travispickles' baby name shortlist

[travispickles]

Here's the shortlist of baby names I'm considering that I generated with Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder. Let me know what you think.

Girls
Amelia
Ava
Catriona
Dahlia
Estelle
Esther
Eva
Eve
Iris
Isla
Ivy
Lydia
Marina
Marlena
Marnie
Mathilda
Sasha
Stella

Atm, Marina or Marnie are front runners although also loking Sasha. Don't want anything too popular... Any thoughts most welcome!

I picked Marina or Sasha... and that's before I saw they were your favourites.

Estelle also nice.

Girls
Amelia - Love
Ava - too Popular, but lovely.
Catriona - Dont like
Dahlia - Dont like
Estelle - Dont like
Esther - Ok
Eva - Ok
Eve - Like
Iris - Dont like
Isla - Love
Ivy - Lovely
Lydia - Lovely
Marina - Dont like
Marlena - Dont like
Marnie - Ok
Mathilda - Ok
Sasha - Lovely - On my list for a girl
Stella- Dont like

Estelle is beautiful.

Marnie nice but already sounds like a nn to me. It's also a name hard to grow into. I think Marnie would suit a girl who's a little bit eccentric, a bit dark, a bit serious. I think it also reminds me of the word Mardy . But it does have an elegance, perhaps reflected from the Hitchcock film of the same name, Tippi Hedren chic etc.

Marina although pretty, is a bit 2-dimensional to me. A bit lightweight. Maria has more swing and sweetness.

Marnie Estelle

or Marina Estelle

I personally don't like Marina - it just makes me think of a place where you park yachts.

Amelia -- nice but too popular
Ava -- nice but also very popular
Catriona -- how would you pronounce it? This is a trick question
Dahlia -- dislike
Estelle -- Love
Esther -- Love
Eva -- Love
Eve -- Love
Iris -- makes me think of Iris Robinson
Isla -- nice
Ivy -- nice but very of the moment
Lydia -- nice
Marina -- lovely but there's the coil
Marlena -- Nice
Marnie -- Dislike. Sounds like a nn for something
Mathilda -- Love. Also love spelled Matilda
Sasha -- nice but I can't get away from the thought that this is a boy's name, diminutive for Alexander in Russian
Stella -- Love, see Estelle

So my favourites are:
Estelle
Esther
Eva
Eve
Stella
Mathilda/ Matilda

and the runners up are:
Marlena (I would spell this Marlene as in Dietrich)
Marina
Lydia
Ivy
Isla

I like Sasha and Ava

You picked one yet??!!!

I love Marina - also agree that Marlene (spelt that way, is very strong. Stella and Estelle or Estella are pretty. Marnie makes me think of the Hitchcock film - but is a great film! Apparently is it a nickname for Marina, anyway - so you could have two in one!.

Have you thought about Saskia? I think this is a lovely, unusual name and seems a similar type to some on your list.

I see Marnie and think sarnie, but maybe I'm just too food-minded!

DD is Sasha so it is my favourite from your list and has always sounded feminine as opposed to masculine for me.

I also like Amelia, Isla, Iris, Ivy & Stella from your list.

I like Stella but most of them are lovely.

Mind you Stella would make most people think of the beer so perhaps best to go with Estelle. Marina is lovely too and I like Lydia.

I LOVE that you love Marnie! It's what I want to name DD but DH is having none of it. I think it's traditionally a NN for Marion., but would work equally well with Marina.

Your list is very similar to my list (see thread 'Name Elimination Game) so I obviously think you've got great taste in names.

A few people have said Marnie make them think of Sarnie or Mardy - I think that must be a regional or accent thing, neither is a word I would ever use of think of.

Good luck with getting your way with 'Marnie', don't think I'm going to.

Have you decided yet?

travis lovey - only just seen this thread - I love Marina with nn Marnie - but I also really Like Esther, Stella and Mathilda as well as Sasha. - And in Russia - Sasha is NN for Alxandra (if that helps)
Not long now eh?