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Rachel or Emily?

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Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 12:30

What would you have?

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Cocolate · 22/11/2014 12:31

I think he should've stuck with Rachel - Emily was way too whiney

Umbrelladilemma · 22/11/2014 12:32

Grin cocolate

Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 12:33

Yea? I prefer Rachel!
(Oh I Donno! Hopefully ill have a boy! Would make life easier! girls names are so hard to choose haha!

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Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 12:33

So actual list is Sienna, Matilda ( the names I like) and my husband likes Rachel or Emily? Least his names are traditional...

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Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 12:35

Oops coco! I actually just got your joke! Ha!

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Panzee · 22/11/2014 12:38

I was going to say Rachel because she got off the plane. Emily didn't (although she did fly straight back again) :o

Although I think I like Rachel better as a name too. :)

NoisyLittleToads · 22/11/2014 12:48

Rachel is a great name.

shakemysilliesout · 22/11/2014 13:44

I prefer your husbands name choices and I prefer Rachel. I know loads of baby Matilda's and sienna had a bit if a bashing on the other thread.

sillymillyb · 22/11/2014 13:50

I like Rachel and Matilda. Sienna is not my cup of tea at all, and there are loads of Emily's in the world now (I am one of them Grin)

Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 14:04

Sienna really did get quite a bit of bashing didnt it haha! Yea I like that my husbands names are traditional and pretty...

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SilentAllTheseYears · 22/11/2014 14:05

Rachel. I know three lovely Rachels but of the two Emilys that I know, one is dull and boring and the other is two faced.
Sorry to any lovely Emilys out there, I've just not met one yet.

Chunderella · 22/11/2014 16:25

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LinaDee · 22/11/2014 16:29

I am due in May. Emily is our girls name for this baby Smile

Mumraathenoisylion · 22/11/2014 16:38

Emily is better in all ways.

wadjet78 · 22/11/2014 17:18

Definitely Emily.

ralinax294 · 22/11/2014 17:26

Rachel.

MiddletonPink · 22/11/2014 22:39

Rachel is pretty dated. Bit like Samantha and Natalie.
Emily is ok.

Bluestocking · 22/11/2014 22:42

Both are lovely classic names, you can't go wrong whichever you choose. Emily might just slightly have the edge because you can shorten it to Em or Emmy - no-one wants to be called Rach!

pud1 · 22/11/2014 22:53

you are asking me to choose between my name and my dds ......

so who has better taste, me or my parents.

Devora · 22/11/2014 22:56

Emily is very popular at the moment. I love the name Rachel and wanted it for my dd, but nobody else seemed to like it and I got cold feet. I think it is a FANTASTIC name and overdue for a revival.

Emily is a bit insipid; Rachel is a strong woman's name.

Have you read 'My Cousin Rachel' by Daphne du Maurier?

[Racks brain to think of other ways to persuade of the obvious superiority of Rachel to all other names.]

Oh, and your dh's name choices are way better than yours. Sorry Grin

Devora · 22/11/2014 22:56

pud1 - your parents.

Findingthisdifficult1234 · 22/11/2014 23:05

Oh I don't know what to have!!! Leaning more toward Rachel, I still like Sienna too!

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Devora · 22/11/2014 23:23

Rachel Sienna then!

Go on - be a trendsetter!

Bluestocking · 22/11/2014 23:30

Another vote for Rachel Sienna! But you need to see what your daughter looks like when she arrives - she might look more like a Rachel, or more like an Emily!

Devora · 22/11/2014 23:33

Think of Rachel Sienna as a grown-up. Isn't she MUCH more appealing than an Emily?

[Bringing out big guns here]

[Realises that perhaps not having managed to give either of my children names I love has bothered me more than I realised]

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