Sadie, Violet or Enmeline

Got a Violet in my belly if it turns out to be a girl. 6 weeks to go :)

Violet is gorgeous

I tried Emmeline out on DH as an alternative to Emma, which he likes and I don't...couldn't convince him, sadly. I think Emmy is a nice short nn which isn't too frilly or girlie so I really don't think the name is too feminine.

I like Violet & Juliet but neither work with our surname. Sadie reminds me of Sadie Frost, not a positive association in my book but if you like the name, don't let that put you off even though she is a terrible actor

Love Violet as I have one (dd1 - 5) and I only very rarely come across others. Is it really becoming that popular now? I love the fact the name is both soft,sweet feminine and spunky/ feisty (dd can be all of them - she's very tall, fun and sociable, not at all shrinking by any description)

Emmeline would be my second choice and I have considered it as a middle name for dd2 as it is also so similar to my name but we did not want a mn beginning with E.

That's one of the reasons I chose Emmeline. Because I am a rabid feminist but if DD chooses to be a simpering girlie, Emmeline is quite frilly and her girlie friends won't know who Emmeline Pankhurst is. Have you read my namesake Terry Pratchett's books? There is a formidable icon in there called Esmeralda, Esme for short.

And would it be a bad thing if people went "oh, Emmeline Pankhurst"? Not as good a role model as Sylvia, but not so bad! People have occasionally asked if my daughter is named for Rosa Luxemburg - it wasn't in our minds at the time, but we've taken to saying 'yes'!

DD is never confronted by people thinking of Emmeline Pankhurst. Most people are pretty ignorant of history, MN excluded. Only a couple of people realised she had a namesake.

I love Magda. Also Greta.

Actually Tabitha is a nice name and Biblical. But ruined by Beatrix Potter. I suppose it was the suggestion of tabby = cat that made her hit on it.

The problem with Emmeline is that she would be constantly confronted with people going "oh, Emmeline Pankhurst".

Violet -quite a few about now
Juliet - like
Emmeline - like but you'd spend your life correcting prononciation
Sadie - isn't it a dogs name??!!
Tabitha - dont like, pretentious.

Love Esme

Of your first suggestions, in order, I prefer Violet (by a million miles), then Emmeline (bit too frilly for me though there's a great namesake in Emmeline Pankhurst) then trailing a long way behind Sadie.

However I LOVE both Juliet and Tabitha - especially Tabitha, I have one! My DH vetoed it first time around but he came to love it and when DD2 was born he was happy to go with it. I don't know why people have a problem with it having feline connotations, for me that's part of what makes it such a fab name. We have had loads of compliments on her name since she arrived but it does seem to be a love it/hate it one.

Best wishes

Really love Juliet and Violet. Also think Emmeline is very nice too.

I'm from Belfast and Sadie is kind of like a chav-y granny name here (so sorry if anyone's granny is called Sadie btw, i actually think it's a pretty name!), so much so that there used to be this terrible 'character' on a local radio show called Sadie on Downtown Radio with a really screechy voice. And then there's the Kevin & Sadie romance books, also set in Belfast. In short, Sadie is a pretty name but will forever be a chavvy granny name to me, sorry!

And - for any Jilly Cooper fans out there - doesn't Ruper Campbell Black have a daughter called Tabitha?

I also like Esme (because of my namesake's books). Emmeline is by far the best, though.

Great names!In order my faves would be esme, violet, sadie and then emmeline

Emmeline is nicest by far.

Sadie is sweet but needs a full name.

Juliet is nice.

Not keen on Violet or Tabitha.

In order or preference

Emmeline
Violet
Juliet
Sadie
Tabitha

Sadist and Violent are also my first impressions when I see those names :o
Emmeline I find a bit twee, plus there is the inevitable confusion with Emily.
Juliet I am not wild about, but I do like Julia.
Tabitha always makes me think of a cat.
Esme, is there one in Twilight? Tis a bit faddy to my mind anyway.
Magda I like, or Magdalene.

Emmeline and Violet are gorge! Dont like Sadie

Violet gets my vote

I like Violet the best. It's pretty and fun.

Sadie is cool, but because I see Sad, I always think the name is a bit 'drab' somehow.

Emmeline should be fierce, with Pankhurst and everything, but instead I think it's rather sugary sickly sweet.

Violet by a mile! This is what the little girl I am halfway through carrying right now would have been called if he wasnt a little boy!...

Beautiful classic yet pretty and not common too! :)

Don't like Tabitha or Juliet but love the first 3 names. Although I love Emmeline I would have to veto it as would get fed up correcting people all the time.