Opinions on n girls names please

[cheesemumma]

Hello. I'm due our dd2 in 3 months. We have a few names but can't agree. Anyone have any options in the following, or any suggestions along these lines?

Rita
Betty
Maya (oh favourite)
Etta (my favourite)

Thanks

I really like Maya

Etta is getting increasingly popular. I do love it though!

I saw someone else suggest it as a name on here. I thought I was being original. I may stop that one. Oh said he didn't want it but OK as a middle name so that's a compromise!

Love Etta!

How about:

Greta
Vita
Sylvie
Frida
Margot
Tilda
Petra
Nina
Ida
Orla
Pippa
Clara
Thea
Lotta
Minna
Zelda
Hetty
Fenna
Romy
Ada
Vera

I don't like Betty as a standalone name. Maya is probably my favourite, followed by Etta (although if I can steal from the person above me I'd put Zelda before Etta).

I love Etta it's amazing. Also a very lovely nn for Henrietta, Odette, Marietta and Claudette and similar.

Maya would be mŷ choice

Maya is the best there

Love Etta or Betty with Elisabeth on the birth certificate.

I like Rita best.

Juliette
Layla
Vita
Violetta
Tabitha
Naomi
Estella
Francesca
Ria
Phoebe
Lynette
Esme
Zeta
Saffron
Marietta (with Etta as nickname)
Henrietta
Kitty
Maggie
Roma
Claudia
Bettina (Betty or Tina as nickname)
Agnes
Liza
Nadia

I like Rita best.

I like Rita. There was a 5 year old Rita on Planet Child the other day, and I thought it was a great name then.

Other suggestions: -

Veronica
Bridget
IngrId
Hazel
Prue
Maeve
Joan

Caroline / Carolyn
Magda
Marjorie
Margot
Della
Verity
Dorothy

I like Rita as it was my Nanna’s name.

I like Maya and Etta best (and as pp have said Etta has lots of potential for longer names on BC for more flexibility - anything ending in -Etta or -ette could work). It's lovely as a stand-alone name too, though.

My name is Kevin and my wifes Nina . We said we will have Kena if we have a girl. The alternative is Nike

I know a couple of girls called Maya who both pronounce it May- ah, though I had previously assumed it was pronounced the same as Maia. I know two called Maia who pronounce it My- ah.

So I find this name a bit confusing and would tend to avoid it for this reason.

Etta is okay but sounds a bit harsh to me. Betty and Rita sound very 1930s. I prefer a longer form with Betty as the nn.

Greta
Margot/Margaux
Clara
Tessa
Harriet
Dimity
Claudia
Mara
Sadie
Gilda
Frieda

Etta is lovely but I prefer as a nickname for Juliet / Cosette / Violet / Annette etc etc

Maya is my favourite from your list.

Thanks for ideas guys. I don't like Elizabeth, any other names that could be shortened to Betty ? I my husbands culture it would be bethlehem, but don't think that would fly here.

Views on Odette?

LOVE Odette and Etta. Really great names and not used lots.

All lovely names - I'd go for Betsy rather than Betty I think. Etta makes me think of Etta James - great choice.

beatrice, bethany and betiana can all the shortened to betty x

Oh- I'm expecting a little girl and Etta is one of the names we are considering, its my oh's front runner (I think my #2). Betty is lovely, though as pp Betsy is nicer imho. Maya is nice too, Rita is a nooo from me sounds very dated. Odette is very pretty too, as is Cosette x

Henrietta could be Etta.

I think Maya is lovely.
Etta reminds me of the Spanish Separatist Group (ETA)