Anna, Miranda, Charlotte or Cordelia?

[Swollenankles83]

Hi all

I'm hoping you can yank me out my brain fog - I'm 39 wks and need a name for impending DD. I thought I'd made a decision but I'm not sure what I like anymore!

I had previously settled on Anna - classic, simple, beautiful. But I have a niggling feeling it's a little bit dull and I could do better for my DD.

Other options are Miranda (DH very keen), Charlotte (I don't like the nicknames hugely) or Cordelia (ditto re nicknames). I also (think!) I like Catherine (Kitty), Henrietta and Antonia.

Should I stick with Anna or do you like any of my others better? Help!

Miranda

Or Anne Cordelia if you liked Anne of Green Gables.

I like Anna too but am perhaps biased .

Does no - one associate Miranda with the tv programme? It doesn't say elegant, classic etc in the way Anna does.

I do like Kitty and Charlotte too but they are quite popular here.

Miranda.
I did think of the TV show but that will ve quickly forgotten imo.

Anna is fine but just not grabbing me iyswim.

Anna. For all the reasons you said.

Anna, Kitty or Charlotte for me.

I have an Anna. I love it just as much now. It's quite cute but also elegant, is international, timeless and kind of classless. (ok it's quite middle class but not as achingly so as Cordelia and Charlotte). You also don't actually come across many. She's always been the only one at whatever group.

For dd3 my shortlist was Anna, Emma or Charlotte. I love all three names but went with Charlotte in the end and it isn't shortened - I don't like any of the shortenings either. She's only 19 months though so there's still time for a nickname to come when she starts school but for now she's just Charlotte.

I love Anna. It is timeless. I had a childhood friend (a very very long time ago) who used to boast that she could write her name both forwards and backwards, before I could even spell my name forwards (longish name).

I'd love to see a baby Anna, it'd make a change from baby Olivia, Olivia, Evie, Ava, Eva and Olivia. Gorgeous name. Although I live Miranda too. And Charlotte. And Cordelia.

Anna. Such a pretty, international and classic name.

Miranda is ugly to my ears. Charlotte is too associated with the princess right now. I quite like a Cordelia but it's quite a name to live with whereas Anna is so easy to live with.

I think you're all convincing me to stick with my initial decision!

I love Miranda! It's so beautiful. I think of Shakespeare rather than the TV show.
I like Anna too.
Charlotte is nice but I wouldn't choose it if you didn't like the nicknames.

I love Anna, not keen on Miranda. How about Meredith?

Charlotte, the next best is Anna

Miranda and Antonia both more interesting than Anna and you could certainly use Anna as a nn for either of them. Fwiw, I don't associate Miranda with the TV personality but with Shakespeare and that Belloc poem

If I had free choice from your list though it would be Cordelia all the way. Great character, great nicknames, rarely heard IRL. Good luck!

Charlotte is my favourite then Anna

If you are going to use one for first and one for middle names - I think Anna Miranda flows well, whereas Miranda Anna not so much.

Although i really like both names :)

I like them all although Cordelia is a bit posh for my liking, I like Anna but Miranda is more unusual.

I really like Anna! It's classic, no fuss and quite underused now. Miranda is pretty but a name like that will probably get shortened and I can't think of I nice nn.. Mirry? Randy?

I hadn't thought of Randy...!

Miri I'd say for Miranda

Much prefer Anna to Miranda, Miranda isn't that feminine IMO, think of the 2 famous Miranda's cast in TV series -SATC and erm Miranda, both are pretty tom boyish which is fine, but think the name conjures up this impression before even seeing the girl/woman.

You lot are fab!

Using a highly original namechange to avoid outing myself.

I'm an Anna. I really love my name. It has served me well - I've had a few careers in wildly different sectors, have lived all over the world, and have, in the course of my various jobs, worked with deprived sectors of society, artistic communities and the landed gentry. I've always felt grateful to my parents for giving me a name that will "fit in" anywhere, and that is widely recognised, phonetically obvious and easy to pronounce (even for people who don't speak English). My sister has a far "posher" name (although I think we've moved on a long way over the last 40 years, and there is no longer such a class naming divide, but still). She also works in a public sector job with very disadvantaged families, and has often said that she feels awkward introducing herself as "Cordelia" (not her name, but equivalent in posh-ness, to my mind!).

Go for Anna, you won't regret it. I struggled to find names that I liked as much as my own for my DDs!