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Rate my girls

39 replies

Sunflower2025 · 18/06/2020 08:33

Rate my girls please...
Emma
Maeve
Eloise
Emily
Kate
Anya
Lydia
Alice

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SpaghettiBalonzaise · 21/06/2020 01:26

Starting with my favourite to least:
Lydia
Anya
Emmaline
Emma
Maeve
Alice
Kate
Emily
Eloise

BatleyTownswomensGuild · 19/06/2020 22:39

Alice
Anya
Emma
Kate
Emily
Lydia
Eloise
Maeve

CaffiSaliMali · 19/06/2020 22:20

Emma - a nice classic, bit dull
Maeve - I like this
Eloise - pretty, feels current
Emily - a nice classic, bit dull
Kate - another nice classic, I would use Katharine on BC - feels ripe for a revival
Anya - I love this, simple, pretty and has an international feel (Anna, Annie and Ann also nice)
Lydia - pretty and not overly common
Alice - I have the Welsh version, Alys, on my list so can't criticise this one
Emmeline - nice, makes me think of the suffragette

Anya is my favourite (on the grounds that I prefer the Alys spelling of Alice). Anya hits the sweet spot of a name which feels current (short and vowel heavy), is well known, but not overused - so unusual, but without being really out there.

Buttercup54321 · 19/06/2020 22:01

Love Emma and Emily
Prefer Katie to Kate.
Alice also very pretty and so is Sophie.
Also love Elizabeth xx

SaltnSauce20 · 19/06/2020 21:56

Emma - ok
Maeve - really don't like
Eloise - like
Emily - dull
Kate - ok but prefer Katie
Anya - like
Lydia - like
Alice - like
Emmaline - seems a bit made up, like you have tried to jazz up the name Emma
Just my opinion.

weegiemum · 19/06/2020 21:04

I like Kate, I have a Katherine and we call her Kathy but she's Kat to her friends now. It's very versatile.

And she's not, as someone suggested, a middle aged mum or a dinner lady. She's an achingly cool 20 year old Art student! The name is timeless!

emilybrontescorsett · 19/06/2020 20:49

Missed Emily off, I'd put that after Emma.

emilybrontescorsett · 19/06/2020 20:48

In order;
Lydia
Emmaline
Kate
Eloise
Emma
Anya
Alice
Maeve.

BabyLlamaZen · 19/06/2020 20:46

Rate my girls please...
Emma - ok
Maeve - not for me
Eloise - like
Emily - not really
Kate - ok
Anya - like
Lydia - love
Alice - like but overdone this year.
Emmeline (with the or a? I love with the e!)

Scottishgirl85 · 19/06/2020 20:44

I'm an Emma and have always loved my name

eyesbiggerthanstomach · 18/06/2020 19:35

Alice, Emma and Kate are my favourite names.

userabcname · 18/06/2020 19:34

I love Anya and also like Lydia. Not keen on the rest.

Quizeerascal · 18/06/2020 19:26

Alice
Emily
Lydia
Emma
Eloise
Emmeline
Anya
Kate
Maeve

They're all lovely names though and it was tricky to put them in order

notalwaysalondoner · 18/06/2020 18:03

Emma - bland, dull
Maeve - ok, don’t like it personally
Eloise - like it
Emily - classic if a little dull, like it better than Alice though
Kate - bland, dull
Anya - like it, unusual, Eastern European vibes
Lydia - love it
Alice - classic but a bit dull

DoctorBambino · 18/06/2020 13:18

Emma - it's ok but boring
Maeve - not keen
Eloise - lovely name
Emily - boring
Kate - great name
Anya - LOVE
Lydia - really dont like this name
Alice - boring
Emmeline - no

BabyDust13 · 18/06/2020 12:33

Kate
Alice
Emily
Eloise
Lydia
Maeve
Emma
Anya

MrsGilly1 · 18/06/2020 11:10

Order of preference

Emmaline although prefer Emmeline
Alice
Emily
Emma
Eloise
Maeve
Kate
Anya
Lydia

CrystalMaisie · 18/06/2020 10:44

I quite like Anya. None of the others are to my taste, but perfectly fine.

captainraymondholt · 18/06/2020 10:42

In order from favourite to least favourite:

Emmeline - lovely but only spelt like this
Lydia - lovely
Anya - lovely
Kate - lovely
Alice - lovely
Emma - nice, pretty, sweet
Emily - ok, I prefer Emma
Maeve - not keen
Eloise - I'm not a fan personally

HelmutShmacker · 18/06/2020 10:38

Any of these three :)

Anya
Lydia
Alice

TempsPerdu · 18/06/2020 10:37

From fave to least fave:

Anya - simple, elegant and familiar but not too common

Alice - lovely, timeless but very popular

Maeve - simple, strong and unfussy
Kate - like but I’d go for Katherine, which is really quite unusual nowadays

Emma - nice, classic but possibly a bit dull

Emmeline - love the Pankhurst link but too frilly for me
Eloise - too prim and girly
Emily - inoffensive but a bit weak and insipid
Lydia - never been a fan - feels heavy and clunky somehow

notso · 18/06/2020 10:27

In order of preference, I love all of these.
Emmeline
Emma
Kate

These three are ok but seem to be of another time.
Lydia
Maeve
Anya

These three are a bit meh to me.
Emily
Alice
Eloise

sweetnosugar · 18/06/2020 10:20

To be totally honest Maeve is the only name I like, I think it’s beautiful.
This is just my opinion however, I don’t mean to offend anyone.

MikeUniformMike · 18/06/2020 10:14

Both DC's names are on that list.

MikeUniformMike · 18/06/2020 10:13

Emma - classic
Maeve - likely to be very popular
Eloise - not keen, too frilly, another El name. Prefer Louise.
Emily - classic but I much prefer Emma
Kate - classic
Anya - ok but a bit nothingy. Much prefer Anna, Ann and Annie
Lydia - nice but will be Lyds.
Alice - classic
Emmaline - it's Emmeline and I much prefer Emma and Emily

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