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I only really like Remy

Augustina for girl and Augustin for boy
Rémy is beautiful name for boy :))

I absolutely love Remy at the minute. Jean-Marc is nice, as is Augustin. Not keen on Felicien or Arcade though

My French great-grandmother was named Augustine. I really like the name. Augustin is nice, as well, but I lean towards Augustine on a girl for family reasons. Jean-Marc seems a little passé to me, as do all Jean-hyphenated names. Félicien seems very old-fashioned to me. It's a little too heavy for my taste. It's difficult to explain the last syllable of the pronunciation. The n is 'nasalized' -- not fully pronounced as a consonant, it just makes the e sound before it kind of nasal. I don't know how to describe it any better. Anyhow, the closest I can write down the prn of name is prn FEH-lee-SYAN. FEH-lee-SYEN (closer to how you are pronouncing it) is the prn of the female name Felicienne. I love Rémy...I prefer it spelled Rémi. When I was 8 years old, I "decided" that this would be my first son's name. Arcade is neat. I think it would make a great mn.

I really like Augustin and Jean-Marc are a lovely sib set in my opinion.
Felicien isn't nice in my opinion. I'd prefer Fabien, as an alternative.
Remy is nice, but potentially a little effeminate.
Arcade isn't nice, with either pronunciation. It sounds too cumbersome and not attractive.

Augustine / Augustin -I prefer Augustine... On a girl.

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Jean-Marc -Too French for my tastes.

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Felicien -Nice, but maybe better for a fictional character?

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Remy -Assuming it's pronounced REY-mee, then I like it.
Arcade -Yeah, I was thinking "arcade" too. I don't think I could use it... Maybe a spell change is necessary to make people say it right?

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Augustin(e) and Jean-Marc for brothers? I'd say, again, that's maybe too French for me ;)