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Amanda or Vanessa?

37 replies

Supersesame · 05/09/2013 20:45

I'm back with a new set! Thought Harriet was our name but once I paired it with our surname it sounds dreadful.
Both of these sound ok with surname.
I'm trying to avoid any of the current trendy names as we did with our DS. I'm so pleased we took a risk with his name so I don't mind taking a risk again!

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DanicaJones · 06/09/2013 00:43

I like Vanessa. Not sure about Amanda as it's my name and I neither love it nor hate it. I think you don't need to wait a hundred years for it to be ok to revive a name. If you like a name from the 70s or 80s then go for it.

Saffyz · 05/09/2013 22:50

I like both Smile Slightly prefer Vanessa.

CatAmongThePigeons · 05/09/2013 22:28

I don't like either, sorry! Blush One of them is my name and I hated the bullying rhymes and it is soooo clunky to say.

WinkyWinkola · 05/09/2013 22:23

Vanessa. Elegant and timeless.

Amanda is really not a nice name. Sorry to all Amandas!

mathanxiety · 05/09/2013 22:20

Vanessa, Vanessa, Vanessa.

Choose Vanessa.

AgadorSpartacus · 05/09/2013 21:59

I like Amanda not Mandy Shock never Mandy.

And Amanda means 'worthy of love'. Which I agree with cos I am

stretch · 05/09/2013 21:54

Vanessa. Friend was Van throughout teens (cool name), then Nessa when adult. Amanda is nice, but not keen on Mandy.

Cassieyellow · 05/09/2013 21:50

Like Vanessa. Nessa may be nick name but nothing else.

NadiaWadia · 05/09/2013 21:02

I know Amanda was very popular in the 60s/70s but it is still a very pretty name, so why not? You could start the revival!

Vanessa is OK, but not as nice.

MirandaGoshawk · 05/09/2013 21:02

Do you like Mandy? If not, I'd go for Vanessa, but don't know how you'd shorten it - Nessie?

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Supersesame · 05/09/2013 21:02

I know me too. Lots of thirty something Amandas but can't picture naming my baby it!

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hawkmcqueen · 05/09/2013 21:00

Ooh, interesting! I really like Vanessa, classic and have only ever met one.

Not as keen on Amanda. Just can't picture a baby Amanda for whatever reason!

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