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Effie or Ezra ?

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ClementineAndCordelia · 02/02/2015 22:33

Hi everyone - this is my first ever Mumsnet post , so please go easy Wink . DC 2 is due in a couple of months and we're down to two names for a DD . I realise Ezra is usually a boys name, but we live very rurally and there aren't any boys with this name in the area . We LOVE it for a girl . Have also always loved Effie . Middle name will be Clementine .
Which- if you had to choose- do you prefer ? Thanks Smile

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looki · 06/02/2015 11:30

I like the name Ezra, really like it in fact. For a boy.

If you are going to choose either as a girl's name, I would absolutely go with Effie.

SunnyBaudelaire · 06/02/2015 10:40

"I know a girl called Ezra, I think it's lovely. It's not just a boys name"
ummm sorry but it is a boy's name, no question. That poor girl.

squoosh · 06/02/2015 10:37

'It's not just a boys name, hate it when people say things like that.'

You hate when people refer to boy's names as boys names? Oh yeah, infuriating!

nooka · 06/02/2015 04:20

Of course Ezra is for boys, it's a masculine name! We were going to use it for our second, but she turned out to be a girl so we couldn't use it. Which was sad as I think it is a great name. For a boy!

Boys aren't randomly given girl's names, I think it is a bit weird really.

Is Floryn a name? I have heard of Florent, Florin and Florian (all boys names) but Florrie to me is a nn for Florence or at a push Flora.

I think you should go for Mabel Grin

HolidayHunterTeam · 05/02/2015 22:53

I know a girl called Ezra, I think it's lovely. It's not just a boys name, hate it when people say things like that.

carbolicsoaprocked · 05/02/2015 22:47

Sorry, x-posted. To me Alba is just like calling your daughter Scotland but I'm Scottish. LOVE Floryn and Mabel, especially with Clementine. Gorgeous.

carbolicsoaprocked · 05/02/2015 22:43

Ezra is a great name for a guy, weird for a girl but Esra is slightly better. Be prepared for lots of people saying Essra though. Effie is better but like pp's said I'd make it short for something, mainly to give choice.

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ClementineAndCordelia · 05/02/2015 21:41

Thanks to everyone above who has taken the time to comment and give me and DH lots to ponder on ! Particular thanks to those who've said nice things or at least been constructive ! We have moved away from Ezra now , but new Turkish girls name Esra makes the short list . DH has vetoed Effie . We're liking Alba and also Floryn ( nn florrie ) . I also strangely love Mabel . DH is just pulling his hair out already ;)
Anyway this one may also be a boy so will start with new boys name thread ( oddly we don't like Ezra for a boy :-/ yes we are strange !) thanks again !

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EeekNumber4 · 04/02/2015 12:58

I think Esra is lovely. Effie is also pretty. Have you considered Ettie?

AShiningTiger · 04/02/2015 11:00

Why not Azra?

HoldenCaulfield80 · 04/02/2015 10:56

I'm friend with a Francesca who we call Effie (as in the F). She gets Frankie too so it's pretty versatile!

turdfairynomore · 03/02/2015 18:00

As a pp has mentioned Ezri (Dax) is a star trek character. I know a baby girl named after her.

PunkAssMoFo · 03/02/2015 17:43

Esra if you must.

Clementine is lovely.

squoosh · 03/02/2015 17:27

It was more a general musing anyway. Some celeb recently named their daughter Wyatt, I just don't get it.

squoosh · 03/02/2015 17:25

But if you had a son I'm sure it wouldn't be the case that your favourite names for a boy happened to be girls names.

My point was that you never hear of anyone trying to make a girls name fit a boy. Why is it that it's okay for a girl to be given a boys name but not the other way around?

Laquila · 03/02/2015 17:15

Squoosh I'm a bit bemused by your post...I'm not leading any charge - I'm saying that our two of our favourite names for girls happened to be more traditionally used for boys. I'm not gunning for Emily to be used as a boys' name because I don't think it makes a nice boys' name, see?

LaceyLee · 03/02/2015 15:48

Both pretty bad sorry, Effie sounds like effing and I agree it sounds weak! Clementine would be great as a first name IMO!

notarehearsal · 03/02/2015 15:31

Obviously not a ds from skins, that would be just weird

squoosh · 03/02/2015 15:22

But doesn't Effie sound a bit like a sigh? It's lacking a bit of vim and vigour.

notarehearsal · 03/02/2015 15:17

Ooh Effie! I begged and begged my daughter to call her first born this but she produced a DS
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crazygirluk · 03/02/2015 15:05

How about Ezri? My husband likes this name and it's a woman in star trek apparently.

Blahia · 03/02/2015 15:01

Siiigh.... People are just so unnecessarily rude on mumsnetters name forum!

Ezra is not awful, and Esra is not a misspelt boys' name, it's a Turkish girls' name!

Esra is great. Could be ahort for Esmeralda like someone suggested (though maybe a bit long with Clementine as the middle name!). And I like Effie too :) probably prefer Esra out of them all. :)

nauticant · 03/02/2015 14:29

Euphemia. I think I grew up with too many of them to see it as anything other than an old ladies name.

It always makes me think of euphonium so I tend it hear it with an accompanying comical sound effect.

geebie · 03/02/2015 13:55

Esra Clementine and Effie Clementine. Adorable, love them!
Slight preference for Esra....no, actually for Effie. Aaaaggh, both, brilliant!

velocityofbeans · 03/02/2015 13:37

I do actually know a female Ezra, it was strange at first, but now I can't imagine her being called anything else. I think you should go with what you like, but maybe be prepared for her to change it when she is older

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