The Wisdom of the masses is needed......

[MummyGeorgie]

I need all the sensible Mumsnet mummy's out there to help me with my names on the basis that I have to get important things validated these days since I noticed baby brain has been making make some strange decisions and I don't want my daughters name to be one of these!!! Please tell me what you think of the following list and be as brutal as you like... 'baby bump' may thank you someday!!

Harriet
Henrietta
Juliet
Camilla
Emily

Suggestions also very welcome.... I find the name books a bit of a struggle!

Harriet - love
Henrietta - hmmm quite posh but like nn henri
Juliet - nice but quite adult?
Camilla - nice but future queen?
Emily - but dull

Sorry that probably doesn't help at all!

Harriet - ok; nn hattie??
Henrietta - not so keen
Juliet - ok but prefer Juliette
Camilla - not keen on this nevermind the fact that it instantly makes me think of "Queen" Camilla
Emily - ok but not a name for an adult IMHO

Other suggestions (trying to pick what I think you might like to from your other choices)....
Emilia
Eleanor / Elina
Charlotte
Laura

Harriet - OK
Henrietta - no: "Henry ate a..."
Juliet - lovely
Camilla - lovely
Emily - lovely

Harriet - v nice
Henrietta - too yah
Juliet - very nice as is Julia
Camilla - erm, charles and ...?
Emily - very nice

Harriet - Okay.
Henrietta - Lovely and very few about, so huge + point!
Juliet - Lovely, I prefer the Juliette spelling.
Camilla - Reminds me of the very dull Parker Bowles!
Emily - Nice, but a bit plain.

x

I LOVE Emily, had it on my maybe list but settled with Sophie. :)

I don' like Henrietta, or Camilla but the others are OK. Just OK.
Julia I love, Ellen I love and Lydia I love.

Dislike Camilla and Emily, the others are lovely

Camilla is the best of your names - unusual and classic - Queen of the Volsci; bit of a warrior and fast runner.

The others are pretty but more girly and fluffy.

Lydia - also a good strong girl's name.

I think they are all lovely names, except Camilla. Just makes me think of Prince of Wales's woman, or a camel.
Good luck!

Emily is gorgeous. The best name on your list by a country mile in my opinion. Seriously not a grown up name...I've heard it all now...

I think they are all lovely names...love Camilla (Milla for short)...and Hattie is cute for Harriet, I know a gorgeous 2yo Hattie

I like Harriet and Camilla ( but not if I think of Charles...)

Love Harriet and Juliet(te), rest are fine but don't like them so much. None are horrid though :)

I think Harriet is a fine, fine name indeed!

Juliet

I love Juliet and Camilla. Henrietta has a lot of zip to it too and it's unusual.

Other suggestions:
Keziah
Honora
Miranda
Helena
Agatha
Madeleine
Marit

All nice except Camilla.

I prefer the Juliet spelling myself.

Harriet - absolutely love
Henrietta - OK, like Hetty as a nn
Juliet - don't like. Too prissy.
Camilla - v pretty. Like Cami and Millie as nn
Emily - boring

Harriet- See next
Henrietta- I'm not a fan on these two, there seems to be a bit of a run on them locally and they sound a teeny bit pretentious to me.
Juliet- I really like this. Modern classic type names are so common now that picking a traditional name which has yet to come back into fashion is something of a coup.
Camilla- Only if you wont mind her being mentally associated with the Duchess of Cornwall? Depends on your royalism- or not.
Emily- A bit dull for me.

I would pick Juliet

Thanks for all the feedback... there are quite a few points that I hadn't actually thought of at all due my mental restrictions these days!!

Hugely appreciated!

I think a couple have dropped off the list now ;)

I like Harriet, Juliet and Emily from your list.

Quite like Harriet, Juliet and Camilla are lovely. Not too keen on the others.

Like them all except Henrietta has too many associations with horsey Sloans.