There's been a thread about this name recently so sorry for repeating, I didn't want to hijack someone else's thread though. I think DH is pretty set on naming our second child Catherine if it's a girl, it's a name I initially was happy with but am now having misgivings. As much as it's a beautiful, classic name and goes well with our surname I'm just not bowled over by it like I was with DS's name. I work in a small team with a Catherine and have a bit of a difficult relationship with her, which doesn't help, and I'm also not overly keen on Kate or Katie as a nn (Kitty's out). On the other hand he's gone with my suggestion for a boy's name and has relented to my demand request for a girl to have an extra middle name with special meaning for me. Can someone either persuade me that Catherine's a great name or suggest a viable alternative? There are so many beautiful girl names out there that I wouldn't want to waste an opportunity to name our daughter something that we both love rather than just like. Suggestions of mine which I love but have been rejected include Genevieve, Delphine, Beatrice, Romilly and Thea. We have such different tastes!