia Beatrix and Alasdair Jonah.

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Names ranked with #1 being my favorite from your list.

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1. Eleanor- Classical and elegant
2. Madeline- lovely
3. Matilda- also lovely and with interesting historical bearers.
4. Beatrix- pretty
5. Elowen- pretty with a fantasy feel
6. Cordelia- old fashion names seem to be coming back into style
7. Melody- cute
8. Lucy- bubbly and with Lucy Pevensie as a famous bearer
9. Freya- nice, very Nordic
10. Bonnie- okay, but my family had a dog with this name, so I think of it as a pet name.
11. Tabitha - it reminds me of a tabby cat, or an elderly aunt who has a lot of cats.
12. Marigold "Maggie"- too childlike for when she's a teen.
13. Dahlia "Dolly"- dislike the sound, and Black Dahlia refers to the victim of a famous murder case.

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1. Dominick- love it but prefer the spelling Dominic. The k seems superfluous.
2. Vincent- great, I picture a dark and handsome man, but I hate the possible nick name Vinnie.
3. Christopher- nice and classical
4. Julian- handsome
5. Alasdair "Dair"- nice, but will probably be confused with Alistair.
6. Theodore "teddy"- I like Theo as a nick name.
7. Tristan- okay but not my favorite knight from the tales of King Arthur.
Rhys (pronounced reese)- alright
Rafferty- interesting
Rory- it seems incomplete like a nick name rather than a full name, and it is very Dr. Who.
Jonah- will forever be remembered for being swallowed by a whale.
River

From your narrowed down list, here are my favorites:

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1. Elizabeth
2. Tabitha
3. Elowen

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1. Theodore "Teddy"
2. Dominic
3. Julian

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I would cut out:

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Cordelia
Rafferty
Tristan

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Good luck! :)

1) Lucy
2) Freya
3) Matilda
4) Elowen
5) Beatrix
6) Eleanor/Elanor/Elinor

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1) Jonah
2) Alasdair "Dair"
3) Rory
4) Dominick
5) Tristan

Great lists! And I adore both Rosy and Rory.

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My other favorites are...

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Freya
Elowen
Dahlia
Marigold
Melody

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Jonah
Rafferty
Alasdair
Julian
Dominick

This message was edited 12/11/2014, 9:07 AM

The ones I like enough to use are:

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Elinor
Lucy
Beatrice (which I have used - not Beatrix, therefore)
and perhaps Talitha, though not the more feline Tabitha

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Alasdair, in most spellings
Christopher
Ruaridh! Further away from Rosy.
and possibly Dominic, without the -k

THANKS EVERYONE!

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We've narrowed our list down considerably, still dueling about *THE* name though :) And we added Elizabeth back to our girl list lol

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Our girl name list is now 4 I like and 4 he likes:
Tabitha
Matilda
Elowen
Lucy
Elizabeth
Madeline
Dahlia "Dolly"
Cordelia

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Alasdair "Dair"
Rory
Rhys (pronounced reese)
Theodore "teddy"
Rafferty
Julian
Dominic
Tristan

These are the ones I like, in order :-)

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Freya
Matilda
Melody
Eleanor
Bonnie
Lucy (though I prefer this as a nickname for; Lucia, Lucille, Lucinda etc)
Beatrix

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Theodore (Not a fan of the nickname Teddy, though)
Jonah
Rhys

Rory & Rhys both sound too similar to Rosy imo

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From your boys list, my favourite is Theodore. Rose, Henry & Theodore sound great together! Rosy, Henry & Teddy is just an adorable sibset! :)

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As for you girls list, I like Eleanor and Matilda. Rosy, Henry & Eleanor, or Rosy, Henry & Matilda

Rosie and Rory? You might want to think again.

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I only like Melody and Tabitha for the girls.
For the boys, I'd say Vincent is the best one. Theodore is nice too, but mainly for the nn Ted (Teddy is all right for a little boy but it doesn't age.)

Rose and Henry are sturdy classics so I wouldn't suggest anything flowery, exotic or too ethnic (in any direction). While I like many of your names, I feel these would complement Rose and Henry best:

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Matilda
Eleanor
Lucy
Madeline
Cordelia
Beatrice (rather than Beatrix)

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Christopher
Theodore "Teddy"
Julian
Vincent

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Two more things: (1) I actually prefer Arthur with Rose and Henry (instead of Rory) and (2)I wouldn't pair Rhys with Rose -- too confusing!

Rose Amélie "Rosy" and Henry are great, really nice names. Rory Arthur doesn't fit with the other names though imo. I also don't like Rosy and Rory for siblings, they are too similar. My favourite combos (not in any order) would be:

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Rose Amélie "Rosy"
Lucy Tabitha
Freya Madeline
Matilda Bonnie
Beatrix Marigold

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Henry Dominic
Rafferty Arthur
Julian River
Vincent Rhys
Jonah Theodore

Tabitha - I want to like it, but it just seems a bit frumpy to me
Matilda - Love love love it!
Bonnie - Nice enough, but it just doesn't do it for me
Elowen - very very pretty and elegant. Yes
Eleanor/Elanor/Elinor - I like Eleanor best out of your choices, but I prefer Eleanore
Freya - Nice, but so overdone where I live
Lucy - pretty and not as well used as you would think. I like it a lot.
Marigold "Maggie" - nice, its a GP of mine
Madeline - alone really like
Dahlia "Dolly" - like Dolly as the nn but not a fan of Dahlia
Cordelia - pretty. I like
Beatrix - its nice enough
Melody - pretty

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Alasdair "Dair" - very handsome and dashing. Not so keen on Dair.
Christopher - I like as long as not shortened to Chris. I like Kit or just Christopher
Rory - like alot
Rhys (pronounced reese) - like a lot, this spelling only
Theodore "teddy" - its ok. I've just not jumped on the Theodore bandwagon just yet
Rafferty - nice. I like it
River - seems ridiculous as a name to me
Julian - a nice, handsome, sensitive name. I've liked it since I was 13 reading the forbidden game books. The Julian in that was so fanciable
Vincent - not for me but nice enough
Jonah - love
Dominick - no
Tristan - like it but it seems trendy atm

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Lucy.
Definitely, 100%. Rose, Henry and Lucy are adorable together. It's got the just same classic, timeless feeling and yet it's not bland like Mary would be. Lucy is a gorgeous name and I wish it was used more often! It's perfect standing alone and perfect with those siblings too.

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In second place is Freya which silvery and crystalline, beautiful without being frilly.

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Matilda and Tabitha are plug ugly. Madeline is nice, but overused. Beatrix sounds like a laced-up corset. Dahlia's mother would be super posh and totally snobby, and speak with a kind of nasal wine. Bonnie is a small, chubby, hyperactive child. Or, perhaps, a puppy.

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Thumbs up for Rory, if you dont feel that Rory and Rosy are too similar for one family. It would be a bit too matchy for me.

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Theodore would fit in lovely with Rose and Henry, but I wish he would be Theo and not Teddy! I adore Theo. Teddy is just silly.
Tristan is nice too.

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Jonah was swallowed by a whale (not even Christian and I know that story!). Rafferty is weird, and so out of place with two classic siblings. Christopher is meh. River, again, does not really fit with Henry or Rose.
The others are okay.

You seem to like fairly traditional names. Because of that I would cut off the names from the list that isn't "classic". And while I like Rory, I don't think you should use it. Rosy and Rory are way too similar.

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After cutting off the ones that aren't fairly traditional, this is what the list would look like according to me:

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Tabitha
Matilda
Eleanor/Elanor/Elinor
Lucy -- maybe
Madeline
Dahlia "Dolly" -- maybe
Cordelia
Beatrix

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Christopher
Rhys (pronounced reese) -- maybe
Theodore "teddy"
Rafferty
Julian
Dominick