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Rate my girl names on a scale of 1-10!!!!

98 replies

Lannie33 · 07/09/2012 21:05

Hello from Canada! Expecting DD 2 soon (have a boy and a girl already).
Need help narrowing down...please rate my girl names on a scale of 1-10 (10 being best), and tell me if you associate the name with anything (eg. stripper, classy, old-lady, etc). I'm throwing in a few I hate just to see if our our taste in names is similar or not! THANKS!!!!
Amelia
Clara
Hailey
Kaia
Kylie
Lia
Mackenzie
Matilda
Mia
Tabitha

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HoratiaWinwood · 10/09/2012 14:58

I think Amelia has had a Dr Who boost (Amy Pond is Amelia, and she's a Scot) FWIW.

itsjustmeanon · 10/09/2012 15:18

Amelia - 8
Clara - 9
Hailey - 8
Kaia -3
Kylie - 3
Lia - 3
Mackenzie - 4
Matilda - 9
Mia - 8
Tabitha - 7

lottiegarbanzo · 10/09/2012 15:23

Good point Horatia. Those names are quite 'Enid Blyton boarding school' style to me, which I think gives them some sort of granny-chic.

bertiebottseveryfalvourbeans · 21/05/2020 20:40

Amelia - 4/10 pretty but v v overused

Clara- 6/10 a bit oldy worldy

Hailey - 9/10 really pretty and nice nickname would be Hallie

Kaia - if its kay-ya then 5/10 but if its ky-ya then 7/20

Kylie - 7/10 would have been higher of it didnt remind me of Kylie Jenner

Lia - 5/10 Nice but will only work with a snazzy surname

Mackenzie - 4/10 not a fan of unisex names but thats really just me

Matilda - 7/10 Tilly or Tilda is cute for short, was quite popular a few years ago

Mia - 5/10 a bit boring and would get irritating if you said it enough times

Tabitha - 4/10 just makes me think of a tabby cat??

bertiebottseveryfalvourbeans · 21/05/2020 20:40

just realised how old this is!! what was the baby called ??

PetraRabbit · 21/05/2020 21:46

Amelia- top name in the UK, everyone's new baby is called Amelia.
Clara- classy, classic, part of the Cora/Audrey/Margot type of new old classic trend
Hailey- horrible misspelled version of Hayley which was popular here in the late 80s amongst lower social brackets
Kaia- K names here are seen as very Kardashian
Kylie- I'm in my 40s so for me it's Kylie Minogue- kind of on a par with calling your child Madonna or very Australian
Lia- pleasant but bland, it's similar to a lot of other popular names, Lila, Lyla, Mia etc
Mackenzie- a Scottish surname, kind it very weird as a female first name, just not used in the UK, might lower a child's life chances due to social snobbery
Matilda- very educated class of name
Mia- typical top 10 name, pretty but so overused along with Mila
Tabitha- considered more posh. High Grant has a Tabitha.

Clara, Matilda and Tabitha stand out as very different to the others.

PetraRabbit · 21/05/2020 21:48

Sorry Hugh Grant!!!

newmum332 · 21/05/2020 22:58

Amelia - 6 classic if a bit popular. I’ve never met an Amelia I didn’t like.
Clara - 8 on my list, I love this but I’ve had a mixed reaction seems a bit like marmite
Hailey - 1 overused and not very current. Also strangely reminds me of Eminem’s daughter!! Weird I know
Kaia - 5 ok
Kylie - 3 reminds me of Kylie Jenner but not terrible I just wouldn’t use it
Lia - no 0
Mackenzie - no 0
Matilda - 6 lovely name but a bit cutesy
Mia - 7 not one I would pick, common enough without being overused
Tabitha - heard this a lot recently, not one I would use but don’t dislike 5

LiviLoggs · 21/05/2020 23:25

Amelia - 10 - love it, a formal name but when young the child will have many nickname options.
Clara - 4 - I would say too old lady like for me personally, I seem to only associate it with the nutcracker which makes it feel too Christmassy for me!
Hailey - 2 - I really don’t like hailey, I think it’s outdated.
Kaia - 5 decent but I think names ending with -a are over used nowadays,
Kylie - 1
Lia - 2 - I prefer the spelling Leah but wouldn’t use it personally.
Mackenzie - minus 10
Matilda - 10 - love 5e nicknames associated so
Mia - 7 - decent but overused
Tabitha - 8

Poetryinaction · 21/05/2020 23:59

Amelia - 4
Clara - 4
Hailey - 3
Kaia - 4
Kylie - 2
Lia - 6
Mackenzie - 2
Matilda - 7
Mia - 7
Tabitha - 1

DramaAlpaca · 22/05/2020 00:07

Posters are going to great effort here to rate names for a child who will be around 8 now Confused

ZOMBIE THREAD!!!

brontechick · 22/05/2020 08:48

Amelia - 7, nice name but is so popular.
Clara - 8
Hailey - 0 - dated
Kaia -5 - spelling looks like you're trying to hard to be different
Kylie - 0 - NO - dated and screams 1980s.
Lia - 6
Mackenzie - 0 - awful name
Matilda -7, nice if shortened to Tilly but it's a name that has been quite popular over last few years
Mia - 0 - only because I knew one once and we didn't get on
Tabitha - jury out on that one, can't decide if I like it or loathe it!

DoctorBambino · 22/05/2020 09:27

Amelia - 4/10 it sounds a bit sickly to me
Clara - 5/10 posh sounding
Hailey - 5/10 a bit boring
Kaia - 9/10 I love it, it looks and sounds pretty
Kylie - 4/10 jenner
Lia - 3/10 just not keen
Mackenzie - 0/10 just no
Matilda - 4/10 it's ok, I like nn Tilly
Mia - 5/10 prefer over Lia
Tabitha - 0/10 cat name

peperethecat · 22/05/2020 09:28

Amelia 8 (lovely name but very popular)
Clara 10 (love)
Hailey 7 (kind of dated but I still like it)
Kaia 2 (Kourtney Khloe Kim)
Kylie 5 (quite sweet but very dated)
Lia 7 (prefer Lea or Leah)
Mackenzie 2 (surname)
Matilda 7 (nice)
Mia 6 (nice but very popular and a bit bland)
Tabitha 7 (nice)

Edenember · 22/05/2020 10:06

@Lannie33

  1. Tabitha
  1. Clara
  2. Matilda
  3. Mia
  4. Amelia
  5. Lia
  6. Hailey
  7. Kaia
  8. Kylie
  9. Mackenzie
bertiebottseveryfalvourbeans · 22/05/2020 10:27

i really want to know what this now 7 year old is called !!! Grin

MikeUniformMike · 22/05/2020 12:30

Amelia - no.
Clara - no
Hailey - no
Kaia - ok, but Hiya Kaia
Kylie - no
Lia - Leah is better
Mackenzie - no, awful
Matilda - nice but very popular
Mia - nice but so overused
Tabitha - ok, but not my taste

The ok ones are too popular.

EveryoneLoves09876 · 22/05/2020 14:09

Amelia - pretty but overdone to death. Blond, pretty, bit posh.
Clara - pretty
Hailey - don't like the spelling this way but ok.
Kaia - bit odd but probably my favourite as most unusual.
Kylie - no no!
Lia - like how it looks but sounds a bit boring.
Mackenzie - not a fan.
Matilda - cute, hip, might.date
Mia - pretty, timeless
Tabitha - cute, hip, might date

17caterpillars1mouse · 22/05/2020 18:59

Amelia - 5. I'm neutral on it. I get why others like it, but I find it a little dull. I prefer Amelie which I would rate a 7

Clara - 8

Hailey - 6. I find it a bit dated but its nice enough. I like this spelling

Kaia - 2
Kylie - 1. I find it trashy
Lia - 6. Think I prefer Leah
Mackenzie - 1
Matilda - 4 it's nice enough I'm. Just a bit bored of it
Mia - 8
Tabitha - 4

Sittingontheveranda · 22/05/2020 20:55

Amelia - nice name. Very widely used. Used by all classes which makes it more of a classic.
Clara - I love this name.
Hailey - Not to my taste.
Kaia - Not to my taste.
Kylie - Not to my taste.
Lia - It’s ok.
Mackenzie - Not to my taste.
Matilda - Nice but really awful nickname Tilly makes it unusable.
Mia - I dislike this.
Tabitha - Lovely name.

Clara, Matilda, Tabitha were on my list when I had my daughter. I regret not using Clara. I love Tabitha but I can’t imagine saying this name every day. I love it though.

MichelleOR84 · 29/05/2020 10:13

Amelia- 8
Clara- 7
Hailey - 8 ( but too common for me to wanna use )
Kaia - 4
Kylie- 1 ( kylie Jenner )
Lia - 5
Mackenzie- 5
Matilda - 5 (I think of the movie Matilda)
Mia - 8
Tabitha - 6

Phoebeboo · 29/05/2020 17:48

Amelia -6
Clara- 1 Love
Hailey -8
Kaia -5
Kylie -7
Lia -2
Mackenzie 10 really dislike
Matilda- 3
Mia -4
Tabitha 9

Carouselfish · 29/05/2020 22:05

Amelia - 1 meal, mealy. unpleasant to say and so overdone.
Clara - 10 Clara Bow, film star, pretty, classic yet not overdone
Hailey - 6 - same sound as a lot of other names but okay.
Kaia - 4 - too many ways to spell it.
Kylie - 5 - sweet, I'm too old to associate with Jenner. Minogue is loveable. I have a cute 5 yr old American cousin called it.
Lia - 7 - Looks nice written down. Okay.
Mackenzie 2 - American. Masculine. Surname.
Matilda 9 - Classic, lots of nice nn. Don't hate it even though overdone.
Mia - 3 less original than Lia. Okay.
Tabitha 8 - strong, nice nn, not overused.

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