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5 names, which 1 would you go for?

80 replies

QueenMoon · 25/10/2016 15:20

Bonnie
Dottie
Mattie
Harrie
Maddie

These will be the names on the BC.

We have a Hollie.

Thanks!

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Paddingtonthebear · 25/10/2016 16:27

I'm not keen on any of them TBH, sorry!

I know a couple of people called Holly, and one called Hollie. Their sisters are called Megan, Amy, Georgina and Laura.

PragmaticWench · 25/10/2016 16:26

Carrie?

I'd use something with a full name on the birth certificate though, as these are all nicknames, apart from Bonnie.

clary · 25/10/2016 16:26

Mattie sounds like a boy, really sorry.

I like the name Bonnie but I am not sure Hollie and Bonnie sound great together... if that matters?

Harrie really sounds like a boy.

Maddie is nice, I know kids called just Maddie, doesn't really raise any eyebrows. Tha's prob the best bet :)

Floralnomad · 25/10/2016 16:26

Bonnie is the only one that is a proper name but it's hideous for a person , OK for dogs and ponies . Can you not find another proper name even if you change to an 'ie' spelling like
Daisie
Carlie
Kylie

NipSlipper · 25/10/2016 16:24

I like Bonnie.

The rest feel like nicknames (Maddie=Madeleine, Dottie = Dorothy, Mattie = Matilda)

Harrie is awful.

whatstheplanphil · 25/10/2016 16:23

I really like Bonnie and Dotty x

KoalaDownUnder · 25/10/2016 16:22

Lottie?

(Please not Harrie! Shock)

WitchesGlove · 25/10/2016 16:22

Harrie- cute, but could it be short for Harriet?

Paddingtonthebear · 25/10/2016 16:21

Hattie? (Harriet)

Sophronia · 25/10/2016 16:15

Not keen on any of them, but Bonnie is probably the best of the lot

KoalaDownUnder · 25/10/2016 16:04

There are so many Maddies around, though, and they're all short for Madeline or Madison. She'll be forever explaining herself. Sad

Diddlydokey · 25/10/2016 15:52

Dottie - losing marbles.

Maddie is nice

millymae · 25/10/2016 15:51

I like Bonnie as a name but not with a sister called Hollie - they sound too similar to me. What about Cassie or Tilly.

Ida3456 · 25/10/2016 15:51

I like Mattie but if I were you I'd call her Matilda and shorten it to mattie

hoddtastic · 25/10/2016 15:49

is it for a puppy or a person? A proper name for a real person.

CharminglyGawky · 25/10/2016 15:39

Bonnie because it is the only one that won't have the kid explaining for the rest of her life that no it isn't short for anything!

Marcipex · 25/10/2016 15:38

I love Hollie with the ie ending, I don't really know why but it's very pretty.

Marcipex · 25/10/2016 15:37

Maddie is sweet.

Not Dottie, it means a bit unhinged.

228agreenend · 25/10/2016 15:34

They sound like nicknames to me.

Harriet nn harrie
Dorothy nn Dorothy
Matilda nn Mattie

Bonnie is okay.

What about Marnie?

ageingrunner · 25/10/2016 15:34

Maddie

TheWrathFromHighAtopTheThing · 25/10/2016 15:33

I love Mattie.

Bonnie is truly dreadful. I'm Scottish, up here it would be like calling your daughter 'Beautiful'.

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 25/10/2016 15:31

Are Mattie and Harrie names for a girl on their own? Matilda or Harriet yes, but I've never heard of anyone actually named Mattie or Harrie as their whole name.

As a PP suggested, Sophie goes well with Hollie if you want two "ie" names?

2014newme · 25/10/2016 15:29

Maddie is best of a bad bunch. Bonnie and hollie?😂😂

KoalaDownUnder · 25/10/2016 15:28

I like Bonnie best.

Admittedly, not great with Hollie, but I really don't like the others.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 25/10/2016 15:27

I knew a Hollie with a sister called Sophie - that worked.