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Martha or Kate? This really is it now - due Monday. It's been a long old naming road!

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specialsmasher · 23/02/2011 08:22

Thanks all for input - it does help! Smile

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specialsmasher · 02/03/2011 12:05

Hello, smother!

I'm two days overdue today... So nice that you've been thinking about me! I'll post when dd finally appears and we've finally managed to give her a name! Still is Martha or Kate... Smile

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jaggythistle · 01/03/2011 21:16

Martha Martha Martha

much more interesting, but not weird IYKWIM

I know a nice one so am a bit biased!

mintsauceandgravy · 01/03/2011 21:11

Martha was my nannas name so my vote goes there!

smother · 01/03/2011 16:26

hey specialsmasher, how are you doing? I've been thinking about you and your little Martha/Kate/? !! xxx

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specialsmasher · 25/02/2011 08:13

Ooh - an actual Martha! Hello, Martha!

Such an even spread - might to do another count.

It would be Katherine, btw, I'm a bit conservative about having a proper name on the birth certificate.

I wouldn't say our surname has 'bite' to it, Kitty! ...

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KittyBigglesworth · 25/02/2011 00:05

Martha is rarer, for the time being. There are millions of Kates and Katies out there, it's a pleasant enough name but there are too many.

Does your surname have a 'bite' to it? This may just be a personal preference but I like to hear a sharper sounding surname if the first name sounds soft. Martha Wainwright works because there is a t at the end of her surname, similarly Martha Kearney sounds right to my ear because of the K, there a good balance to the combination. If you have a softer sounding surname, I would personally go with Catherine or Katherine and use Kate as a nn.

QOD · 24/02/2011 22:23

Martha is really common at the mo (as in popular) and Kate will be next year! Just go for what feels right on the day!

feedthegoat · 24/02/2011 22:18

Kate.

I don't think Kate is more popular than Martha either. Counting up the children I know of with those names I think there is an equal number.

Maud2011 · 24/02/2011 22:09

Martha or Katherine but not Kate (at least, not Kate on the birth certificate).

MissHavishamsDress · 24/02/2011 22:04

Definitely Martha, by a long shot. Just don't see the appeal of Kate (Katherine). I work as a teacher and at one point there were 4 Kate/ Katys working alongside me. All very lovely people, born in the 80s, but...

Martha is soft sounding yet strong.

ItsJustAName · 24/02/2011 21:35

Kate for me.

stepawayfromthebiscuits · 24/02/2011 20:54

Martha! And agree that Martha Kate is lovely

TallulahDoesTheHula · 24/02/2011 20:52

Martha!

Acanthus · 24/02/2011 20:14

Either, but full name Katharine or Catherine rather than Kate which isn't a proper name.

LouMacca · 24/02/2011 20:11

Both lovely names. Maybe when the baby arrives it will look more like one than the other? Good Luck x

agora1 · 24/02/2011 19:50

Kate, but only just, I like Martha too.

seeker · 24/02/2011 07:30

Martha is wonderful!

Kate is lovely too - but I like it as a nickname for one of the many longer versions. But not for Cathleen. PLEASE not for Cathleen.

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specialsmasher · 24/02/2011 06:54

Thanks for all input all, I spent all night thinking about it - in between going to the toilet every hour!

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Lonnie · 24/02/2011 01:04

sorry I dont like either I think both fairly plain and dull

muminthemiddle · 24/02/2011 00:15

Prefer Kate.

ZZZenAgain · 23/02/2011 19:00

Prefer Katherine or Catherine to Kate too....

Both Kate and Martha are classic inoffensive names. You cannot go far wrong with either of them IMO