Emmeline or Marnie

[Misslemon01]

Emmeline and Marnie are currently our front runners. Emmeline relates to Pankhurst, and Marnie has a Hebrew origin (my husband’s family is Jewish). Which is better? I’m leaning towards Marnie, though slightly concerned it could sound too American :/

[MyKingdomForBrie]

Marnie, very cute.

[Oxcheeks]

Marine from me, not that I don't like Emmaline but Marnie is short, sweet and quirkie - yep deffo my vote 👍

[DullAndOld]

love Marnie, wish i had chosen it.

[ThaliaLuxurySpa]

Emmeline is very pretty, OP.

Marnie's quite nice, but am afraid Alfred Hitchcock spoiled it for me.
(Though I suppose, strictly speaking, the film character was "Margaret"!).

[Pemba]

Does Marnie have a Hebrew origin? I thought it was just a diminutive for either Mary, Margaret or Marian/Marianne? Of course Mary and therefore Marian which derives from it are originally from the Bible, did you mean that? - I'm interested. I like Marnie, but it does sound like it should be short for something.

Emmeline is nice.

[DramaAlpaca]

Emmeline for me, gorgeous name.

I do like Marnie, it's pretty, but it sounds like a nickname to me.

[SuperBeagle]

Marnie's not Hebrew. It's a diminutive of Marina.

Much prefer Emmeline. It's beautiful.

[CaptainWarbeck]

Oh I love Emmeline. A bit unusual and lots of lovely nicknames.

[ThroughThickAndThin01]

Love love love Marnie.

[Mumsiemummy1]

Emmeline, such a lovely name. I'm afraid Geordie shore has tainted the name Marnie to something tacky imo.

[17caterpillars1mouse]

I really like both

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[Misslemon01]

Thanks all!

Yes Marnie does come from Hebrew. As well as other languages, like all names. It means rejoice.

[guestofclanmackenzie]

Ooooh I like both!

Marnie slightly more than Emmaline as Marnie would be difficult to shorten.

You could use the other as a middle name.. Emmaline Marnie or Marnie Emmaline? Slight mouthful but then middle names are rarely used on a daily basis.

[SleepingInYourFlowerbed]

I'd probably choose Marnie to avoid the different pronunciations of Emmaline.

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Emmeline (Emmie).

[BernardBlacksHangover]

Emmeline by about three million miles ! It’s lovely. I don’t like Marnie at all (sorry).

[DuggeeHugs]

Marnie! But I'm biased as it was my great- grandmother's name

[therealreason]

Emmeline is lovely! Marnie unfortunately just makes me think of Geordie Shore

[LadyKyliePonsonbyFarquhar]

Emmeline definitely.

[wellyclad]

Emmeline is beautiful.
Like other posters, Marnie just makes me think of Geordie Shore..

[Misslemon01]

@Duggeehugs - I love hearing that Marnie is someone’s great grandmother’s name! I don’t watch Geordie Shore so that link is lost on me a bit, and I don’t mind the Hitchcock reference :)

With Emmeline, it represents something so wonderful (suffrage) but slight concern she will be saying ‘no, not Emily, it’s Emmeline’ her whole life...

[LynetteScavo]

Marnie...by a mile.

[daisypond]

Emmeline. I don't like Marnie at all.

[TatianaLarina]

Marny by far (don’t like the ie). Emmeline is awful, sounds like a cow.

[Misslemon01]

@TatianaLarina ‘sounds like a cow’...?? Ha! Some mumsnet users really follow the philosophy of speaking as they find...