Hettie, Mariella, Kitty or Lottie?

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We have finally chosen our shortlist, please let me know what you think, which you prefer and whether you know any:

Henrietta nn Hettie
Mariella nn ??
Charlotte nn Lottie
Katherine nn Kitty

Love all of them except Mariella. Not keen on that. Love all the nicknames. Nickname for Mariella? Mari, Mimi, Ella?

I love Mariella (there's another tread today that aske about the name, which you might want to check out). A said , I also love Ella, Mimi and also Marnie.

Bak to your question: my fave is Mariella, followed by Charlotte (particularly with Lottie as the NN), then Henrietta (I like Etta as the NN here, and Etta as a stand-alone name).

Least of all is Katherine. I find in plain/beige/boring.

I know one 12yo Charlotte, NN Lottie and she's so lovely

I know lots of Katherines/Catheries (my age - early 30s). And my God, they're dull! Apologies to and MN ladies with this name. I know I'm making a sweeping statement and mean no offence

lottie or kitty

I love Mariella! Lovely, classic, feminine and sounds great in all languages. And not overused!

Second choice would be Charlotte - also feminine, classic but a little more popular.

Third is Henrietta, although I'm less keen on Hettie.

Last, and a little dull and overused, would be Catherine/Katharine (she'd also spend her life correcting the spelling....)

Charlotte nn Lottie.

I'm not biased at all

I quite like Henrietta nn Hetti but I prefer Harriett with the nn Hattie.

I like Mariella and Henrietta the best. Charlotte is ok but I agree that Katharine is quite dull/boring.

I'd not worry about nicknames yet at all - they evolve and often end up as something completely different .

I like Kitty and Lottie, I prefer the full name Charlotte to Katherine though...

Prefer Harriet to henrietta, nn hattie. Other names not really my cup of tea.

Hettie - no, don't like it at all
Mariella is nice, I prefer Marielle though. That's really nice actually
Lottie is nice. I liked it ten years ago.
Charlotte I don't like at all. Sounds like Shallot. Charlie is better.

Kitty is a bit feline and childlike. It's ok I guess but it's bordering on silly. A bit insubstantial for a woman. Cute on a little girl perhaps. She 'd have outgrown it by 7.
Catherine /Katherine, no just a bit too crusty and dull to use but they're safe. I don't dislike them.

Mariella with nn Mimi or Ellie
Henrietta with nn Hettie
are my favourites.

Charlotte is very popular, and I don't like Catherine at all.

Hi
Obviously as ive started another thread on here about it I do love Mariella. Its my fave out of your list, although I do like pp suggestion of Mariella. I like Mari (mar-ee) as a nickname but also like ella, ellie, and marnie is super cute for a little girl actually.
Then prob Charlotte, Lottie is lovely but i think becoming quite popular as a first name now.
Katherine - for some reason I find this so much prettier than Catherine. I would nn Katie though don't like Kitty.
Sorry Henrietta Is really not my taste personally but if you like hettie maybe you like hattie and like Harriett as a suggestion.

Got to say though Mariella is a different league the other three, all nice names but I dont know its so much prettier isnt it!
I think the other three are a very similar type of name but Mariella, I dont know I guess Id group it with names like Isabella and Marina, or Arya and Allegra maybe.

Thi is my biggest problem as my DC are Freya and Oliver!

I agree with krankykitty

the first thing I thought when I saw your post was Hello Kitty. Which is massive. But then I saw it was nn, so you can change it around.

There is a Kitty in reception, and it is starting to feel like a babyish name I think