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we have a shortlist for dd6 (dc10) opinions please

35 replies

oldbutnotpastit · 18/03/2014 15:02

dd6 due in early July we have a short list i'll list them in order of preference

Miranda
Hermione
we both love these 2

however ,we have others on our longer shortlist just in case she doesn't suit either of these .
they are

Cecilia i love this dh likes it but doesn't love it and dd5's mn is Cecily
Clarissa we both like this a lot but with the death of clarissa d-w will everyone just think 2 fat ladies .

then we have the wild cards which we both love but are not 100% certain about
Winifred we both love this .we love it's meaning but are surname begins with W and ends in D. Is it too clunky . we're not sure it fits with her sisters' names
Merewen we both love it's meaning and it's sound but is it too out there and is the fact it rhymes with heroin/heroine an issue .
Priscilla is the nn prissy a deal breaker?

any advice opinions greatly received but please be gentle .

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MissHC · 18/03/2014 16:40

Wow 10th DC! Congrats!

I like Miranda. Goes well for when she's grown up too.

Not a fan of Hermione - too Harry Potter-esque

Really like Cecilia - it's beautiful. Don't think middle name is an issue.

Don't like Clarissa (reminds of silence of the lambs and too many s-sounds - bit like a snake sound) and I really dislike Winifred.

Merewen is my favourite one on your list. I think it's Scottish?

Priscilla I don't like either. Reminds me of the musical & Elvis Presley.

ImAThrillseekerHoney · 18/03/2014 16:39

Mind you it also reminds me of Winifred Atwell - who is the surprisingly cool answer to the question "who was the first black person to have a UK number one single?"

ImAThrillseekerHoney · 18/03/2014 16:37

My late grandmother was christened Winifred in 1916 due to family politics. Nobody ever used it because it was so awful.

It also makes me think of the nice but plain girl in Ballet Shoes who is perennially overshadowed by the glamorous Fossil girls.

UriGeller · 18/03/2014 16:35

Hermione Hermione Hermione. The more you say it the better it gets!

manicinsomniac · 18/03/2014 16:32

Miranda - gorgeous and seems strangely underused. I know 3 under 8 but it doesn't appear in the top 300 official list so it can't be common.

Hermione - quite like it. Never met one.

Cecilia - quite like it. Again, never met one. I don't think the middle name is an issue.

Clarissa - really like it and I've never heard of a Clarissa D-W?

Winifred - really really dislike this, sorry. Don't think Winnie is any better either. It was my great grandma's name. I've never heard it used anywhere else.

Merewen - never heard it before. Quite pretty. Is it Welsh?

Priscilla - don't like it. Just isn't a pretty sound. Don't know any.

You have TEN children?!?! Wow! I'd so love to know the names of your others!

Delphiniumsblue · 18/03/2014 16:21

Miranda or Cecilia. Don't call the poor thing Winifred, it is dreadful.

hunreeeal · 18/03/2014 16:13

Miranda and Hermione are both lovely names.

I don't like the others mentioned. Stick with the first two! Smile

Marcipex · 18/03/2014 16:12

I do like Merewen and hadn't noticed the rhyme or nearly rhyme.

I wouldn't want to be called either Prissy or Cilla myself, so I wouldn't choose Priscilla.

I am longing to know what previous 5 (or ten) names you have used!

fryingpantoface · 18/03/2014 16:06

I like Merewen

Marcipex · 18/03/2014 16:01

Miranda is lovely, Cecilia is nice too.

Sorry, but I think Winifred is really dingy and staid.