Mary or Sally

[tummytickler]

Which do you prefer, Mary or Sally?
Which is more popular do you think?
I like how classic Mary is, but think Sally is cute and adorable on a child, but suits an adult too. Do not like Sarah (dh's ex!) so would just be Sally.

I lived Sally when I was little and called one of my dolls it. I think it's a bit meh now.

Mary is DD's middle name. :)

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I love Mary but it is the name for fanjo in certain parts of the country!

Love Mary.

Wish we had called dd Mary. Or Susan.

Brilliant name.

Sally is meh.

Love love love Mary.

Minnie may not be 'big' enough to transcend fanjo, but Mary definitely is!!

I know a 3 year old Mary, she's gorgeous!

Mary is a fantastic name.

Refreshing,cultured and sounds beautiful,

Mary is to a name as Chanel is to a suit.

Pared down, classic and everlasting.

Love Mary.

Mary is a lovley name.

agree with all the positive comments about Mary above - definitely Mary, it's a wonderful name.

Both lack imagination!

Like being called Peter or Brian or Nigel IMO but Just MO.

I know a 5 yr old Mary and it is so unusual these days that it sounds quite exotic. I think it is lovely. I don't like Sally.

Sally, Mary is definitely the more popular of the two.

Ok, other dd's are Iris and Pearl and 2 boys have unusual OT names, so which would fit better with those? (I guess i should have said the other dc's names in op , sorry)

Both are great and both go with the other(lovely) names!

If pushed I'd go with Sally - sounds more fun

Sally, fun classic.
Mary, safe(quite boring) classic.

Mary isn't boring these days- there just are not any in the primary school. I have come across only two in quite a few years of supply teaching in a variety of schools.

I think that both go with Iris & Pearl but I still tend towards Mary really :)

I posted earlier to say that I'd have a hard time choosing between the two and I would still, but given your other DDs' names, I think Mary might 'go' better than Sally.

But then, you're naming an individual, not one of a group of 3... so does it matter? Oh, I don't know!