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Final three girl names

62 replies

RouxLou · 06/03/2021 18:27

Baby is due in May, gender unknown but pretty sold on a boys name. Please could I have your opinions on these names for a girl;

.Effie
.Marlow
.Noa

Really like Marlow but not too keen on it being shortened to Marlie/Marley.

TIA

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Nell96 · 06/03/2021 19:57

Effie - not keen, perhaps ok as a nn for Ophelia or something else? Seems a bit insubstantial.
Marlow - sounds quite masculine to me, I'd prefer something like Mira.
Noa - sounds like Noah. It's the best of the three. My dd is called Nia, which I love - I also really like Neneh and Nina.

Lobsterquadrille2 · 06/03/2021 20:09

I love Effie, short for Euphemia. Greek?

Synchrony · 06/03/2021 20:18

I guess Effie. The others sound like boy names to me.

Twinkie01 · 06/03/2021 20:26

Effing Hell. Sorry just reminds me of swearing!

Noa is the nicest.

DinosaurDiana · 06/03/2021 20:29

Marley.

Plump82 · 06/03/2021 20:32

Love Noa. Kate Lawler (Big Brother winner Virgin Radio DJ) has just had a baby and called her Noa. I think its lovely.

Chunkymenrock · 06/03/2021 20:34

Effie sounds like effing (f-ing) Noa is weird and Marlow is the least bad but I'm afraid I dislike them all.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 06/03/2021 20:35

I love Effie, but it's a bit too nicknamey for me to use as a given name personally (would be lovely as a nn for Josephine, Ophelia, Stephanie, Persephone, maybe even Elizabeth or Sophia).

Marlow is super trendy/celeb sounding imo so very much not to my taste. Much prefer similar but popular Willow (or rarer Juno or Clio).

Noa is nice - but because Noah for boys is so popular now, there will be a lot of gender confusion when hearing the name if that matters to you? You could consider similar (if a bit more trendy) Nova instead?

RosesAndHellebores · 06/03/2021 20:35

Jane.

User1511 · 06/03/2021 20:36

I don’t like Noa. Effie is really lovely. Marlow won’t get shortened unless you do it.

hulloall · 06/03/2021 20:41

I love the name Effie!

May2021Mummy · 06/03/2021 20:55

My fav is Marlowe but I prefer it with the W on the end without is usually the male version.

I know one who is 2 and her name never gets shortened

Good luck

SemperIdem · 06/03/2021 20:59

Effie - I’d assume mum really idolised the character from Skins if 30 or younger.

Marlow - Sienna Miller fan girl

Noa- lovely

7catsandcounting · 06/03/2021 21:01

Effie is very nice!

Psychobobble · 06/03/2021 21:02

Kate Lawlor has just called her dd Noa, for some reason my facebook seems to think I am fascinated by this....
So if that matters to you, you may want to avoid it.

VenusClapTrap · 06/03/2021 21:45

I’m not keen on any of them, but Noa is the least bad. Effie is too babyish. I know a little boy called Marlow, and I don’t even like it on him and he’s very sweet.

DragonPoop · 06/03/2021 21:47

Effie hands down is the nicest

SleepingStandingUp · 06/03/2021 21:49

I like Effie, I'd possibly consider if theres a longer version and NN to Effie but it's cute. Now on a girl is really sweet.
Marlow I'd assume was a boy, it's ok but I prefer Marley

ladygindiva · 06/03/2021 21:51

I like Marlow and Noa. Effie just makes me think of eff off, or effing and jeffing... I really don't like it all.

littlemisslozza · 06/03/2021 21:54

Not Marlow. It's a town.
I like Noa but have never heard it for a girl. I know quite a few male Noah's though so she might get irritated by having to correct people. How about Nia? Pretty name.
Not a fan of Effie I'm afraid. We have a kebab shop nearby called Effie's so I can't get past that! Edie is nice though.

DramaAlpaca · 07/03/2021 00:59

Marlow is not my style but it's interesting. I think it looks better spelled Marlowe, then you're using a surname for a first name instead of a place name.

Noa for a girl is so, so much nicer than Noah for a boy. I can't bear Noah, but quite like Noa.

Effie, just a definite 'no' to this.

SmeleanorSmellstrop · 07/03/2021 01:32

Noa is gorgeous! Its the name of one of a pretty cool group of sisters in the Old Testament. I love it!

Effie and Marlow are cute too but Marlow probably will ge Marlie

amanzapanza · 07/03/2021 02:23

NOA✨

Ijustlikedthename · 07/03/2021 16:53

LOVE Effie! Like Noa too

AfterEightsBeforeEight · 07/03/2021 16:58

Effie is the name of one Turkish and one Greek restaurant in our near vicinity. There's a chain of DIY/garden centre things called Marlow. Noa Noa is a perfume.

Sorry Flowers

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