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A few girls' names

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Rachiesparrow · 07/12/2009 10:34

Hello everyone,

DH and I are stumped for a girl's name - we've gone through so many. I have this list and wondered whether any jump out for any reason, good or bad - just for fun really, as who knows what we end up calling her. DH is worried that we will still be dithering when she's doing her GCSEs. She's due next week.

Kitty/Catherine
Martha
Ruth
Lila
Laura
Gretchen
Justine
Lalita
Asha
Zorah
Nina

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Rachiesparrow · 08/12/2009 18:03

Goldensnitch - I think I will stick with the C spelling too. I prefer it.

jellybeans, thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response to all my choices! You can't please everyone I guess.

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jellybeans · 08/12/2009 17:06

Kitty/Catherine NOT CATHERINE BUT KITTY IS OK
Martha DISLIKE
Ruth SO PLAIN/MIDDLE AGED
Lila DISLIKE
Laura DISLIKE
Gretchen AWFUL
Justine TOO 80S
Lalita AWFUL
Asha AWFUL
Zorah AWFUL
Nina AWFUL

GoldenSnitch · 08/12/2009 16:45

My DD is due soon (having issues with section dates so unable to tell you exactly when - sometime between 17th Dec and 10th Jan!!) and will be called Catherine.

I love Kitty for short. And Katie

I know Katherine would work better for both nicknames but it doesn't look right to me so we're sticking with the C spelling

Cannot wait to meet her!

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Rachiesparrow · 08/12/2009 14:41

Lumpasmelly - I'm not amazonian, but I'm not exactly dainty either.

Apparently Brimful of Asha is about Asha Bhosle, a legendary bollywood singer, which is ok with me!

Zorah - yeah, going off this now after I read that it means 'place of wasps'.

Thanks for all the opinions. keep 'em coming.

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lumpasmelly · 08/12/2009 13:56

Kitty/Catherine - Kitty is a bit porn star is (I keep thinking of Brittney Spears singing "kitty kitty" in that slave for you song
Martha - lovely name - though I always think of Martha and the muffins, so hopefully she will be slim and not have a muffin top!
Ruth - sorry - really nice name but associate it with awful girl at uni
Lila - quite overused.....could become quite common in the future (the new "sharon")
Laura - alright - though prefer Lauren or Lara
Gretchen - like it, but helps if your daughter is tall, blond and amazonian!!!
Justine - posh girl at boarding school who becomes lesbian (sorry - couldn't resist - but some names just conjur up images!!)
Lalita - too close to lolita - nooooo that's sauteed in wrong sauce!
Asha - Brimful of Asha?
Zorah - sounds like some sort of punishment that comes down from a wrathful god
Nina - ....and the neurons....sorry - getting carried away with word associations here....but I do like this name (but as another poster has pointed out, its a very dainty name, and if you have amazonian tendencies then I would stick with Gretchen instead!

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TheFallenMadonna · 07/12/2009 18:34

I like Kitty and Catherine, Martha, Ruth, Laura and Nina.

JaneiteMightBite · 07/12/2009 18:30

I really like Ruth and Martha from your list, followed by Catherine/Kitty.

I don't like Zorah, Lalita, Asha or Nina.

Hulababy · 07/12/2009 18:21

I love the name Martha - beautiful name.

teameric · 07/12/2009 18:17

Like Gretchen best from your list, but prefer Greta

Bonsoir · 07/12/2009 18:15

Ruth, Laura, Justine and Nina are the only ones on your list I would bother deliberating over!

MaggieNollaig · 07/12/2009 18:14

ps Greta short for Gretchen would be fab

MaggieNollaig · 07/12/2009 18:13

Kitty/Catherine - babyish/dull
Martha - lovely
Ruth - lovely and really unusual
Lila - very of the moment. along with lily, leila, ella etc
Laura - ok
Gretchen - kind of cool! i like it!
Justine - nope
Lalita - heyzoos, no way
Asha - ummmmm. no
Zorah - no. like Zyla though, cross between lila and zorah
Nina - love this one.

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bellissima · 07/12/2009 18:06

Catherine/'Kitty', Laura or Nina (although agree with the comment that somehow Ninas are willowy. anyway I know a very nice slender and willowy (grrr!) Nina).

I would go for the Catherine nn Kitty rather than simply Kitty, just in case Her Honour Justice Whatever prefers Catherine iysim.

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thirtysomething · 07/12/2009 16:22

I love Kitty - def my fav on your list. Only know of one amongst hundreds of olivias, Ellies and Charlottes.....

Also love:
Martha
Ruth
Laura

Asha cool but always thought it was short for Natasha or Sasha in a girl?

Tillyscoutsmum · 07/12/2009 16:17

I think Kitty/Catherine is my favourite

I also really like Martha, Gretchen (and Greta) and Nina

MsDoctor · 07/12/2009 16:06

Lila and Martha...yes.

sb6699 · 07/12/2009 16:02

Definately Laura or Nina.

liliputlady · 07/12/2009 15:51

I vote for Laura, Catherine and Martha.

mathanxiety · 07/12/2009 15:37

Kitty/Catherine -- OK
Martha -- No
Ruth -- Love
Lila -- Love
Laura -- No
Gretchen -- Like, but much prefer Greta
Justine -- No
Lalita -- NO, NO, NO! Too like Lolita
Asha -- Like
Zorah -- Love
Nina -- Like but only for a slim, slight DD.

So, Ruth, Lila, Greta, Asha and Nina

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Rachiesparrow · 07/12/2009 11:37

Mamalazarou - that is not good. Thankfully, it's relatively low down on the list.

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LetThereBeRock · 07/12/2009 11:33

Kitty always makes me think of a stripper.

Martha is ok.Laura is ok. Gretchen isn't.Nina isn't bad. I don't particuarly like the others.