Honest opinions on my girls list - I can take it!

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I already have an Imogen and this is our list for number two pink bump.....

Tabitha
Jemima
Octavia (dh doesn't like)
Clemantine
Lavinia
Lola
Matilta (dh likes)
Amelie
Lottie (don't like Charlotte though)

Would love to know what your opinions are.

I know a couple of Tabithas and never heard anyone talk about the cat thing!

Other "jolly" names (i don't actually like them but ho hum):
Pandora
Elise
Clara
Allegra

I would love to compile some of the comments here into a baby name book:

Octavia - a lovely name, if rather Jilly Cooper, although critics claim that it sounds "severe" and - at worst - may be only fit for ostriches.

I love Amelie - really pretty!

As someone else mentioned, I think Lydia would go well with Imogen.

Aurelia
Cecilia
Tara
Harriet
Beatrice
Penelope
Julia
Serena
Eloise
Celeste
Esther
Alexandra
Victoria
Talia
Henrietta
Veronica
Vanessa
Phoebe
Camilla
Clementine
Delilah

My favourites are Clementine,Jemima and Tabitha
How about Cosima,Venetia or Theodora

They're all absolutely lovely, except Lavinia.

Awful connotations, as the most famous one met a grisly end in a Shakespeare play after a horrific ordeal with two men then having her tongue and hands cut out.
All of the other names are hard to choose between, they're beautiful.

Good point, saucetastic.

I know a Venetia, it's a lovely name, very elegant.

I love Matilda and Lottie but not the others.
Tabitha and Clementine are very popular at the moment,judging by MN,but I hate them. Lavinia is awful too. Lola makes me think of a stripper.
The others aren't terrible but I don't really like them.

Tabitha -- Love, also love Dinah and Beulah
Jemima -- Love
Octavia (dh doesn't like) -- I'm with your DH here
Clementine -- Love
Lavinia -- Much prefer Letitia (Lettie). Lavinia reminds me of A Little Princess and can be shortened to Lav.
Lola -- Like Layla, Lilah or Lela, not Lola; too close to Lolita, a diminutive. L O L A Lo-la is a song that would echo in her ears and become annoying after a while.
Matilda -- Love
Amelie -- very meh
Lottie -- again, I prefer Letitia

So,
Tabitha
Jemima
Clementine
Matilda

with
Dinah
Beulah
Letitia
thrown in.

Clementine and Tabitha are lovely - on my shortlist but sadly not DH's

Tabitha - not a fan

Jemima - is okay (but dont tell my Dad, he desperately wanted both my girls to be called Jemima!)

Octavia (dh doesn't like) - I love, but think it may be quite a hard name to carry off, also how do you nn it?

Clemantine - a cow's name?

Lavinia - I imagine gossiping on the doorstep in her dressing gown

Lola - I love, or how about Lois
Matilta (dh likes) is this year's Chloe, to of my facebook friends have gone for this in the last couple of months

Amelie - I like, but wouldnt use for the same reason that I wouldnt use Madeline

Lottie (don't like Charlotte though) - I love this, Dh wouldnt let me have it, should have just ignored him

I like all of them but would tend towards Lola as a shortening (for Dolores) rather than a given name just because it gives a more 'grownup' option if she wants it later.

Ditto Lottie - if you don't like Charlotte, it can be short for other names (Carlotta is nice IMO)

Agree that Lavinia, though nice can be shortened to both Lavvie and Vinnie, neither of which are so pretty . . .

I like Lottie as a nn for Charotte but not as a stand-alone name. I quite like Matilda.

I dislike tabitha, Clementine, Lavinia (really dislkie Lavinia) and Lola. Jemima and Amelie are okay-ish. Quite like Octavia.

LOVE Clementine, Octavia and Tabitha.

Matilda is ok but I know soooo many under 5s of this name in my area (South East).
Not keen on the rest.

Tabitha..love it
Jemima ...dislike, reminds me of a doll
Octavia ...bit odd, reminds me of an Octagen
Clemantine...orange?
Lavinia...reminds me of a country or beer name
Lola...dislike
Matilta ...dislike but like Matilda (was it supposed to be that?)
Amelie ...OK
Lottie ...dislike

You have lovely taste in names. Imogen sounds very classy, and IMO doesn't go with lola or lottie, as they are more like nn, instead of 'proper' names.

I love all of your names, but tabitha, clementine or jemima are my fav's, and don't seem so popular either.

How about violet, or livia.

Tabitha - I like it. I don't love it, but I like it.

Jemima - Does remind of Puddleduck, but I still love it. A schoolfriend was Jemima shortened to Mimi, which I think is sweet.

Octavia (dh doesn't like) - I think it's lovely.

Clementine - Like this too, and Clemmy is growing on me.

Lavinia - Wasn't she the mean girl in A Little Princess? Love the name regardless though. My cousin in Lavinia shortened to Livvy; I think it's a nice alternative to Olivia.

Lola - Charlie and Lola is what it brings to mind. Plus I had a cat called Lola. I don't dislike it, but I prefer Laura.

Matilda (dh likes) - Who Told Lies And Was Burned to Death... I really want to like the name, but it just makes me think of that poem.

Amelie - Prefer Amelia. Or Emily. Unless you're French?

Lottie (don't like Charlotte though) - Love Lottie but also find Charlotte boring.

Tabitha - cat
Jemima - not bad (bit of a duck thing going on)
Octavia - posh
Clemantine - clementene orange
Lavinia - Lavi toilet nickname
Lola - too sexy
Matilta - like it but prefer usual spelling
Amelie - love it
Lottie - would assume Charlotte

Much prefer

Thomasina
Juliet
Oonagh
Clarissa
Lila or laila
Harriet
Hahalia
Otilie

meant Mahalia or Marissa

Mahalia is beautiful.

Amelie is very nice but wouldn't people mix it up with Emily?

My wonderful god-mother was a Lavinia (known as Vin) so I really quite like that, and Livvy is good too.

For me Tabitha and Jemima are Beatrice Potter characters, and therefore really for cats/ducks.

Jemima seems a bit moany (I'm not sure why, but when I read it the "i" seems very strong).

I have Clemency as a middle name, and to be honest I'm not that keen on either Clemency or Clementine, plus Clemmie has to be a really awful nn (and if your dd is sometimes known as "Immie" then Immie and Clemmie doesn't sound good)

I don't like nns as given names, so not keen on Lottie.

Lola has too many bad connotations.

Tabitha - really nice
Jemima - really nice
Octavia (dh doesn't like) - quite nice, but not my fave
Clemantine - isn't it Clementine? I like it.
Lavinia - not my taste at all.
Lola - Charlie
Matilta (dh likes) - love it
Amelie - like it a lot
Lottie (don't like Charlotte though) - prefer full names.

Tabitha will be called Tabby btw, it's only a matter of time. Still like it though.

Imogen and Tabitha, Immi & Tabby. Yep, nice.

Jemima, Clementine and Matilda go best with Imogen. Though as has been said Tilly is a common pet name (was my cat) so maybe Tilda or Mattie better nn.