39 weeks: quick poll on girls name ..?

[rednblack]

Hi,
We've not long to go now and we have a shortlist of girls names but are finding it difficult. Any opinions or thoughts? Surname is a short, single syllable ...

Audrey
Eliza
Evelyn
Hannah
Martha
Matilda
Norah

Quite like older-fashioned names but worried some could have associations that we're not too keen on (you can probably spot the ones I mean).

Sorry for the lack of originality of the post. And thanks for any response.

[mrsravelstein]

not many elizas around, it's pretty but will probably get shortened to lizzie.

evelyn is lovely too, but lots of eves and evas

audrey makes me think of a little old lady rather than hepburn

hannah is nice but i think relatively uncommon now which might be a good point...

[Hedwig3]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Norah

Also really like Audrey

The others are all nice names too, lovely list.

[minipie]

Audrey - hmm, not sure, bit old lady ish
Eliza - like. I also like Elise and Eloise
Evelyn - like. But Eve is very popular
Hannah - not keen (for no particular reason)
Martha - like, and quite unusual
Matilda - quite like, but getting very popular
Norah - not keen, sounds a bit frumpy to me. How about Cora or Nina...

[oohlaalaa]

In order of preference:

1. Eliza
   
2. Evelyn
   
3. Hannah

[Lulabellarama]

Audrey - LOVE
Eliza - Meh
Evelyn - Like in full, but it will be shortened to Evie, which is too popular
Hannah - Bit boring
Martha - Like, but greatly increasing in popularity
Matilda - Overused
Norah - Pretty, have you considered Laura?

[CharlieBoo]

Martha by a county mile!

[bagelmonkey]

Hannah isn't boring! It's a palindrome. And it's my name. :)
Martha and Norah are lovely names.
I like all of them, but those would be my top 3.

[superjobeespecs]

nora nora nora!! love it :) was one of my early choices in this pregnancy that stuck till we found out he was a boy just love nora so much, its a 'real' name you can see it going thru your childs life with them , its cool yet so normal ah i love it

[Hedwig3]

superjobeespecs it is so nice to know there is somebody else who sees Nora/Norah the way I do!

[letsblowthistacostand]

Love all of those. Favorites are Eliza, Hannah and Audrey. Have you considered Louisa or Margaret?

[saffronwblue]

I love Norah and there are not many around. I like all your names except Evelyn - just not my cup of tea.

[superjobeespecs]

we struggled between nora and sadie eventually settled on sadie then the wee punk grew a willy it was incredibly hard work tho girls names were so so difficult for us

[SloganLogan]

In order of preference...

Hannah - lovely, classic name
Audrey - nice, due a revival
Evelyn - lovely but super-popular if you count all the Ava/Eva/Eve/Evies as well
Eliza - too parlourmaid-nicknamey, prefer Elizabeth as full name, lots of nickame options including Eliza
Martha - a bit dull-sounding
Matilda - dislike, a bit of a fad name

[SloganLogan]

Forgot Norah! I'd put it after Eliza. OK but prefer Nina.

[mich54321]

Agree with oohlaalaa

1. Eliza
   
2. Evelyn
   
3. Hannah

[swash]

Audrey is a great name.

[CandiceMariePratt]

Audrey

[Rhubarbgarden]

Norah or Eliza

[birdofthenorth]

Audrey or Nora (better without the H, looks like Noah!)

All great names, good shortlist

[Mrsfluff]

A vote for Martha here, with Eliza in 2nd place.

[Ihavewelliesbuttheyrenotgreen]

Audrey- too old lady-ish imo
Eliza- nice but v popular
Evelyn- nice but popular and nicknames Eve/Evie v popular
Hannah- nice, classic
Martha- quite popular but no too much
Matilda- v popular
Norah- I quite like this esp this spelling, its unusual and quite pretty

[cantpooinpeace]

Matilda

[UndiscoveredApprentice]

Audrey - bit dated
Eliza -prefer elizabeth
Evelyn - love it
Hannah - don't see this as an old name
Martha - not so keen
Matilda - not so keen
Norah - npt so keen

[olddeuteronomy]

Audrey - not keen, but can see it will probably become quite cool
Eliza - lovely
Evelyn - don't like, especially shortened to Evie
Hannah - lovely
Martha - quite like
Matilda - quite like, people will say it is 'trendy' though
Norah - like, probably most controversial choice (people will mention Nora Batty)

In order, would go for Eliza, Hannah then Norah or Martha (Norah if you are v bothered about popularity)