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Etta or Frances

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Loola24 · 04/05/2017 09:47

So I have 4 weeks left and it's getting a bit of a worry that we have no name.
It changes constantly but these two names have stuck on every list and keep coming back up so I'm guessing these are the two I must love.
Husband says I'm over thinking and just need to pick! He loves both.

Thoughts?
Etta? On its own or as a nn please suggest longer names
Frances - love the classic feel and it's timeless.

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JustAKitten · 04/05/2017 10:28

Henrietta?

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 04/05/2017 11:03

Frances.

Loyly · 04/05/2017 11:04

Frances

CricketFishieDHAndMe · 04/05/2017 11:07

I like Henrietta. Frances is really nice as well.

Allegretta, Elisabetta, Benedetta, Fiammetta, Marietta or Lauretta?

I personally love Elisabetta.

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Loola24 · 04/05/2017 11:16

I love Elisabetta. I haven't come across that. Thank you

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CricketFishieDHAndMe · 04/05/2017 11:32

Aww, thanks :) You're welcome.

RedStripeIassie · 04/05/2017 11:35

Both gorgeous but I like Francis for a boy more, so Etta.

PandaCat · 04/05/2017 11:41

I prefer Etta.

villainousbroodmare · 04/05/2017 11:42

Elisabetta is lovely. Frances is nice but I prefer Francesca.

Rockaby · 04/05/2017 13:11

Etta as a nn for:

Henrietta
Scarlett
Violet
Elizabeth maybe?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 04/05/2017 13:28

Etta/Juliette.

SelfObsessionHoney · 04/05/2017 13:30

Elisabetta is Beautiful with a capital B.

StoatofDisarray · 04/05/2017 13:32

Etta!

Sophronia · 04/05/2017 13:50

Frances

Stripeystripes · 04/05/2017 13:51

I absolutely love Etta!

Rockaby · 04/05/2017 14:00

Selfobsession

For a minute there I thought you meant spell Elisabetta with a capital B! Like ElisaBetta Grin.

NoSquirrels · 04/05/2017 14:03

Beautiful names both. Secretly wish I had an Etta.

(Big jazz standards fan, this may be why!)

lockie1983 · 04/05/2017 14:15

I have a Francis (boy) and he would've been Frances had he been a girl.

I LOVE Etta. So much. Can't even tell you. PG at the moment but the name sounds like an instruction when said with our surname.

So I love both and am jealous you could use Etta and I can't !

Mummamayhem · 04/05/2017 14:19

Etta is amazing!

MundayCakes85 · 04/05/2017 14:58

I have an Etta- this will be totally outing as we have never come across another! No longer full name, it works really well as a stand alone name.
(We're also big Etta James fans 😊)

Mrsknackered · 04/05/2017 16:04

Etta! No longer name needed IMO. It's a great name. Really don't like Frances I've never met a nice one

FluffyBathTowel · 04/05/2017 17:06

Love Etta.

mum2be2boys · 04/05/2017 17:08

Love the name Etta!

Frances is nice but I prefer Francesca.

JanuaryJuniper · 04/05/2017 17:12

Greta with nn Etta?

Mothervulva · 04/05/2017 17:14

Etta is lovely.
Violetta?
Greta is cool actually.