Kitty or Polly

[DitzyDonkey]

I know these will not to be everyone's taste but which do you prefer (even if it is the best of a bad bunch )

Kitty and Polly were the two we had to choose between.. we went for kitty but I do love Polly. My little girl is definitely a kitty :)

Oh and she's kitty not Catherine etc. Mn always annoys me on that. It's a name in its own right - has been since 16th century.

When my dd was born, I loved the name Kitty as because my dd looked like the cutest curled up kitten imaginable. So Kitty became her middle name. Now she is 4, I think what was I thinking?! She's a great hulk of a thing and doesn't look anything like a kitten. And why would I want my dd to be a cat anyway? I don't even like cats. I wish I'd called her Ingrid as per the original plan. Hormones have a lot to answer for.

So, the moral of my story is, go for Kitty if you love it, but don't be suckered into Kitty when your dd is born simply because of the cute angle.

Kitty's lovely, really cute, don't really like Polly.
However just asked my d.d and she said Polly, and that she doesn't like Kitty, sp a vote each. X

Both are lovely! I'd probs pick Polly because I know a lot of young kitty's and it doesn't have the connotation of an animal :)

Kitty just has the edge for me, though I like both.

Kitty, but for me there would have to be a variant of Catherine on the BC.

Don't like Polly at all.

I like Kitty! One of the daughters in Pride & Prejudice was a Kitty, and if it's good enough for Jane Austen...

Pretty sure Kitty would have been a nickname for Katherine in Jane Austens time.

For what it's worth, I'm a Polly and found it a hard name to live with at school. Too many Polly parrot, Polly put the kettle on, pretty Polly, Polly-want-a-cracker jibes for me to ever enjoy it. The only upside was being the only Polly at both junior and secondary school, which was nice. Over time I've got used to it, and it helps that more old fashioned names are in vogue now, but of names of the same ilk I prefer Holly or Molly.

My vote is for Kitty, however it's only marginally ahead. I love both names.

DH would vote for Polly, although he doesn't really like either name.

Not sure if that actually helps you at all!

Love Kitty! Think its v glam and obviously the Pride and Prejudice connection!

I will be honest it would be Kitty on the BC, there is no way I'm am calling any child of mine Catherine, Kathleen, Catriona etc. I just really dislike those names and I'm not into the idea of something different on the BC.

Then still Kitty by a brief margin. Polly is a bit silly for me.

Both were on our list .

Kitty in P & P is actually Catherine, if that matters to anyone.

Kitty.
I like Polly too though.

Polly, by a long long way.

But if you insist on Kitty (which is ok) call her Katherine. I think it's very, very unfair to suggest she can 'change her name' if she doesn't like it. She deserves to have options and a 'proper' name.

What nonsense.

Kitty is well established as a name in its own right. Lots of people have Kitty as their registered name therefore it is a 'proper' name. The OP doesn't want to put a longer name that she doesn't like on the birth cert.