Maeve, Margot or Moira

[argylesocks]

I'm strongly leaning towards one but i cant seem to let the others go. theyre too similar to use one for a future child (I think)so i want to make sure its the right one1. any thoughts...

Maeve, or possibly Margot. Not Moira.

Um...I'm not that keen on any of them, sorry, they all seem a bit like names for a woman in her 60s who wears Scholl sandals and floral dresses. Or something.

But, the one I dislike the least is Maeve, if I had to choose.

Don't like any of them, sorry. Margot is ripe for a lifetime of mis-spelling and mis-pronunciation, Moira I don't like the sound it makes (personal I admit). Maeva is the best but again - see Margot.

I love Maeve

Niece is a Maura, Molly as nn. I don't warm to any of the, tbh.

ha, ok fair enough. I'm foreign so I dont have the same 'old lady' connotations that i guess you do here. I just liked the way they sounded. this is not a criticism.. but it seems like 90% of the names mentioned on here are really really old fashioned, and I guess I wonder why some of them are now trendy and others are still considered old lady.

I don't know Argyle why some old fashioned names are now cool and some are not, but I generally don't like it as a trend. Who wants to be a young guy named Stanley/Wilfred?

But that's just me, I am sure I'll be outnumbered very shortly!

Love Margot!

1. Moira
2. Maeve
3. Margot

Moira and Margot were my personnal choices for DD, both vetoed by DH.
[I am foreign too, and don't have the same connotations associated to names as DH]

Maeve is a beautiful name, IMO.

Margot is nice and I think ripe for resurgence, but for anyone of a certain age, it will conjure up one Mrs Leadbetter.

Moira - really, really no.

yes i was just told of the ol' mrs leadbetter but i hate that one association can ruin a name. it seems really limiting. Ive never met anyone named Margot before and I thought it was pretty but thanks for the thoughts :)

Absolutely love Margot Moira is a no, no for me, Maeve is okay if you're Irish or living in Ireland.

Maeve is definitely my favourite.

On the ballet theme there was also Margot Fonteyn.

I am biased - it's one of my nns.

Not Moira. Has unpleasant associations for me personally.

Maeve is pretty, not keen on the others especialy Moira! I think the name Moira is not old enough to have made a comeback yet, I would associate with person in 60s as opposed to 80s (like Iris, Ivy, names which are now cool)
I really like suggestion of Maura. Morna is another similar, Scottish name which is lovely and unusual.

Maeve is lovely. Margot is great, reminds me of Margot in the Good Life but that's not a bad thing at all. Not keen on Moira.

I LOVE all of these names!!!

my favourite of the three is Maeve, closely followed by Margot (love the nn Maggie for Margot too). Moira is nice too.

Margot too similar to maggot, sorry.

Love Maeve but don't like the others.

Maeve is lovely - it was on our list and I do know a baby Maeve.

I know a baby Margot, hers is one of the few girls' names that I remember (in a sea of Evies/Avas/Bellas here in our part of London) - I think it's lovely.