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Opinions on our girls names please!

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jinglebellmel · 11/02/2017 10:19

Hello, would love some opinions on our girls names, or suggestions of anything else you think we might like.

Shortlist is -

Isobel (dh choice, I like it but aware it's pretty popular)
Imogen
Matilda

Thanks

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harderandharder2breathe · 12/02/2017 16:36

I really love Imogen! Folllwed by Matilda

Isobel is a gorgeous name but sooooo popular at the moment.

missyB1 · 12/02/2017 16:41

Imogen is nice. Don't like Isobel (especially Izzy!) Matilda is fine but very popular.
Suggest
Jemima
Jennifer
Erica
Anna
Katherine

Creatureofthenight · 12/02/2017 16:41

Love Imogen and Matilda, Imogen is my favourite of the two.
Sadly both vetoed by DH Sad

daisypond · 12/02/2017 17:12

I'm not keen on Imogen at all. I know it's now established as a name but I can't get over the fact that it's down to a spelling mistake/printer's error and is meant to be Innogen or its Celtic variants, such as Inghean/Ingen.

MollyHuaCha · 12/02/2017 17:15

I like them all with Imogen the best.

MTMFH · 12/02/2017 17:17

Totally biased but I love Matilda, and tend to shorten in to Tilda. I don't know any other Matilda's either.

littlem133 · 12/02/2017 17:43

I've always wanted a Matilda / Tilly. 3 boys later and still no Matilda!

meettherussians · 13/02/2017 07:52

Imogen is awful sorry, wannabe prim/proper, pretentious while lacking class or style. Imy the most sickly sweet nn too, bleurgh. I like Isobel by far the most- very pretty while classic, Matilda is far too "trendy".

starkers1 · 13/02/2017 07:57

Matilda is the new Noah of girls names, suddenly insanely trendy, cropping up everywhere. In all honesty to me, it just sounds a bit silly and childish as a name.

Imogen is very plain and agree- prim. The few I've known have been very catty Shock

Isobel is just lovely, graceful, pretty and won't date.

BertrandRussell · 13/02/2017 08:22

"suddenly insanely trendy, cropping up everywhere"

Well, cropping up once in every 250ish baby girls to be accurate........

meettherussians · 13/02/2017 08:27

Bertrand it was the 36th top girls name last year?! Which makes it very popular and for me and the type of parents I've seen using it in London, trying very hard to be "trendy".

BertrandRussell · 13/02/2017 08:30

Still one in 250 girls, though......

nonameinspiration · 13/02/2017 08:32

I know the least Imogen's. Isobel means she will always be known as Isobel b or whatever your surname starts with, that's a bit annoying.

tovelitime · 13/02/2017 08:39

I can't stand the name Imogen, it's just so ugly

teenybean · 13/02/2017 09:02

Imogen is my favourite, I know a little girl called Imogen & she is a lovely, very kind & compassionate, also like Isobel, but very very common, Matilda is just a bit bleugh, & I know quite a few, the adults are quite stuck up & the children are quite pretentious too.

marmitecheesetoast · 13/02/2017 13:48

I like them all but think Imogen is my favourite

Scattymere · 13/02/2017 14:51

Imogen my least favourite by a mile.

Isobel- positive, pretty, classic

Matilda- quirky, suddenly popular, might date very quickly but still cute

Imogen- boring, twee, bit sickly hate the sound of the "o" making the sound clunky

Purplebluebird · 13/02/2017 15:01

Matilda :)

Pemba · 13/02/2017 18:19
  1. Isobel - gorgeous name, but perhaps over popular at the moment.
  1. Imogen - very nice name, classic, more unusual than Isobel.
  1. Matilda - gaining in popularity, but I don't really get the love. It's fine, but has a very faint frumpy vibe to me, not that keen on the nicknames Mattie or Tilly either.
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jinglebellmel · 13/02/2017 18:50

Thanks for the opinions. Good to hear some differing opinions (even if I don't agree with them!). Surprised that people think Imogen is prim and protentious, I don't know any Imogen's though so maybe that's why I see it as more of a blank canvas. Also hadn't realised Matilda was so popular, I only know of one who is 3 - we aren't London, or even England so maybe the popularity hasn't peaked here yet.

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jinglebellmel · 13/02/2017 19:04

Apparently Matilda was no 27 in 2015 England and Wales (43 where I live) and Imogen 34 England and Wales (31 where I live) - so I think around 1 in 200, and 1 in 240 Respectively in England and Wales.

I don't think the popularity at that level bothers me, but would rather not have a name that will be very 'of its time' if you see what I mean.

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SquedgieBeckenheim · 13/02/2017 19:10

I love your name choices! They were all on our list, but wont be using any Sad
We eliminated Isobel due to popularity of it and it's variants.
Matilda is becoming more popular so eliminated that, there's more than one at DD's small nursery.
Imogen got vetoed by DH in favour of the name we are going for.

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jinglebellmel · 13/02/2017 19:29

What are you going for squedgie, or would you rather not say? I think we are drawing similar conclusions to you, Imogen probably topping it at the moment.

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SquedgieBeckenheim · 13/02/2017 19:55

We're 90% sure we're going for Bridget.

meettherussians · 14/02/2017 08:59

Imogen is awful, please don't. Angry

How about Isabella?

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