View Message

Gwen - Not my cup of tea... but the more I see it thesedays, the more I accept it. It just sounds kind of muffled and... peasant to me
Rowen - Not too bad, but even though I like it, it will always look like a misspelled Rowan. I also feel like it's not feminine enough
Liesel / Lise - Liesel is definitely a no-go! I just can't imagine a child or baby with this name. That's about the same with Lise which is meaningless to me... more of a nick name.
Mirna / Myrna - Myrna looks more interesting, but it's difficult to spell and still looks quite exotic. It gets to me though... yes
Ruth - a classic - soft, calm and kind! A little dated in my opinion though, therefore I prefer it as a middle name
Sela - You don't get to see this very often... meaningless and boring to me though
Kasia - Dislike its correct prounciation and don't think it would be a good choice for an English-speaking country
Blaze - not a name for me
Gry - Never seen this one before... don't like its look, and the prounciation is troublesome. And not very feminine to me
Elowen - Like it kind of
Raquel - too Spanish for me... at least if you don't live in a Spanish community. And I don't like the prounciation. It's so harsh and not too feminine
Nyra / Naira - kind of interesting
Maris - like it even though it doesn't sound too feminine... maybe a nice middle name
Theda - like this one!

---

Mars - not a good name for a person
Alton - I like it kind of
Hearth - Have no idea where this comes from... looks like a misspelled Heath, which I don't particularly like
Casey - lame
Teagan - nice, but very soft, and therefore not too masculine to me
Atlas - Can't think of it as a good name... sounds very harsh and quite pretentious
Jorah / Jory - Jory definitely isn't masculine enough for me. Jorah is interesting, but also somehow in-between
Wiley - reminds me of whiny
Gordon - nothing exciting
Cy - not a fan of short form names
Roger - dated
Evren - like it, but the "vr" sound makes me mumble
Noam - one of my favorites, but would only use it as a middle name, because it's so unfamiliar. But it has a lovely, soft but still masculine sound to it!

---

So my favorites are Myrna, Elowen, Maris and Theda on the girls and Alton, Jorah, Evren and Noam on the boys side.
I loathe Liesel, Blaze and Gry as well as Jory, Wiley and Roger.

---

Suggestions for you:

---

Ailis
Aina
Alaia
Aldona
Aloisia
Andra
Anwen
Carola
Cliona
Edna
Eira
Glaw
Greta
Ina
Iria
Iskra
Jola
Josepha
Kaia
Keara
Manaia
Marva
Merryn
Meta
Mina
Mirela
Naia
Nela
Nita
Sue
Thea
Una
Zula

---

Alon
Alger
Argus
Ewart
Idris
Irvin
Jowan
Jove
Meville
Mert
Miron
Remus
Tal