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thoughts on martha please

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smother · 14/09/2009 15:21

What do you think of the name Martha?

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smother · 16/09/2009 21:18

thank you for all the thoughts, very helpful. i am getting a little put off by the popularity, hadn't realised that martha was up there with matilda, madeleine etc. hmmm. will think on....

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allaboutme · 15/09/2009 22:06

love it

sillysalley · 15/09/2009 22:01

Lovely

dollius · 15/09/2009 22:01

Love, love, love it

ReneRusso · 15/09/2009 22:00

I like it. Not common imo, because I don't know any Marthas.

weepootle · 15/09/2009 21:53

I love it. Was first on my list for dd2 but dh hated it so we went with no.2 (on Hulababy's list). I still prefer Martha though.

Lilyloo · 15/09/2009 21:50

Am so pleased so many people like it too , my Martha is nearly two and it was dp name choice i wasn't sure but she couldn't be anything else...
'meek and domestic' cockles no way

Lilyloo · 15/09/2009 21:48

[grin Pannacotta 'gutsy and spirited' mine most definately is

plonker · 15/09/2009 21:37

I'm in a minority here because I really don't like the name Martha.

I can't explain why I don't like it ...I just don't.

MrsJohnDeere · 15/09/2009 21:11

Like a lot. Don't know any or even know of any in rl.

PinkyMinxy · 15/09/2009 21:08

It is one of my DD's middle names and we love it. We didn't use it as a first name because there a a few in the neighbourhood already, so it is probably becomming a popular name.

Hulababy · 15/09/2009 21:07

I really like it and it is currently top of my list (with Matilda and Florence) for any future DD I might have.

It is gaining popularity int he baby names sakes although I don't actual know any personally, there are currently none in the infant school (of 270 pupils) I work in and just one in DD's school.

daisyj · 15/09/2009 21:06

Very nice. I work with a very attractive and stylish Martha, so good associations with the name, too.

Tortington · 15/09/2009 21:03

its nice for a nice looking kid

however if you have an ugly kid its a god ugly name

shopaholicJen · 15/09/2009 21:03

Lovely

Patsy99 · 15/09/2009 13:51

It's a good name. Pretty without being middle class twee and boring. Don't see how it can be so very common given its place in the rankings.

Megglevache · 15/09/2009 12:07

I think it's very pretty.

Fanfare · 15/09/2009 12:06

Such a gorgeous name, my all-time fave. It is becoming more popular, but that said it was still only ranked 81 last year, so hardly up there with the Rubys and Olivias.

Bucharest · 15/09/2009 12:02

It's all right. Part of the new holy trinity of Ms. Martha-Mathilda-Madeleine (although the latter seems to have fallen from favour for mawkish reasons)

ShowOfHands · 15/09/2009 12:00

It's beautiful, sounds lovely but oh it's popular now. Which is because it's beautiful obviously but a consideration maybe.

ramonaquimby · 15/09/2009 12:00

know one martha in year 2.
thats it

so not terribly 'common' or 'popular' unlessthe little martha's aren't yet school age!

sockmonkey · 15/09/2009 11:57

I tried to talk DH into Martha for this bump, but he's having none of it.
I really like it, and it is becoming popular.
LOL at disenchanted

persephoneplum · 15/09/2009 11:45

It's a little fusty and homely for my tastes, but I certainly don't dislike it

newmomma · 15/09/2009 10:22

LOVE IT!

Disenchanted3 · 14/09/2009 17:14

Only if your surname is not Phucker.