Thoughts please

[17caterpillars1mouse]

What are your thoughts on the following girls names

Elizabeth nn Ella
Beatrix
Charlotte nn Charley
Faith
Primrose

Also do you prefer Emmeline or Emily?

Much prefer Emily. Emmeline just an unnecessarily frilly version of lovely classic Emily to me

i prefer emmeline - but i’m biased because that’s my daughter’s name. she’s emmeline charlotte so we clearly have a similar taste in names. i love charlotte. if it wasn’t my sister’s name i’d have used that as a first name.

Elizabeth - classic but a bit plain and boring
Beatrix - don't like
Charlotte - classic and pretty
Faith - very pretty, love this name
Primrose - sounds like a name for a fairy tale character rather than an actual person

Also, Emily is a thousand times nicer than Emmeline!

Faith & Beatrix are my favourites. Timeless and gorgeous

Elizabeth nn Ella: I like Elizabeth but I really don't like Ella. Eliza, Betsy or Beth would be my preferred short forms.
Beatrix: It's okay.
Charlotte nn Charley: Prefer nn Lottie or Charlie
Faith: Don't like this
Primrose: REALLY don't like this.
Also do you prefer Emmeline or Emily: Emmeline by a mile. It's a more interesting name and Emmeline Pankhurst is a great person to be named after.

Elizabeth nn Ella - Just call her one or the other.
Beatrix - fine
Charlotte nn Charley - Charlotte is nice. Charlie is nice for a boy.
Faith - ok but a bit virtuous. Prefer Fay. If you know anyone who says th as ff. Faiff may annoy you.
Primrose - ok but a bit prim

I prefer Emily to Emmeline

I’m not at all keen on Primrose.
I prefer the softer/prettier sound of Beatrice to Beatrix and I’m not fond of Trixie as a nn.
I like Elizabeth, Charlotte and Faith.
I like both Emily and Emmeline, but of the two Emmeline is my favourite.

Elizabeth - is great. But why wreck it with the bland Ella?
Beatrix - nice
Charlotte - not keen. Dull.
Faith - OK...but too religious for me. I like other virtue names more.
Primrose - I like this a lot. Lovely meaning.
Emmeline v Emily - hm. Emmeline is dated now, and it’s a bit frilly Victoriana for today. The ones I know are nearing 30. I can’t get excited about Emily either. Dull and dowdy.
Also do you prefer Emmeline or Emily?

Elizabeth - lovely in its entirety. Not another Ella.
Beatrix -no. Beatrice is nice though.
Charlotte - agree, dull. Charley is dreadful.
Faith - ok as a middle name.
Primrose -awful. Reminds me of Harold Shipman's wife.
Prefer Emily. But there are far nicer classic names.

Emmeline is by far the nicest out of all of them

Elizabeth nn Ella - Classic, traditional, pretty, plain
Beatrix - Potter
Charlotte nn Charley- I would use Charlie over Charley
Faith- Same as with Elizabeth and Charlotte it's a safe, plain kinda pretty name
Primrose- A bit twee. I've seen it mentioned a lot of times on mumsnet but not heard it in real life.

Just noticed Emmeline and Emily on your list - they're my faves from the names you've given

Emiliana nn Emi is gorgeous!

Elizabeth nn Ella: not bad
Beatrix: love it
Charlotte nn Charley: much prefer Charley to Lottie
Faith: makes me think of the Slayer, so not a big fan
Primrose: Love it

Also do you prefer Emmeline or Emily?
That's hard. I love both of them. You can't go wrong with either.

Elizabeth nn Ella - bit boring, sorry. Hundreds of Ellas, Ellies etc.
Beatrix - like it a lot
Charlotte nn Charley - it's fine, Charley is less usual than Lottie these days.
Faith - like it a lot
Primrose - it's OK

I prefer Emmeline over Emily.