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What do you think of my girls’ shortlist?

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PastaBolognaise · 30/05/2020 20:25

Dorothea
Matilda
Tabitha
Juno
Marigold (nn Goldie)
Aster
Aphra
Ivy
Ione
Olive

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Anthilda · 30/05/2020 20:39

I agree with the same names as @Whatsyourflava

Blursula · 30/05/2020 20:38

I love them all except for Dorothea (too old lady-ish - prefer Theodora), Aster and Aphra. Love the rest - particularly Marigold, Tabitha, Matilda and Juno. Nicest list I’ve seen in a while on here

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PastaBolognaise · 30/05/2020 20:38

Dorothea I love because when my mother was dying we read Middlemarch together.

Aster I love because I like the flowers plus is a Romanised version is Esther which was my grandmother’s name.

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FamilyOfAliens · 30/05/2020 20:35

Dorothea is my favourite out of your family’s favourites OP.

I’m afraid I don’t like Aster - it doesn’t even sound like a name to me.

Whatsyourflava · 30/05/2020 20:34

Love Juno Matilda Ivy and Olive

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 30/05/2020 20:34

Dorothea. I don't like it. Although funnily enough I love Dorothy.
I think Dorothea is edging in to being too try hard.

Matilda. I blow hot and cold with this name. At the moment I'm cold.

Tabitha. See Matilda.

Juno. Awful.

Marigold. No. However I like the idea of Goldie as a nn. That's really sweet.

Aster. I actually like the sound, but It sounds like Asda.

Aphra. Awful

Ivy. At last I can be positive. I feel like I've torn your short list to pieces. I love this.

Ione. Can't give an opinion as I don't know how it's pronounced.

Olive. Don't like it, sorry.

ParsleyPot · 30/05/2020 20:34

Dorothea - ok
Matilda - nice
Tabitha - love it
Juno- no
Marigold (nn Goldie) - no to both
Aster - no
Aphra - no
Ivy - nice
Ione - no
Olive - nice

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PastaBolognaise · 30/05/2020 20:33

My favourite is Dorothea or Aster. My husband’s is Ivy. My eldest daughter’s is Marigold and my second daughter’s favourite is Olive. It’s hard to reconcile our tastes.

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kissmysass · 30/05/2020 20:32

Marigold. All I think of are the runner gloves you use to do the dishes.

FamilyOfAliens · 30/05/2020 20:31

Goldie? Seriously, no.

The others - if you like them, why not? Do you have a favourite in that list, OP?

Carolebaskins · 30/05/2020 20:30

Please. Call her Carole.

Carolebaskins · 30/05/2020 20:30

I know someone who called her daughter Iona. Unfortunately her surname is Dick. Her son is called Hunter. I wish I was making it up.

Laaalaaaa · 30/05/2020 20:29

Too try hard - sorry. Ivy and Matilda are probably a bit too popular from the impression I’m getting of your taste.

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