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Mythoughts · 10/10/2012 21:29

With my due date rapidly approaching I'm looking for your honest opinions on our name list. We are really finding it difficult to choose so please help us. We are hoping to choose both first name and middle name from this list.

Claudia
Eloise
Harriet
Hester
Elizabeth
Poppy
Tabitha
Tamsin

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mathanxiety · 11/10/2012 19:36

I like Elizabeth and Tamsin.

Kaekae · 15/10/2012 23:49

I like Harriet and Elizabeth. Poppy too popular atm. Not too keen on your others.

fishcalledwonder · 15/10/2012 23:54

Love Harriet and Eloise.

Agree Tamsin is 80s, Poppy too popular, Elizabeth dull and Tabtha a cat's name.

Can't decide on Hester.

NoMoreMarbles · 16/10/2012 00:09

Claudia- nice but it sounds odd to my ears with the hard 'Cl' sound plus it doesn't sit well as a first name with any if the others as second.
Eloise- I like this but again it doesn't sit well with any of the others as a first name.
Harriet- this is lovely :) Harriet Elizabeth sounds lovely and you could call her Harri for a NN :)
Hester- uncle Hester (fester-adams family)is all that springs to mind for me so likely that will happen with a lot of people...
Elizabeth- excellent middle name :) I like it for the first name too but not with any of the others as middle names
Poppy- lovely but very over used ATM
Tabitha- I don't like this one at all... I had a baby doll that used to scare me as a child called tabitha...
Tamsin- sounds very Chav-esque to me (sorry) I would imagine her with a side pony tail and a juicy couture velour track suit on swearing loudly chewing chewing gum...(specific I know but that's the image that scream to mind...)

My favourite is Harriet Elizabeth... :) it's lovely!

Zombieminx · 16/10/2012 00:17

DD was nearly Tamsin Smile

I like Claudia and Tabitha from your list.

YY to Elizabeth as a middle name.

I too know several Poppy's under the age of 5!

Devora · 16/10/2012 00:36

Love Hester.

Like Claudia and Tamsin (not at all chavvy; my friend Tamsin was a university professor).

NoMoreMarbles · 17/10/2012 00:14

Sorry Blush 'tis personal preference I supposeSmile 'round my neck of the woods a Tamzyn would be called Tammy her dad would be called a nickname of his surname all his life and smoke weed (this is going from two families I know) and the mum would swear at the kids... I also know a Tamzin who recently went to prison for murder (ex-work colleague not friend) so the name doesn't have nice connotations to me Smile

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sassyandsixty · 17/10/2012 13:01

Claudia - nice and strong, good grown-up name
Eloise - don't like - too frilly
Harriet - good, strong woman's name
Hester - too Nathaniel Hawthorn?
Elizabeth - no, but no - not sure why I'm having this overly strong reaction
Poppy - too trivial for a grown-up
Tabitha - too north london
Tamsin - quite nice, unusual but not too out there, strong but feminine

JennaLemon · 17/10/2012 14:01

Claudia- love it!
Eloise- yes quite like it
Harriet- no, dreadful
Hester- terrible, but Esther is nicer. The huh and ssstt together is too much
Elizabeth- lovely but I would use either Eliza or Beth
Poppy- no. Insubstantial and ugly at the same time.

Tabitha- no, dreadful
Tamsin - ok

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