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Tate or Tully?

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TheBleedinObvious · 19/08/2013 03:52

Opinions? For a girl. They go very nicely with our surname which is feminine so sets off the masculinity.

Also any names similar. I also like Kate but it is too popular (and dated imo).

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rosyryan · 22/08/2013 20:37

Without wishing to offend, I think if you were in America these choices would be fine. In England people are going to shudder. Possibly to your face.

What are your DHs choices?

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 22/08/2013 19:12

Jodie
Cassie

JamieandtheMagicTorch · 22/08/2013 19:11

I also don't like either, but do you like these (seem to me to be similar to your taste):

Robyn
Stevie
Hope
Farrah

ovenbun · 22/08/2013 14:45

Tatum is not great sorry....Channing springs to mind...it does seem like you are drawn to surnames..out of the 3 I think tate is the nicest.

I think going to a party and introducing yourself as the names might help you gage reactions? Also imagining the names on different ages?

Tully rhymes with bully which is what puts me off.

Frikadellen · 21/08/2013 00:23

I love Tate but it is a boys name for me.. So I would go with Tully.. It isnt one I would chose but not would I think YUCK if i heard it.

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LondonMother · 20/08/2013 08:45

You say you think Kate is 'dated' because you know quite a few aged 15-40. That isn't what dated means, is it? Kate is a classic name that's been used for hundreds and hundreds of years. It will never date. There will be women called Kate in every single generation. The names that are likely to date are the ones that become massively popular for a few years and then suddenly become massively unpopular so that by the time they're grown up you know more or less exactly how old a person is because of their name, e.g. Sharon, Wayne.

I'm with BalloonSlayer on this one.

EhricLovesTeamQhuay · 20/08/2013 08:36

For a girl?!?
Tatum is also dreadful.

carben · 20/08/2013 07:32

Tully 'Rose' sounds lovely to me.

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JourneyThroughLife · 20/08/2013 07:00

Well, I like Tully, it's a really nice name, I'd consider using it myself. Wouldn't be keen on Tate though, but only because it sounds too much like an art gallery to me....

jaykay987 · 20/08/2013 06:58

I love Tate for a girl. It's on my secret short list (waiting until we're pregnant before I let DH veto all the names I love!)

nooka · 20/08/2013 06:46

Both Tullis and Tully sound like surnames, and are certainly not immediately identifiable as names for girls/women. If your flowery surname does sound like a girls name then your daughter may well have surname/forename mix ups all her life. Which could be a nuisance.

Tate is a nice name for a boy. Tatum seems ugly to me for either a boy or girl (as do Tully/Tullis to be honest).

Natalya will lend itself to Tally, Nat, Nattie, Talya but I don't think Tully. I guess you could try Petulia!

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TheBleedinObvious · 20/08/2013 02:22

Also our surname is along the 'flowery' line

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TheBleedinObvious · 20/08/2013 02:20

I am considering Tullis or possibly Natalya (which I am not too keen on but dh probably would like it) for Tully. Thoughts

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Rhubarbgarden · 19/08/2013 21:50

Arf at Balloonslayer - my thoughts exactly!

exoticfruits · 19/08/2013 21:46

Neither.

miffybun73 · 19/08/2013 21:33

Neither.

BlueStarsAtNight · 19/08/2013 21:31

I like Tatum or Tatiana shortened to Tate, but not Tate as a whole name (unless it's a boy). Tully is definitely a nn not a real name, though can't think of anything I like that it could be short for.

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carben · 19/08/2013 15:24

I can't think of a frilly, girly surname. I'm intrigued. Not sure why people are anti Tully - I like it. Short for Na- talie pronounced Na-tully.

TallulahBetty · 19/08/2013 12:09

Tully is a purple snail on Baby TV.

Tallulah? Wink

JuliaScurr · 19/08/2013 12:08

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatum_O'Neal

that's a name

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TheBleedinObvious · 19/08/2013 12:06

Grin balloonslayer

I honestly thought a few people would like them. I can picture them on a little baby, toddler, child, adult through to elderly and they work so well for all age groups Confused. And they go so well with our surname too, more feminine names sound too much.

And I posted this to convince my dh, as I'm not a big fan of his choices.

I guess I have to hope we have a boy then (and fortunatley we have already decided on a few boys names to choose from).

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UriGeller · 19/08/2013 11:58

You could have Tatum and call her Tate for short. Although I think Tatum is rather weird (not in a good way), at least it has provenance as a girls name.

Tully makes me think of Slinky Malinky who stole a pencil or something from "Oliver Tulliver's den".

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