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Can't decide!!

32 replies

bumblebees82 · 16/06/2022 12:31

Less than 2 weeks to go until this little girl arrives and we can't decide on a name!!! We had our son's name picked out for months before he was born!!!
It needs to go with sibling, Nathaniel (Nate) and out surname is very short!
Favourites so far are....
Beatrice
Verity
Charlotte
Harriet
Sophie
Bethany

Any favourites or definite no ways?!!!

Thanks in advance!

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ThatshallotBaby · 20/06/2022 07:33

Beatrice. Lovely name, and Bea is a great nickname.
Second choice would be Charlotte.
Really not keen on Bethany.

LiveSimply · 20/06/2022 07:08

Sophie :)

darlingdodo · 19/06/2022 12:34

Beatrice and Harriet are great names.

The others are nice but not as great as Beatrice and Harriet.

Nate and Trixie
Nate and Bea
Nate and Harri
Nate and Ett/Etty/Etta

Flamingle18 · 19/06/2022 12:22

Love Bethany, Sophie and Charlotte! I know a woman who was called Verity and when she went to secondary school she changed her name because of lads calling her very titty!

bloominglovelyorange · 19/06/2022 11:47

Verity

pamshortsbrokenbothherlegs · 19/06/2022 10:24

Love Nathaniel.

Beatrice and Harriet are my favourites by far.

Dislike Verity intensely.

The others are somewhere in the middle for me.

Cloud16 · 19/06/2022 10:01

Which of those names would you not mind having yourself?

I would really hate being called Beatrice. It's frumpy.

I'd like being a Sophie, Bethany or Charlotte though.

Bambaleyo · 18/06/2022 23:41

Charlotte and Nathaniel
(Lottie and Nate!)

Mumofgirls2017 · 18/06/2022 12:18

Harriet

IStandWithMaya · 16/06/2022 22:55

Lovely names! My order of preference:

  1. Charlotte
  2. Beatrice
  3. Harriet
  4. Sophie
  5. Bethany
  6. Verity
CP2701 · 16/06/2022 22:55

Celeste

Luredbyapomegranate · 16/06/2022 22:50

Verity - goes beautifully w Nathaniel and is similarly unusual but not obscure

Beatrice nn Bea is lovely and also works but less standout / is overused
Charlotte lovely but done to death
Harriet and Sophie also overused

Bethany is really… puddingy, lumpen, something like that. No anyway

Susannah
Marianne
Claudia
Lois
Stella
Serena
Katharine nn Kate
Emmeline
Caroline
Esther

but I’d stick with Verity (or maybe Susannah!)

KayEmAy · 16/06/2022 20:04

Favorites:
Verity
Sophie
Bea or Trixie

Runners up:
Bethany
Beatrice ( I know it's confusing but in my brain the nicknames go in the favorites but the full name goes in the ok category haha)

Only since you asked, my "definite no ways":
Charlotte - this has always been a name that I feel like I feel differently than everyone else does lol It's just tired and boring to me, and so so so popular. Not sure where you live but if it's an english speaking country there is a huge chance she will have mulitples in her class and be known as Charlotte (last initial).
Harriet

Other ideas based on your list:

Piper
Daisy
Addison
Alexandra nn Andie, Alex, Ally, Lexa ect.
Veronica
Annika nn Annie or Nik
Spencer
Bailey
Cassidy
Serena
Octavia
Deirdre
Abby (Abigail)
Ginny (Virginia)
Demi (Demetria)
Billie (Willa/Wilhelmina)
Olivia
Davina
Felicity
Odette
Rebecca
Phoebe
Lydia
Camille nn Cami or Millie
Taylor
Diana
Rory (Aurora or Lorelei)

P.S- I love the name Nathanial (Nate)!

Original poster
bumblebees82 · 16/06/2022 18:10

Thanks everyone!

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DramaAlpaca · 16/06/2022 15:51

I don't much like Verity or Bethany, but the others are lovely.

They all go nicely with Nathaniel.

AnnaSW1 · 16/06/2022 15:41

I only like Sophie

MayBeee · 16/06/2022 13:43

Beatrice 5th
Verity 1st
Charlotte 2nd
Harriet 3rd
Sophie 4th
Bethany 6th

ForestFae · 16/06/2022 13:42

I love Beatrice but I’m biased as that’s my DDs name :)

StarTwins · 16/06/2022 13:40

In order of preference:
Sophie
Charlotte
Harriet
Verity
Bethany
Beatrice

Wedonttalkaboutjuno · 16/06/2022 13:36

Not keen on Sophie or Verify but the others are all lovely! Charlotte and Bethany are my faves. Other suggestions:

Dorothy
Eloise
Veronica
Margot
Vivienne
Leonie

ofwarren · 16/06/2022 13:19

Where I live in the NW, the th in Bethany gets changed to an F, so Befany.
A girl in my school was called Bethany and the boys called her Bare Fanny.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 16/06/2022 13:11

Bethany. Nate and Beth sound gorgeous together.

DuchessOfSausage · 16/06/2022 13:03

I don't like Bethan and Bethel sounds like a place name - it's even worse than Ethel

17caterpillars1mouse · 16/06/2022 13:01

Bethany is lovely and quite unusual these says. I also like Bethan and Bethel

I also like Harriet NN Hattie (though prefer Henrietta) and Beatrice.

DuchessOfSausage · 16/06/2022 12:59

Charlotte - nice but popular
Harriet - like
Sophie -like but Sophia/Sofia is too popular
Beatrice - ok
Verity - ok
Bethany - no, seems dated

Depends on how each sounds with the surname, but Harriet's my pick

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