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Girls name - which do you prefer?

34 replies

whoopsiedaisy123 · 24/11/2016 16:50

Please put in order of preference...

Molly
Hattie
Autumn
Savannah
Athina
Maisie
Darcie
Scarlett
Lottie
Violet

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Holding · 25/11/2016 23:46

Hattie and Lottie are nicknames - both nice enough but should be Harriet and Charlotte.
Molly, Violet and Maisie are okay.
Savannah isn't my cup of tea but not dreadful.
Athena (spelled like that) is also ok but I find it a tad pretentious.
I can't bear Darcie.
Scarlett is pretty enough but quite a tough one for a child to pull off I think.
I would never use Autumn but I do sort of love it.

mathanxiety · 25/11/2016 21:22

Lizzieoak, It's not posh where I live at all. Very Wonder bread and Miracle Whip I would say (I am in the US). But the daughter of Peter Phillips (son of Princess Anne) is Savannah. His wife is a Canadian citizen, Autumn (nee Kelly).

lizzieoak · 25/11/2016 20:16

Didn't one of Anne's children marry a Canadian? That might account for it some of us have names like that. Moderny names. I suppose if I was a Victorian I'd be huffing and puffing over the trend for "new" names like Oscar and Hilda.

Pemba · 25/11/2016 19:27

It was quite a surprising choice really.

Pemba · 25/11/2016 19:25

I wouldn't think of it as posh, lizzie, but the Queen has a great-granddaughter named Savannah (not one with a title, Princess Anne's granddaughter I think)

Shesinfashion · 25/11/2016 17:59

I had a baby/toddler Lottie. When she was old enough to know her full name, that's what she wanted to be called. Your Lottie could become a Charlotte.

Luckily I like both names but I do prefer Lottie.

roseteapot101 · 25/11/2016 17:56

i like Lottie

dotdotdotmustdash · 25/11/2016 17:32

Darcy, Autumn, Athena, Scarlet

Not into Lottie, Molly (blurgh) or Hattie. Savannah is odd and Violet is 106 and smells of wee.

lizzieoak · 25/11/2016 17:29

Ya, Athina is not the right spelling.

To me Savannah sounds like either an African veldt, a city in the US, or just ... I don't know. I suppose the sound is nice enough, but it's not all about the sound or no-one would name their kid Harriet (which I quite like). There's cultural factors, literary connotations etc.

User1987654 · 25/11/2016 16:33

Savannah ( it's an American name but very pretty) , Autumn & Violet.
I like Lottie but only if short for Charlotte.
I like Athena but Athina is horrid spelling.

Not crazy on the rest.

lizzieoak · 25/11/2016 16:04

Mathanxiety - is Savannah a posh name in the UK? Where I live it's quite the opposite, so I'm curious about that.

mathanxiety · 25/11/2016 06:30

I put them in groups in order of preference.

Hattie, Athena (not Athina), Lottie - not too bad, as long as Hattie and Lottie are nns for Harriet or Henrietta, and Charlotte.
Athena is only there if spelled that way.

Violet, Autumn, Savannah - ok names. Minor royal wannabe to some extent?

Molly, Maisie - very twee.

Darcie, Scarlett - Darcie has 'arse' in the middle and Scarlett is really clunky, and also features in Dublin slang, meaning 'mortified with embarrassment'.

PitilessYank · 25/11/2016 05:45

Molly and Violet are my two favorites. Most of the others sound a little dated to me.

nat73 · 25/11/2016 05:17

Don't ask yorself what is a good name for a 2 year old. Ask you self what is a good name for an adult woman!

lizzieoak · 25/11/2016 04:46

Maisie
Violet
Hattie
Lottie
Autumn
Molly

Darcie, Athena & Savannah I'm equally unseen on.

CouldIHaveIt · 25/11/2016 04:36

Depends a bit on your surname, but without that...

  1. Molly
  2. Hattie. (Have you heard of Hattie Jakes??)
  3. Autumn
  4. Savannah
  5. Athina
  6. Maisie (but Maisy)
  7. Darcie (Darcy)
  8. Scarlett (though there's a very special MN Scarlett I light candles for xx)
  9. Lottie
10. Violet (Too much like Violence for me)
HearTheThunderRoar · 25/11/2016 04:27
  1. Autumn - love this.
  2. Savannah
  3. Hattie
  4. Molly
  5. Maisie

The rest do nothing for me OP.

PterodactylToenails · 25/11/2016 00:53

Hattie

Quercus3 · 24/11/2016 23:41

Savannah
Violet
Autumn
Molly
Lottie
Athena
Hattie
Scarlett
Maisie
Darcie

Pluto30 · 24/11/2016 19:50

In order of preference:

  1. Violet
  2. Scarlett
  3. Hattie
  4. Savannah
  5. Lottie
  6. Maisie
  7. Molly
  8. Autumn
  9. Darcie (prefer the spelling Darcy)
10. Athina (prefer the spelling Athena)
Bluntness100 · 24/11/2016 19:37

Autumn for me. That's a lovely name.

Sleepybeanbump · 24/11/2016 19:35

Not keen on any aide from Violet. I like Hattie, Lottie etc but only as nicknames not actual names.

And Athina reads like a typo of Athena to me.

MikeUniformMike · 24/11/2016 19:31

Don't like any of them particularly. Think of abbreviated forms too. Darce. Moll, Hat, Lot, Scaz. Vile, Theenz.. etc. Of that lot, I'd choose (Charlotte shortened to) Lottie.

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 24/11/2016 19:25

Molly
Savannah

Not keen on the others.

TheNaze73 · 24/11/2016 19:25

Hattie, Darcie & Athina

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