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Kitty or Charlotte?

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MrsC2010 · 15/07/2010 11:47

We're getting close to her making an appearance (it feels like she is trying to claw her way out at the moment), and as much as I know we will prob completely change our minds when she appears I am still torn between these two as my vote! (We both love them, I'm just trying to foist them on him!)

I know Kitty is slightly more unusual, but we do love it and feels that it has enough 'tradition' to not be a mean name to foist on a child/future adult.

Whereas obviously Charlotte is used far more commonly, but we don't know any and feel that it is both pretty and traditional.

We think we will have Rose (after family) as the middle name, and our surname rhymes with Dollier!

Any opinions would be appreicated!

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exoticfruits · 17/02/2011 16:48

Charlotte.
I would only use Kitty for a nickname-I always want to say 'KittyKat'.

lockets · 17/02/2011 16:32

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messylittlemonkey · 17/02/2011 13:38

DD2 is Kitty, not short fpr anything. We've had loads of compliments on it.

Just hope it doesn't go the way of DD1's name which entered the top 20 baby names list for 2010 - it wasn't even in the top 100 five years ago when she was born!

Good luck!

TransatlanticCityGirl · 15/02/2011 23:03

I'm of absolutely zero help because I love them both!

pilates · 15/02/2011 20:24

Charlotte Rose is lovely.

NinkyNonker · 15/02/2011 17:55

Just found this thread in my 'threads I started' list...just to say we went with neither and named her Rose!

Thanks for all the opinions...belatedly.

edam · 18/07/2010 11:03

Love Lottie so I'd go with Charlotte and Lottie for every day purposes (would have been my choice for a girl after my wonderful late Auntie Lotty).

Kitty's a nickname so if you prefer that, I'd put Catherine on the birth certificate and just use Kitty.

Hulababy · 18/07/2010 10:40

I prefer Charlotte.

To me Kitty is a nn - short for something like Kathleen or Katherine/Kathryn.

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MrsC2010 · 18/07/2010 10:13

Thanks all! Loads of great opinions here, keep 'em coming. I hadn't thought of Hello Kitty, it doesn't really feature in my world at the moment! Will raise it with the husband and see if he sees it being an issue.

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zenoushka · 17/07/2010 11:27

Charlotte is lovely - classic and pretty. I would definitely go for that over Kitty.

Just13moreyearstogo · 17/07/2010 11:27

Really like Charlotte. Kitty sounds like a nn and is pretty but when a baby Kitty grows up and goes for a job interview she might like a more formal name to put on the application form.

newpup · 17/07/2010 11:19

Both of you have fine taste!

Imarriedafrog · 17/07/2010 10:17

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oliviacrumble · 17/07/2010 08:53

I have a Kitty, and obviously absolutely love the name.

Doesn't 'scream' anything to me except my dd's sweet face...

Also like charlotte, btw, just not as much.

Rubena · 17/07/2010 08:38

Isn't Kitty a nickname? Can't stand it personally - sounds like either a pet (kitten) or an old lady's nickname.
Very much like Charlotte though

violetsmile · 17/07/2010 07:41

I like Kitty as a nickname but agree with the hello Kitty association. It's cute rather than a sesible name nowdays, would work great with Katherine or Kathryn.

Prefer Katherine to Charlotte.

Helokitty · 16/07/2010 19:44

"Kitty screams 'Hello Kitty' which is prevalent everywhere these days"

So true - my daughter actually named herself after Hello Kitty, but then she is only 3!

PestoEatsPasties · 16/07/2010 19:36

Neither,

Kitty screams 'Hello Kitty' which is prevalent everywhere these days

and

Charlotte

is Charlotte Church, all over the papes at the mo

Helokitty · 16/07/2010 19:34

I love both names. In fact DD2 is a Kitty (shortened from Katherine) but Charlotte was a very strong contender too. I would have used Lottie as the nn. The reason we went with Katherine/Kitty in the end was that I really dislike Charlie as a nn, and it is entirely possible if I had a Charlotte, she might choose to call herself Lottie.

Incidentally, we initially did not call our DD Kitty - it was a nn she chose for herself, and at first I was a bit unsure, but it totally suits her and I love it now.

Mum72 · 16/07/2010 09:09

Charlotte Rose sounds lovely. I think that goes together beautifully. Mind you I am biased as I am a mum to an 11yo Charlotte who at school is also referred to by friends and teachers as Lottie and occassionally Charlie and even more unusually (rarely) Sharley. She is an always have been just Charlotte to us.

She loves her name and enjoys being called Lottie at school.

Although now the only Charlotte in her school at age 5 and 6 she was one of several Charlottes. I think it is a popular name in her age range, in that I know of several Charlottes a year or 2 older and below her. I do not know of many baby Charlottes recently - probably because the name was so popular in the late 1990's and early noughties!

My DD is at school with 3 Kittys - not all in her age group. One I know of for sure is a Kitty and not a Katherine etc. The other 2 girls are always called Kitty at school and appear in the school magazine etc as Kitty but one of the is a Katherine. No idea if the other Kitty is a Kitty Kitty or a shortend Kitty.

Both Kitty and Charlotte are lovely names but being a Charlottes mum I am biased towards Charlotte! LOL

PuppyMonkey · 16/07/2010 08:51

Kitty ten times better. No offence to all you Charlotte fans, but we have quite enough of them already.

ThatVikRinA22 · 16/07/2010 08:51

love Kitty, prefer it to charlotte.

Diamondlover · 16/07/2010 08:48

I love both though Charlotte quite popular sadly. Truly love Kitty though DH says no- reminds him of kitty cat! Personally think it would be nice to call her Katherine with Kitty for nn. Prefer catherine though but feel you would have to have the K spelling if baby was to be known as Kitty!

skyeplusbump · 15/07/2010 20:47

i love kitty...it's so sweet!

trilottie · 15/07/2010 17:23

I'm a Charlotte Rose!
I have to say I'm not that keen on it myself, and I also dislike people calling me Lottie or Charlie (despite my nn on this forum!)
When I was born, people thought I was named after Charlotte Rhodes, a sailing ship on a tv program, but I don't think you'll have that problem now.
I do like Kitty, but I can't picture any grown up Kitties. Oh apart from the Mum on That 70's Show.

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