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Help me with girls names...

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 11:20

75% sure we're having a girl.

Have two daughters already - we got a bit carried away and they have three first names each so we've used up a lot of favourites already!

Possibilities currently are:

Clara
Matilda
Molly
Marianne
Talitha
Ursula

Our two DD's names also end in "a". Would three children all ending in "a" sounds be a bit of a mouthful?

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 12:34

I am quite tempted by Talitha too. It's a bit unusual and very feminine.

And of course my daughter is bound to grow up to be the next Talitha Getty style icon type of her generation .

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LuLuBai · 02/07/2008 12:30

Talitha is divine. All the better that no-one here seems to have heard of it. I wouldn't worry about three 'a' names either. My girls list only ever has names ending in a.

Jazminpoppy · 02/07/2008 12:27

ursula is so unique the rest are quite common now, all very pretty but it depends if you want a name to be different??
There are so many Clara and Mollys in Nurserys at the moment! Ursula is from a Shakespeare play aswell

minouminou · 02/07/2008 12:22

Yeah, but we can't do it now, as it'd clash with DS' name.
I think i've given up on the Tostig idea, too....sadly.

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 12:17

I think I can guess what a DD would be named in your house Minou!

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 12:15

Cheers Artichokes. Matilda is so pretty.

Could you abbreviate Ursula to err, Ursey? Sula? . I guess it is more of a grown up than a baby name..

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minouminou · 02/07/2008 12:14

ursula
ursula
ursula
if DS had been a girl.............

artichokes · 02/07/2008 12:12

Hi Hatty

I love all your names except "Talitha" which to my ears sounds like a mispronounciation of "Tabitha".

My DD's middle name is Matilda and I love it. I only wish we had not sued it as a middle name so I could use it for DD 2.

I tend to abbrieviate longer names so Ursula would worry me as there is no obvious abbreviation yet it has three syllables.

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 12:07

Why thank you ShowofHands! You clearly have excellent taste too

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ShowOfHands · 02/07/2008 11:45

You have excellent taste. My dd has one of the names on your list and if I have another her name will be one of the others on your list!

I like them all.

Twelvelegs · 02/07/2008 11:42

I only like Matilda.

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 11:41

How interesting - Ursula is my current favourite. Clara is DH's.

I really like Eliza too but DH vetoed it..

Ursula was DH's grandmother's name. Great woman. Although I have slight issues with naming a child with the same name as an ancestor, first name and surname would be the same. Not entirely sure what my issues with this are .

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PuppyMonkey · 02/07/2008 11:37

I like Eliza

MrsSylar · 02/07/2008 11:35

I love Clara. Would have chosen it for dd but dh wouldn't let me (git)
Also love Ursula too.
Both highly classy imo, not sure about the others though

themildmannneredjanitor · 02/07/2008 11:33

clara

LadyThompson · 02/07/2008 11:33

With minouminou. Really like Ursula, Clara is nice, dislike t'others.

minouminou · 02/07/2008 11:27

Ursula's a good'un, as is Clara.
not so keen on the others.

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hattyyellow · 02/07/2008 11:25

Had a friend at school called Talitha (Tally for short). I think she was named after the 60's It girl Talitha Getty. It's a biblical name. I wonder if everyone would forever be mishearing it as Tabitha?

TALITHA
Gender: Feminine

Usage: Biblical

Pronounced: TAL-i-thÉ™ (English) [key]

Means "little girl" in Aramaic. The name is taken from the phrase talitha cumi meaning "little girl arise" spoken by Jesus in order to restore a young girl to life (see Mark 5:41).

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belgo · 02/07/2008 11:21

Don't worry about the name ending in 'a'.

Is Talitha a name?

I like
Clara
Matilda
Molly
Ursula

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