Thoughts please on our current shortlist

[stacysmom]

Initial reactions and guidance welcomed!

Abigail
Isobel
Jemima
Eleanor
Tabitha

[FiveGoMadInDorset]

You have very good taste and I really like them all, maybe Abigail a little less but not much.

[stacysmom]

That's the one I'm not so sure about too but DH really likes it.

[chancelloroftheexCHEQUERS]

I only really like Isobel and Eleanor.

Love Isobel spelt like that, is that the Irish spelling?

[Hulababy]

Of the list I prefer Isobel

[Lizzylou]

LOVE Abigail

Lots of Isobel(la)s, although tis a pretty name, not keen on Tabitha and like Eleanor and Jemima

[cyteen]

like them all except Jemima. Tabitha's my favourite

[Sesi]

Abigail - Nice, though Abi as a nn isn't so nice and quite common.

Isobel - Lovely if the popularity doesn't put you off.

Jemima - Like the puddleduck lol. No, at best it's a doll's name.

Eleanor - Nice by itself but like Abigail you're going to end up with a very common nn i.e. Ellie, Ella, Elle.

Tabitha - By far the best, fab name.

[2pt4kids]

All of them lovely. Less keen on Jemima and Eleanor

[fiestabelle]

Love Isobel - I also like Eleanor but like previously poster said likely to get shortened to Ellie.

[Tillyscoutsmum]

Like Eleanor & Isobel but both very popular.

Jemima and Abigail are both ok - not offensive but not my taste iyswim

Love Tabitha - by far my favourite'\

[stacysmom]

Chancellor - not sure where the spelling comes from, I nicked it from a CD! (Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan).

We deliberately want something that can be shortened but it's great to get a steer one what's popular. With this being our first we're not yet plugged in to the word on the street!

[optimisticmumma]

Don't forget they still have their name when they are spotty teenagers. My 13 year old has friends with all those names apart from
Tabitha!
Not that keen on Tabitha and she will definitely be called Tabs or the twitchet!!

Love the others though. Hope this helps!

[stacysmom]

Sure does!

[Hassled]

Abigail my least favourite, but I like them all. There do seem to be quite a lot of Jemimas around at the moment.

[Horton]

Love them all, especially Tabitha (I have one of those).

Jemima is v high up on my list for another daughter, should I have one.

Abigail is my least favourite.

[moshie]

Eleanor is my favourite from your list, lots of Isobels around at the moment. Others OK, except for Jemima.

[LaDiDaDi]

Abigail-like it a lot
Isobel-love it, dd's middle name but very popular
Jemima-love it, my dp wasn't keen
Eleanor-nice, very elegant and quite grown-up imo.
Tabitha-not keen

[Tidey]

I'm not keen on Jemima or Tabitha, but the other three names are lovely.

[Nancy66]

Good list - Jemima is the only one I'm not wild about.

Tabitha is head and shoulders above the rest for me. There's an awful lot of Eleanors, Isobels and Abigails, lovely though they are.

[wb]

All nice except Jemima (which would also be lovely if you were having a puddleduck)

[pamelat]

Abigail - nice
Isobel - lovely but incredily popular
Jemima - lovely but "puddle duck"
Eleanor - my favourite
Tabitha - also makes me think of a cat (is it because of tabby cat?!)

[ReginaFelange]

Love Tabitha and Jemima. Not keen on the others

[loobylu3]

Abigail- okay
Isobel- lovely (dd's middle name)
Jemima- okay, pretty but does remind me of puddle duck
Eleanor- lovely, classic
Tabitha- not keen- tabby cat- sorry!