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Esther Isabella

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Roz14 · 26/07/2010 21:29

I am expecting my second child towards the end of August and although we have sorted out a list of names, I am still feeling a little confused!!! We have a three year old son already called Ben and have been told that we are expecting a baby girl this time. I was just wondering if you could give me some constructive feedback to these girls names. Both me and my husband really like some of the more old fashioned names and have listed them in order of our favourites so far. Our favourite being Esther Isabella or Esther Rose followed by:

Daisy Isabella
Beatrix/Beatrice Rose
Scarlett Mary
Esme Grace
Sophia Rose

What do you think? Is Esther too old fashioned?

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juneybean · 26/07/2010 23:01

I love Esther, but prefer Rose for the middle name :D

BelligerentGhoul · 26/07/2010 22:58

Love Naomi too.

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Roz14 · 26/07/2010 22:47

I do agree with you that both Isabel and Naomi do flow better than Isabella which has the 4 syllables. Our surname is a short 1 syllable name, so we thought we may get away with a longer middle name.

Im glad you like Esther has it is SpiderWilliam, the nn's
were something that we thought we would consider as a bit of fun whilst she is little!

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HecateQueenOfWitches · 26/07/2010 22:32

I know the second part of this is not on your list, but I think Esther Naomi flows very well.

I love Isabella but I don't think it fits well with Esther because it doesn't 'flow', iyswim. I think it's the eh-ih.

SpiderWilliam · 26/07/2010 22:27

I like Esther Isabella best from your list, but think that Esther Isabel sounds better with one less syllable. Depends on your surname though to see what sounds best overall.

Not keen on Ettie and Etta as nn's. I think Esther is lovely as it is, and is only 2 syllables so doesn't really need to be shortened.

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Roz14 · 26/07/2010 22:19

Thanks for your feedback. It has really helped me to follow my heart and go with Esther. I had a few negative comments about the name and it made me start to feel a little unsure. We were also considering giving her the nn Ettie or Etta for short. what do you think?

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inveteratenamechanger · 26/07/2010 22:17

Esther Rose - lovely.

letsblowthistacostand · 26/07/2010 22:07

Really beautiful.

hester · 26/07/2010 21:38

Hester, obviously

I REALLY like Esther. The others are all nice enough, but not special.

I think Rose is fantastically over-used at the moment, but I must say it goes beautifully with Esther. Partly because they are both Jewish origin so they fit together better than Esther with Isabella, and partly because Esther is a slightly spiky name and Rose very soft, so they work well in tandem.

smother · 26/07/2010 21:34

I would say esther is by far the nicest and most unusal name on your list. go for it! either with Isabella or Rose as a middlename, both beautiful.

BelligerentGhoul · 26/07/2010 21:30

It's lovely but I like Hester Isabella even more!