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.

Romilly is ok. I think the Milly part is a bit weak and childish sounding.

I'd now rank them:

1. Verity
2. Romilly
3. Arabella
4. Hermione

I don’t like Hermione regardless of the HP association. It’s just not an attractive sounding name.

Love, love, love Verity

Hermione is beautiful, I wouldn’t worry about the Harry Potter connection, it doesn’t put people off calling their boys Harry

Not keen on Arabella, I prefer Annabel

Arabella 100%!!

Hermione will just make everyone think of Harry Potter I'm afraid. I wouldn't like the name without Harry Potter though either.

I don't like Verity at all, sorry

Romilly is ok. 2nd favourite after Arabella.

Just seen your update. Romilly is my new number one

Romilly
Verity
Hermione
Arabella

Verity

I don’t like Romilly at all. Hermione is the nicest imo.

Arabella is really popular where I am (South East).

Verity would be pronounced Vair-rah-eee.

Hermione is well 🤢 , how about Briony?

Like Romilly though!

Hermione — lovely
Verity — nice
Arabella — ok

Oh and Romilly is on par with Hermione

Hermione. Always
Arabella is too cutesy for me and Verity makes me think of vanity

Romilly is lovely, I still prefer Verity with your DS's name though.

I have a Verity, so I'm biased. Mine is a strong, loving young lady with a good heart, although a baggage at times! Sensible and ditzy at the same time

Hermione- bit too Harry Potter?
Arabella is affected to my ear.

Romilly is gorgeous. Best by miles

Verity - elegant and strong sounding to me. It stands out from the crowd.
Hermione - Lovely, lovely name, but i'm put off by the Harry Potter association (even though I love Hermiones character).
Arabella- Too floral and girly and hippy and pretentious to me.

I love love love verity!

Hermoine is okay, the Harry Potter association wouldn't bother me much

Arabella seems a bit pretentious and flouncy imo. It is a pretty name though

Really not a fan of romilly. Makes me think of gypsies (and not the pretty traditional types) not sure if it's because it sounds similar to Romany but it just seems like a gypsy name to me. I seem to be in the minority on here though

Love Hermione and Arabella is pretty good too! I really dislike Romilly and Verity.

Verity is lovely - the best by miles
Romilly is nice

I don't like Arabella or Hermione. They strike me as very fussy and trying too hard to be interesting.

Love Verity
Strong pretty and unusual
Arabella
Hermoine
all beautiful !

My dd2 is Verity, she loves her name and so do we. We don't shorten it but one of her friends calls her Vivi.

Bradley my dd was called Vee-vee by her bestie too!

Definitely Romilly.

Like arabella but really don't like Bella as a nn.
Verity is a bit strident for me.
Hermione, despite HP, makes me think of Hermione Norris who I love.
Romilly. Sounds like a word in a chitty chitty bang bang song.

1. Verity -lovely and unusual!
2. Arabella - very nice too
3. Hermione - nice but too Harry Pottery
4. Romilly -not keen at all on this one, sorry.

Romilly was top contender on my girls list. I love it in my head and written down but when I say it out loud it just sounds a bit clunky and DH isn’t overly keen. Verity is in my top 3 though!