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Honest Opinions Please..... Roselyn and Harriette

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MummyGeorgie · 21/09/2010 21:11

So far this is all I have managed to come up with and wondered how the names sounded to you girls?

Any suggestion very welcome!!

We are looking for something pretty, fairly 'solid' and not too common...

Thanks in advance!

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A1980 · 25/09/2010 18:56

Roselyn is gorgeous. I've never met one. I agree about the pronounciation though: I would say it Rose-lynne rather than Rozlin.

I don't like Harriette. It's a bit poncey.

pippylongstockings · 24/09/2010 21:18

I like Harriet - Rosalind is nice but agree Rosie is popular at the moment so it depends if you are concerened about that?

lola0109 · 24/09/2010 21:11

I love them both, they were both suggestions for DD2 but as DD1 is Ainslie, Harriet was ruled out.

Roselyn was in our top 3 all the way through.

It's a lovely name and I live Rose/Rosie for child and then Roz for when they are older.

mathanxiety · 24/09/2010 20:44

Prefer Rosalind, and love Romy, Rosina, Rowena.

NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:59

Harriet spelt this way. i have a very good friend called Rosalind which I love.

NormanNorris · 23/09/2010 21:59

Harriet spelt this way. i have a very good friend called Rosalind which I love.

Rhubarbgarden · 23/09/2010 21:03

I like Harriet and also Rosalind.

Ineedsomesleep · 23/09/2010 19:55

Harriet.

LucindaCarlisle · 23/09/2010 19:54

Yes, Rosalind is quite a rare name.

LucindaCarlisle · 23/09/2010 19:52

The only other thing you have to consider is whether the abbreviated name Rosy would go with her second name. For example if your second name is Leigh or Lee then that combination "Rosy Lee" is rhyming slang for cup of tea.

Kathleen123 · 23/09/2010 17:22

Lucinda, now I have seen your post I prefer Rosalind to Roselyn.

Kathleen123 · 23/09/2010 17:20

Prefer roselyn (I expect nn would be Ros). Like Harriet, when spelt Harriet.

LucindaCarlisle · 22/09/2010 20:31

Some people use an alternative spelling of Roselyn. I seem to recall that there was a character in Shakespeare called Rosalyn. Or was it Rosalind?

ValiumSingleton · 22/09/2010 20:21

eeeoooo to the spelling Harriette. Not a fan of the name, but it's particularly bad with all the extra letters. It reminds me of Serviette the way you are spelling it.

kat2504 · 22/09/2010 18:53

If you go for Harriette, she will be forever spelling it out on the phone. Harriet sounds exactly the same but without her having to spend her life going "that's Harriet with an extra T E". A good traditional name, not one I would pick but perfectly nice and each to their own.

Not sure about Roslyn. I like Evelyn and I like Rosanna though.

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MummyGeorgie · 22/09/2010 18:32

Thanks for all your feedback. I really appreciate it.

It's given me a few more names to pass by dh too :)

Apologies for the spelling..... It didn't register that it was the French rather than English version.
Thanks again!

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hatsybatsy · 22/09/2010 14:35

also have a harriet - prefer that spelling really. no point giving a child a name they will constantly have to tell people how to spell? (and i speak from experience.....)

roselyn - quite pretty and unusual. also like rose/rosa.

other names thatw ere on our short list were alice and sophie/sophia - any good?

expectingno3 · 22/09/2010 13:46

Eliza Rose
Lotta Grace
Belinda May
Delphine (a particular favourite as its my daughters name!)

Do like Harriet too though. x

MrsJohnDeere · 22/09/2010 12:47

Harriet is lovely. Not keen on your alt. spelling.

girlafraid · 22/09/2010 12:41

Harriet is brilliant, Harriette is pretentious

babysoon1 · 22/09/2010 12:39

Harriet and Rosa/Rose or Harriet and Rosie would be better, both nice. Hatty also lovely nn.

Fimbo · 22/09/2010 11:34

I prefer Roslyn.

How about Hilary?

pigindisguise · 22/09/2010 11:13

I like Roselyn but not Harriette/Harriet and especially Hatty

coraltoes · 22/09/2010 10:07

The spelling Harriette is one of the standard variations of Harriet which in itself is an anglicised version of Henriette (french). Just because it isn't the spelling you use doesn't make it wrong. I like both names OP...i wonder if the ette ending makes a more open vowel sound though. Harry-ette rather than Harry-ut. Does that make sense?

poppyknot · 22/09/2010 10:06

Better than the chariot rhyme............

All the cowhands wanna marry Harriet,
Harriet's handy with a lariat,
But she don't want to marry yet,
She's havin' too much fun!

(A lariat's a lassoo!)

I was told this when a teenager and really liked it.

And anyway whose name doesn't have a rhyme???