I pronounce Maeve and Lyra the same way you do, so there’s no confusion there! For Rose names, my personal favorite is Rosalind. I also like Rosalie.
so far:
BOYS:
Patrick
Anthony
Mathias
Benjamin “Ben”
Diarmad
Rafael
Evander
Peregrine “Pippin”
Jonas
Edmund
Eoin
Caspian
Rory
Hugo
Thomas - middle name
August - middle name
GIRLS:
Tempest
Catriona
Niamh
Kathleen
Ruth
Sinéad
Silvie
Maeve
Fiona
Lucy
Matilda “Tilda”
Minerva
Lyra
Diana
Guinevere “Gwen”
“Rory” - I prefer Aurora is a full name
Luna
Thea
Nora
Viola
Bethan
Lynn - middle name first girl
Amelia - middle name
Helena - middle name
Juniper - middle name
Claire - middle name
River - middle name
Megan/Meghan/Maegan - middle name
I’m going to rank too. Also, it seems like we have more girls than boy names, so I guess we could go ahead and choose genders? From most to least favorite:
BOYS:
1 Eoin
2 Caspian
3 Mathias
4 Hugo
5 Patrick
6 Peregrine “Pippin”
7 Jonas
8 Evander
9 Rory
10 Diarmad
11 Rafael
12 Edmund
13 Benjamin “Ben”
14 Anthony
GIRLS:
1 Sinéad
2 Tempest
3 Catriona
4 Niamh
5 Kathleen
6 Lyra
7 Bethan
8 Maeve
9 Guinevere “Gwen:
10 Thea
11 Nora
12 Fiona
13 Luna
14 Viola
15 Matilda “Tilda”
16 Minerva
17 Lucy
18 Diana
19 Silvie
We could also narrow down to top 5 that we both like, maybe using the ranked lists?
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