travispickles' baby name shortlist

travis lovey - only just seen this thread - I love Marina with nn Marnie - but I also really Like Esther, Stella and Mathilda as well as Sasha. - And in Russia - Sasha is NN for Alxandra (if that helps)
Not long now eh?

Have you decided yet?

I LOVE that you love Marnie! It's what I want to name DD but DH is having none of it. I think it's traditionally a NN for Marion., but would work equally well with Marina.

Your list is very similar to my list (see thread 'Name Elimination Game) so I obviously think you've got great taste in names.

A few people have said Marnie make them think of Sarnie or Mardy - I think that must be a regional or accent thing, neither is a word I would ever use of think of.

Good luck with getting your way with 'Marnie', don't think I'm going to.

I like Stella but most of them are lovely.

Mind you Stella would make most people think of the beer so perhaps best to go with Estelle. Marina is lovely too and I like Lydia.

DD is Sasha so it is my favourite from your list and has always sounded feminine as opposed to masculine for me.

I also like Amelia, Isla, Iris, Ivy & Stella from your list.

I see Marnie and think sarnie, but maybe I'm just too food-minded!

Have you thought about Saskia? I think this is a lovely, unusual name and seems a similar type to some on your list.

I love Marina - also agree that Marlene (spelt that way, is very strong. Stella and Estelle or Estella are pretty. Marnie makes me think of the Hitchcock film - but is a great film! Apparently is it a nickname for Marina, anyway - so you could have two in one!.

I like Sasha and Ava

You picked one yet??!!!

Amelia -- nice but too popular
Ava -- nice but also very popular
Catriona -- how would you pronounce it? This is a trick question
Dahlia -- dislike
Estelle -- Love
Esther -- Love
Eva -- Love
Eve -- Love
Iris -- makes me think of Iris Robinson
Isla -- nice
Ivy -- nice but very of the moment
Lydia -- nice
Marina -- lovely but there's the coil
Marlena -- Nice
Marnie -- Dislike. Sounds like a nn for something
Mathilda -- Love. Also love spelled Matilda
Sasha -- nice but I can't get away from the thought that this is a boy's name, diminutive for Alexander in Russian
Stella -- Love, see Estelle

So my favourites are:
Estelle
Esther
Eva
Eve
Stella
Mathilda/ Matilda

and the runners up are:
Marlena (I would spell this Marlene as in Dietrich)
Marina
Lydia
Ivy
Isla

Marnie Estelle

or Marina Estelle

I personally don't like Marina - it just makes me think of a place where you park yachts.

Estelle is beautiful.

Marnie nice but already sounds like a nn to me. It's also a name hard to grow into. I think Marnie would suit a girl who's a little bit eccentric, a bit dark, a bit serious. I think it also reminds me of the word Mardy . But it does have an elegance, perhaps reflected from the Hitchcock film of the same name, Tippi Hedren chic etc.

Marina although pretty, is a bit 2-dimensional to me. A bit lightweight. Maria has more swing and sweetness.

Girls
Amelia - Love
Ava - too Popular, but lovely.
Catriona - Dont like
Dahlia - Dont like
Estelle - Dont like
Esther - Ok
Eva - Ok
Eve - Like
Iris - Dont like
Isla - Love
Ivy - Lovely
Lydia - Lovely
Marina - Dont like
Marlena - Dont like
Marnie - Ok
Mathilda - Ok
Sasha - Lovely - On my list for a girl
Stella- Dont like

I picked Marina or Sasha... and that's before I saw they were your favourites.

Estelle also nice.

here are my picks from your list:

Amelia
Estelle
Eva
Eve
Lydia
Marina
Sasha (prefer Alexandra with this a NN)
Stella

absolutely hate Matilda (think of an old maid from a village in Estonia)... sorry!

DH says it's a place to keep boats.

NB I'm not disputing it's a place to keep boats. I just want to name my next DD it anyway.

There are loads of Amelias where I live. Catriona and Estelle are both lovely. Marina made me think of Stingray too, sorry!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Marina

I'm not allowed it

I like Amelia, Dahlia, Lydia, Marlena, Ivy and Stella.

Of your frontrunners, I like Marina, then Marnie, but don't like Sasha I'm afraid.

I live Sasha best.

Catriona is lovely def my favourite. Used to have a childhood neighbour called Marina she got Renie as a nn. Marnie is very American to my ears (Nout wrong with that but ya know...)

Amelia - lovely
Ava (sadly overused - don't think anyone who can't swear they have seen at least 5 Ava Gardner films should be allowed to use it either )
Catriona - don't like
Dahlia - like
Estelle - love - and Estella
Esther - like
Eva - like but overused
Eve - same
Iris - like
Isla - love
Ivy - no - Tilsley.
Lydia - like
Marina - like but makes me think of Stingray
Marlena - no but Marlene is nice
Marnie - like (Hitchcock fan though she's hardly a good role model being a klepto)
Mathilda (love)
Sasha - agree that it is boys name.
Stella - love but overused.

If I were you I'd choose: Amelia, Mathilda, Isla, Amelia or Estelle.

(NB: is your name a tribute to David Beckham saying he had a Travis Pickles haircut? If so [high five])

Isla and Lydia for me too.