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Pick one out of the three...

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persephoneplum · 25/08/2012 13:50

Paloma, Ivy or Ursula

Which do you like best?

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PuffPants · 29/08/2012 21:52

Ooh, I love Clara and Tabitha - they are gorgeous names.

PuffPants · 29/08/2012 21:49

Ursula, I like it.

Ivy makes me think Poison. And Coronation St.

Paloma sounds a bit trendy.

Olympicnmix · 29/08/2012 21:41

Ooh, sorry, saw your revised list

Ursula, Ines or Beatrice for me

Olympicnmix · 29/08/2012 21:39
  1. Ursula
  2. Paloma
  3. Ivy
Binkybix · 29/08/2012 21:33

Ursula for me, although I like all of them..

NorthernGobshite · 29/08/2012 09:35

If Ursula is a much loved name then use it and bollocks to us all! It's your baby, your name. (btw I quite like the name and think of Ursula Andres not a seawitch!)

LouMacca · 29/08/2012 09:30

Ivy for me. Paloma is pretty too. Definitely not Ursula.

ALittleBitOfMagic · 29/08/2012 09:13

Ivy.

PeshwariNaan · 29/08/2012 09:12

Love Ivy.

Paloma is very Spanish - in my opinion it's hard to use names from other cultures unless you've got Spanish in your family.

Ursula = no.

jaffacakehips · 29/08/2012 07:59

Sorry you've been having a tough time OP, hopefully things will pick up soon. Early stages of pregnancy are tough.

I love Paloma. Great name.

Ursula is a perfectly good name, just not to my taste. Not keen on Ivy, sounds a bit hard to me. Other names are also good, but not as good as PAP Grin

MoelFammau · 29/08/2012 02:54

I love Ursula. Wanted it for DD but DH vetoed. Ushi for short, he said (he's German). I loved the idea of a little Ushi.... but still it was a no.

Go for it.

Napdamnyou · 29/08/2012 02:24

Paloma here too.

I know an Ivy who is called Poison Ivy by her brother.

:( so no to that, sorry.

Clockless · 29/08/2012 02:08

Ursula

Sossiges · 29/08/2012 00:50

Sorry Ee-NIZH was what I meant to say. It's late...

Sossiges · 29/08/2012 00:44

In-niz.

youonlysingwhenyourewinning · 28/08/2012 20:56

How do you pn Ines?

Beatrice, Clara and Tabitha are all gorgeous.

Beatrice Audrey Pearl
Clara Audrey Pearl
Tabitha Audrey Pearl

Beatrice 'flows' nicest but all are lovely.

mathanxiety · 28/08/2012 15:07

I love Ines, Beatrice and Clara.

Beatrice Audrey Pearl? I think it flows well..

Arabellasmella · 28/08/2012 14:14

Everyone's different. I'm not mad keen on any of thrm but I like Ursula best. I can't get to grips with Ivy at all.

GlitterPinkRubberDucky · 28/08/2012 13:29

If I had to pick one, would say paloma.

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persephoneplum · 28/08/2012 13:04

Thanks all - really, 99% of the feedback has been helpful :)

Yes I must admit this has been an extremely difficult pregnancy so far and I'm only 12 weeks. I'm hyper-sensitive, teary, sick, vomiting, covered in a dreadful rash which is driving me crackers and is ugly, and with summer approaching here in Australia, it's all a bit too much. Plus my boss just used my nana's name which was also a frontrunner, but will probably be middle now. I didn't list it here as it's a definite for being in there somewhere.

The Paloma Faith thing doesn't bother me - I only know of her because I saw her on the Graham Norton rerun. She's not famous here.

Ok so the frontrunner is Paloma... Paloma Audrey Pearl would be the first and middles.

Ivy has been scrapped. Ursula is in there along with:

Ines
Beatrice
Ingrid
Clara
Tabitha

Really sorry for being oversensitive. Things have been tough lately.
x

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MamaBear17 · 27/08/2012 19:22

I think Ivy Ursula is a lovely name. I found it easier to pick between the two names we had for DD when I saw her for the first time x

mamakoukla · 27/08/2012 16:28

Hi Persephoneplum! I hope people's input has been useful. In the end go with your favourite. We had a shortlist and when DD was born we matched the name to her. It wasn't everybody's favourite and some friends outright poo-pooed the mix of first and second name. BUT we like it and she seems to fit her name well.

Have you come any closer to a decision or will you wait?

mathanxiety · 27/08/2012 15:59

I think you are thinking of palomino?

Paloma would be Pah-LOW-ma.

kawaii · 27/08/2012 15:42

My mother tried to harry me into calling DD Ursula. It is a great name, a strong name. I didn't have the bottle really to call her it but if you do, go for it.

Paloma makes me think of pigeons.

Ivy - Poison Ivy, not keen at all.

toobreathless · 27/08/2012 15:33

How do you pronounce Paloma? I've never heard of it & initially thought of horses.

Ivy is OK, agree at risk of being faddy.

Ursula is not my thing, sorry.

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