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Help needed with girl names please

37 replies

LoveFalafel · 05/11/2009 08:55

Due date in a few weeks and we still haven't decided on a girls name.

Our (current) shortlist is

Martha
Marla
Jemima
Clara
Maria
Leah

What are your thoughts on these names? Middle name is probably going to be Elizabeth. We have a DS called Ethan. Do these names 'go' with Ethan?

TIA

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jlo1234 · 05/11/2009 12:39

i love jemima, u can shorten it to loads of things aswel and thers hardly any around! lovely

LilyloovesGuyFawkes · 05/11/2009 11:35

Martha my favourite (bias i have one), goes well with Ethan too.

birdofthenorth · 05/11/2009 11:32

Ooh, I love Marla! Of the others Clara and Maria are my favourites. Like Martha too. All go nicely with Elizabeth.

I vote Marla!

lola0109 · 05/11/2009 11:30

I liked Leah and was almost on my shortlist until I read that it meant "cow". Put me off slightly!

I love Martha! I'm going to suggest it to DP for our shortlist!

posieparker · 05/11/2009 11:29

Martha and Jemima are the only ones I like but I do love both of them.

Really like Mima as a shortening too!

RomanCandleJollster · 05/11/2009 11:27

Martha - lovely, we couldn't use too similar to surname
Marla - not keen
Jemima - really lovely name - NN little Jem
Clara - very pretty
Maria - ok
Leah - underused IMO. Classic.

Best matches for Ethan &.......? I think Clara... (and works with Elizabeth too)

Good luck.

Winibaghoul · 05/11/2009 09:57

I'd go with Maria, it was on my girl name shortlist (irrelevant as we had a boy)

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Cies · 05/11/2009 09:09

They are all nice names.

My personal favourites are Clara and Martha.

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LoveFalafel · 05/11/2009 09:07

Thanks for your thoughts.

DH prefers Maria or Leah but these are my least favourite (hence at the bottom of my list )

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moyasmum · 05/11/2009 09:00

Go with Martha/maria -classic names (can play around with shortening it if you need to ).
Too many leahs atm, didnt donald trump marry a marla? good luck

girlsyearapart · 05/11/2009 09:00

Congratulations.

Like all of them.

Least favourite are Marla, Jemima and Clara.

Favourite is Martha then Maria.

Hard to decide isn't it! Which one does your DH like best?

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