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Which of these four?

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swanandduck · 05/12/2010 21:23

Louisa, Rosa, May or Juliet?

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mathanxiety · 06/12/2010 18:36

Louisa or Juliet, with Juliet winning by a nose. All are lovely though.

Hedwig3 · 06/12/2010 12:47

Rosa Smile

EenyMeenyMaya · 06/12/2010 08:59

May. If you like the A sounding names, how about Maya?

telsa · 06/12/2010 08:44

Like Rosa the best - then Juliet.

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LaDiDaDi · 05/12/2010 23:27

Middle name being Anne means that it has to be Juliet!

The others just don't sound right (May Anne) or run into each other (Rosa Anne sounds like Rosa ran).

hester · 05/12/2010 23:27

Louisa or Rosa.

How about Julia?

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 05/12/2010 23:26

Louisa May? Really? - what about Louisa May Alcott - author of Little Women.

With Anne as a middle name, Juliet sounds better - something ending in 'a' stops the flow, I think.

BarbieLovesKen · 05/12/2010 23:26

Juliet definately.

Beautiful, timeless, classic. I love this name.

ValiumSingleton · 05/12/2010 23:24

Oh, if the middle name is Anne, then Juliet Anne is gorgeous.

As for the adding one letter, or changing a letter, obviously this is just fashion. Alison/Alice for eg.

Concordia · 05/12/2010 23:22

Juliet

ValiumSingleton · 05/12/2010 23:21

Juliet
Louisa

the other two are ok as middle names. Louisa May or Juliet Rosa

LittleCheesyPineappleOne · 05/12/2010 23:20

My favourite: May
then...
Juliet
Rosa
Louisa

I think the -a names are in vogue at the moment - I read on a blog that Italian and Spanish sounding endings (Sophia, Anna, Louisa, Isabella) are popular now in the way that French sounding names were popular in the 70s (Marie, Julie, Louise, Claire).

proudfoot · 05/12/2010 23:15

All nice. I would pick Louisa or Juliet.

weepootle · 05/12/2010 23:05

Louisa is the only one I like and I love it.

Firawla · 05/12/2010 22:53

they are all nice but i think may

HowTheGrokeStoleChristmas · 05/12/2010 22:42

Juliet

thereisalightanditnevergoesout · 05/12/2010 22:39

'Louise/Louisa is indeed very 1970s but I'm not keen on the nickname Lou'

Sorry - I have to argue with you about 'Louisa' being very 1970s. It SO bloody isn't (Louise is though). Louisa is my name and I've never met another born in the 70s AND I could never get my name on any stuff in giftshops as a kid.

Lou as a nn is annoying, though.

BelligerentGhoul · 05/12/2010 22:38

I love all of them!

Edmundo · 05/12/2010 22:37

ROSA

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swanandduck · 05/12/2010 21:43

Thanks for opinions. They're actually for a friend of mine who asked me to get some views. It looks as if Juliet and Louisa are winning. The middle name will be Anne after late grandmother.

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TheGoddessBlossom · 05/12/2010 21:41

Juliet. Then Rosa.

AntonDuBurk · 05/12/2010 21:39

Louisa or Juliet

tammytoby · 05/12/2010 21:38

Juliet is lovely, as is Rosa. May is a little short to be a first name imo.
Louise/Louisa is indeed very 1970s but I'm not keen on the nickname Lou.

MerryMarigold · 05/12/2010 21:34

Maybe it's just my friend Louise who hates it then. I've always felt like it was one of those very-popular-in-the-early-70's names, like Tracy - there were loads in our year at school!

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