Cosima reminds me of the AMAZING BBC show Orphan Black. Tatiana Maslany KILLED IT in that show. One of her many characters was named Cosima and she was a scientist (beauty in order!).
This list is so my style. My husband and I are trying for a baby and my favorite names right now are Thea and Jude. I feel like they would fit in with this crowd.
Gosh I LOVE the name Aiken, I have an Oakley so if I was ever blessed with another boy Aiken would be perfect. My children are called Oakley & Bluebelle 🌼
Tying it to a game helps when convincing doubtful partners. Ari (Ahri) and Silas are two of my top names and lucky for me also characters in League of legends 😅
I love short, easy to spell/pronounce names! My husband and I are hoping for a baby within the next year or so, and we love the names Theo and Quinn. I’m a teacher, and I have a Krew in one of my classes this year. I had never heard of it before, but I quite like it!
When you asked on IG our favorite unranked names I didn't get a chance to go back and answer. Berm - a ridge of earth, Sedge - a family of plants. I think they both go well here too.
Love Lena! I know a family that did nautical theme and named their children Sailor, Crew, Harbor. Order was girl, boy, boy. For other minimal/peaceful names I think of: Psalm, Kai, Clove, Skye, Rain.
I was looking back at my great grandma's obituary, and her mother's middle name was Moelle! I found it so interesting. Noelle is common, but I've never heard Moelle!
Ah SJ this list is gorgeous as always! My list of possible baby names is getting longer and longer haha. An idea I had, because there is quite some websites about it (and I am dating a South African, so I might be biased) is Zulu/Xhosa names from South Africa. They are really literal with their translations and meanings and very long and beautiful.
Currently binging your videos at the moment SJ (though I have watched them for many years). My husband and I are early in our first pregnancy journey, but his family have such unique names (Lena, Dearbhla, Usna, Mila, Manus) so I am prepping the list now so that we have some options when baby comes ❤️
I’m not so much a fan of nicknames as given names, but more that given names should have easy nicknames. That’s why I’ve always loved the name Magdalena. Hearing you talk about Lena made me think about it because it’s one of four different nicknames that easily comes from it. (Magda, Maggie, Lena, Lenni) So if you are also a long names with easy nicknames person, Magdalena might be for you!
@@sweetthistle8 “Sixty Years On” It’s the opening for my all time favorite album, Elton live in Australia with the (why can’t I remember which city) Symphony Orchestra. It’s from the 80s.
So many beautiful names! I don't know if you have this list already but a list of opposite gender or gender neutral alternatives. For example: if you want to honour a grandfather named Edward but you're having a girl
Love these, but we have a one syllable last name so we want to a more complicated first name lol My mom’s name is Dru, which is really rare for people her age. She always says she’s so glad her parents didn’t name her Debbie 🤗
Shiloh skies! Love. We just lost our first pregnancy after 3.5 years of infertility and named baby "Shiloh". I may need to purchase the Shiloh skies set for a future nursery to honor our heavenly babe.
In need of a baby boy name due in May!!!! Would love to hear more Irish names. Fourth baby so finding it hard to come across a name we can fall in love with. Our daughter name is Reagan, our sons name are Elijah and Cian.
My little boy is Drew. I expected to call him Ru as a nickname but it never stuck. We call him Dewey a lot. No regrets on naming him Drew! Simple names I recently have been into are Arlin and Arlo
My middle name is Lena :) it’s after my great Nan, Lena May, born in the early 1920s, so it’s been around a while! I love the simplicity of it, whilst it’s unique, it’s not too out there and sounds like a name. Definitely on my list!
We have 3 boys and have just found out we are expecting a little girl! We like Navy James for her , although I know it’s not to everyones taste . I actually heard Navy from one of your videos and LOVED the sound of it xxxx
@@SJ_Strum Ahh thank you! I’ve always binged your boy videos over the years for my previous pregnancies , I never thought I’d have the opportunity to watch and consider some of your beautiful girl ones but here we are 🌻 xxx
Have you had any luck with Polish inspired names ? My husband grandparents are from Poland and we would love to have a Polish inspired name for a baby boy. We do have a tradition -ski Polish last name!
Boy or Girl? I had a D list for our most recent son to honor my late father Dennis. We went with Deacon. I'd be happy to share my list with you if you're looking for boy names.
@@tanjarae2383 I only have a couple of D names on my girl list: Dorinda (sister's name!) Dorena Delphine Della Dovalyn Deladis I think "Del" is such a sweet nickname
So many nice names ! Noemi is on my list for a baby girl as i had danish friends with a Noemi and i just loved the name😍 Lena was/is super popular in germany for a girl and her it would be pronounced similiar to what you thought like Helena 😊
My mom's name is Elena, like Helena with out the H. One of her nicknames is Lena and it's pronounced like you said it, like "len-uh". I think it could go either way actually.
Hi SJ! I'm only 19 but I have a few names I'm thinking about for my kids. I really like Elodie, Petra, Amelia, Luca, Bruno. I was wondering if you could do a video about these types of names? I don't know what category they fit into! Great video as always ,
My husband and I are having our first baby, a baby boy, this summer and we finally think we've settled on the name Shepard, with Flynn or Jude for the middle name. We have a difficult last name so it was nice to find one we liked finally. What do you guys think of it? Also will take other suggestions!
If we have a boy we’ve decided on Allister James. But are having such a hard time with a girl name! I just discovered the name Lorna today and am in love with it.
i just adore eve and drew. totally underused, what a shame, really. cosmo is so cute, but more for a cat ;) just throwing alma, mika and akiko into the mix.
Axis makes me think of science! But my reason for not liking it is it sounds identical to “access” in my accent. Would be a confusing name. I love that SJ thinks outside the square and throws these unexpected ones out though
Cosima reminds me of the AMAZING BBC show Orphan Black. Tatiana Maslany KILLED IT in that show. One of her many characters was named Cosima and she was a scientist (beauty in order!).
Same my hubby loves this name because he loved the character, but I can’t see it 😆
I’m 4 weeks pregnant just found out yesterday! Spent a lot of time watching your videos my first pregnancy and now I’m back!
I think Anais would fit this brief too, always loved the look and sound of it.
This list is so my style. My husband and I are trying for a baby and my favorite names right now are Thea and Jude. I feel like they would fit in with this crowd.
Yes perfectly!! 🥰🥰
I’m pregnant with a boy due in July I love THEO and Jude!
Love Crew!!! My lovely friend Gemma has 2 year old twins Cosima and Crué (said the same as Crew) and she calls them Coco and Rué and I LOVE it!!!! 💗
Is Crue a girl? I lovvve the name for a girl, but haven't found anyone who agrees lol.
@@danielleerica2012 Yes, Crué is a girl!!! They are Cosima Sage and Crué Vienna and I just love it 😍😍 Their older sister is Ottilie (Ottie) Arabella 💜
Gosh I LOVE the name Aiken, I have an Oakley so if I was ever blessed with another boy Aiken would be perfect.
My children are called Oakley & Bluebelle 🌼
“Link” is such a cool, minimalist name. Always have loved that one.
Yes love Link!!! xx
Very Zelda! Love it 🛡️
Tying it to a game helps when convincing doubtful partners. Ari (Ahri) and Silas are two of my top names and lucky for me also characters in League of legends 😅
I love short, easy to spell/pronounce names! My husband and I are hoping for a baby within the next year or so, and we love the names Theo and Quinn.
I’m a teacher, and I have a Krew in one of my classes this year. I had never heard of it before, but I quite like it!
There a family called the Kent family and they have 2 boys called Krew and Banks
Theo means gift of gd
I love Quinn
We are thinking of naming our son Theo. He’s due in July 💙🥰 we’re waiting until he’s born to see lol
@@rachelkat love it
Omg I love Noemi !! Can't wait to have kids so I can make hundreds of lists!!
I'm super crushing on Bram right now, and I think that's a fairly simple/sturdy name.
would you be open to doing a baby name monday on american names? like maybe some rare ones on the charts or themed. love these videos!!!!
Yes! I did one a little while ago - maybe a year now so I'll update it x
Your original pronunciation of Lena makes me think of the name Lenna, which I think is beautiful 😍
When you asked on IG our favorite unranked names I didn't get a chance to go back and answer.
Berm - a ridge of earth, Sedge - a family of plants. I think they both go well here too.
Love Lena!
I know a family that did nautical theme and named their children Sailor, Crew, Harbor. Order was girl, boy, boy.
For other minimal/peaceful names I think of: Psalm, Kai, Clove, Skye, Rain.
Beacon would fit in with the nautical theme! Like a lighthouse.
I love simple names for girls! Some more I like are Wynn, Kit and Ida
I like short names if they're double barrelled as well! My top picks for my daughter due this summer are : Piper-Rose, Annie-Rose and Elena-Rose 🤗
I love Eve, Drew, and Lena! Lana, Ian, Boaz, and Ruth are also really cute in my opinion.
One of my favourite short but cool, minimalistic names is Banks. It could be seen as quite a harsh name, but to me it sounds quite soft and feminine.
I was looking back at my great grandma's obituary, and her mother's middle name was Moelle! I found it so interesting. Noelle is common, but I've never heard Moelle!
Ah SJ this list is gorgeous as always! My list of possible baby names is getting longer and longer haha.
An idea I had, because there is quite some websites about it (and I am dating a South African, so I might be biased) is Zulu/Xhosa names from South Africa. They are really literal with their translations and meanings and very long and beautiful.
Oh wow thank you - I'll really enjoy researching that xxx
Drew is one of my favesss, gives off the same vibes as Blair for me
Yes so happy you like it too - it's so simple but pretty to me x
I have never heard the name Folke but I think it is GORGEOUS. Probably wouldn’t use it purely on pronunciation issues in the U.K.😂
As a british person, I have no idea how to pronounce that 😂
Currently binging your videos at the moment SJ (though I have watched them for many years). My husband and I are early in our first pregnancy journey, but his family have such unique names (Lena, Dearbhla, Usna, Mila, Manus) so I am prepping the list now so that we have some options when baby comes ❤️
you look stunning, sj xx Auggie is so cute for a wee boy!
I could see a bunch of these as like a sibling for Gage, like Gage & Axis or Gage & Crew
I’m not so much a fan of nicknames as given names, but more that given names should have easy nicknames. That’s why I’ve always loved the name Magdalena. Hearing you talk about Lena made me think about it because it’s one of four different nicknames that easily comes from it. (Magda, Maggie, Lena, Lenni) So if you are also a long names with easy nicknames person, Magdalena might be for you!
I've loved Magdalena since I was a teenager because it's in a Bob Dylan song!
@@sweetthistle8 Yeah it’s in an Elton John song I love too (and someone back in my family so it was always on my list)
@@joanie5278 oh what's the Elton John song? The Bob Dylan one is "Romance in Durango"
@@sweetthistle8 “Sixty Years On” It’s the opening for my all time favorite album, Elton live in Australia with the (why can’t I remember which city) Symphony Orchestra. It’s from the 80s.
Our girls' names are Wren and Fern. Short, straight forward. For boys I think Reid could be here.
So many beautiful names!
I don't know if you have this list already but a list of opposite gender or gender neutral alternatives. For example: if you want to honour a grandfather named Edward but you're having a girl
Yes she has a list like this!
@@Tasteofthegoodlife29 do you remember what it was called?
Love these, but we have a one syllable last name so we want to a more complicated first name lol
My mom’s name is Dru, which is really rare for people her age. She always says she’s so glad her parents didn’t name her Debbie 🤗
I just recently realized that Rory can be a nickname for Dorothy- idk how i’ve never heard that before! it’s everything!
I know an Aurora who goes my Rory. She's a grandma.
I know 2 people who go by Rory. Rosemary and Roderick
Shiloh skies! Love. We just lost our first pregnancy after 3.5 years of infertility and named baby "Shiloh". I may need to purchase the Shiloh skies set for a future nursery to honor our heavenly babe.
Theo, Thea/Theia, Cleo are some of my faves.
Hubby suggest Drew for our first (boy) I didn’t like it but as a girl name I think it’s nice and I love gender neutral. Our son is called Blake
My son's name is Oakes. I feel like it fits in very well with this list! I love Drew for a girl!
In need of a baby boy name due in May!!!! Would love to hear more Irish names. Fourth baby so finding it hard to come across a name we can fall in love with. Our daughter name is Reagan, our sons name are Elijah and Cian.
LOVE Dune, Drew and Crew !!! 💘
I love Drew for a girl! I have also always loved the name Jane.
I like Eve and Dune! I would love Auggie as a nickname if it didn’t sound like orgy 😂
My little boy is Drew. I expected to call him Ru as a nickname but it never stuck. We call him Dewey a lot. No regrets on naming him Drew!
Simple names I recently have been into are Arlin and Arlo
Hi SJ!☺️👋🏼 I absolutely love this colour shirt on you! The first two names in this collection are my favourites.🥰
My middle name is Lena :) it’s after my great Nan, Lena May, born in the early 1920s, so it’s been around a while! I love the simplicity of it, whilst it’s unique, it’s not too out there and sounds like a name. Definitely on my list!
I prefer the pronunciation of Cosima as "Cos-ee-mah" 😊
I teach preschool and often the littles have a tough time pronouncing Selena. So most of my students call me Miss Lena!
I love Eve, so gorgeous ❤️
So many names to love! I love Fife, Lena, and Aiken. 😊❤️
Quill is my fave
I love Lena! It's been on my name list for at least two of my three babies. But I've yet to have a girl 🤷♀️
Ah I loved it too - was on my list :-) x
Also love Locke
Love Fife, Folke, Drew, Dune, Crew, Aiken & Axis ❤
I can see that this is definitely not my style! I was on board with Eve & then I was bleurgh'ing at all the rest!
Recently thought of "Audrey" and "Moira" as twin names.
We have 3 boys and have just found out we are expecting a little girl!
We like Navy James for her , although I know it’s not to everyones taste .
I actually heard Navy from one of your videos and LOVED the sound of it xxxx
My daughter is Navy and my son is James, and I have always felt like their names sound so nice together! Congratulations on your little girl!
Ahhh congratulations! I was thinking of Navy for this list :-)) I love it xxx
What a great name idea! I think it's super cool and edgy but also has the potential to be quite pretty and unassuming
@@mojomaniac23 aww wow , thank you ! I love the sound of them together . My husband’s middle name is James too❤️xxx
@@SJ_Strum Ahh thank you! I’ve always binged your boy videos over the years for my previous pregnancies , I never thought I’d have the opportunity to watch and consider some of your beautiful girl ones but here we are 🌻 xxx
Have you had any luck with Polish inspired names ? My husband grandparents are from Poland and we would love to have a Polish inspired name for a baby boy. We do have a tradition -ski Polish last name!
Casimir
Baby due in September, looking to incorporate nell or nellie into baby’s name either a first or middle! Last name turner any suggestions? x
Pendragon Nell Turner
Amestris Nellie Turner
Nell Margaret Turner
Nell Susannah Turner
Nellie June Turner
Ottilie Nell Turner
Eve Turner
These are beautiful!
We have Theo and Lena. I wanted short, more classic names, since our last name is long/difficult to pronounce.
The name fife is the last name of an Aussie rules footy player here ( my teams local rival ) lol
Love this name list!! Going to be going through your videos looking for D names.
my name is Davis :)
Boy or Girl? I had a D list for our most recent son to honor my late father Dennis. We went with Deacon. I'd be happy to share my list with you if you're looking for boy names.
Both genders. I would love to see your inspiration list.
@@tanjarae2383 Dashiell
Donovan
Declan
Dennison
Deacon
Devereux
Davison
Dougray
Dane
Dice
Davian
Davidic
Dallin
Decker
Delphin/Delfin
Denmark
Delland
Dierks
Dietrich
Donall/Donally
Deleon
Dalton
Destry
@@tanjarae2383 I only have a couple of D names on my girl list:
Dorinda (sister's name!)
Dorena
Delphine
Della
Dovalyn
Deladis
I think "Del" is such a sweet nickname
My daughter is in labor with my new granddaughter, Annika. The first syllable is pronounced like Ann to honor a family member.
My top simple names for girls are: Jane, Wren, Quinn, and Claire.
My top simple name for boys are: Banks, Wake, and Rhys (Reece)
My daughters' names are Wren and Fern. Quinn and Claire were both on our list.
SJ's List
Girls: Eve, Folke, Noemi, Drew, Lena, Cosima, (and Cosmo)
Boys: Fife, Axis, Auggie, Dune, Crew, Aiken (or Aitken)
My name is Leena! Spelt with two E s though :) can also be spelt as Lina.
Thanks for all your helpful content! Is there a place for me to access your lists in text form, like a blog or something?
So many nice names ! Noemi is on my list for a baby girl as i had danish friends with a Noemi and i just loved the name😍 Lena was/is super popular in germany for a girl and her it would be pronounced similiar to what you thought like Helena 😊
Love this name list! 🥰
Lovely list!
Where did you find that LENA means palm tree? 😯
My mom's name is Elena, like Helena with out the H.
One of her nicknames is Lena and it's pronounced like you said it, like "len-uh".
I think it could go either way actually.
Hi SJ! I'm only 19 but I have a few names I'm thinking about for my kids. I really like Elodie, Petra, Amelia, Luca, Bruno. I was wondering if you could do a video about these types of names? I don't know what category they fit into! Great video as always ,
These are popular international names.
I've always loved Eve. Augie is a favorite too, (even though it makes me think of the old cartoon series Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy ;-) ).
My son (age 23) is Drew. In all the years of school he only had one other Drew and that Drew was a girl. I like it for both boy and girl.
UA-camrs Lars and Josh have a son named Crew and they call him Cruiser as a nickname sometimes. So cute! Their channel is ockeydockey.
I live in New Mexico and have known a few boys named Cruz, Spanish for "cross".
Oh Lena is cute!
Could you make a science/mathematics theme name list? Pretty Please lol
What do you think of the name Black?
Bad idea. Maybe a name that means black?
I graduated from Aiken high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA!
I didn't graduate from Aiken, but I am from Cincinnati!
Drew is becoming popular. Drew Barrymore started the love and now gymnast Shawn Johnson named her daughter Drew. It's simple and fun.
In German, Lena is leh-nah, lena is the anglicised/westernised version (: and nice ones though wouldn't use them heh
Immediately associate Dune with the book by Frank Herbert. With the new movies coming out this might be more trendy.
The Spice must flow...
I really liked Eve
My husband and I are having our first baby, a baby boy, this summer and we finally think we've settled on the name Shepard, with Flynn or Jude for the middle name. We have a difficult last name so it was nice to find one we liked finally. What do you guys think of it? Also will take other suggestions!
My husband was extremely picky so happy he finally liked this one!
Shepard Flynn is adorable
Jude
What do you think of Shepard Judah? I think the flow is a little easier.
Love it! Shepard is on my list. I think Flynn works well with it
I love the name Lena but my mother in law's name is Alina, so it would be too confusing, but super cute! ❤
Maybe as a middle name?
If we have a boy we’ve decided on Allister James. But are having such a hard time with a girl name! I just discovered the name Lorna today and am in love with it.
Love Lorna! Also bonus points as a romantic/historical literary name from the novel "Lorna Doone"
Love Lorna! Love the L names for some reason.. Loretta, Lorena, and Lorraine are some of my faves ❤️ also I think Lynx is fun
@@maddiev4862 Lenora
What about Lorelei? It's pronounced Lor-uh-lie (Lie like a lie you tell). I think Allister and Lorelei would be gorgeous.
Ava Grace 11 year old, Lake Emilia Rose 2 year old, new baby in summer! Please recommend a sibling name!
Last name O’Connor
Kinda old timey but Dawn? Or Vera?
For boys maybe Jed? Or Rowan?
Idk why but Dawn O’Connor sounds like a really cool little girls name
Salazar Godric O'Connor
Helga Rowena O'Connor
Daisy Antonia Pearl
@@maddiev4862 I think Rowan works well
i just adore eve and drew. totally underused, what a shame, really. cosmo is so cute, but more for a cat ;) just throwing alma, mika and akiko into the mix.
Can you do a Japanese baby name list?? 😍
I think Auggie is now a Bridgerton name, I think that's what Daphne names her first child
My brother just had a son, his name is Jrue pronounced Drew 💖
We say Leh-na here in Germany.
Always love your videos! How about Fern, Beck, or Reena?
I was going to suggest Rena too! It's my sister's name.
Love Eve! We have been considering naming our daughter that. But I can’t come up with a good middle name that I love with it 😭
I know a girl called Eve Rebecca so maybe a middle name with an a sound at the end would work x
I had a college friend whose sister was named after grandmothers Eva and Anna. I have always loved her "invented" name Evanna.
Eve Adeline and Eve Juliette
I personally don’t like AXIS as it has ww2 vibes for me
It just makes me think of graphs
@@kateg9437 same (first thing I think too)
@@kateg9437 I was more into history than maths at school lol
Axis makes me think of science! But my reason for not liking it is it sounds identical to “access” in my accent. Would be a confusing name.
I love that SJ thinks outside the square and throws these unexpected ones out though
Exactly what I thought of too
My name is Nyomi. I’ve never met another person with my name. I think my mom did a good job:)
Lena could be pronounced like Helena, that's the german pronunciation :) How you pronounce Lena is actually how my name (Lina) is pronounced in german
You on point, Tip?
I like Aiken & Eve.
wait… a baby name magazine would actually be sick
LOVE Folke but I do think it sounds too too similar to a naughty word 👀
ha ha!!! Oh yes - now I'll only think of that!
@@SJ_Strum Sorry 😩🙈
I’d have Drew for a boy ❤️❤️
Could you do a video about feminine names for boys?