• abigail
• acacia
• ✔ adelaide
• adeluna
• adrienne
• alaska
• alexandria
• allen
• amelia
• amity
• amoret
• anaïs
• annemieke
• annukka
• aoife
• artemis
• aspen
• bailee
• banks
• brigid
• cerise

• Lunara Giselle (adopted from @eileithyia)
• Sage Ariadne (adopted from @Oblivious_octopus)
• Salem Wisteria (adopted from @Silvering)
• Cormac Alder Felix (adopted from @hyacinth.bea)
• Chelsea Dove (adopted from @MissMayhem)
• Astrid Hazel (adopted from @lemonrose)
• Astrid Valentina (adopted from @Spoondrift)
• Edmund Alistair (adopted from @autumn.leaves)
• Zosia Mielikki (adopted from @Spoondrift)
• Holly Noelle (adopted from @EmilyMcA)
• Rory Jasper (adopted from @emeraldsea)
• Ginny Orla (adopted from @metal_maddy1)

Were I to have the pleasure of naming a girl, my longlist would be the first place I turned. A collection of sixty-five names dear to me, with varying degrees of usability and favour, I’m constantly polishing and refining this list. I’ve divided it into five distinct categories each reflecting my feelings about the names held within. Enjoy!

- my usable shortlist

These are the names I love most in the world, in the order I'd use them. I'd like nothing more than to give these as a first precious gift to my daughter. The top five are set in stone but the next have been quite volatile of late - I’m useless at deciding which I like more.

• Mia

Mia is an Italian word name meaning "mine" or a Scandinavian short form of the Hebrew or Egyptian Maria, meaning "drop of the ...

• Fletcher Jonas (with Kirsten_Leotie)
• Hugo Tadhg Alexander (with cadhlamarie95)
• Atticus William (with Finn)
• Nico Fionn Adam (with cadhlamarie95)
• Theo Aodh Anthony (with cadhlamarie95)
• Evan Riley Sinclair (with Silvering)
• Hollis Rowan Kit (with rain.and.magnificent)
• Mia Sylvie Eleanor (with EmilyMcA)
• River Darcy Fleur (with deziguess)
• Lilia Faith Renee (with RileyAddison13)
• Livia Eliza Maeve (with carsonskye23)
• Verity Imogen Scarlet (with Kipperbo1)
• Estelle Thea Audrey (with Kipperbo1)
• Helena Grace (with eileithyia)
• Margot Elise (with firefly305)
• Isabella Rose Penelope (with Emma_Elle111)
• Hazel Amelie Rue (with norin)
• Willow Adeline Mae (with norin)