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Juno or Marianne

68 replies

FruitSaladIsNotPudding · 12/07/2012 15:02

We're expecting our second girl in November and these two names are my current favourites - just wanted to know what people thought.

If you absolutely hate either of them, can you say why?

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LurkingAndLearningForNow · 12/07/2012 18:37

Marianne!!!!

Just please not Juno..I just associate it with the teen pregnancy film.

onetwo3 · 12/07/2012 18:48

Juno - unfortunately the film ruined it for me, I really disliked the main character.

Marianne - I much prefer MariannA, I think it's beautiful and a little more unique written with an 'a', certainly a name that will never date.

VolAuVent · 12/07/2012 19:38

Much prefer Marianne to Juno, which sound like a nickname for June.

jaffacakehips · 12/07/2012 20:27

Please don't pick Juno it's a horrid name that I don't want to get popular as I love it Grin

Not so keen on Marianna what about Marina?

Viviennemary · 12/07/2012 21:01

Not keen on Juno. Is it one of these faddy type names. Marianne is very pretty. Really like it.

HoldMeCloserTonyDanza · 12/07/2012 21:48

I LOVE Juno and it is top of my list for a future DD2. I'm from Dublin and also appreciate the connection to the play Juno and the Paycock.

My only reservation is that I have it in my head that it ought only to be given to a girl actually born in June. But I think I'm being stupid about that and should get over it.

LurkingAndLearningForNow · 13/07/2012 08:35

No now Marina..That's the name of my IUD! Blush

FruitSaladIsNotPudding · 13/07/2012 08:46

I love Maggie as a shortening for Marianne, although it is a little bit of a stretch.

I am aware Juno is a Roman goddess, but I still think the name has the potential to be a bit trendy. Perhaps I am overthinking it!

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GnocchiNineDoors · 13/07/2012 08:48

Oooh Maggie is a great name in its own right.

Love Tessa and love Juno. Not fussed about Marianne.

klaritaf · 13/07/2012 08:52

Juno sounds like a big fat woman (sorry) - wasn't she a character in Swiss Family Robinson? What about 'Junoesque'- where does that come from?
Marianne sounds weak.
Marnie is a lovely name though.

Subarashii · 13/07/2012 09:01

I really like Juno.

Not quite so keen on Marianne as its a bit frilly for me but I AM obsessed with similar M names (had a thread just recently). I'm considering:

Marian
Merryn
Marnie
Marina
Marin

Subarashii · 13/07/2012 09:03

PS I love love love Marnie atm. Sadly I think that means it may be in for a revival .

FruitSaladIsNotPudding · 13/07/2012 09:52

I wouldn't use Marnie as a given name, although I like it as a nn. Interesting you say Marianne is frilly - I hate frilly names!

God, it's hard work isn't it. I still love Juno, but it seems it's a bit of a marmite name. Actually, I've had similar reactions to Tessa!

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juneau · 13/07/2012 10:32

I remember 'When Marnie was There'. I loved it too! I also loved 'Charley'.

MrsHelsBels74 · 13/07/2012 10:33

My stepmum had a dog called Juno so I can't help but connect it with dogs sorry.

Levantine · 13/07/2012 10:38

I know two baby Junos (se London). Wouldn't imagine it will ever be wildly popular though.

bradbourne · 13/07/2012 10:43

Just because a name has classical origins, doesn't mena it can't also be trendy/of its era.

Phoebe, for example... a name from Greek mythology but only really seemed to become popular once the Friends series was televised.

Juno is okay, but I agree that it sounds like a nickname for someone called June. It also makes me think of a somewhat hefty woman.

Marianne is nicer and prettier, IMO. However, it also makes me think of the hefty, topless French woman waving the flag of the Republic.

FruitSaladIsNotPudding · 13/07/2012 11:18

I'd better hope she isn't hefty then!

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BobbiFleckman · 13/07/2012 11:22

I know a baby juno, and a baby marianne.

the response from friends has been a little "wtf?" to Juno, and absolute universal approval and loving of Marianne.

squoosh · 13/07/2012 11:26

It reminds me foremost of Juno and the Paycock too

HoldMeCloserTonyDanza · 13/07/2012 12:04

It's a darlin' play, a daaaaaaarlin' play

klaritaf · 13/07/2012 12:18

when she arrives you will know.

BrittaPerry · 13/07/2012 12:32

DD1 is Marianne, so I may be biased...

Whenever we tell people her name, it is divided between approval because it is a good, traditional, pretty but grown up name, and people appreciating it for Leonard Cohen/Marianne Faithful/French Revolution reasons, or both.

It is spelled in the traditional way (can't abide names with "quirky" spellings - far too try hard)

Marianne works well for a girly but strong little five year old girl, who has mud on her face, book in her hand and is off on a daydream, having done her own hair with a million clips Grin but you could also imagine a Dr Marianne or Marianne the MP.

She gets Mimi as a nickname - the only people who call her Mazz/Mazza/Mazzmeister are my family when they are trying to annoy me Hmm

She also gets "Marianne Frying Pan", "Marianna", and "Monster" as kind of family names.

People (idiots or the hard of hearing) sometimes can't get their heads round it and call her "Miriam" "Mary Anne" "Marina" and all sorts, but then DH gets that kind of idiocy and his name is Nick (Neil, Mick, Pip, etc) , so you just have to kind of ignore people like that.

Marianne is the personification of the French Revolution... Liberty and Reason

I had never heard of Juno before the film, and it is too short for my liking.

BrittaPerry · 13/07/2012 12:36

Our Marianne does do a lot of flag waving and chattering on about The Revolution, but that is more the fact that she has been dragged to picket lines and marches since she was a baby. Grin

LeB0f · 13/07/2012 12:37

I like Marianne for the French association, even though the only Marianne I know is real life is a MASSIVE bitch, which can put you off, so the fact it hasn't means it must be a pretty good name. I think Juno would suit a Staffordshire Bull Terrier.