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Top 4 girls - which one?

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Sunflower0000 · 18/09/2020 12:12

DD due in a few months. We've managed to reduce our list down to 4 but can't decide on the "one"

Which one would you choose out of these 4?
Athena
Sabrina
Verity
Talitha

DH's picks are the first 2 and I like the last 2. Appreciate they aren't to everyone's taste but we both want something more unusual but not too out there. Thanks!

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user1493494961 · 25/09/2020 11:50

Verity is nice, dislike the others. (I also think of Sabrina the glamour model).

Garcellesaidwhaaat · 25/09/2020 10:33

Talitha

CormoranStrike · 24/09/2020 22:31

Verity is beautiful

danascully96 · 24/09/2020 21:51

Sabrina definitely. I know a Sabrina and have watched the TV show, yet I think of my friend as completely different! Really, the Sabrina the Teenage Reference doesn't stick when you know someone with the name. It's lovely and the mythology is very cool!

Reader1984 · 19/09/2020 09:00

verity

Auto · 19/09/2020 08:59

Sabrina, then Athena.

CamelotSweetheart · 19/09/2020 08:51

Sabrina to me is 100% the big-bosomed 1980s singer of "Boys Boys Boys". That was my first thought, her cavorting in the swimming pool In the video! It would put me right off, but probably only a very specific demographic of 1980s teens would remember her.
That said, I've just looked its origins up and
It means "from the River Severn" which surprised me - could be attractive to someone with Welsh or Bristol connections.

I prefer Verity - it's a much gentler, less brash name - in fact I see it at the opposite end of the scale, a gentle homemaker who likes to sit and embroider is the picture in my mind's eye! It means truth.

Not keen on Athena without any Greek connections. Talitha is ok (but Tabitha is much classier)

CeibaTree · 19/09/2020 08:43

I like all of them except Verity! Shame your DH doesn't like Tabitha as that's a much nicer name than the others :) Anyway congrats on your little girl!

msflibble · 19/09/2020 08:28

Sabrina or Athena
I don't like Verity or Talitha.
I know an Athene and it's a very cool name that works for her. But I definitely personally find Sabrina the prettiest

VenusClapTrap · 19/09/2020 08:23

The Talitha I knew pronounced it Tal-eye-tha

ButterflyOfFreedom · 19/09/2020 08:15

Sabrina

LittleTiger007 · 19/09/2020 08:10

I prefer the last two names. Talitha is a very nice and little used biblical name, I like it.

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Sunflower0000 · 19/09/2020 07:41

Thanks so much everyone! Really interesting comments to take into account.
I think we will narrow it now to Sabrina and Verity as the top 2 and see what she suits.

The only association I had for Sabrina was the teenage witch, didn't know about the singer so thanks for pointing it out.
I do like Athena but it concerns me as we don't have Greek heritage and never been to Athens 🤭
Talitha is pronounced Ta-lee-tha like Tabitha but with an L. I do prefer Tabitha but DH says it's a cats name!

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honeylou42 · 19/09/2020 07:00

Verity

micc · 19/09/2020 06:59

I love them all!
I think I like Sabrina and Verity the most. I have a family member called Verity, I love it when I hear the name because it's so under used.

sorryforswearing · 19/09/2020 02:55

Verity. Don’t like the others.

Ruthietuthie · 19/09/2020 01:22

LOVE Verity. Best of the bunch.

Fennelandlovage · 19/09/2020 01:22

Verity - lovely name

confusedpombear · 19/09/2020 01:15

I love Athena Smile

Cecelori · 19/09/2020 00:27

1.Sabrina
2.Verity
3.Athena
4.Talitha

Miljea · 19/09/2020 00:14

Athena is the poster manufacturers with the 'girl in the tennis dress' one; Sabrina is a teenage witch; Verity is that cousin in- was it Poldark?

HTH!

But I best it doesn't!

DramaAlpaca · 18/09/2020 23:07

Sabrina is the nicest, followed by Talitha.

Verity is so prim, and I don't like Athena.

VenusClapTrap · 18/09/2020 23:02

I love Talitha. It’s beautiful.

For anyone over the age of 40, they hear Sabrina and will want to say 'the teenage witch'?

I’m over 40 and I think of the pop singer with the giant boobs.

Fozzleyplum · 18/09/2020 22:42

Verity is nice. I really dislike the others.

MojoJojo71 · 18/09/2020 22:30

Definitely Verity, gorgeous name

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