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Matilda, Tabitha, Ella or Nina?

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SummerMonths · 29/12/2015 21:10

Matilda, Tabitha, Ella or Nina: which is your favourite? Last name is two syllables and fairly common. Middle name will be Catherine.

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chocoLit · 30/12/2015 19:15

Your DC have beautiful names!

Are you open to suggestions or determined to choose between those 4?

What about:
Iris
Celeste
Sylvie
Anna
Susannah
Beatrice
Cordelia
Martha
Imogen
Phoebe
Tess

20thcenturyschizoidwoman · 30/12/2015 19:22

I love Matilda but I am biased - I look after the most wonderful Tilly - she is a little dot but as bright as a button. She never fails to brighten up my day when she comes to play

OneFlewOverTheDodosNest · 30/12/2015 19:54

I love all your names though Ella is very popular and Matilda's getting there too. Tabitha is beautiful and Nina is probably my favourite.

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SummerMonths · 30/12/2015 20:16

Choco - I love Anna and Iris and would have them on my list except I don't want any of the siblings to share an initial. Beatrice is sweet, but DH says it too Fergie.

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PurpleElla · 30/12/2015 20:22

Ella's are incredibly common now and I say this as the oldest Ella in town (37), whenever I'm in my children's school or parks I get confused by parents calling Ella. Disappointing as when I was little it was a fairly unique name which I loved.

TouchingToes · 30/12/2015 20:25

Definitely not Ella, the world is overrun with Ellas.

Nina is pretty, though there is quite a crop of them about too, now.

LOVE Matilda, such a great name.

Tabitha - I always think of it as a cat's name or Bewitched. Seems to be popular in the UK but not so much elsewhere.

chocoLit · 30/12/2015 21:55

Lol SummerMonths completely understand as we have three DDs all with names chosen to have differing initials.

Dd4 would've been Beatrice (MN Bea) or Imogen but DH cut me off literally

Good luck with your choices, they're ALL lovely names regardless of some saying certain ones are boring/common. Certainly not an opinion I share with only one Ella in our whole area.

chocoLit · 30/12/2015 21:57

Oh and just throwing Vivienne into the mix.....

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SummerMonths · 31/12/2015 15:19

Vivi is sweet but to the full name would get pronounce Vivian which is too middle aged for me. Ugh, dont know. Now doubting Nina with sibling names.

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chocoLit · 31/12/2015 18:00

Nina is beautiful!

I have a love of Nancy too lol

chocoLit · 01/01/2016 20:10

Pearl!

Sunshine511 · 01/01/2016 21:20

I think Ella is very popular so my vote is also with Nina! Lovely name

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