Opinions on these names please

[Anonymous]

I don't understand how Calla can be "clunky".

[Anonymous]

People here are way too conservative in their names. All of these names are on trend and won't sound weird at all to our childrens' generation.

I like Milo and Silas best of the boys names, followed by Jasper.

Aria, Willa, or Serena for a girl.

[Anonymous]

I'm guessing that OP was born in the late 80s. These names are so so bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Katya is a nickname in Russian speaking countries, not a proper name. It's like Katie. Would you name your child Katie?

(Katarina or Ekaterina is called Katya. No babies in the Russian speaking country where I live have Katya on their birth certificate).

Um, probably. My parents did. I'm named for my great-grandmother, so her parents did, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silas - HATE
Jasper - are ya British? it's okay. If you're American, seems better suited for a dog. If in the UK, it's fine
Milo - HATE
Aris - HATE

Lyra "lee-ra" - not good, not awful
Willa - awful
Aria - not good
Calla - clunky, not good
Katya - are ya Russian? or a former prima ballerina? if so, it's fine.
Serena - ugly

This. Also the boys are painfully hipster-ish, trying too hard. Just awful. Also, while I actually like Katya, it's a nickname really. Maybe Katarina, and call her Katya.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm guessing that OP was born in the late 80s. These names are so so bad.

+1

[Anonymous]

Silas -- okay
Jasper -- yuck
Milo -- "Look at me! I'm a hipster!"
Aris -- DOuble yuck



Lyra "lee-ra" -- I would pronounce Lie-ra, since that's how you pronounce the constellation Lyra
Willa -- I actually kind of like this, as a literature nerd
Aria -- yuck
Calla -- meh
Katya -- Not crazy about it as a given name, but it's not totally awful
Serena -- fine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silas - HATE
Jasper - are ya British? it's okay. If you're American, seems better suited for a dog. If in the UK, it's fine
Milo - HATE
Aris - HATE

Lyra "lee-ra" - not good, not awful
Willa - awful
Aria - not good
Calla - clunky, not good
Katya - are ya Russian? or a former prima ballerina? if so, it's fine.
Serena - ugly

This. Also the boys are painfully hipster-ish, trying too hard. Just awful. Also, while I actually like Katya, it's a nickname really. Maybe Katarina, and call her Katya.

Trying too hard to what?

Also, what constitutes trying hard enough, or not trying hard enough?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Katya is a nickname in Russian speaking countries, not a proper name. It's like Katie. Would you name your child Katie?

(Katarina or Ekaterina is called Katya. No babies in the Russian speaking country where I live have Katya on their birth certificate).

Lots of people do: http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/katie

[Anonymous]

Sorry you're getting so much hate, OP. I like both your lists very much!


Boys:

Silas: love!
Jasper: like
Milo: love!
Aris: not sure about this one

Girls:

Lyra "lee-ra": think you're asking for mispronunciations
Willa: love!
Aria: love!
Calla: like
Katya: like
Serena: like

[Anonymous]

The ones I like best are Silas, Jasper, Willa, and Serena. My favorite two are Jasper and Willa!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:



Sorry you're getting so much hate, OP. I like both your lists very much!


Boys:

Silas: love!
Jasper: like
Milo: love!
Aris: not sure about this one

Girls:

Lyra "lee-ra": think you're asking for mispronunciations
Willa: love!
Aria: love!
Calla: like
Katya: like
Serena: like

Hate? This is not hate. Millennials are such delicate flowers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boys:

Silas
Jasper
Milo
Aris

Girls:

Lyra "lee-ra"
Willa
Aria
Calla
Katya
Serena

Only Milo and Serena. The rest sound like you're deliberately going for obscurity or something. Milo and Serena are at least fairly common. I know a bunch of Milos under age 5 and a couple of Serenas.

[Anonymous]

Only Milo and Serena. The rest sound like you're deliberately going for obscurity or something. Milo and Serena are at least fairly common. I know a bunch of Milos under age 5 and a couple of Serenas.



You might be surprised out how common some of these names are now. (Aria, I'm looking at you.):

Girls
#31 Aria
#455 Serena
#549: Willa
(not in top 1000: Calla, Katya, Lyra)

Boys
#137 Silas
#218 Jasper
#311 Milo
(not in top 1000: Aris)

[Anonymous]

I like Silas, Jasper, Willa and Serena.

I actually love Willa.