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Changed my mind on girl's name...

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Golfbuggy1 · 19/07/2016 14:21

We'd decided on Tabitha, I loved it and have suddenly gone off it (a bit). Dh likes Hattie and Hetty (Harriet and henrietta I guess).

Friend suggested Iona which I like. I also quite like Merryn and Seren. Definitely don't want anything too popular, other than that, I don't know!

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Golfbuggy1 · 19/07/2016 14:42

I like nature names, dh not so much.

I also like Serena and Willow (vetoed Sad)

Anyone suggest anything similar (or vote for an existing suggestion?

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Nospringflower · 19/07/2016 14:46

Prefer Tabitha out of your other choices! Sorry not much help!

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yaaasqueen · 19/07/2016 16:19

Seren Harriet would work nicely

I really don't like Tabitha and Henrieta sorry they're too riding boots and big blonde hair hoorah type names to me but each to their own, I'm sure there are plenty of nice ones

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RiverTam · 19/07/2016 16:20

Merryn is lovely.

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itstheYbirdstop · 19/07/2016 16:21

Harriet isn't a pretty name. Tabbitha is lovely

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Coffeeandafag · 19/07/2016 16:39

Op here, nc. Not terribly helpful so far Grin

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Vixxfacee · 19/07/2016 16:41

I like seren. Hattie and Harriet and Tabitha are awful.

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Spandexpanties · 19/07/2016 16:44

Iona and tabitha

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Spandexpanties · 19/07/2016 16:45

Iona is stunning though.

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WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 19/07/2016 16:46

I like seren, Iona and Harriet. Don't like henrietta at all. Quite like merryn. Not a fan of tabitha.

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yaaasqueen · 19/07/2016 16:54

Iona Harriet or Iona Willow would be fab

I missed Iona in your original post

I LOVE Seren but Iona is gorgeous

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Coffeeandafag · 19/07/2016 16:55

I don't really like henrietta either. Started anothe thread on Finley (for a girl...). What do you think?

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GoldPlatedBacon · 19/07/2016 16:55

I really like Iona at the moment. If I had a baby today that's what I'd call her!

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yaaasqueen · 19/07/2016 17:04

Finley isn't as nice as Iona IN MY OPINION but I know a few girls with boyish names and they all suit them really well! I've said it before on here a few times but I know a female Carlisle, Saxon, Boston, Austin !

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itstheYbirdstop · 19/07/2016 17:09

Iona is horrible and even written down looks horrible. Vile.

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Woopsiedaisy · 19/07/2016 17:19

Tabitha is lovely, but always reminds me of that American sit com from the 70's about a Witch.

I love Hattie and Iona.

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/07/2016 17:21

Tabitha or Iona

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Postchildrenpregranny · 19/07/2016 17:24

How would you pronounce Iona ?The Welsh way?(Yona )

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Laquila · 19/07/2016 17:26

Merryn was my choice for a girl, but I had another boy. Of your other choices, I think I prefer Iona but I also like Seren and Tabitha. How about Talitha?

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ThroughThickAndThin01 · 19/07/2016 17:26

i didn't realise there were two pronounciations of Iona.

I only like I - own - er personally.

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toadgirl · 19/07/2016 17:31

LOVE Harriet.
Like Henrietta.
Like Tabitha (though this is not so unusual as the first two I don't think?)

Don't like Iona much.

Not keen on Seren. Also, in Wales, it's the name of an organisation helping abuse survivors. Also the name of several other companies. I looked up Seren and it's actually a Welsh name (you know that already, I'm sure, but I looked it up as I had never heard it before).

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Laquila · 19/07/2016 17:33

I'd have said that Tabitha was much more unusual than Harriet or Henrietta.

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toadgirl · 19/07/2016 17:33

Nature names for girls at this link. Some of them pretty, some a bit "out there".

thenamegarden.com/post/35156226097/nature-names-for-girls

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toadgirl · 19/07/2016 17:37

-Harriet is 61 ranking as of 2014
-Tabitha is 191 ranking as of 2014
-Henrietta is 427 ranking as of 2014

I had no idea Harriet was so popular already!

Tabitha seems to be over twice as popular as Henrietta (I am not good at maths or statistics though!).

Interesting site:

names.darkgreener.com/#

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toadgirl · 19/07/2016 17:39

-Seren is ranked 119
-Serena is ranked 494

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