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Nmes like Martha?

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googietheegg · 03/05/2012 15:15

Love the name Martha but for v good reasons can't use it - but we only have 10 days left to think of something else!!! Can anyone help? What names are like Martha - strong, English, not made up, not too popular ...

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googietheegg · 03/05/2012 15:16

Oh t'riffic... meant 'Names' like Martha, obv Blush

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Gumby · 03/05/2012 15:17

Well Martha is a biblical name

So Mary
Hannah
Alison
Anne
Bethany
Maude
Margaret
Ethel

Gumby · 03/05/2012 15:18

Also Alexandra
Faith
Joy

RickGhastley · 03/05/2012 15:23

How about

Naomi (my favourite name ever!)
Eva
Charlotte
Nancy
Audrey
Clara
Amelia
Matilda
(Isa) dora
Eleanor
Sylvie
Cordelia

poppy283 · 03/05/2012 15:36

Tessa
Roberta
Beth
Mary
Felicity
Emmeline
Annabel
Agnes

poppy283 · 03/05/2012 15:39

Forgot Beatrice!

Positiveplus · 03/05/2012 16:11

The Martha I know has sisters called Naomi and Esther.

How about:
Anna
Cora
Francesca
Harriet
Imogen
Juliette
Lydia
Orla
Penelope
Polly
Ruth
Tamsin
Wren

MoonHare · 03/05/2012 16:18

I would add:
Tabitha
Edith
Kitty
Verity
Eliza

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googietheegg · 03/05/2012 16:27

Oh I'm liking Agnes, Clara and Audrey. Thank you!

We don't want anything too frilly and it needs to work in French and English, with no '-ie' endings ideally, although Audrey works well.

Any other suggestions? My brain is so fluffy and she's about to pop any day!!!

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salamanda · 03/05/2012 17:14

Agatha?

Is Wren a name? I love it!

mummybare · 03/05/2012 17:38

Some that might work in both English and French:

Claudette
Lucille
Helene
Lillian
Sylvia/Sylvie
Amelia

I also love Beatrice and Emmeline, as well as Audrey and Clara, from others' suggestions...

lemonbonbons · 03/05/2012 17:52

Arthur ?

Blushsorry couldn t resistBlush

Disneydreams · 03/05/2012 19:21

Matilda, Madeleine, can't think of anymore.

catinboots · 03/05/2012 19:23

Moira

KenDoddsDadsDog · 03/05/2012 19:30

Marni

whattodowho · 03/05/2012 22:12

How about Marta?

AubergineKenobi · 03/05/2012 22:16

Agatha
Clara
Nina
Lotta

Selks · 03/05/2012 22:19

Alice
Megan
Sarah
Sally
Isobel

smother · 03/05/2012 22:44

Edith/Edie
Eartha
Aretha
Athena
Delphi
Xanthe
Clara
Kate
Bethan
Rosa
Alice
Esther
Ines
Ellen
Tess
Mary
Marcie
Miriam

Still thinking.... and intrigued why you can't use Martha..... such a lovely name!

VivaLeBeaver · 03/05/2012 22:45

Meredith

thegreylady · 03/05/2012 22:51

Esme
Agnes
Edith
Alice

welovesausagedogs · 03/05/2012 22:54

Enid
Edith
Violet
Beatrice
Mathilda
Madeline
Charlotte
Iris
Lillian
Alice
Florence
Eunice
Ines
Ethel
Ida
Mabel
Pearl
Frances
Elsie
Agnes
Mildred - nn millie
Harriet
Henrietta

hellymelly · 03/05/2012 22:56

Cora, Helena, Julia, Harriet, Juliet, Flora.

silver28 · 03/05/2012 22:58

DD is Martha (I adore the name). Second choice was Imogen, tho I know it's overly popular in some areas (not ours).

silver28 · 03/05/2012 22:59

I also love Juliet.

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