Narrowing Down Girls List.......

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So rather than narrowing down my girls name list I have been adding more options. To go with brothers Noah and Jacob.

Options are Pippa, Hallie and Matilda.

Matilda is the name I loved when I had my first son. Pippa is a diminutive of fathers name. And Hallie I heard recently and fell in love with it. Thanks.
Which do you prefer and why?

Love Hallie and Matilda.

Hate Pippa - it’s my name and I have always hated it. My mother told me that she had been stuck between Pippa (Philippa) and Lucy. I’ve always wished she picked Lucy.

(Hence my MN username...)

I also generally dislike girls’ names that are just boys’ names with ‘-a’, ‘-ina’ or ‘-ette’ added on at the end. I think they’re really ugly and unoriginal.

So Philippa, Martina, Bernadette, Thomasina, Wilhelmina. All hideous in my opinion.

I would choose Hallie - then your three children all have names with different endings.

No-AH, Hall-IE and Jac-OB.

They feel like similar styles of name but sound completely different, so they can all have their own identity.

Hallie doesn't seem to match your other DC names at all - it sticks out like a sore thumb. Holly would be better, but I'm not so keen on that either. I've grown to like Matilda, after not being too keen on it. So probably that. But I quite like Pippa as well.

Matilda and Pippa are nice but Tilly is not.

I like Matilda the best.

Not keen on either Pippa or Hallie.

I'd be unsure on how to pronounce Hallie. And it looks made up
If dad is called Philip then that rules out Philippa or Pippa

So, Matilda. Tilly is also a good diminutive

Is your dh called Philip? If so, I would find Philippa/Pippa quite tacky.

Matilda.
Or Hattie rather than Hallie.

Matilda is better matched to the siblings, in that they are all very popular names.
Philippa/Pippa is nice.
I don't like Hallie.

Hallie is awful sorry. Reminds of the Radfords. Pippa is nice.

I love Hallie, actually the only one I like. Much more unusual.

I really like Hallie!

I'd choose Matilda

I'd go for Matilda.

Hallie or Matilda -- I don't like Pippa, or Philippa.

Hallie can be short for Halimeda, a Greek name meaning something like 'sea-keeper' or 'sea-carer' -- I think she was a Nereid in Greek myth. Less glamorously, it's also a type of marine algae. There's a very cool Halimeda in Barbara Kingsolver's novel Animal Dreams, though she ends up murdered by Nicaraguan Contras.

They are very trendy and will really date.

Matilda.

Don’t like Pippa or Hallie.

I don't think anyone of the options go particularly well with your sons' names. If I had a Noah and a Jacob, I'd probably go for a biblical name for a daughter too.

Our DD was very very nearly Harriet nn Hallie (old English shortening). Love it.

In the minority here, but I'd go with Pippa.

I've never heard of Halie. Is it Hal-ee or an unusual spelling of Hailey? Or Hall-ee I suppose?

I'm afraid I think 'Hal-ee-tosis' when trying to decipher it.

Either of the others would be nice. I'd probably choose Matilda, as Tilly is lovely and I like that the full name and nn sound different, so it offers a choice.

Not a fan of Hallie, it’s very American. Pippa is cute but I wouldn’t like to be an adult called Pippa. Matilda is the best.

I like Matilda the best and think it goes best with Jacob and Noah too.

Pippa I’m not fond of on its own... I only like it as a shortening for Philippa. I’m not one of those people who insists on a long name on the BC or anything, but Pippa I find a bit unsubstantial on its own. It also means hand job, (I think), in Spanish - sorry to lower the tone.

Hallie = halitosis to me and I can’t stop that association!

So definitely Matilda, which is a lovely name with a lot of history. Love Tilda as a shortening too.