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Etta? Martha?

32 replies

Parent19876 · 26/03/2019 08:45

Which of these do you prefer?
Etta
Martha
Wren/Winnie
Cora

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ThanksItHasPockets · 27/03/2019 11:30

The thing is, regional variations aren't mispronunciations. A person with a Kent, or Essex, or London accent who pronounces Etta and Martha as 'eh-a' and 'marfa' isn't getting the pronunciation wrong, and you can't politely correct them the way you can with a genuine mistake.

I'm sure it wouldn't bother lots of people but they are better than me; it would send me demented.

outpinked · 27/03/2019 11:05

Martha or Wren.

burritofan · 27/03/2019 10:16

Love them all except Cora. Wren and Etta are my favourites.

I wouldn't worry about other people's mispronunciations, people are always gonna people ¯\(ツ)/¯

Cosmos45 · 27/03/2019 10:13

Etta definitely. There are loads of Martha's around at the moment - I know of two babies (both friends of mine) who have recently had girls and both called them Martha. I don't think there will be as many Etta's out there.

QueenoftheBiscuitTin · 27/03/2019 10:07

Martha's growing on me lately.

EngagedAgain · 26/03/2019 21:06

Martha. Definitely not Wren.

Refilona · 26/03/2019 20:59

Cora!

aliceandkids77 · 26/03/2019 20:53

My fav from your list is Wren, so gorgeous!

DramaAlpaca · 26/03/2019 20:17

I don't like any of them but Cora is the least worst.

orangetriangle · 26/03/2019 19:41

cora

JimJamJarmusch · 26/03/2019 13:45

I love Etta but consider the local accent carefully. I grew up in the working class north. It would have been pronounced: eh-ah.

MikeUniformMike · 26/03/2019 13:39

I don't like Wren or Etta.

IVflytrap · 26/03/2019 12:50

Like them all except Winnie (it's the noise horses make, innit? Wink). Etta is nice but doesn't work if any of her other names are nouns, as Etta sounds like "ate a" in some accents - Etta Lily or Etta Swann becoming ate a lily or ate a swan...

Wren is nice, bit unusual. Martha is a warm, sunny name in my opinion. Cora is elegant and probably my favourite out of your list, although it's a close call.

NameChange30 · 26/03/2019 12:26

(a witch... or a bear)

NameChange30 · 26/03/2019 12:25

Etta! Love it. Also, Etta James.

Cora is not my favourite but it's nice and unusual so it has my second choice vote.

I don't understand the current obsession with the name Martha, there are loads of them and I think it's ugly (sorry).

Wren is a bird and Winnie is a witch.

mrsstephens89 · 26/03/2019 12:21

Martha is gorgeous.
Wren is horrid!
Etta is meh
Cora is ok

Cbeebiesrehab · 26/03/2019 12:14

I love Etta! But I may be biased as it’s similar to my daughter’s name.
Not keen on Martha, feel like it’s had its day really. Solid list though.

ThanksItHasPockets · 26/03/2019 12:04

They are all lovely. It depends where you live but in parts of the country people won’t pronounce the ‘t’ sounds in Etta and Martha will become Marfa (which incidentally is how small children everywhere will pronounce it, but that’s quite sweet).

icannotremember · 26/03/2019 11:45

Etta.

TatianaLarina · 26/03/2019 11:42

Martha

SoftBlocks · 26/03/2019 11:31

Wren.

isntthatalwaystheway · 26/03/2019 11:31

I love Cora, it's so pretty! Etta is fab too, those two are my faves!

NunoGoncalves · 26/03/2019 11:28

I really like Etta and Martha! Considered both for my DC. I think Etta is a bit nicknamey so between the two I'd go for Martha. It's close though! Love both.

Moondancer73 · 26/03/2019 11:23

Wren is beautiful

zoellafortitude · 26/03/2019 11:12

Martha my favourite.

Henrietta often gets shortened to Etta.