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Rate these girls names!?

43 replies

brissle · 21/10/2018 21:40

Rate these girls names in order of preference... (feel free to say if you can't stand some of them!)

• Andie (how would you spell it?)
• Blair
• Effie (Effie or Effy?)
• Elva
• Frances
• Jovie
• Noa
• Onyx
• Quinn
• Romy
• Teryn

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Xanadu44 · 21/10/2018 22:15

Love Andie and Romy

AnElderlyLadyOfMediumHeight · 21/10/2018 22:12

Frances is the only one I really like. Elva is okay. The rest, no. Especially no are Romy (mystified as to this one's popularity), Onyx, Blair and Quinn.

desperateforsleep2 · 21/10/2018 22:10

Is this a wind up

RavenWings · 21/10/2018 22:10

• Andie - if short for Andrea or Antonia, yes. By itself no. And I'd spell it Andi.
• Blair - love
• Effie - meh, insubstantial
• Elva - gorgeous Irish name
• Frances - meh
• Jovie - Jon Bon. No.
• Noa - will = the boy's name Noah to most people, no.
• Onyx - a Pokemon, no.
• Quinn - surname of a crook/businessman. No.
• Romy - no.
• Teryn - I like it, but don't love it.

I'd use Elva or Blair. If using Antonia nn Andi I'd add that in too.

Cheeseplantandpickle · 21/10/2018 22:09

I have an Effie, short for Elspeth, so...👍
Otherwise Frances.

BeachCrow · 21/10/2018 22:07

Romy, Frances and Elva are lovely. I don't really like the rest and Blair makes me think of Tony Blair and Jovie makes me think of Bon Jovi.

lovelyjubilly · 21/10/2018 22:07

In order of preference:
Elva
Jovie
Romy
Andi
Quinn
Blair
Noa
Onyx
Teryn
Frances
Effie

Joinourclub · 21/10/2018 22:04

• Andie - neither like ur dislike
• Blair - bleurgh
• Effie (Effie or Effy?) - I like
• Elva - vulva
• Frances - too staid
• Jovie - doesn’t sound like a name to me
• Noa - makes me think of a car
• Onyx - no no no
• Quinn - quim
• Romy - cute
• Teryn - terror

StripyDeckchair · 21/10/2018 22:02

I like Frances and that's all really.

What about Elvira, Emerald, Elfreda or Vida?

TillyTheTiger · 21/10/2018 22:01

Andie (how would you spell it?) for a girl -Andrea
Blair - No
Effie (Effie or Effy?) -Makes me think of iffy, or eff off
Elva - Unusual, not sure I've heard it before but I think I like it. Elvira is also ok.
Frances - Nice
Jovie - is this made up?
Noa - only like it for a boy
Onyx - only heard this for a boy and don't like it for either
Quinn - ok
Romy - not bad, prefer Romola
Teryn - never heard this before either but I like it. She'll have to spell it out though, is your surname easy to spell?

TurquoiseWeekend · 21/10/2018 21:58

I only like Romy and Blair.
I always think Effie sounds like someone trying not to swear.

Echobelly · 21/10/2018 21:58

• Noa
• Romy
• Andie - would spell it that way... wondering if there's a longer name it could be a familiar of (Andrea?) as I think it's always best to give them a birth-certificate name that is more formal if they'd prefer it later
• Effie - Nice, but as above, might give a full name on birth cert
• Frances - Nice as a bit unusual these days, could shorten to Frankie
• Onyx - kind of depends how well it works with your surname to me - a name like that could sound quite cool with a fairly common surname, but may seem OTT with an unusual one
• Elva, • Jovie , • Teryn - all sound a bit 'made up', even if they're not
• Blair • Quinn - Not fond of girl's names that sound like surnames

AuntieStella · 21/10/2018 21:56

Andie - fine (and I'd spell it like this)
Blair - no, surname with bad connotations
Effie - OK (but prefer Elfrida/Elfie)
Elva - no, homonym for a baby eel and so just doesn't sound right. Elvira instead?
Frances - like
Jovie - Jon Bon (or boys nn for Jovian)
Noa - not to my taste, but OK
Onyx - dislike
Quinn - boys name
Romy - OK
Teryn - like

DramaAlpaca · 21/10/2018 21:55

I like Romy best, then Frances.

I won't rate the rest as I dislike them all equally Wink

pinkpanther84 · 21/10/2018 21:53

I like Romy and Effie x

Mayhemmumma · 21/10/2018 21:52

Romy is my favourite and Elva is cool

IVflytrap · 21/10/2018 21:47

Frances
Romy
Noa
Jovie
Effie
Andie
Quinn

Blair, Teryn and Onyx are pretty bad. Elva soynds like elver which is the name for a baby eel.

HouseplantInvasion · 21/10/2018 21:44

Effie
Frances
Elva
Quinn
Andie - but only if short for Andrea

Really don’t like the rest I’m afraid

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