New poll - Arabella, Hermione, Verity

[Ruthshaw1980]

Morning all

Following on from your excellent suggestions regarding unusual girl names with at least three syllables, we have whittled our preferred girl names to a final three:

Arabella
Hermione
Verity

Those of you who contributed may see that two of these names (Verity, Hermione) had previously been discounted by DH but your lists helped to bring these back into focus and change his mind, so your assistence has had a measurable effect!

Consequently, I kindly ask if people could rank these names in order of preference. I cannot decide which of these is my number one. My concern with Arabella, is that she will just be called Bella latter on, which although a lovely nn is quite common now. Regarding Hermione, is this still too Harry Potter-esk?

All contributions will be greatly received.

Arabella - Bella is a lovely nn
Hermione - too Harry Potter
Verity - meh

Arabella is in the top 100 so it's not off the scale unusual. She may not be the only one in her class. Mind you you can't guarantee that with any name.
Hermione. Is awful very pretentious.
Verity. Nice pretty name.

Hermione
Arabella
Verity

Hermione - fabulous!
Arabella
Verity

Verity
Arabella

Hermione

Verity
Hermione
Arabella

Arabella - lovely
Hermione - is nice and unusual
Verity - sounds a bit stuck up

Arabella is beautiful.

I don’t like Hermione or Verity at all. Hermione is far too linked with Harry Potter (I love HP but it’d be like naming a child Severus or Sirius) and Verity is too ferrety.

Arabella

Not keen on either Hermione or Verity, especially the latter, sorry

I think there is life outside of Harry Potter, Hermione is a very classic name, and stands alone.

Arabella by far the prettiest name
Hermione is ok!
Verity is an awful name imo

I wanted Hermione for DD1 (aged 9 now) and I still regret not having it. Everyone talking about Harry Potter and no natural shortening meant we discounted it very late in the day. But who gives a shit about HP, It's Greek and Shakespearan too (and I love HP but liked the name in isolation).

Do it!

I love Verity. Hermione is just too associated with Harry Potter for me still. I find Arabella/Bella a bit bland and meh.

Love Verity - strong and pretty name
Love Hermione - makes me think of the attributes of the HP character, so smart and brave
Can't stand Arabella

Verity - My fave. Underrated IMO.
Arabella - Bit too cutesy for me, but it's classical. Think it is the 'Bella' that makes me think cutesy. Arabella as full is nice.
Hermione - I still think Harry Potter, but I know kids nowadays who aren't bothered by the books and don't see it as a big thing compared to adults

I love Verity! The other two not so much.

Arabella is the nicest by far IMO.

Hermione is fantastic. The Harry Potter reference just makes it even better. Who wouldn't want to be associated with such a fabulous character?

Verity is nice.

Arabella is awful, sorry. I've taught lots, and many variations of it. I've also heard it on the playground where children were saying Arabell-end, so that puts me off massively.

Arabella
Hermione
Verity

Verity is awful. It gives me the shivers.

And Hermione is too Harry Potter.

I only like Hermione. Verity sounds like “ferrety”.

Verity - beautiful name.

Arabella is my least favorite girl's name. I don't know why, exactly, I think the "ara" bit reminds me of arrogant. It brings up the idea of a girl who is snooty and looks down on people who don't have a pony and a brand new "range" for driving on suburban roads.

The other two names are ok. I prefer Verity.

Verity - I could see someone with that name being bery successful.

Love Verity, Hermione is nice but sounds like you're HP fans, not keen on Arabella.

Verity
Hermione
Arabella (my dgd used to recite a poem about caterpillar Arabella which has stuck in my mind).