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help me love one of these names

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littlealien01 · 06/08/2013 20:22

so after lots of discussion and shortlists and vetos we have a list of names both dh and i are ok with (no small feat, our tastes in girls names are pretty opposite)

but now it comes to choosing one im wavering. theyre all ok but i dont LOVE them and i have drawbacks wih each.

so ive turned to MN, tell me why theyre fab and help me fall in love with one?

middle name will be a family name which sounds like Annie. last name starts with an S.

the shortlist is;

Emmeline
Ingrid
Juliet/Juliette

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Saffyz · 09/08/2013 09:50

Emmeline is a lovely name, but Emmeline Annie would have too many m's and n's, it's just a bit of a tonguetwister.

Ingrid is harsh and "grid" just reminds me of National Grid, cattle grid, computer networks etc. Ingrid sounds better in Scandinavian countries where the "d" is softer and less pronounced, but I don't think it works here.

Juliet is lovely and I can't think of any problems with it so I'd vote for this.

Ihatepeas · 08/08/2013 21:18

I know a little Ingrid called inky (ink- eee) which is rather adorable but I still prefer Juliet, elegant, timeless, good nn options, easy to pronounce, would suit a newborn, a teenager,a busness women and a granny. Perfect!

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 08/08/2013 12:43

I like all of them except the 'Juliette' spelling. Helpful! At a push, I think at this moment in time, I like Emmeline best.

LaRosaBella · 08/08/2013 11:48

Juliet

hatebeak · 08/08/2013 11:40

I love Ingrid. Elegant, reasonably unusual, old-school film-star glamour, less frilly than Juliet or Emmeline and less prone to ungainly shortening.

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formicadinosaur · 07/08/2013 23:46

Emmeline with nick name Emme

squoosh · 06/08/2013 23:31

Juliet, by a country mile.

1)it's beautiful,
2)feminine but not too frilly or fussy.
3)everyone is familiar with it but it isn't that commonly used.
4)strong literary connection

Carolra · 06/08/2013 22:36

I went to school with an Emmeline, she was lovely, probably the nicest girl I was friends with. The family moved away and so we lost touch but I've never forgotten her! I wanted to call dd Emmeline but dh didn't like it...

Juliet is lovely too. Maybe wait till you meet her to choose!

98percentchocolate · 06/08/2013 22:34

Really love Juliet - either spelling is lovely. Juliette is very feminine.

KittenofDoom · 06/08/2013 22:29

Juliet - but another variation is Julianne which is unusual. I like Julia best but your surname rules that out.

Summerfever · 06/08/2013 22:27

littlealien01, she also gets called "Emmy" a lot, so another thing to consider if you don't it as a nickname!

ThisCollie · 06/08/2013 22:19

Juliette! It is my niece's name - I only wish I'd got there first. Smile

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littlealien01 · 06/08/2013 22:14

@hassled we have lots of time but def want some names planned for when they arrive. might even be a boy yet (boys names are more easily agreed on it seems)

generally the ones i really love dh hates and vice versa. these are the top 3 we could both be happy with ( we do have a longer list but these are still both of our fave 3 on it (partly due to what goes with the middle name we like)

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littlealien01 · 06/08/2013 22:05

@summerfever thats exactly what i worry about with emmeline, especially with so many emily's around. I really loved it to start with (long before i was pg) but recently the practicalities are bugging me. we also dont like emmey as a nickname particularly, thanks for commenting so I know its not just in my head. it goes so well with the middle name though, and is strong but feminine amd versatile. I just wish people would reliably spell and pronounce it.

@coconutty i love emma but our last name ends in a "ya" sound that means it doesnt go well with names which end in a. most of which i like. dh also doesnt like it.

is the julie - juliet thing really a non issue i just need to get over?

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Hassled · 06/08/2013 22:04

I think you need to start all over again. You don't need a bunch of internet strangers convincing you to love a name - you need to just love the name. Is your DD here yet? If not, wait and see what she looks like.

elQuintoConyo · 06/08/2013 22:00

Juliet, with that

PinkGlove · 06/08/2013 21:26

Emmeline.

So difficult to 'love' names. I always say I know what names I don't like but don't know which ones I love!

Lanceolate · 06/08/2013 21:20

Juliet is lovely.

Summerfever · 06/08/2013 21:19

And, FWIW, Juliet is NOTHING like Julie, totally different names with a completely different vibe! Smile

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Summerfever · 06/08/2013 21:17

BTW, I love the name Juliet, but rather annoyingly one of my siblings got there first with using it!

Summerfever · 06/08/2013 21:13

I have an Emmeline and can honestly say that we continually correct for Emily - it pretty much happens every time she is introduced to someone new. I must admit, I would have probably chosen differently had I realised how frequently it would happen and how annoying I would find it! As you also mention, there is often confusion over the pronunciation with it regularly being pronounced to rhyme with "mine" rather than "keen", another thing that I find irritating! In short, I would only advocate going with it if you really love it and are happy to correct people ALOT.

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littlealien01 · 06/08/2013 20:47

thats a lot of juliet votes! but why?

do love the jas thing so well spotted :)

we were set on emmeline but im starting to think theyll spend their life saying "no not emily emmeline" or not emma-line emma-leen.

Ingrid- lovely for an older child but too harsh for baby, hard to shorten, and i keep getting "reminds me of hagrid"

juliet/juliette- we dont agree on spelling, i dont like jules, we have a friend called julie and it might seem as if it was after her

but im nit picking. weve gone through a lot of names (and except the ones dh vetoed) we keep coming back to these.

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BikeRunSki · 06/08/2013 20:46

Juliet ! Pretty name, nice literary reference, cool abbreviation to Jules.