Top loves & current crushes:
- Adair
- Adaline
- Amanda
- Amelia
- Avie
- Blair
- Bridget
- Brynn
- Caroline
- Celie
- Clarissa (a huge favorite)
- Delaney
- Dorothy “Teddie” (loving this right now)
- Eden
- Elaine
- Eleanor
- Eliora
- Eloise
- Eve
- Frances
- Georgia
- Holly (wouldn’t use because, well, I’m Molly)
- Ivy
- Jane (for my maternal grandmother’s brother, Jay)
- Jean
- June (my maternal grandfather’s mom’s name)
- Kate
- Katharine
- Kennedy
- Lainie
- Layla
- Laura (for my maternal grandmother’s brother, Laurence)
- Laurel (honor for my late great-uncle, Darryl)
- Leann
- Lila
- Liv (middle only)
- Lorelai
- Lorraine
- Lyra
- Madeleine/Madeline
- Maeve
- Maia/Maya
- Mallory
- Meredith
- Mila
- Naomi
- Nellie
- Noelle (probably wouldn’t use unless I marry a non-Jew)
- Nora (as a NN for Eleanor)
- Olivia
- Orly (as a NN/Hebrew name for Eleanor)
- Phoebe
- Piper
- Riley
- Rosalie
- Sadie
- Samantha
- Shaina
- Shoshana
- Simone
- Sloane
- Sophie (my Poppy’s favorite grandmother’s name)
- Sydney (my estranged cousin’s name)
- Sylvie
- Zoey
Nickname notes: Nora and Orly for Eleanor make me giddy; Dorothy → Teddie is peak cozy-retro. I also love Mila for Amelia.
Boys
Top loves & current crushes:
- Acker
- Adair
- Adlai (#1 fave)
- Alistair
- Allen
- Asher
- Askell
- Asten
- Auden
- Brighton
- Bruce
- Camden
- Clark
- Dakota
- Davis
- Dayton
- Dean
- Derek
- Dov (my baby brother’s Hebrew middle: Mason James / Matan Dov)
- Eden
- Eli
- Elliot/Elliott
- Errol
- Ford
- Galen
- Geoffrey
- Grant
- Hal
- Hank
- Harrison
- Hartigan
- Henry
- Holden
- Holland
- Ian
- Ira
- Jack (only family tie is to my Poppy’s grandfather, who abandoned his father)
- Jonah
- Judd
- Keagan/Keegan
- Kellan/Kellen
- Knox
- Kohl
- Laird
- Lane
- Leo (for my dad’s grandpa, Leo Leonard “Lenny”)
- Levi
- Lincoln
- Locke
- Logan
- Loren (also for Laurence)
- Lucas
- Mackenzie
- Mark (for my dad’s cousin, Mark)
- Merrick
- Oren
- Phineas
- Pierce
- Reed/Reid
- Rhett
- Riley
- Samuel
- Scott
- Sebastian
- Shawn
- Sloane
- Soren
- Stellan
- Sterling
- Sullivan
- Sutton
- Taylor
- Theodore
- Timothy
- Todd
- Truman
- Tucker
- Ward
- Warren
- Wells
- Zachary
Nickname notes: Hal and Hank for Harrison are some faves; Hart for Hartigan. Also some more obvious ones, Sam for Samuel, Mack for Mackenzie, Theo for Theodore, and Zach for Zachary.
Current Dream Sibset
Adlai Mark, Lane Mackenzie, & Eleanor Clarissa (“Nora/Orly”)
These are also the names of my alias’s fake kids over on my Nameberry scenario—because of course I have one.
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