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Eden, Enid, Nell, Imogen or Belle

83 replies

Nonameyet1 · 01/09/2016 18:33

This is our shortlist. What do people prefer? How would you rank each name?

Eden
Enid
Nell
Imogen
Belle

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 01/09/2016 18:37

Eden. Don't like it. Makes me think of Edam cheese
Belle. Not fussed. Too popular and Meh
Imogen. I go on and off this name. At the moment I'm off.
I love Nell.
Enid is beautiful.

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kelper · 01/09/2016 18:38

I like Eden, but love Imogen, if I had a DD she would be Imogen :)

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OvO · 01/09/2016 18:40

Imogen is my favourite.

They're all lovely names.

I'd rank them
Imogen
Belle
Eden
Nell
Enid

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MrsCaecilius · 01/09/2016 18:42

Eden - garden of, don't like it
Enid - Blyton, too dated to me
Nell - love as a nn, too short to my ear as a full name (I have a one syllable name and it sounds deadly dull with my one syllable married name)
Imogen - absolutely love it!

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Nonameyet1 · 01/09/2016 19:11

Good views, thank you!

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SolsburyHell · 01/09/2016 19:14

Eden-not keen
Enid- absolutely not
Nell-really like this
Imogen-my favourite of your options
Belle-neither like or dislike it.

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pinocchiosnose · 01/09/2016 19:18

I like Eden. Imogen is lovely. Enid is not my cup of tea at all.

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Nonameyet1 · 01/09/2016 19:24

Enid is the one I'm least convinced about but dh liked it so I thought I would humour him!

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WaitroseCoffeeCostaCup · 01/09/2016 19:25

Enid no no no!
The others are ok except Imogen which is so yawn (sorry!)
My favourite from the list is Eden.

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LoraLoves · 01/09/2016 19:56

Nell was on my shortlist but our baby ended up being a Tess. We liked Bess, Faye, Elise, Marie, Edie and Ida too. I would definitely consider Ida and Elise as both are beautifully classic.

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Nonameyet1 · 01/09/2016 20:02

Lora, Ida and Edie were on my original list and decided had to narrow it down a bit more, we have similar choices! Tess is lovely!

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MrsGsnow18 · 01/09/2016 20:04

Enid is beautiful!

I like Imogen too.
Belle is nice but very, very popular!
Eden is becoming very popular.
Nell is being mentioned a lot on MN at the moment too!

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Loyly · 01/09/2016 20:05

Imogen is lovely

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n0ne · 01/09/2016 20:11

Adore Enid, it was on my list for DD

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heron98 · 01/09/2016 20:15

Enid is awful. Truly.

Eden - it's a place, not a name

I like Imogen

Nell and Belle sound like abbreviations

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Sugarpiehoneyeye · 01/09/2016 20:24

Imogen
Belle
Nell
Eden
Enid

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fluentinsarcasm · 01/09/2016 20:25

I think all are pretty (Nell for me) apart from Enid. I sometimes wonder if those who say they love it would actually give it to their dd.

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GoldFishFingerz · 01/09/2016 20:26

Nell is stunning

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Floggingmolly · 01/09/2016 20:27

I love Imogen. I've only ever known male Eden's, so it doesn't sit right with me as a girls name.
The others are frankly hideous, sorry.

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Floggingmolly · 01/09/2016 20:28

Oh yes, Tess is lovely.

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Stevefromstevenage · 01/09/2016 20:30

I love them all and considered some of them for our dd2. Elin is another name I loved that is a bit like yours.

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livinglooney8 · 01/09/2016 20:31

Nell by miles - although prefer it as a nn for Helena.

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rumblingDMexploitingbstds · 01/09/2016 20:31

What on earth are you doing on MN with that list of perfectly lovely names??? Where are the random nouns? Surely you need a Table or a Flamingo or an Astronaut in there somewhere instead of naming your daughter something so lovely? Grin

There isn't one of those you could go wrong with, I don't know how you choose between them. I love Enid, that's a special one and there won't be three of those in any classroom.

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Zombieswillreign · 01/09/2016 20:33

All of my kids have an Imogen in their class.vv popular

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Zombieswillreign · 01/09/2016 20:35

I used to have kids sing the Nellie the elephant song to me when I was at school,obvious reasons...thank god I wasn't called nell,it would of fitted well with the bullying

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