Maia, Phoebe or Josephine?

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smiler99 · 05/09/2015 23:09

Deeply undecided between Phoebe (she will always have to suffer it being spelled incorrectly), Maia/Maja (same spelling issue), or Josephine (too classic/boring) but love them all! What do you think?

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Twooter · 05/09/2015 23:28

Josephine, love Josie as a nn.

SmugairleRoin · 05/09/2015 23:17

I like Maia, I think. Or Mara. To my ears it's the prettiest sound.

Josephine is ok, I can't imagine a baby Josephine. But then that doesn't really matter as she won't be a baby for long. In general I don't like these male changed to female names (Thomasina, Philippa etc).
Josy is quite a nice nickname for all ages, or Phiney?

I used to quite like Phoebe but having seen it a lot on MN I'm getting sick of it and think it will rise - so I would avoid.

Stompylongnose · 05/09/2015 23:16

People I know with a child called Phoebe are always asked if they are Friends fans. Would that bother you?
Love Maya/Maia/Maja. You'd have to spell it out but it's only 4 letters. I have a 6 letter surname that's tricky to spell and it honestly doesn't bother me so I nearly picked the name Louis/Louie for my son which is another name with multiple spellings. My first name is Catherine which is another name with more than one spelling.

NoExScoose · 05/09/2015 23:13

I'm one of those names I hated it growing up I was the only one all through school but I quite like it now and it is a classic name.

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