Phoebe or Magda?

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Do you like either for a girl, & if so which do you prefer? Is Phoebe really faddy? Ta!

Phoebe

Although round here it is rather popular.

Magda.Very elegant.

Magda. I dislike Phoebe, personally.

I like Phoebe :)

Magda is rather harsh.

Magda definitely. Sweet for a tiny cool for a teenager and different. Fab

Definitely not Magda. It has an ugly sound.

Magda comes from Mary Magdalene, who was a prostitute, if that bothers you?

My sil is Magdalena (Magda for everyday purposes). I quite like it.

Phoebe. I really like it. Maggie is nice but Magda's too harsh IMO.

Magda with nn Maggie is lovely! Phoebe is nice too, but Magda has the edge for me, and is less common.

Phoebe.

Magda sounds like an unhappily divorced lecturer who makes a clumsy pass at her boss at a faculty drinks party.

Apologies to any Magdas, it just sounds really serious and grown up to me, and not in a nice way. Magdalena is nice though!

Phoebe is a bit meh in my opinion, although I know it is very popular on here. I think Magda is an unusual and strong (but not harsh) name and would definitely choose it over Phoebe.

I know a Magda, she is a right-on man hating feminist who is always ill and going to the doctors.

Horrid name

Phoebe, very sweet.

I love Magda - really strong and elegant.
Phoebe is a bit wishy washy and bland.

Well, to counter some of the Magda images on this thread my sil is very girly, attractive and generally lovely!

The only point I meant to mention before is that alot of people here do mispronounce her name as Magna. I have no idea why because it is not a remotely difficult name to pronounce. My mum and I have had more run ins than enough with my dad on his repeat offending .

I love Magda. Nice German name, very chic imo.

Prefer Magda.

Never liked Phoebe, always makes me think 'feeble'

Pheobe

Phoebe is lovely. Not crazy about Magda. If you'd said Maggie or Phoebie I'd be torn.

Ooh, big split on Magda, seems a bit Marmite! Still love it though, ESP with Maggie or Mags as nns. Think I'd rather a Marmite name than a meh name! I do love Phoebe but I am a bit concerned it's too trendy to feel timeless (& hard to spell for kids).

Pheobe

Phoebe. Magda is quite clunky, and harsh sounding to my ear (and eye)

Magda will always be my nana's (elderly) spanish friend. But I do like Maggie.

Quite like Phoebe - is it trendy? I thought it was timeless.

Love Phoebe, how about Maddy?

Magda sounds a bit eastern european to my ears, but is a very pretty name. Just realised it must have biblical origins (Magdalen?) so i must be wrong