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My top 5 - what do you think?

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SarahScot · 31/01/2011 20:23

Marnie
Orla
Lily
Anya
Esme

Be kind, I am feeling very hormonal and I might cry if you say you hate them. Grin

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shouldnotbehere · 02/02/2011 13:07

I like all your names, except for Marnie.

sfxmum · 02/02/2011 13:15

I like all the names but they are for very different girlsGrin

I think names are one of those things that you know what to call them when you meet them

MrsMcCave · 02/02/2011 13:19

Anya is nice, but it is a type of potato ... that would bother me, especially as it is quite well known.

LadyGoneGaga · 02/02/2011 13:29

Marnie and Esme - love both, are both on my shortlist (of 3).

Anya is a type of potato.

Orla is nice but think best for those with Irish ancestry.

I used to love Lily but think it is getting much too popular.

allyfe · 02/02/2011 13:49

Love Marnie.

AllieW · 02/02/2011 13:54

Anya and Esme are my favourites. Know a Marnie (she's c. 35) who is lovely, so quite like that too.

3isthemagicnumber · 02/02/2011 14:02

always loved Marnie but...
(and I'm sorry for this) was slightly put off it by my very lovely Liverpudlian friend pointing out how her family would refer to a child in their family with that name.....
'Our Marni'
but obviously that should mean nothing if you love it (and, unlike me, have no Northern relatives...) Grin

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SarahScot · 02/02/2011 19:32

Grin at 'Our Marni' in a scouse accent. We're scottish so wouldn't have that problem.

Also, the Marnie/Sarnie and Mardy Marnie comments - are these coming from Southerners? They're just not words I'd ever use or would occur to me, and I don't know anyone who uses them. It's interesting how accent and coloquial language influences how you view names. For example, in theory I love the name 'Pearl', but in a Scottish accent it becomes 'Perul' which is just hideous.

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KenDoddsDadsDog · 02/02/2011 19:40

Marnie is great. Surprised to see Orla in that group of names but love it.

Grumpla · 02/02/2011 19:48

I love all of them except Lily.

fifi25 · 02/02/2011 20:05

Sarnie North East.

fifi25 · 02/02/2011 20:06

Sadie the Bra ladies from the N.E so i could never use Sadie :)

shinydiscoball · 02/02/2011 20:11

Esme is lovely, do you pronounce it Es-MEE or Es-MAY? I know it has something to do with where the accent symbol thing goes but not sure which means which :)

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SarahScot · 02/02/2011 20:18

I'd pronounce it Es-MAY.

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PlanetLizard · 02/02/2011 20:26

I'd say ES-mee because that's how it looks in English (without the accent).

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SarahScot · 03/02/2011 20:28

I really hope DD comes out with a name tag, this is too hard!

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flower38 · 03/02/2011 20:48

Love Anya

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