Marianne? Marilyn?

[flowerygirl]

I'm pregnant and if it's a girl, I'd like a name beginning with M (for some reason). Do you think these are too '50 year old lady living in the home counties'? Suggestions welcome!

I've got a Marianne. She's a great advertisement for it. Feisty, clever and gorgeous. Do it!

Marianne is gorgeous!!!

Melissa
Monica
Marsaili (sort of sounds like mars-ley)
Meredith
Maeve
Molly
Marina
Marnie
Melody
Melayna
Melanie

BadlyStuffedWalrus Mine too - I think that all Mariannes are just fab. They can't help it!

There has not been one person on this thread who doesn't like it!

Margot

Marguerite

Marta

Martina

Love Marianne, gorgeous name.

Marilyn is a bit blowsy.

Marianne is lovely.

DH won't budge on Marianne! He is so hard to please! Grr. Shame as it's such a lovely name.

He has suggested Heather or Caitlin! I already know a couple of babies born recently called Caitlin and I'm not a fan of Heather.

One name we can agree on is Lydia, which I am warming too. What do you all think?

Heather is ok as is Lydia, not keen on Caitlin.

None a patch on Marianne though!

I have a theory that men's favourite names belong to girls they fancied in their teen years. Their taste is always much more retro, 70's 80's retro rather than trendy retro.

Haha. Well apparently my DH had a crush on a girl at uni for a year, who coincidentally has the same name as me! And it's not a common name!

I know, I love Marianne but he says no. I'll work on him! This will be our second. We actually fought so much about names last time that I offered for him to not be present at the birth (he's squeamish) if I could choose the name!

Lydia is very nice too (but not quite as good as Marianne!)

I heard an interview with Marianne Faithful (referenced above) in which she said her name was originally Marian and Mick Jagger still calls her that today. Marianne is more definitely more glam. Also think of her of off the statutes in France, vive la republique and all.

Oh really? Surprised about that, as I know her mother was from Germany, so I thought it was a European thing.

Both M & M very pretty in my mind.
I'm not a fan of Lydia,Caitlin is extremely popular which sours it for me; Heather is a nice change.

aiofe24 she's Marian Evelyn, I read somewhere. Both lovely names.

My favourite M name for a girl is Mirrin.

Lydiaislovely.

Mabel and maeve and maud are lush. Mary is also very cute. Martha also

Lydia is ok but does make me think eyelid. Lottie?

Have you considered Marissa

Maricela is one of my fave names (Maw-ree-SELL-uh). Marci, Mari, Cell, Cella all nns.

I like Marlene. Lydia is Ok.

Lydia is brilliant, but I would spend my time singing Lydia the Tattooed Lady to a child of that name. Not necessarily a downside though.

My name's Marianne. Name choice was inspired by the artist Marianne North, according to my parents. It's nice to see that MN approves :) People do get it wrong quite a lot though. I have been called Marian and Mary-Anne countless times. My ex's dad called me Mary-Anne for NINE YEARS despite me or my ex or ex's mum correcting him every single time. I also sometimes get called Maria and (strangest of all) Anne-Marie.

My nickname when small was Manny (coined by big sister) and some family and friends still call me that. Other people call me Maz or Mazza, but mostly people use my full name.

I like Marilyn and Marianne - not a fan of Marlena though. Was he ok with Martha? That one's one of my top names. How about;

Matilda
Millie
Madeleine
Mirabelle
Maude
Mary
Marnie