Baby names

[Tamarruth]

Hiya

I'm due in June. Need help deciding between Millie or Marley to name my girl. Which one cuter?

I love Millie!

Marley is a dog's name

I know labradors with both these names.

Millie is an ok nickname. You need to think of this as the persons name for life, not which is cuter.

Marley is more dog but if human, more male in my opinion.

Which is 'cuter' isn't a good way of choosing a name. I wouldn't want a cute name for myself or a daughter.

Of the two, Millie, but only because Marley is awful. I'd have it short for something less twee, like Camilla, Amelia or Millicent.

Agree that cuteness isn't the only criteria. Also, agree with the suggestion of Millie as a shortened form of a 'proper' name.

I know a few of each in both my kid's age groups, so they both sound quite 'dated' to me, particularly Marley. Just mentioning it, in case that's something that bothers you.

I know both a boy and a girl called Marley. I think it's a lovely name.

Yes Marley is a dogs name and it was in a film called Marley and Me so Millie.

They’re both nice. I prefer Millie myself - reminds me of Milly Molly Mandy!

I like Marla 😊

Miley? A mixture of both!

Marley for me. I don't get the dog connection, it's a very normal girls' name. Millie is OK if short for Camilla, Emilia, Millicent, etc but not as a stand-alone name.

It’s not really about cuter. She will be a teenager/ adult one day and doesn’t need a cute name!

Our dog is Millie and I prefer Marley for a boy.

What about Amelia? Millicent?

@AmandaMirandaPanda the dog connection is the extremely well known film Marley and me about a dog.

I think of Marley as a dog and also male. So Millie.

Marnie is another alternative to Marley - sounds similar but not used often.

Marley if I had to choose. I find Millie really dull and overused.

Thanks, RussianSpy101! Now that you mention it I recognise the name of the film and that it was about a dog, but had never seen it. For some reason I know several women and girls called Marley/Marli/Marlie so one (very famous) dog doesn't shift my ideas about it, but I can see if it's someone's first or only experience of the name it can be off-putting.

Millie is a dogs name and a nickname.

I much prefer Marley. Or how about Miley?

Cute should not be a criteria for naming a person!! Marley is a famous dog and popular dogs name. Millie is a nickname and popular dogs name. Neither are proper names.

There’s bound to be a proper name out there with a cute nickname e.g. Amanda - nn Mandy?

Not keen on either but prefer Millie for a girl

I've always liked Millie. There's an old film - Thoroughly Modern Millie, with Julie Andrews. Marley says the dog to me, and I don't like surnames for girls' forenames generally.

Marley is a well known male dog.
I would go for Millie.

I know more dogs named Millie than Marley!

Marley is awful. It really is! I like Millie but think it should be short for something. I personally wouldn't choose a name because it's cute. What if she grows up to be a lawyer or something and wants a serious name?