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Which do you prefer? Girls names

44 replies

Lou2120 · 17/10/2019 22:22

Hi I am wondering which is your fav out of this list and any you dont like please say why...

Maggie
Layne
Violet
Phoebe
Belle

Middle names
Lou
Elle

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bridgetreilly · 18/10/2019 01:45

Maggie Louisa.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 18/10/2019 00:55

Violet

HalfManHalfLabrador · 17/10/2019 23:42

Layne and Belle are awful

Wavyheaded · 17/10/2019 23:40

Violet Elle (or Violet Eliza?)

hungryhippie · 17/10/2019 23:39

They are all fine, except for Layne. I really don't like that. Not a nice sound and people will struggle with the spelling.

PandasMum · 17/10/2019 23:25

Layne is really awful sorry
Maggie just makes me think Thatcher which is also awful
Phoebe is lovely

MissHenty · 17/10/2019 22:54

Layne is horrible

All your other names are gorgeous

I love Maggie and violet and phoebe

sandyfoot · 17/10/2019 22:44

Phoebe or Maggie. Both lovely. Like Lou better but sounds a bit country and western as a middle name

yikesanotherbooboo · 17/10/2019 22:40

I like Margaret and Maggie is ok as diminutive ( prefer Peggy or Daisy)
Phoebe and Violet I am neutral on
Layne is not to my taste
Belle is a pony or a Disney character

Sorry OP I am not doing very well because I think your middle names just sound like random noises and seem a bit purposeless
My taste is just different I suppose

Sauvignonblanket · 17/10/2019 22:37

Violet or Phoebe with Louisa or Isabel as middle names (which could then be shortened)

threesenoughthanks · 17/10/2019 22:35

Like pp I like Pheobe and Violet. I don't like either middle name though. Especially not Elle as whatever you put before it just sounds a bit like you're swearing.

SleepWarrior · 17/10/2019 22:32

Violet Lou
Phoebe Lou

None of your options really sound quite right with Elle so I'd go for Lou as the MN whichever you chose. Violet and Phoebe are lovely though.

Tiptopj · 17/10/2019 22:31

I like all of the first names, Maggie and belle are my favourites. Layne is my least favourite, I'm assuming it's pronounced lay-nee? It looks very similar to the spelling Jayne and I read it as Lane first time.

I'm not keen on either of the middle names sorry- do they have special meaning or are they names you just like? I'm afraid neither seen to go with any of the first names you've shortlisted

DramaAlpaca · 17/10/2019 22:29

I quite like Phoebe & Violet.

Maggie is very harsh, and it's a diminutive of Margaret to me rather than a name in its own right. Layne will get misheard as Elaine all the time. Belle is a bit Disney princess & fluffy.

As for the middle names, Elle just means 'she' in French. Louise is better than just Lou.

Anyway, you can't really have Belle Lou or Belle Elle, now can you? Confused

Mummyoftwo91 · 17/10/2019 22:29

Violet, biased as I have one, it's beautiful and not too cutesy

CrazylazyJane · 17/10/2019 22:29

Violet. I really like it.

Not too keen on either of the middle names but if I had to pick one, I'd go Elle

misspiggy19 · 17/10/2019 22:28

Violet

Layne is an awful name

OhMyDarling · 17/10/2019 22:27

Violet

madeyemoodysmum · 17/10/2019 22:26

Phoebe or violet