Ada, Harriet, Etta, Esme, Mabel

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We are trying to narrow down our list of girls names. I would like something pretty, not in the top 10 as we live in London and there will likely be a couple in each class.

Open to other suggestions! It’s our first and I’m finding it difficult to pick a name. Did you have the name picked or have a couple of names and selected it once DD/DS arrived?

Ada Clementine
Hattie (Harriet) Wren
Etta Josephine
Mabel ...
Etta Sunday

Ada Harriet or Harriet Clementine

Etta Sunday Roast. I think you have to pick the middle name with extreme care if you go for Etta.

I like Esme, Mabel is such an old woman’s name!

In line with your pretty vintagey ideas -
Ida
Ena
Hettie
Amabel
Emmylou
Luella
Bridie
Esmae
Gracie
Cecily
Betsey

From your list I like Harriet the best although I’m not keen on Hattie as a nickname, much prefer Hettie as a name in its own right. How about Harrietta... then you get Harriet and Etta all in one and have Hattie, Hettie or Etta all as viable shortened forms and can pick and choose or interchange until your hearts content. She may want Hattie as a youngster, and the more grown up Etta when she’s older. I ♥️ Your choice of Sunday as a middle name.

I like Ada but it’s had a massive jump in popularity, with people looking for an alternative to Ava. It went from 2900th it something place to in somewhere in the 60th in 2018. I imagine it’s gone up a bit more in 2019.

You can sort the ONS stats by area, if you’re interested. London has its own name bubble and the top 10 names are actually less popular in London as people seem to actively avoid them and lean towards something a bit different.

I Etta sandwich earlier.

I'd give Etta a miss, along with Sunday.

Harriet Wren is nice!

Harriet by far the nicest. Wren though - I don't get its current popularity, bit weird as a name and it's not like a had a beautiful sound or anything.

Failing Harriet, Etta is OK. Esme is alright I suppose.

Ada and Mabel are real granny names so no.

Harriett (Hattie) is by far my favourite. It's a personal thing but I'm just not keen on Ada or Etta, or any name ending with 'a'. If you like older names why not Daphne? My friend just called her little girl Juniper, with a view to nickname her Juni.