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Help please! I have to register our daughter this week and we are still undecided. We had a boy's name all sorted as we were both convinced it was a boy and when she was born I was soooo gobsmacked I made the midwife check she was a girl several times!!!!! We had never settled on a girls name and so decided to give it a few days to decide. Five weeks later.... We already have a Jessica. I have always loved the name Martha but suggested Anna during pregnancy which DH really liked. I thought it sounded like a well grounded person's name! DH isn't as keen on Martha due to our surname being Parsons. So I suppose what I'm asking is does Martha Parsons sound ok or not? Middle name will be Poppy if that makes a difference. DH as said we can have either ... We (i) just have to decide. I am having major issues making any decision let alone such a big one. Please help!

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Hannah
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I like Martha

Sorry I got distracted from another thread and posted my list on yours!

From those two I think Anna sounds lovely. Martha doesn't quite flow but I don't know why.

I have a Martha and I love it. Martha Parsons sound fine to me. Anna is a nice name but a bit plain to me. Go for Martha no doubt

I wanted Martha if ds had been a girl.
It's a lovely name

Love love love Martha. I think Anna is rather dull, sorry.

Anna is pretty and goes well with Jessica as sisters. DH has cousins calked Anna and Jessica!

I think Anna is a pretty name

What was the boys name you'd agreed on?!

Anna is gorgeous. Martha is a bit tedious.

Think Anna flows better than Martha with your middle and surname.
Have you considered Annabelle Poppy - think that works even better and sounds lovely with Jessica.
Good luck. My DP left it to me to decide as well - I decided on the day of registration lol. Try calling her Martha all day tomorrow & Anna (Annabelle) Tuesday and see what feels more natural. That's how I chose in the end (and I knew my DS was a boy from 17 weeks) lol.

Anna is much nicer than Martha.

Or how about

Hannah Parsons
Catherine Parsons
Emma Parsons
Louisa Parsons
Melissa Parsons
Laura Parsons

Love justhayley's suggestion of annabelle. A lovely name with a bit more to it than Anna but still allows Anna as a nn if you / DD prefer that in due course.

Martha is very nice and whilst it is a bit rhyme-y with your surname it isn't too bad so if you end up choosing that then your daughter will still have a lovely name.

If all else fails flip a coin!

I like both Martha and Anna though personally Anna is just lovely and would be first choice. It's the rhymey thing with Parsons that I assume is bothering you but it needn't be a big thing. Either would work.

Anna is lovely - classic, pretty, sophisticated, underused, travels well.

I don't think Martha Parsons sounds that bad really - in fact I think it works quite well. Makes me think serious actor or Radio 4 presenter.

I do think Poppy jars with Parsons and also with either Martha or Anna alone, so how about Martha Poppy Anna or Anna Poppy Martha?

I like Martha but I like Matilda marginally better.

What about Suzannah or Rosanna as an alternative to Anna?

Argh!!! Soooo hard... I feel like it's a sliding doors moment! I worry about the ryhmeyness of Martha parsons but think it is a lovely name and have liked it ever since a girl was called Martha who washed my hair in the hairdressers! Poppy is the middle name as our eldest has Polly...a little frivolous I know but there is a story. Boys name was Joseph Michael Sastra. Joseph was our boys name last time and both our dads are called Michael so that kills two birds ;) Justhayley - I've been trying them bth out but now I just think of them both. Might call her Anna slash Martha!

Think it's pretty level pegging at the moment....

I think Martha Parsons sounds fab.....it is definitely not too rhymey imo. And Martha Poppy is beyond cute!

Anna for me!

Martha for me! Think it sounds sweet with your surname. I'm due in 3 days and planning a Martha too. Good luck

I prefer Anna and it goes better with Parsons.

Anna and Martha... if you take bits of both you could have

Anthea
Marianna
Marina

you poor thing, i know from experience how hard it is when you can't decide on a name.... but you're in a good position as both Anna and Martha are absolutely lovely and both sound fine with your surname so you can't go wrong. I think it sounds like you have a preference for Martha... If it's a name you've always loved, go for it!

What would you prefer to be called yourself? sometimes helps to think of it like that.

Martha Parsons has a really lovely sound to it, gorgeous name