Hattie?

[mumandcub]

I don’t know what we are expecting as keeping it a surprise but D day is drawing nearer. Have chosen a boys name but not sure on girls names yet.

Harriet in birth certificate but Hattie to us straight away...thoughts?

Love it with Harriet on the BC. One of my favourite names and shortenings.

Hattie is lovely, very sweet but not saccharine.

Harriet is a great name too and offers several shortenings - Hattie, Harri, Ettie, Etta

My goddaughter is Hattie (just Hattie on bc though). It's a lovely name 😊

It's nice and I do like it but I've got a cockney accent so I don't pronounce my H's. Or T's when they're in the middle of a word.
So if you're anywhere near the south east she'd get called 'a-ee'!
Not trying to put you off just shedding a light on the name.

Our friends' little girl is Harriet / Hattie, and so is DH's cousin's eldest. Lovely, classic name.

Nice choice.

Although it's not exactly my taste (I tend to prefer softer sounding names), Harriet is fairly classic and well known but not overused so is a good choice imo (and I love the retro feeling nn Hattie).

Nice with Harriet on the bc. Don’t like it as a standalone name though.

I love it!

Very nice.

Oh I LOVE Harriet with Hattie as a nn.

100% love Harriet/Hattie - perfect name and suits every age and setting. She also has alternative nicknames for different phases which always good :)

As a nickname for Harriet (which I love) I like it.

Thank you all 😊 it’s one of the only names me and DH have agreed on so far.

Thoughts on middle names...
Harriet Daisy
Harriet Ellen
Harriet Alice
Harriet Freya

We have a long surname so would rather not have a long middle name.

Harriet Alice is beautiful

I have a Hattie Hope-Hattie on birth certificate-22yrs now. Never had another Hattie at school, college or Uni.She is known as Hats, Hattie-tat!
She has always loved her name, as have we.

I love Hattie.

@CuddlyDudley71

I have a Hattie Hope-Hattie on birth certificate-22yrs now. Never had another Hattie at school, college or Uni.She is known as Hats, Hattie-tat! She has always loved her name, as have we.

I misread that and thought she was Hope-Hattie double barrelled!

Love it!

I’ve got a Harriet nn. Hattie Rose

Love it - Harriet is a beautiful name and Hattie is a great nickname.

I love this and would have considered it for dd, but a family friend who we see fairly regularly already has a Hattie.

I love Harriet and Hattie as a nickname. I think it’s underused.

Harriet Alice

Harriet nn Hattie is a great name. I know a teenaged Hattie (Harriet officially) and a couple of under 5-year-old ones too so it doesn't feel overused to me and I like the flexibility of it as a name e.g. your DD could choose to be Harrie/Harry instead when she's older.

Of your middle names, I like Daisy the most. Although I love the name Alice, I think Harriet Alice sounds a bit like Harrier Tallis. Other middle names I think go well include Primrose, Mary, Claire, Susan, Ruth.