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Which is your favourite - please vote (girls names)

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rosepetalsoup · 25/02/2015 09:20

Agatha, Sylvia, Anna, Phoebe

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RubyFlint · 25/02/2015 22:11

Phoebe

jimmycrackcornbutidontcare · 25/02/2015 22:07

Anna

DramaAlpaca · 25/02/2015 22:06

I like all of them except Agatha.

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rosepetalsoup · 25/02/2015 22:02

I know the Sylvie version and recently lived in a country where it was the main one but I just think as she will live in the UK at least until she is grown up, and we are not French, that I should pick the Sylvia version (if we call her that)! Also it (i.e. with an 'a' on the end) is the version in several other European countries. But I do love Sylvie and I would probably call her that day to day.

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EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 25/02/2015 21:14

Aah I see. I don't think of Sylvie as a weak kind of name, I think of the French.

twomorecats · 25/02/2015 21:03

Sylvia. It's on my list I think it's lovely.

WhyHasTheGinGone · 25/02/2015 20:45

Sylvia easily. But absolutely Taggie as a nn for Agatha.

hollyisalovelyname · 25/02/2015 20:40

Anna
I hate the others

thoughtsbecomethings · 25/02/2015 20:33

Agatha Smile

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rosepetalsoup · 25/02/2015 20:29

Because I think it's a bit weaker than Sylvia, and it'd be nice for her to have the choice. After all she's not going to be my cute little girl all her life yes she is !! She'll need gravitas as a nuclear physicist/civil rights guru etc.

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EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 25/02/2015 19:31

Why not just go with Sylvie? that would be my first choice, followed by Anna, Phoebe and discounting Agatha.

Blondie87 · 25/02/2015 18:59

Sylvia with Sylvie as a nickname!

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rosepetalsoup · 25/02/2015 18:58

That's nice to know eightfiftysix!

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dawn1967 · 25/02/2015 18:55

Agatha
Sylvia
Anna
Phoebe

EightFiftySix · 25/02/2015 18:54

Sylvia, I have one and we call her Sylvie and Sylvia interchangeably. I love the meaning and it's not too common, but easily recognisable. It's in line with the Olivia, Julia, Victoria, Eva sounding names and also with the Rosie, Katie, Evie set. I like the modest dignity it conveys with a wee touch of glamour Smile.

Woozlebear · 25/02/2015 18:49

Anna or phoebe

nannyj · 25/02/2015 18:44

Agatha

HollyBdenum · 25/02/2015 18:42

Agatha.

HootOnTheBeach · 25/02/2015 18:40

Sylvia, as in Plath.

BikeRunSki · 25/02/2015 18:37

Anna
Sylvia
Agatha
Phoebe

RozTheSchnoz · 25/02/2015 18:37

I like Phoebe Smile

CarbeDiem · 25/02/2015 18:37

I was going with Phoebe.
Then I said Agatha out loud a few times and actually quite like it too.
Anna is okay.
I'm not fond of Sylvia.

AugustaGloop · 25/02/2015 18:34

Isn't Rupert Campbell Black's wife Taggie short for Agatha?

verelab · 25/02/2015 18:34

Plus the name Anna has (IMO) been further tarnished by Frozen!

Still love Sylvia. Also met a Silva the other day - thought that was rather nice.

verelab · 25/02/2015 18:32

Sylvia is gorgeous and not very common. Love this name. Sylvie is a very sweet nickname.

To my ears I'm afraid Anna is just a bit boring, plus there seem to be loads round here.

Phoebe is nice, but , again, there seem to be quite a few around

Don't really like Agatha - have you considered Agnes, which is a bit softer?

Good Luck!

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