Harriet or Hannah

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Baby #3 is due in a few weeks and we're sorted for a boy's name. Our surname is one syllable.

DD1 has the same name as Prince George's sister and DD2 is the Roman goddess of flowers and spring.

If we have a third DD, which do you prefer: Harriet or Hannah?

I adore the name Harriet.
My ds is now 16 but would have been a Harriet had he been a girl. I then had another son so didn’t get to use it!
It’s still my all time favourite girls name.
I know a few Hannah’s, and 2 Harriet’s.

I am no further forward 😂. Problem is, now I keep thinking about Anna.

I agree that Harriet fits in with the others' names better than Hannah. Does Anna fit better than Hannah?

Anna is lovely. What about Eleanor.

Hannah

Eleanor is nice but not for me. Our area is inundated with Ellies, Elles and Ellas.

I'm not keen on Ellie either. I know a few Eleanor's but none go by Ellie.

I prefer Anna to Hannah.

Alice
Sophia
Lucy
Matilda
Romilly

Both lovely! Hazel is similar.

I prefer Harriet - I just think it's a bit more interesting.

I originally suggested Hannah over Harriet, but that's because I really hate the name Harriet. However, with your other DC names, I think Harriet does go better - it fits more when those names were fashionable in the 18th century. It's just that, for me, Harriet quickly becomes a servant name in the 19th century. To be honest, I think Hannah goes that way as well - very worthy, but it is nice. I think Anna fits much, much better and is more classic.

Anna is my fave girls name. It’s, somehow, funnier than Hannah but still just as beautiful. All Anna’s I have ever known were bright, fun and lovely.

I do like Harriet too though! Good choices OP

Funkier not funnier!!!!

I have a Hannah. Love the name as it was my best friends name when I was little. There are a few in her year though.

Hannah but Iam also biased it is one of those timeless names

There was no other Hannahs Dds year at school I think it comes and goes and it is just your luck ifHannah is in that year or not.

I like Harriet - I find Hannah a bit hard to say for some reason! I think it's because I'm more used to the name Anna which flows a little more fluidly.

Love the nicknames Hattie and Hettie.

Hannah

Harriet has some lovely nicknames that Hannah doesn’t really.

Harriet

I thought I'd come back and update this thread as DD3 is now 4 weeks old!

In the end we went with neither Harriet nor Hannah and opted for daisypond's suggestion of Anna! Thanks for naming our daughter @daisypond

Love hanna (especially with one H). Harriet is very english in a bad way.

Hannah. Both nice.

Hannah is beautiful although I may or may not be extremely biased

Congratulations on your baby Anna

Hannah x100000000