Henrietta, Matilda, Charlotte, or Other?

[cttontail]

Second child. First DD Emily. I had a dalliance with Anastasia for her during pregnancy, but ended up going for my long term favourite name. Don't really have another established favourite if it's another girl. Is Henrietta the equivalent of Anastasia (am I mad)? They all have quite masculine shortenings/derivatives, but with options for more feminine ones, which I like. Only shorten Emily to Em occasionally at the moment, which I wouldn't have envisioned.

Henrietta is beautiful! Classic and not overused.

Henrietta is awful. It's so pretenious.

Hate Matilda. Very precocious.

I love Charlotte and Anastasia.

I would say Charlotte as I think it complements Emily best. If you went for a name like Henrietta or Matilda I think it would look really "out there" against a name like Emily.

Agree with itallhappensforareason. In the "other" category, how about:

Anna
Laura
Jessica
Sara(h)
Rachel
Zoe

I think Charlotte 'goes' better with Emily

Annabel
Arabella
Alice
Ruth

I love Henrietta! I can see how it might be a bit ‘marmite’ though...

Harriet

I would put Charlotte with Emily.

Alice
Anna
Lucy
Katy
Rebecca
Megan
Holly

The above all go well too with Emily.

I do like Henrietta but it's a bit frilly.

Charlotte and Emily Bronte!

Caroline
Verity
Francesca

I love Matilda

Matilda! Love it. Surprised at pp saying it seems pretentious, it just seems really cool and awesome to me.

I agree with a PP that Henrietta would look a bit out there compared to Emily. I think charlotte is a lovely classic name and would work really well.

Love Henrietta, or Harriet ?

I like "Other". Underused, in my opinion.

I like Matilda or Charlotte. I also really like Anastasia but I'm put off by the different pronunciations I've heard so depends whether that would bother you. Other suggestions: Penelope, Vivienne, Georgina, Annabelle

I love Henrietta (as I love the fratellis song), and Matilda.

Matilda appears to be more popular now, judging by mumsnet posts - I don't know one

Not keen on Henrietta - rarely gets used as a whole name as it’s so long so is usually Hen or Hettie which are both awful imo

Love Charlotte but very popular. Charlie and Lottie both nice nn.

Like Matilda, Tilly and Matty both cute nn

Anastasia is v pretty but usually gets shortened to Ana, Stacie or Nastya none of which I’m keen on.

I love Henrietta it was my back up choice for my DD of she down suit thr name we had picked. She would of been Hettie or Hattie most of the time but I also like Ettie.

Matilda's are everywhere to the point i am getting bored of it

Charlotte is ok. I really like Lottie but it's become popular recently

Harriet is way better than Henrietta.

Love Harriet (Hattie).
Henrietta (Hetty).

Harriett is ugly and harsh imo. Henrietta sounds beautiful and feminine!

I like Charlotte best. Matilda is ok but so popular at the moment.

I don't really like Henrietta- Harriet is way better!

Charlotte would be my favourite

I think Charlotte and Emily go best together - but that means you've got a Bronte theme going on. I don't actually like Charlotte, though, as a name.