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Girls’ names - sister for Harriet

62 replies

BananaBlaps · 07/05/2018 06:52

Only 9 weeks pregnant, but if I like these names...what else might I like. I know it might be a boy but focussing on girls for now!

Middle name would be Rosemary.

  • Connie (I’m not overly keen on Constance but also wouldn’t really want to put a nickname as her full name on birth certificate). But I love Connie.
  • Tabitha (too much?)
  • Abigail (just really like Abi as a nn)
  • Anna (love it - DH says no)
  • Clara
  • Flora (love it - apart from the spread connotations!)
  • Vivienne
  • Catherine (DH likes - I’m a bit meh about it)

So, thoughts on the above please and any more to add?

Thanks!

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Mrsknackered · 07/05/2018 08:37

I love lots off of your list, and really like Rosemary. My favourites are Connie, Tabitha and Clara. I think you could have Connie as an outright name. Other suggestions:

Raya
Sabine
Honor
Liberty
Ailsa

IVflytrap · 07/05/2018 08:24
  • rest of your list
IVflytrap · 07/05/2018 08:23

I knew someone called Connie and it wasn't short for anything. Nickname names are more acceptable these days and I think Connie is one of those where it works. If not, and you still don't like Constance, there is Cornelia or Constantina, both of which can be shortened to Connie. Maybe Corinne could too, at a stretch?

Out of the rest of your lost, I really like Tabitha, Anna and Clara. Other suggestions:

Cora. Jessamine. Mabel. Lorna. Leah. Alexandra. Angela. Livia. Alicia. Evelyn. Maeve. Niamh. Tessa. Maura. Talia. Alba. Fleur. Nina. Marie.

Oysterbabe · 07/05/2018 08:18

How about Cornelia instead of Constance?
I like Cora mentioned above.
Annabel instead of Anna? I think it sounds nice with Harriet.

RoundaboutSnail · 07/05/2018 08:02

I like Abigail, Anna and Clara.

Hannah
Angela
Cassia
Jemima
Charlotte
Julia
Georgia
Melissa
Diana
Susannah
Stella

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BananaBlaps · 07/05/2018 07:47

Thanks guys.

What do you think about using Connie / Constance? Ie. I like the nn Connie but not Constance?

Of the names suggested:

  • love susannah, nancy, Alice (DH doesn’t)
  • am adding Genevieve. Love love this. Thank you!
  • like jemima I think
  • we both like Lydia but I say Lydia and I hear chlamydia (don’t think I can get past this!!

Anymore?

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BettyPitts · 07/05/2018 07:14

Harriet and either Hester or Esther sounds nice I think

Wishfulmakeupping · 07/05/2018 07:12

Catherine with Kitty as a nn works well with Harriet
Also think Lydia or Georgia would be lovely names with Harriet
Abigail is another nice option

Sophronia · 07/05/2018 07:11

I like all the names on your list except Clara.

Suggestions...

Alice
Louisa
Florence
Marianne
Helena
Katherine
Annabel
Martha
Frances
Isobel
Audrey
Georgina
Adelaide
Imogen
Matilda
Adeline
Beatrice
Cecilia
Juliet
Cecily
Genevieve
Cora
Josephine
Philippa
Christina
Miriam
Caroline
Julia
Dorothy
Eleanor
Rowena
Emmeline
Theodora
Esther
Susannah
Ramona
Jessamine
Eliza
Rebecca
Sylvia
Margot
Ada
Jennifer
Selina
Joanna
Stella
Jemima
Honor
Alexandra

Movablefeast · 07/05/2018 07:10

I think Catherine, Vivienne and Tabitha all go well. Catherine is a beautiful classic name, hardly meh.

Cressida and Josephine are also nice with Harriet.

Shmithecat · 07/05/2018 07:06

Jennifer

blairsey · 07/05/2018 07:03

Connie, Tabitha and Abigail a bit bland imo. Clara and Flora are a little too 'granny chic' for my liking but they aren't awful. Much prefer Cara to Clara though. Anna and Vivienne are gorgeous, very pretty and simple. I agree with you on Catherine, it is a little meh, how about Katerina?

Best options imo would be:
Anna Rosemary
Vivienne Rosemary
Katerina Rosemary
Cara Rosemary