Active discussions

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Please give these girls name a score /10

145 replies

TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 10:27

0 being hate it, 10 being love it. DH and I are at impasse so decided to get scientific

Frieda
Claudia
Tabitha
Rosalind
Meredith
Elizabeth
Thea
Phoebe
Martha

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
DoctorLawn · 16/04/2015 15:21

Ooh yes - graph please!

Allalonenow · 16/04/2015 15:19

Helena 9

Allalonenow · 16/04/2015 15:17

Frieda 2
Claudia 3
Tabitha 4
Rosalind 9
Meredith 0
Elizabeth 8
Thea 6
Phoebe 7
Martha minus 4

Would score Thea higher if it was nn for Theadora or Dorothea

MarianneBrandon · 16/04/2015 14:57

Helena - 7

MarianneBrandon · 16/04/2015 14:56

Frieda - 0
Claudia - 3
Tabitha - 7
Rosalind - 6
Meredith - 10
Elizabeth - 10
Thea - 3
Phoebe - 10
Martha - 5

HermiaDream · 16/04/2015 14:54

This reply has been deleted

Message deleted by MNHQ. Here's a link to our Talk Guidelines.

TagineKaput · 16/04/2015 13:13

Oops just realised you said you you're going to stop now. Oh well, there's mine anyway.

TagineKaput · 16/04/2015 13:12

Frieda 2/10
Claudia 8/10
Tabitha 7/10
Rosalind 6/10
Meredith 4/10
Elizabeth 3/10
Thea 5/10
Phoebe 7/10
Martha 10/10
Helena 8/10

Penguinsaresmall · 16/04/2015 13:05

Frieda 1
Claudia 6
Tabitha 3
Rosalind 2
Meredith 4
Elizabeth 1
Thea 4
Phoebe 7
Martha 5
Helena 7

squoosh · 16/04/2015 12:57

Have fun analysing the data! Go mad with the pie charts.

Please give these girls name a score /10
AugustaGloop · 16/04/2015 12:53

Helena (pronounced Helen-a) 7

AugustaGloop · 16/04/2015 12:48

I like this game!

Frieda 6
Claudia 6
Tabitha 6
Rosalind 8
Meredith 5
Elizabeth 9
Thea 10
Phoebe 10
Martha 7

Original poster
TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 12:48

OK, CraicDealer, you snuck in. Because you like graphs.

OP posts:
saffronwblue · 16/04/2015 12:46

hoping for some whizz bang animated graphs.

TheCraicDealer · 16/04/2015 12:45

Please also include a graph, I like a nice graph.

TheCraicDealer · 16/04/2015 12:45

Frieda 0
Claudia 10
Tabitha 2
Rosalind 8
Meredith 5
Elizabeth 8
Thea 7
Phoebe 4
Martha 7
Helena 9

Please tell us the results!

Original poster
TremoloGreen · 16/04/2015 12:44

Wowsers, thank you so much everyone, I'm going to have to call a cut-off in data collection now, otherwise I'm going to have to hire someone to do the data entry! Thanks a million, I'll be back on this evening to let you know the results Grin

OP posts:
saffronwblue · 16/04/2015 12:38

Frieda 6
Claudia 7
Tabitha 3
Rosalind 6
Meredith 6
Elizabeth 10
Thea 5
Phoebe 10
Martha 9
Helena 9

Have you considered Jocelyn? Or Celia? Or Agatha?

charlyn · 16/04/2015 12:30

Helena 5/10

Fleecyleesy · 16/04/2015 11:56

Frieda 1
Claudia 2
Tabitha 1
Rosalind 4
Meredith 7
Elizabeth 7
Thea 4
Phoebe 4
Martha 6
Helena 6

sumoweeble · 16/04/2015 11:53

Helena 4

sumoweeble · 16/04/2015 11:51

Frieda 4
Claudia 3
Tabitha 3
Rosalind 4
Meredith 3
Elizabeth 7
Thea 1
Phoebe 3
Martha 7

Enb76 · 16/04/2015 11:49

If I saw the name Freda written down, I would question whether to pronounce it FREYda though, no?

I don't think so - and it's easily corrected. Most people will know Freda as a name. My daughter's name is very English with a very English spelling and people get hers wrong simply because they've not heard the name before (how they haven't, I don't know)

OftheTwilighttheDarkness · 16/04/2015 11:47

Frieda - 2/10 - it is not a vile name but it makes me think of the blue peter tortoise
Claudia - 4/10
Helena - 6/10
Tabitha - 8/10
Rosalind - 4/10
Meredith 10/10
Thea 10/10 - this is my favourite of your list
Phoebe 9/10
Martha 8/10
Elizabeth 8/10

squoosh · 16/04/2015 11:46

The Plath/Hughes connection is what I think of. It depresses me to be honest. Her life has been so dominated by her parents' shadow.