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Opinions on a girls' name list

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Squarecrisps · 31/05/2013 13:39

So we've sort of got a shortlist, some I'm not 100% sure about, so opinions would be welcome!

Edith
Audrey
Coralie
Sadie

Ideally, I'd like a name that's a bit more unusual, but I think most of the above will be fairly common - they are the only names we can agree on!

Any suggestions of similar names also welcome!

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DialMforMummy · 31/05/2013 13:43

Sadie.
At a push, no pun intended, Coralie.
Dislike Audrey and Edith.

BabyStone · 31/05/2013 13:47

I don't really like any of them tbh.
Prefer Coral to Coralie
I don't think any of them are fairly common either, only ever knew 1 Sadie, Audrey makes me think of Coranation Street, sorry.

MisselthwaiteManor · 31/05/2013 13:48

I like Sadie best out of that list, definitely not Edith.

BlueChampagne · 31/05/2013 13:52

Corinna
Vashti
Meryl
Morven
Morwenna
Kerenza

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Squarecrisps · 31/05/2013 13:54

Thanks BlueChampagne. Like Vashti, Corinna and Kerenza but vetoed by DH!

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IHeartKingThistle · 31/05/2013 13:56

I love coralie.

sandberry · 31/05/2013 14:00

I really like Edith and with the Edie shortening it hits the Ellie/Evie trend without actually being as common although there are a few around

Coralie feels too fancy to me. What is wrong with plain Coral?

Sadie is fine.

I am not keen on Audrey but I'd say it is the least common.

mrspaddy · 31/05/2013 14:01

Of that list I love Edith - really elegant. I wouldn't like Coralie myself.

Elsie
Helena

Sadie is also nice

Secondme · 31/05/2013 14:05

Maybe something like Carrie if you're going down that path. I like Sadie, sounds American to me. Edith and Audrey are my Great Aunts names, but I prefer Edith.

snice · 31/05/2013 14:06

I think Cora is prettier than Coralie

how about Iris?

Secondme · 31/05/2013 14:07

Ok, so I know know that the meaning of the name Sadie is Princess in American, and a whole lot better than naming your child Princess. Grin

ItsallisnowaFeegle · 31/05/2013 14:11

All lovely names OP. My personal favourite from your list is Coralie, by a country mile.

It's fresh and, I doubt, will be faddy.

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Squarecrisps · 31/05/2013 14:20

Thanks everyone - doesn't seem to be a consensus at all! I think possibly Edith might become common, although I like it. Audrey I go to and fro on - sometimes I think "french, gamine, Audrey Tatou etc" and sometimes I think "old woman"!! Sadie I like, but wonder if it's a bit plain and also a bit nicknamey i.e. as nn for Sarah? I think overall, with all things considered, I like Coralie the best - you could have Cora or Corrie as a nickname - DH doesn't like Cora though.

I really like Iris, DH hates it sadly. I also quite like Elsie and Helena, but same applies.

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night1971 · 31/05/2013 14:23

Edith - solid respectable
Audrey - elegant and timeless
Coralie - pretty
Sadie - not to my taste

BTW LOVE Helena.

weebarra · 31/05/2013 14:25

Love Sadie (only ever known 2, one is 5 and one is 60!). Also like Coralie but not the other two.

forgetmenots · 31/05/2013 14:30

Love Sadie, Coralie and Edith nn Edie. Not keen on Audrey and detest Helena for entirely petty reasons (one may or may not have been a bully at our school...!)

Elsa?

forgetmenots · 31/05/2013 14:31

I had a couple of these on my list btw and I also had

Elsa
Martha
Orla
Carey
Grace
Violet
Iris

rockybalboa · 31/05/2013 14:32

Coralie is really really pretty. I have a friend called Sadie and she gets annoyed by how many dogs she meets with the same name! Edith/Edie also v lovely. I'd have issues with how people would prounounce Helena (ie like Helen at the start or like Elaine with an H at the beginning and a at the end)

TolliverGroat · 31/05/2013 14:33

I like Edith, Audrey (I know a small Audrey who is half-French and definitely fits your positive associations) and Sadie. Coralie I ought to like but it makes me think of silvery or goldy or bronzy so personally I'd prefer Coraline.

HorryIsUpduffed · 31/05/2013 14:35

I don't know any child with any of those names so I think your threshold for "common" is very different from mine. That or we live in very different areas.

I like them all: Edith most, Coralie least.

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Owllady · 31/05/2013 14:37

I like sadie but I am not keen on the rest tbh

I remember when i was pregnant with my third my Mum suggested Willamena for a girl! which I think is on a par with the other old lady names on your list :o

snice · 31/05/2013 14:38

Elsa is lovely
Louisa?
Harriet?

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Squarecrisps · 31/05/2013 14:40

Coralie would rhyme with "morally" - I knew someone at Uni with the name, and that's how they pronounced, and I have an OUP dictionary of baby names from 1950 that also says that's how it's pronounced.

Ah yes, hadn't thought of the Sadie/dog thing, but it isa popular dog's name isn't it?

Quite like Elsa, but can't use as a family member has already...

Love Iris and Violet, but DH has vetoed.

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Squarecrisps · 31/05/2013 14:41

Ha!! Willamena, no way! Yeah, I know old lady names are very much love or loath.

Quite like Harriet, but not a fan of Louisa.

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