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Oppinions please :)

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Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 06:44

On Henrietta?

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ByThePowerOfRa · 03/12/2017 14:41

I love it! I think it’s a great name. Think I may be in the minority though.

MammieBear · 03/12/2017 09:36

Annette
Lynette
Bernardette
Marionette
Juliette
Elisabette

Mrsknackered · 03/12/2017 09:25

I really don't like it, sorry.

I know a Hetty who is Hester, if you like that?

NannyR · 30/11/2017 13:05

I quite like it. I've only known one child called Henrietta and she was known as Harrie. Ettie is a nice shortening too.

pipilangstrumpf · 30/11/2017 13:01

Henrietta is beautiful and much more feminine than Harriett which sounds harsh imo.

daisypond · 30/11/2017 12:43

I think Henrietta is much better than Harriet, which is a name I really don't like. Henrietta does have a bit of a posh vibe to it to my ears. Or you could use Henriette. Juliet/Juliette?

Smoliver · 30/11/2017 08:08

Love this name.

There was a girl in my school with this name (admittedly her nickname was Hen Grin but she liked being called that!) I remember thinking how cool and unique her name was.

NotAgainYoda · 28/11/2017 06:31

Etta?

DeadDoorpost · 28/11/2017 03:41

Another one who had a chicken called Henrietta. Named after the NCIS:L.A. character Hetty.

There's a list of names here that end in -ette.

www.parenting.com/baby-names/lists/ooh-la-la-flirty-ette-names

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 28/11/2017 03:31

How about Harriette, Hettie ?

PhatSlag · 27/11/2017 19:44

It really sounds like a chicken’s name. However, I think I could be basing this on my viewing of Peppa Pig where Granny Pig has chickens and one of them may or may not be named Henrietta.

AdaColeman · 27/11/2017 19:42

I really like it, much more so than Harriet or Hilary.

I'm not keen on Etta as a nn though, Hettie or Hattie are much sweeter.

Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 27/11/2017 19:40

Lol Faith I wonder if we knew the same Henrietta Mann? Shock

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Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 19:28

Ha it does sound a superb name for a feathery friend ! I like hettie, but want a fuller name for her b.c :)

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Tinselistacky · 27/11/2017 18:56

Ah Henrietta. ..
Our lovely sadly no longer with us chicken!!
Hettie instead?

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Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 18:53

*girls names which end in ette

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Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 18:52

I really like Harriet, but a number of my friends already have little Harriet's .
I like the Etta at the end of th name, and girls name with end in ette too (like Bernadette)
Any suggestions would be most welcome :)

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Pemba · 27/11/2017 17:35

Don't like it, clunky and a bit stodgy and quite a mouthful. Harriet is much nicer.

bridgetreilly · 27/11/2017 17:05

Henrietta is a lovely name. Hettie, Henry, Hennie, Etta - lots of lovely nicknames as well.

Henriella is, well, not a name.

Olivelor · 27/11/2017 14:44

Henrietta does not sound great to me too. How about Henriella or even Hennie.

TheodoreTheChipmunk · 27/11/2017 14:30

Not nice.

grasspigeons · 27/11/2017 10:45

Its a nice name. It wouldn't raise any eyebrows, there aren't lots of them, people know how to spell it.
I personally prefer Harriet or Marietta but its not my baby.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/11/2017 10:30

❤️ Etta.

teaortequila23 · 27/11/2017 09:35

I love it!
I’m sick of people (celebs) naming their kids weird names that are not names and I feel like we should bring back the classics!

SuperBeagle · 27/11/2017 09:29

Don't like it. It was my great grandmother's name. She was apparently a tyrant, so my association with the name has compounded my dislike for it. Grin