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WDYT of these girls names

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17caterpillars1mouse · 24/02/2018 21:20

What are your thoughts on the following girls names please

Bethan
Ruth
Madeline (mad-uh-line)
Raffaela nn Raffie
Olive
Elspeth nn Essie or Elsie
Flora nn Florrie
Rosalind nn Rosie

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Doratheexplorer78 · 25/02/2018 19:46

Love Olive. Would have used it myself but didn't go with our surname.

FeedtheTree · 25/02/2018 17:00

I love Elspeth. It was on my shortlist (we had boys).
Ruth is a cute middle name. Maybe a bit plain as a first name, though Ruthie is cute.
I've only heard Raffaella pronounced Raff-eye-ella.
How about Rosa as a short version of Rosaline

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 25/02/2018 16:36

Really love Flora.

PutYourSlippersOn · 25/02/2018 16:35

My favourite are Olive and Rafeala.

pangolinga · 25/02/2018 15:20

How about Rosamund or Rosanna?

NannyR · 25/02/2018 14:40

I love Rosalind, Bethan and Ruth are nice too. I don't like Olive at all.

Ickyockycocky · 25/02/2018 14:35

I like Rosalind and Madeleine.

thegreylady · 25/02/2018 14:30

Missed out Raffaella which I do like and would put second on the list.

thegreylady · 25/02/2018 14:29

Ruth
Rosalind
Madeleine
Bethan
Flora
Elspeth
Olive
That’s my order of preference (my mum was Ruth, born in 1923 and I don’t know any youngsters with the name).

MikeUniformMike · 25/02/2018 09:50

much not muh

MikeUniformMike · 25/02/2018 09:50

Bethan - Welsh short form of Elizabeth, hugely popular with Welsh speakers in the 1960s. Currently popular by non-Welsh speakers as a long form of Beth. A bit hmm.
Ruth - classic name. Ruthie is cute. I'm not mad about it but it's ok.
Madeline (mad-uh-line) - the Mad-uh-lyn pronunciation is ok. Mad-uh-line or Mad-uh-leen pronunciation dreadful. Caroline is muh nicer if you want the -line ending and can be shortened to Carrie or Carly.
Raffaela nn Raffie - dreadful
Olive - oily fruit
Elspeth nn Essie or Elsie - no. Elspeth is ok. Essie is a nail polish. Elsie is popular.
Flora nn Florrie
Rosalind nn Rosie

bridgetreilly · 25/02/2018 09:47

In order:
Rosalind nn Rosie
Ruth
Elspeth nn Essie or Elsie (LOVE Elsie)
Flora nn Florrie (Don't like Florrie. Just call her Flora)
Bethan
Madeline (mad-uh-line)
Raffaela nn Raffie
Olive

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 25/02/2018 09:42

Love Ruth.

Perfectnight · 25/02/2018 09:41

I don’t like any of them either sorry but Madeline is the best

DarkBlueEyes · 25/02/2018 09:40

I think I they are mostly boring. But I like Rafaela and Madeleine.

FeatheredTail · 25/02/2018 09:19

Madeline is lovely, but much prefer the traditional Madeleine spelling and of course the Mad-uh-lin pronunciation.

Rosalind is beautiful.

Flora is nice.

I really really don't like Bethan or Ruth....or Olive or Elspeth.

Raffaela is so quintessentially Italian; if you're Italian, go for it, its gorgeous. If you're not, I wouldn't use it, it's too try hard.

Afreshcuppateaplease · 25/02/2018 09:07

Dont like any Blush sorry

Elfyn · 25/02/2018 09:04

I like Olive, Elspeth, Flora and Raffaela.

Frazzled2207 · 25/02/2018 09:03

Like Bethan, Flora and Rosalind (think
Rosa nn is nicer than Rosie)

I'm Welsh and the problem with Bethan however is that the English can't pronounce it the Welsh way which is so much nicer IMO

Welsh- Beth-an where the a is a proper a like in ant
English - Beth-un

Jammycustard · 25/02/2018 07:53

I have an Elspeth we call Effie.

Rosalind is nice.

boomboom1234 · 25/02/2018 07:24

Olive and Bethan are my favourites. Lovely names.

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17caterpillars1mouse · 25/02/2018 07:20

Brazzle - as I really like it Mad-uh-line but know alot of people would assume like Madelyn which I'm not as fond of but not overly fussed about correcting people of the pronunciation we use if we were to use it

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C0untDucku1a · 24/02/2018 22:23

I like bethan and elspeth.

Sloppychops · 24/02/2018 22:21

I like Bethan and Flora.

BrazzleDazzleDay · 24/02/2018 22:17

I dislike them all, well madelines ok. Can I ask why you felt the need to pronunciate madeline?

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