39 weeks: quick poll on girls name ..?

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Hi,
We've not long to go now and we have a shortlist of girls names but are finding it difficult. Any opinions or thoughts? Surname is a short, single syllable ...

Audrey
Eliza
Evelyn
Hannah
Martha
Matilda
Norah

Quite like older-fashioned names but worried some could have associations that we're not too keen on (you can probably spot the ones I mean).

Sorry for the lack of originality of the post. And thanks for any response.

Love Norah, Eliza, Matilda and Audrey.

Hannah is a bit dated imo -- DS's class had a lot of Hannahs who would now be 18ish. Martha always makes me think of hens, clucking and feathers for some reason. Evelyn is nice but there are a lot of Evies.

All lovely names.

I love Norah (despite thoughts of Nora Batty and Bloody nora...), Martha, Audrey and Eliza. If I had to vote for one, I'd go for Martha.

Matilda and Evelyn ok.

Less keen on Hannah (bit dull to my ears, probably because I know many adults and children with this name).

My dd2(6m) is Eliza. I don't know any others in RL

I know 1 nora, 2 evelyn's and a work colleague is planning on having a martha.

From your list I would go for matilda. I love tilly as a nn

Wow, thanks for all the responses.

I am worried about how popular Evie is as a name and this means we might not go for it. It's shame as Evelyn is a family name which we were both really keen on ...

The other worry I had about Norah (alongwith Nora Batty) was "Nitty Nora the Bug Explorer" - don't know if that rings any bells for anyone from primary school days? Maybe nowadays its no longer used to describe the head lice nurse.

Thanks again for all the replies though. Loads of food for thought!

If you like Evelyn, then go for it. If you make a point of always referring to your baby by her full name, rather than Evie, then others will follow your example. evelyn is not the same name as Evie/Eve

Evelina is pretty, and you could have Lina as nickname instead of Eve/Evie.

Nitty Norah hasn't existed for a long time now.

martha!

Love Martha Nora's lovely too, I'd go with Eleanor nn Nora, oohhh but Nell is another lovely name! Sorry, I'm not helping I know!

Mabel?

All really wonderful names, hard to choose!
Matilda favorite, Martha least (a bit slow somehow). Norah seems the least friendly in a way.

ooh .. Eleanor. Very nice - hadn't though of that, especially as it can also be shortened to Nora. I think that's going on the list then. Thanks!

Audrey - Gorgeous. My absolute fave!!
Eliza- boring
Evelyn- not keen
Hannah - boring
Martha - Gorgeous!!
Matilda - like
Norah - Brilliant name!!