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What are your thoughts on these names

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GinAndTonicOnIt · 30/05/2021 22:00

Orla

Althea

Amorette

Beatrice

We've narrowed it down to one of these 4. Please put in order of your favourite to least, thanks!!

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Twisique · 01/06/2021 08:35

I like all the names with Thea in, Theadora, Theadosia, Dorothea etc

stormelf · 01/06/2021 07:51

I really like Althea and Orla. Beatrice is a nice name but not really to my taste. Amorette is a name that I really can't imagine someone being called.

BigHeadBertha · 01/06/2021 04:10

I would like "Amorette" the best if it was instead spelled "Amarette." "Amorette" is to me, too close to "amorous," which seems a little strange.

I like Althea second best.

Don't care for Orla or Beatrice. They aren't pretty sounding to me.

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 01/06/2021 04:09

Beatrice

DalPalak · 01/06/2021 03:34

Beatrice
Althea (I much prefer this to Anthea. Love the Grateful Dead song.)
Orla
Amorette

whatausername · 01/06/2021 00:35

Oh you just reminded me that i was given a bottle of amaretto. Going to crack it open!

I'd go for Beatrice.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 31/05/2021 23:54

Beatrice - lovely
Orla - lovely
Althea - very pretty, but I agree with PP that it will be mistaken for Anthea
Amorette - No. Just no. Trying too hard.

AlwaysLatte · 31/05/2021 23:47

Beatrice first, followed reluctantly by Orla. The others sound like drinks...

miltonj · 31/05/2021 23:09

Love Althea. Lots of possibilities for shortenings. Don't like orla or amorette. I do like Beatrice but I'm hearing it a lot recently, so it depends if you're bothered about popularity.

C0nstance · 31/05/2021 23:07

I like them all but not Amorette. I agree that is too like amaretti

MonsterJammin · 31/05/2021 23:04

Definitely Orla, although I'd spell it differently. It would have been DS1 name if he'd been a girl. Not keen on the others but do like Thea rather than Althea.

RulesRulesRulesRulesRules · 31/05/2021 23:01

Beatrice is the only one I like.

floridapalmtree · 31/05/2021 22:58

Orla

sorry, not keen on the other names

ZednotZee · 31/05/2021 22:56

Althea

Beatrice.

I don't like the other two.

ElizabethTudor · 31/05/2021 22:56

Beatrice. But I prefer Beatrix, as I think it looks and sounds better.
I don’t like any of the others, sorry.

GloomyWaters · 31/05/2021 22:53

Orla reminds me of a school friend she was lovely think it's irish but my favourite is Beatrice I avsolutely love the name

Anotherhill · 31/05/2021 22:49

Beattice or Orla for me too

Holly60 · 31/05/2021 22:47

But yes really like Beatrice

Holly60 · 31/05/2021 22:46

I only really like Beatrice. Amorette reminds me of biscuits and Orla is overdone. Althea reminds me of Anthea

Synchrony · 31/05/2021 22:38

Althea
Beatrice/Orla
Amorette. I'm afraid I'm another person who thought "porn star".

User629202 · 31/05/2021 18:13

Orla - tainted for me because I knew one who was a real dickhead Grin

Althea - pretty, maybe a bit old fashioned?

Amorette - no, sounds like the liqueur. Not nice.

Beatrice - lovely and unusual. Definitely my favourite.

KirstenBlest · 31/05/2021 18:07

Orla - boring
Althea - don't like
Amorette - sounds like a contraceptive
Beatrice - nice

xprincessxjanetx · 31/05/2021 17:10

I like Orla a lot, Beatrice I am less keen on but I think Orla Beatrice sounds beautiful. Unfortunately I dislike the other two names.

Posieandpip · 31/05/2021 07:23

Love Beatrice!

Don't like the others.

AnyaMoondial · 31/05/2021 05:52

I absolutely love Beatrice. I love Bea as nn too.