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Anna, Iris or Miriam?

34 replies

gameofthename · 03/03/2015 09:04

We've narrowed it down to a shortlist of three, but can't seem to decide. Middle names would probably be:

Iris Elizabeth
Miriam Louisa
Anna Josephine (or Anna Beatrice)

Surname is one syllable starting with R. Thanks!

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Twinklestein · 09/03/2015 15:09

Iris Elizabeth is great.

Anna is waaay too common and Miriam is ghastly. (Do you know any Miriams under 50?)

GingerLDN · 06/03/2015 23:39

Love Anna and Iris. Miriam is a fuddy duddy name.

Castlelough · 05/03/2015 00:37

I like Miriam the best of those three lovely names! It's on my list!Grin

fizzycolagurlie · 04/03/2015 18:57

Lovely names. Now all you need to do is wait to see her little face and then see which name combo suits her the best.

raymama · 04/03/2015 18:07

Miriam is gorgeous! So classic.

Itchylegs · 04/03/2015 16:43

Miriam is gorgeous. Lovely with Louisa too.
Anna Josephine is classic.
I don't like Iris at all.

YouAreAngryyyyyyyy · 03/03/2015 20:01

In order

Anna
Iris
Miriam (I once knew a Mirielle, NN Miri)

All nice names Smile

higgidypiesarethebusiness · 03/03/2015 19:53

Miriam is my favourite out of these - rarely heard these days and will shine among all the Evies/Ellies/Sophias.

I knew one at school who called herself Mira most of the time- thought that was a rather lovely name in itself.

Iris is too flowery for my taste, and Anna is a bit dull.

verelab · 03/03/2015 14:33

Hi, I often bang on about this on the baby names thread but I'm afraid I really dislike Anna - it's just too symmetrical and sounds smug to me. Plus Frozen's use of it means it's gaining in popularity fast.

I think Miriam is gorgeous. Miriam Louisa or Miriam Beatrice both sound fab. I've only ever know three Miriams my whole life and they have always kept their full names i.e. no nicknames. This is another plus IMO

Iris seems to be becoming popular as others have said. Nice name though.

Go for Miriam. I don't know why I didn't consider it for my DD! Jealous emoticon!

akorda · 03/03/2015 14:25

Miriam is truly lovely. And really unusual. It has nice shortenings too - Miri; Merry; even Mary at a push.

Anna is nice but EVERYWHERE at the moment. Plus Frozen connection may well keep it rising up the charts. Iris is beautiful but a bit up and coming!

Miriam Louisa is swoonworthy!

Qwebec · 03/03/2015 14:21

Miriam/Myriam is such a beautiful name (biaised)
but all your chosen names are nice

lottieandmias · 03/03/2015 14:05

Anna, definitely

Guin1 · 03/03/2015 14:04

Definitely Miriam. Top of my list but can't persuade DH.

DramaAlpaca · 03/03/2015 13:30

Nice list. I like them all, so I'm no help at all really!

Sophronia · 03/03/2015 12:30

They're all beautiful. Miriam Louisa would be my pick.

squoosh · 03/03/2015 12:29

Iris is lovely.

Miriams are always fuddy duddys.

NadiaWadia · 03/03/2015 12:27

Anna is lovely, though pretty popular I suppose.
I also like Miriam, and it's a bit more unusual.

Can't really see the appeal of Iris.

Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses · 03/03/2015 11:18

Iris Elizabeth :)

They're all nice though, how refreshing!

whatsagoodusername · 03/03/2015 11:18

I really like Miriam, although not Louisa.

Anna Josephine sounds like an Austro-Hungarian princess to me.

SirVixofVixHall · 03/03/2015 11:17

I love all those, Iris is getting very popular though, if that bothers you. Anna is a timeless classic, and Miriam is beautiful and underused. You can't really go wrong with any of your choices.

Sandybananapants · 03/03/2015 11:14

Love all of them.

Nice names OP :)

LollyLondon · 03/03/2015 11:09

Iris Elizabeth or Anna Beatrice
Very pretty names!

loislines · 03/03/2015 10:25

I like all three first names, but not so keen on the middle names. My favourite is Miriam, but Anna Beatrice as suggested by pp is lovely.

Bowlersarm · 03/03/2015 09:53

Anna Beatrice

Moomaloo · 03/03/2015 09:52

I have an iris. It is definitely gaining popularity. I would vote for Miriam as less common and I love mim. I know one, and think it would suit any age. All three are lovely names though.