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MrsNBM · 27/11/2014 22:07

Sadie Isabella and Amber?

There are the only three girls names me and DH can agree on at moment!
Honest opinions please! Smile

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mymummademelistentoshitmusic · 27/11/2014 22:10

Amber is a bit 'stripper'. I don't like sadie but its ok.

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mymummademelistentoshitmusic · 27/11/2014 22:10

Oops. Isabella is very nice.

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ViviPru · 27/11/2014 22:12

I love Sadie. it's one of my favourite names. Isabella and Amber are a bit nondescript and ubiquitous in comparison.

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Waveney · 27/11/2014 22:13

I like Amber. Isabella is ok but super-popular. Dislike Sadie. I think it can be a nickname, for Sarah maybe?

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Blueteas · 27/11/2014 22:18

Isabella and its variants are so overused around here that you might as well call your baby 'Girl'. I agree with Amber (like Crystal, Topaz etc) sounding slightly like an 'exotic dancer' stage name, and Sadie for me is a gossipy, chain-smoking care home nurse who says 'Ooh, listen to 'im!' a lot.

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MadameJosephine · 27/11/2014 22:22

I love Sadie and Amber but dont like Isabella, its is a bit too overused at the moment too

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ViviPru · 27/11/2014 22:23

Blue actual snigger @ 'girl' Grin

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Blueteas · 27/11/2014 22:41

Honestly, Vivi, I'm only exaggerating slightly! All baby boys in this vicinity appear to be called George, Harry or Louie/Louis/Lewis, and all girls are Isabel, Isabella, Isobel, Isabelle, Izzy, Izzy-Mae, Belle, Bella etc etc.

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MrsNBM · 27/11/2014 22:43

Thank you everyone Smile

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Blueteas · 27/11/2014 22:48

Sorry, OP if that sounded horrendously rude. Isabella is so ubiquitous, and I grew up with a very common name and hated always being one of four or five in a class. And my vision of Sadie comes from the dislikeable mother of a friend, so that the name literally automatically conjures up nicotine-yellow fingertips - but you may not mind a very popular name, and are unlikely to know my unpleasant, mean-minded Sadie.

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Sophronia · 27/11/2014 22:50

I like Isabella but not the other two.

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MrsNBM · 27/11/2014 22:59

It's okay Blueteas I did ask for honesty so I appreciate that that is what I got! I'd just rather ask here as when you ask in RL most say its nice or lovely etc. so they don't offend. I'd just hate to give our baby a name everyone is secretly thinking is awful!

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BeezusQuimby · 27/11/2014 23:04

Isabella is a fabulous name ( says an Isabella)

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BeezusQuimby · 27/11/2014 23:06

And certainly not ubiquitous when I was born ( overused now though)

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onehellofaride · 27/11/2014 23:08

I like Isabella not too sure on Sadie and Amber although we were going to call DS Amber if he was a girl!

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DramaAlpaca · 27/11/2014 23:16

I like Isabella very much, but it's become very popular.

Amber has a very 1990s feel to it. It's dated, but it's OK as a name.

I know it's used as a name in its own right these days, but Sadie still sounds like a nickname to me.

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squoosh · 27/11/2014 23:32

Isabella - nice name but has been done.to.death in the last few years. I hereby ban further use of the name Isabella.

Sadie - the name of a heroine from a Catherine Cookson novel. 72nd daughter to a poor coal miner, against the odds she goes on to make her millions building up a chain of hardware stores. She's a bit chippy.

Amber - love it. Posh, beautiful hippy girl who lives in Ibiza and is a muse to a sexy but ancient artist. He tragically dies one sunny afternoon but happily leaves her his most valuable works. She's fond of an ankle bracelet.

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Spanielpuppy · 28/11/2014 11:35

Amber or Sadie. Isabella is very over used.

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MrsBungle · 28/11/2014 11:37

I really like all 3 although Isabella is very popular. Sadie is my favourite.

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hlc123 · 28/11/2014 13:13

I love Sadie and like Amber but not so keen on Isabella

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AdorableAbbie · 28/11/2014 13:45

I prefer Sadie and Amber.

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MehsMum · 28/11/2014 13:45

I've only ever known one Sadie.
Dead posh (landowning posh).

Agree with PPs who reckon Isabella (and variants) has been done to death.

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Riverland · 28/11/2014 13:53

Isabella, lovely but ubiquitous.

Sadie..meter lady. Not a good name for gravitas.

Amber..agree it's a bit exotic dancer 90's.

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moxon · 28/11/2014 13:57

Have you considered 'Girl', OP? I like the novelty, ironically.

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Madamecastafiore · 28/11/2014 13:59

Agree with Blue.

Amber is striperish, Sadie just can't be said nicely and Isabella (although DD2s middle name) a bit over used.

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