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Oppinions please :)

35 replies

Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 06:44

On Henrietta?

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CheapSausagesAndSpam · 27/11/2017 07:35

I don't like it much. It's got a bit of a "snooty" ring to it for want of a better word.

In the same was that Tarquin has.

TinoTheArtisticMouse · 27/11/2017 07:35

I really like it. I often dislike the diminutives of names, but Hetty and Hennie are both adorable.

Ellieboolou27 · 27/11/2017 07:36

I like classic names but not keen on this one

FaithEverPresent · 27/11/2017 07:44

It really depends on the surname. You have to think it through. It does sound like ‘Henry ate a’ if you say it fast. I knew a Henrietta Mann once. Not an easy name to live with! I think there are other names out there which are far nicer.

Caulk · 27/11/2017 07:46

No

Quartz2208 · 27/11/2017 07:47

I like Etta as a nickname

pipilangstrumpf · 27/11/2017 08:13

Lovely classic name!

BertrandRussell · 27/11/2017 08:16

I prefer Harriet, personally.

But I don't really like it when girls are given names that are diminutives of boy's names........

17caterpillars1mouse · 27/11/2017 08:55

Love it nn Hettie. It was my back up choice for DD and is now the name of her lovie

MammieBear · 27/11/2017 09:28

Gives lots of Nn options on the plus side, it's like Albertine and Wilhelmina.

SuperBeagle · 27/11/2017 09:29

Don't like it. It was my great grandmother's name. She was apparently a tyrant, so my association with the name has compounded my dislike for it. Grin

teaortequila23 · 27/11/2017 09:35

I love it!
I’m sick of people (celebs) naming their kids weird names that are not names and I feel like we should bring back the classics!

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 27/11/2017 10:30

❤️ Etta.

grasspigeons · 27/11/2017 10:45

Its a nice name. It wouldn't raise any eyebrows, there aren't lots of them, people know how to spell it.
I personally prefer Harriet or Marietta but its not my baby.

TheodoreTheChipmunk · 27/11/2017 14:30

Not nice.

Olivelor · 27/11/2017 14:44

Henrietta does not sound great to me too. How about Henriella or even Hennie.

bridgetreilly · 27/11/2017 17:05

Henrietta is a lovely name. Hettie, Henry, Hennie, Etta - lots of lovely nicknames as well.

Henriella is, well, not a name.

Pemba · 27/11/2017 17:35

Don't like it, clunky and a bit stodgy and quite a mouthful. Harriet is much nicer.

Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 18:52

I really like Harriet, but a number of my friends already have little Harriet's .
I like the Etta at the end of th name, and girls name with end in ette too (like Bernadette)
Any suggestions would be most welcome :)

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Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 18:53

*girls names which end in ette

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Tinselistacky · 27/11/2017 18:56

Ah Henrietta. ..
Our lovely sadly no longer with us chicken!!
Hettie instead?

Iwantallthesleep · 27/11/2017 19:28

Ha it does sound a superb name for a feathery friend ! I like hettie, but want a fuller name for her b.c :)

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Didntcomeheretofuckspiders · 27/11/2017 19:40

Lol Faith I wonder if we knew the same Henrietta Mann? Shock

AdaColeman · 27/11/2017 19:42

I really like it, much more so than Harriet or Hilary.

I'm not keen on Etta as a nn though, Hettie or Hattie are much sweeter.

PhatSlag · 27/11/2017 19:44

It really sounds like a chicken’s name. However, I think I could be basing this on my viewing of Peppa Pig where Granny Pig has chickens and one of them may or may not be named Henrietta.

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