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Juliet - why does everyone here seem to love it?

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Splendidlyshy · 08/08/2013 20:17

I have seen several threads here recently where people say that they love the name Juliet. Why? And what other names evoke a similar feel to Juliet?

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AmericasTorturedBrow · 12/08/2013 22:31

I really like it, timeless and classic and literary - DD has it for her middle name mainly in tribute to our amazing midwife who delivered both DC. I wouldn't use it as a first name though just because I hate "Jules" as the inevitable shortened form

AnxiousAugusta · 12/08/2013 22:27

Because most Brits wouldn't know how to pronounce Giulia.

MrsDibble · 12/08/2013 13:55

I prefer Julia. How about the Italian spelling Giulia if you want to be more unusual?

Saffyz · 11/08/2013 22:40

Jools is horrible. Like drools. And I don't like Jools Holland.

KittenofDoom · 11/08/2013 20:57

"Jools" is pretentious in a "look at me, aren't I wacky" kind of way. (I still like Jools Holland though)

lljkk · 11/08/2013 20:01

I find Juliet somewhere between twee & pretentious. In no way attractive.
Julie is plain but fine. I prefer Julia. Would quite like a grandchild called Julia.

AnxiousAugusta · 11/08/2013 19:50

I think Jools Oliver's name is Juliet?

Snowbitch · 11/08/2013 16:15

My little one is Juliet, I think it's soft but classic.

FoxyRoxy · 11/08/2013 14:06

I prefer Giulietta, I'm not a fan of Juliet in its anglicised form.

kaumana · 11/08/2013 01:15

My good friend is one but has always been known as Jules. Great name.

ShesADreamer · 11/08/2013 01:15

Julia is the one that got away for me. Sounds awful with our surname but if I have a granddaughter...

DIddled · 11/08/2013 01:05

Gutted! I am a Julie but much prefer Julia - but you gotta deal with what you are given!!!!

KittenofDoom · 11/08/2013 01:03

I don't think Julie is horrible, but it sounds unfinished. It could stand for any of the names mentioned here, none of which I dislike. My preference by a long way is Julia.

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SnoopyLovesYou · 10/08/2013 16:02

I wanted to call my firstborn Juliette for a period of my pregnancy. It's lovely. The only problem is that it's a bit girly, implying a small girl and not a grown woman.

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 10/08/2013 04:45

I don't particularly like the name itself - it would never make my short list - but I do appreciate the qualities it has that make people like it. Simple, timeless, non-frilly, literary, elegant, you wouldn't know how old its owner is.

sleepingbeautiful · 10/08/2013 04:36

I also find it elegant and like how it's stood the test of time. It makes a nice change from all the -a or -ie names.
Sadly we have a Julia and Julianne in close relation, so couldn't use it.

Devora · 09/08/2013 23:09

I much prefer Julie and Julia. Not Julianna - too frilly.

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exoticfruits · 09/08/2013 23:06

I like it it, but definitely with the spelling- Juliet. I like it because it is elegant and classic.

JumpingJackSprat · 09/08/2013 22:56

I dont like that spelling prefer juliette.

Sunnysummer · 09/08/2013 11:32

I don't like it, mostly because my teenage self thought that in the play she was a wibbling 13 year old fool... It is definitely more current than Julie, but Julianne or Julianna would have my vote first.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 08/08/2013 21:49

Not overly keen but Julie is far worse. I wanted Julia for DD2 but DH vetoed it as well as every other bloody name I suggested as he thought it sounded like on of his mother's friends. He has no imagination.

ELR · 08/08/2013 21:48

I love it too, just this morning I had a conversation with DH about what a lovely name it was! Currently ttc no 3 so names are a hot topic in our household at the moment, sadly DH dislikes the name!

HorryIsUpduffed · 08/08/2013 21:45

Julie is horribly dated.

Julia, Juliet and Juliana are more classic, elegant, timeless.

They are also quite a contrast to the glut of frilly nicknamey -ee names (Lily, Poppy, Daisy, Holly, Molly, etc) which some name geeks people are very bored by.

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