Hattie or Phoebe

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Loving both of these, neither are popular where I am from (so don't let that affect your choice )

It would be Hattie on the BC and Phoebe would probably get the nn Bee.

Phoebe is lovely and I like Bee as well.

Hattie is a mad hatter and scatty, plus you wouldn't be using the full form Harriet so another minus point IMHO.

Agree with Elquota.

Phoebe/Bee is gorgeous. Makes me wish I'd had a DD (only DH would've vetoed it!)

Hattie is just about OK if nn for Harriet/Henrietta, but i don't like it on its own.

I like Hattie best

Phoebe is the best.

I like both but personally would put Harriet on the birth cert and call her Hattie

I have a Phoebe so would go for that but haven't thought of the nn Bee, I call her Pheebs but love Bee!

*hadn't

I have a Phoebe (age 12)

Only know one other in rl

Love Hattie as well, but would choose Harriet for formal use & put it in bc

win/win with your two choices

Love Hattie. Not so keen on Phoebe.

Hattie

I like both, but prefer Phoebe.
Don't understand people who would put a different name on the birth certificate purely to enable the nickname. If you like Hattie just put it on the birth certificate. Who else is really going to know. I find it all a but pretentious.

But if no-one knows, why is it pretentious?

Don't like Hattie much, and definitely not as a stand alone name.

I quite like Phoebe, and love the 'Bee' bit of it.

Love Hattie, but I love Harriet too, so I'd have that on the BC. I also think names with a few variations are good, so Harriet/Hattie/Harry trumps Hattie/um... Hats?

laravh what do you mean by 'pretentious', who do you think the OP is affecting to impress here?! Do you know what 'pretentious' means?

Love Hattie but only as a nn for Harriet so I'd go for Phoebe.

I love Phoebe, not keen on Hattie as a stand alone name.

Phoebe is much nicer.

Hattie!

Love both, but would go for Harriet rather than Hattie and then she had the choice of both when she's older. (Some names that are adorable/charming on little girls might mean they struggle to be taken seriously later on!)

It's not pretentious it's about giving someone choice.

Much prefer Phoebe.

Prefer Hattie