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If I said my children were called...

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Wishful80sMontage · 12/07/2015 08:23

Georgia and Harriet- you would think...?
(My dd is Georgia and Harriet is front runner for girl name choice for dc2)

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babymouse · 13/07/2015 21:30

They sound nice together like two characters in a book.

4EverScottish · 13/07/2015 20:20

Sorry, posted in a rush and thought you were choosing between the two. I think they go nicely together and the boy thing wouldn't occur to me.

4EverScottish · 13/07/2015 20:19

Oh, and in case it wasn't clear, I'd prefer Harriet.

4EverScottish · 13/07/2015 20:19

I'd think of Harriet the Spy as it was one of my favourite childhood books and that it was more unusual than Georgia. As for Georgia, I'd like the spelling better than Jorja which I've seen a few times recently.

Twinkie1 · 13/07/2015 20:14

We have a Harriet and Georgia was going to be DD2's name.

Most of the posts on here would describe our family.

I've never thought of the masculine name thing.

EmmaWoodlouse · 13/07/2015 20:10

i think they are nice names that are a bit "trendy old-fashioned" without being as over-used as some of the others in that category. I'd expect to have quite a lot in common with you.

pretzelpieces · 12/07/2015 23:44

Didn't think of the boy thing at all. Nice names. I especially like Harriet.

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Wishful80sMontage · 12/07/2015 16:35

Thank you that's reassuring as I do love Harriet and think it sounds nice with Georgia . Thanks for the input :)

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reuset · 12/07/2015 11:37

Boy 'thing' didn't occur at all.

reuset · 12/07/2015 11:34

Nothing, they're both mainstream popular names. Nice names, nothing negative. Middle class once upon a time perhaps Harriet, but too popular now to make assumptions.

Henrietta and Georgiana would make me add a 'middle class' tag'

Pedestriana · 12/07/2015 10:37

I think they're very nice names and I would make no assumptions. I know a Georgia, a Georgina and a Harriet. None of the mothers had wished their girls were boys or perceived the names to be masculinised, they were names they liked.

SylvanianCaracal · 12/07/2015 10:32

No, although I would make an assumption that you were quite posh, the boy thing wouldn't have occurred to me at all.

Zebda · 12/07/2015 10:27

I'd immediately think middle class (like me) too although to me that doesn't automatically translate to SAHM Hmm

I think both of those are very flexible names which will give your DDs plenty of scope to become what they want to be as they develop their identities. Good choices!

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Wishful80sMontage · 12/07/2015 10:18

Thanks everyone for your opinions. I don't mind the class assumptions etc although private school is way off.
It was to see if a lot of people thought the boys name thing as it's come up a couple of times so wanted to see if this thread was mainly that as a response. I feel comfortable if the odd person might think that now and again but I wouldn't want the announcement to be met with 'she must have really wanted a boy' that wouldn't be the case at all either way I'm happy.
But if people do think the boy thing please say as I want to make an informed decision.
Thanks for the input :)

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DansonslaCapucine · 12/07/2015 10:12

Harriet is a lovely name. It wouldn't occur to me that they are feminised male names and to extrapolate from that - that you wanted boys. What an awful thing to think. Please don't let that put you off.

youarekiddingme · 12/07/2015 10:07

Boy thing never occurred to me either. Or the MC with private school bit.

But then I know a Harriett who is a Harry and a very lovable down to earth woman.

And I know a Georgia (not related) who is not MC in the slightest, and is equally delightful.

brusselsproutwarning · 12/07/2015 10:04

Didn't think of the boy version at all . I think they sound quite posh names.

TRexingInAsda · 12/07/2015 09:54

Both lovely names, the boy thing didn't even occur to me until you mentioned it, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

mrstweefromtweesville · 12/07/2015 09:43

Both names are very sensible. Well done.

SanityClause · 12/07/2015 09:38

If you don't like Harry, don't go for Harriet. You may call her Hattie, all you like, but you can't stop her friends shortening her name in whatever way they choose.

(Having said that, I do know a Charlotte, who is always Lottie, but that is because Lottie was given as her preferred name at the school. She has never been known as anything else.)

Oh, but I do like those names. And, yes, they do "place" you, a bit. But, so what? You are who you are.

Reiltin · 12/07/2015 09:33

We have a Harriet and if the next one were gone a girl, she'd be Georgina Smile

BriocheBriocheBrioche · 12/07/2015 09:31

I know of two grown up sisters that are Harriet and Georgia, I have never thought of the names of being feminised names of male names - just classic, strong and elegant!

SylvanianCaracal · 12/07/2015 09:28

I offer you Beatrix / Bea.

SylvanianCaracal · 12/07/2015 09:27

I'd think you were posh, had a range rover and used private school. It's not the Georgia that does it though, it's the Harriet! Georgia and Alex, Lily or Isobel, for example, would take you more into guardian reader territory :o

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Wishful80sMontage · 12/07/2015 09:19

Harriet is the name we both agree on.
Edith is a possibility but we don't love it as much.
My choices of Camilla, Philippa and Catherine nn Kitty have been vetoed

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