My top 5 - what do you think?

[SarahScot]

Marnie
Orla
Lily
Anya
Esme

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

I like all your names, except for Marnie.

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

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

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

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.

Love Marnie.

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

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...)

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.

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

I love all of them except Lily.

Sarnie North East.

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

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 :)

I'd pronounce it Es-MAY.

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

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

Love Anya