My naming style...

• Obscure, unusual and/or whimsical
• Celtic and Scandinavian
• sounds like it belongs in a fantasy novel
• long history

Naming pet peeves...

• surnames as first names
• religious (Christian) meanings
• anything too trendy/popular
• dated to particular eras

• Adara
• Aelwen
• Alaina
• Alana
• Alwyne
• Amaryllis
• Annora
• Anwen
• Arwen
• Asta
• Audra
• Avalon
• Aveline
• Branwen
• Brenna
• Briallen
• Bryony
• Callista
• Ceridwen
• Cerys
• Clara

• Alaric
• Alasdair
• Anders
• Arthur
• Aurelian/Aurelius
• Cadmus
• Caedmon
• Caius
• Calder
• Cassian
• Cormac
• Cyrus
• Duncan
• Edmund
• Einar
• Elliot
• Emrys
• Euan
• Evander
• Felix
• Finnian