Changed my mind on girl's name...

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We'd decided on Tabitha, I loved it and have suddenly gone off it (a bit). Dh likes Hattie and Hetty (Harriet and henrietta I guess).

Friend suggested Iona which I like. I also quite like Merryn and Seren. Definitely don't want anything too popular, other than that, I don't know!

Throughthick how do you get I own er out of Iona?

That's how my friend Iona pronounces it. I naturally assume that's how everyone pronounces it. How do they then?

I think Tabitha will date. It was nowhere for decades and then there was a huge rash of Tabithas.

And when I hear Merryn I think "Because Merryn Trant had armour. And a big fucking sword."

I like Seren the most out of all of your choices

My name ends in a and it quietly cheeses me off when people replace the a with er. I'd pronounce the a.

Game of Thrones spoiler - Merryn Trant was a cxxt, he deserved getting his eyes gouged out, just saying......

You can just name them the nickname version rather than the full name. I know many of my peers with kids are now going for this option. Don't feel you have to go for a longer, more traditional name if you only like it for the short version

I like the name Tabitha but as far as the others go I prefer Iona. Didn't realise you are OP on the other thread about Finley so think "Iona Finley" looks and sounds good!

Fwiw rather than Merryn I'd choose Meriel, meaning 'bright sea'.

I love Tabitha!

Have you thought about Serena? I think of in the same bracket as names like Tabitha and Henrietta, but it also looks similar to Seren.

I think Tabitha might have been on my list for a girl, but it might have been ruled out by my husband along with all the other Jilly Cooper-inspired names like Rupert and Lysander...

Sorry saw you mentioned serenade up thread

I have a Tabitha and obviously think it's a fab name - only two others in our town that I have found so far (10 years) and one of those moved to the area. Only ever get nice comments, with no pauses or "oohhhh" first She does have big blonde hair though so maybe it just suits her

I also loved Willow, Merryn, Meredith, Imogen and Rowan.

Love willow but dh doesn't. I think it's Tabitha or Finley (see my other thread), or Iona (though mouthful with my surname), or also Wren or Avery - what do you think of them?

I prefer Meryl to Merryn (sounds more feminine) and Tamsin to Tabitha.

Seren is Welsh for star