Mary

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Hi all,

DH and I have a very short name shortlist for our first baby, due in Feb.

We’re having a surprise - boys name has been decided, but we can’t quite agree on a girls name.

DH likes Beatrice but I prefer Mary - I think Beatrice is a little formal, and he thinks Mary a bit plain and old fashioned!

Your thoughts please? No ideas re middle names for either name yet!

Mary sounds fresh again now

Agreed. It was overused in the past and I never liked it but think it's rather sweet now and due a comeback

I prefer Beatrice though would probably use Bea as a nickname which I think is really sweet. Not that keen on Mary.

Love Mary. It would have been on our shortlist for DD, but really didn't go with our surname.

Was just about a comment but have seen others have already said-

Mary is another word for vagina. Don't do it OP.

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Do you like Rosemary with the option of shortening to Mary?

I like both names a lot, but I think I prefer Beatrice Mary to Mary Beatrice.

Bea is such a cute little nickname, too.

My DD is Mary and we get nothing but complements.

Mary is lovely, a timeless classic !!!

I love Mary! If DH finds it plain, could consider Marie?

I would rather be called Beatrice than Mary past the age of 10.

Mary is probably due for a revival. I don't think I have met a single one in RL

My mother, both my grandmas, my aunt and my SIL are all called Mary. I seem to have got them all while you have none.

So, it wouldn't be my first choice, I'm afraid.

In that context, I prefer Beatrice.

Definitely no to Mary, very plain and very old lady but not in a cool retro way!

We won’t decide until baby arrives anyway, so I’ve still got time to convince DH. Although, our boys name was his first choice (name passed down through family), so I think it’s only fair I get to choose the girls name 

Is your DH from a very traditional family? Like the type with crowns, horses and castles....?

I know a 5yr old Mary and it is so unusual these days that it sounds lovely. It is due for a revival.

Adore the name Mary

Love it. Would have used it if surname wasn't so plain Jane - think Mary Smith. Sounds like a name on every 19th c gravestone up and down the land! So we used it as dd2's middle name instead.

Mary is very sweet.
Or maybe Mariam?

Mary is lovely. If he thinks it is too plain, how about Rosemary?

i really Love Mary,
the only thing tht puts me off, is it's a (perhaps regional) slang word for vagina! I remember a girl at school upset because she had 'a sore Mary' (ddnt go down well as we were at a catholic school)!
And i heard it used again recently on One Born Every Minute 'OOooooh my Mary is killing'

Mary is lovely!

Mary does sound fresh again now. I like it!

It was my Granny’s name so would love to use Mary one day for a little girl but trying to decide if I like it enough as a name by itself.

I love the name Mary -was on our shortlist - simple and cute