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Which of these do you prefer?

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Dollygirl2008 · 07/08/2019 23:30

Posting for sister in law who is expecting a little girl and she's narrowed it down to the following two:

Claudia
Meredith

Thanks!

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IsobelRae23 · 17/08/2019 10:17

Depends on how you pronounce Meredith. One I like, One I don’t.

Claudia I like, but I don’t like the meaning behind the name. But that’s just me.

IckleBear · 17/08/2019 08:24

Claudia

LegoPiecesEverywhere · 15/08/2019 14:19

Claudia

HalfManHalfLabrador · 15/08/2019 02:15

Claudia. I just think of the really irritating Greys Anatomy character when I hear Meredith

Rosecherry · 15/08/2019 02:09

Claudia is a nice name Smile .

Bubbletrouble43 · 09/08/2019 06:56

I like both. Claudia moreso, nice pretty name.

Lavenderblues · 09/08/2019 06:44

Cloud-ia is the German/Italian pronunciation.

Claw-dia seems the anglicised version. I don't really like the Claw sound

Crunchymum · 08/08/2019 23:31

Is is Cloud-ia or Claw-dia?

user1493494961 · 08/08/2019 21:09

Meredith

Oneforposy7 · 08/08/2019 20:41

Meredith!

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Dollygirl2008 · 08/08/2019 19:27

Thank you all! Interesting that we didn't even know there was more than one pronounciation of Meredith!!!

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 08/08/2019 18:29

Claudia

RuthW · 08/08/2019 17:15

Claudia. I hate 'th' ending names.

Lilyrose90 · 08/08/2019 17:06

Meredith.
Claudia is too frumpy and posh but not in a nice way...in a posh horse-faced woman kind of way

soundsystem · 08/08/2019 16:15

Claudia

NoSauce · 08/08/2019 16:14

Claudia is lovely. I find Meredith a bit frumpy.

Pinkout · 08/08/2019 16:08

Claudia.

Fuiseog · 08/08/2019 16:05

Meredith ❤️

daisypond · 08/08/2019 15:24

It’s where the stress goes- on the middle syllable, Merr-EDD-ith, a bit like that.

LazyLizzy · 08/08/2019 15:17

How else can you pronounce Meredith, other than Meh reh dith?

Claudia can be Claw-dia or Cloud-ia.

daisypond · 08/08/2019 14:12

Meredith is often pronounced differently/wrongly, and I suspect that the correct pronunciation isn’t as well known as the two Claudia pronunciations, and that would drive me bonkers as well.

hexagon01 · 08/08/2019 13:23

Meredith! It’s my daughter’s name. Her dad calls her Merry sometimes but I tend to full name her. I liked that if she wanted a more ‘trendy’ name as she gets older she could go by Edie. Not everyone likes it but it’s my perfect girls name. I do think Claudia is nice too though.

LazyLizzy · 08/08/2019 11:59

Meredith/Merry

Militantmartha · 08/08/2019 10:39

Claudia is much nicer

WouldHAVEcouldHAVEshouldHAVE · 08/08/2019 10:34

Claudia

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