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Marianne or Erica

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Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 13:35

Dear all

I have been on this site far too much recently. Not good as I should be working.

Further to an earlier post, I have narrowed the choices to two names:

Marianne
or
Erica

We would shorten Marianne to Mari, but Erica will not be shortened.

We have a surname beginning with a G and two syllables, that contains an s.

Which name do you think will age better? Which do you prefer?

If you strongly dislike either please let me know, and your reasons why. This may influence our choice, and I?d prefer to hear the worse now.

We?re tempted to leave making the decision till we meet our daughter? We can then decide whether she?s a Mari or an Erica.

Thank you all in anticipation.

Kate

P.S. we are playing it safe with boys names with either William or Matthew, as we both love these names. I?m letting my hubbie have the final say on which name for a son when the baby is born. On the family tree my hubbies Grandfather, Great GF, Great Great GF, and Great Great Great GF and Great x 4 GF were all William. Its only the last two generations that do not have a William

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Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 14:37

Good point, I dont dislike the name Eric. Its my granddads name. However I appreciate the point on it being hard-sounding.

When I say it with our surname it doesnt roll off the tongue so easily as Marianne.

coffeefestival - I think I'd start with Mari as this is my preference, but if people started using Marie, Anne, Annie - these are all fine.

Thanks. All thoughts appreciated.

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randomimposter · 29/06/2010 14:35

Have a William so am biased there.

MUCH prefer Marianne to Erica (like FranSan my first thought was streaker Roe). Personally would shorten Marianne to Anny, but Mari is ok too.

UnrequitedSkink · 29/06/2010 14:22

Marianne is pretty and underused, but I loathe Erica - it is hard-sounding, quite masculine and for some reason reminds me of wiry ginger hairs. And would you call a baby boy Eric?

coffeefestival · 29/06/2010 14:19

I like both Erica and Marianne, although not so keen on Mari.

saslou · 29/06/2010 14:19

Love Erica. Always associate it with confident, sophisticated women.

loler · 29/06/2010 14:06

Wouldn't worry about names sounding right together. I completely went off names between babies.

I really liked Erica but got a no from DH. Never thought of Marianne - both are unusual without being made / unheard of. Both or lovely - good luck with the baby

Lionstar · 29/06/2010 14:00

Marianne, though I like Erica too

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Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 13:58

Then again, Matthew and Erica, Matt and Erica, Erica and Matt - go together too.

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Kathleen123 · 29/06/2010 13:57

Mari and Will / Will and Mari , your right they do go together. I'd not considered this.

Winetimeisfinetime - I'd not thought of the Er sound. Not sure if it bothers me or not.

Personally I dont like the 'Th' sound, as it's so often pronounced as F - esp by small children.

Thanks all. The more opinions the better.

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Winetimeisfinetime · 29/06/2010 13:46

I prefer Marianne.

I'm afraid I don't like Erica at all. I don't like Erin either - just not keen on the 'Er' sound. Marianne is so much prettier.

gingerteam · 29/06/2010 13:44

Marianne for me, it's a lovely name.
I don't like Erica at all, it's too masculine sounding for my taste.

FranSanDisco · 29/06/2010 13:41

Marianne is lovely. I'm not to keen on Erica (reminds me of Erica Roe the streaker).

maxpower · 29/06/2010 13:39

I like both but prefer Marianne. Very beautiful.

Magalyxyz · 29/06/2010 13:37

Marianne. I love this one. It's a beautiful classic underused name which reminds me of jane austen.

Erica is just not to my taste at all.

Also, if you have a boy next, I think Marianne matches William much better.

funnysinthegarden · 29/06/2010 13:36

Erica is a nice name. Prob prefer it to Marianne. I would leave the actual decision until you meet your daughter though.

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