Horatia or Harriet?

[RishiRich]

I think Horatia is dashing, Harriet is pretty. I prefer Horatia but it's a bit of a brave choice.

Harriet is beautiful. Horatia is hideous.

What @AllPlayedOut said ^^

Harriet

Yes to this

Really?! I imagine her to be the kind of woman who owns the name and runs the board.

There's nothing...at all...remotely 'dashing' about Horatia...it's awful.

Harriet is lovely.

Harriet.

Harriet.
Horatia will just be constantly coming out as Horatio, which is a boys name. Horrible please don’t. Does her name need to be ‘dashing’?

Yes...in stark, beige tweed and hideous horn rimmed spectacles, with a shrill upper class voice and flat brogues.

Harriet.

It’s strong, not pretty, IMO.

But no child’s character or achievements will be determined by their name.

Really?! I imagine her to be the kind of woman who owns the name and runs the board.

I just picture Miss Trunchbull(I know that her name was Agatha.)

Horatia is a horror!

Horatia starts with whore. Not going to be fun growing up!

Never met a Horatia. I would imagine her like Perpetua in Bridget Jones. Nothing intrinsically wrong with that, but I guess it depends what circles you move in. A state schooled Horatia could be in for a rough ride.

Harriet. And I'm not a big fan of Harriet.

I wonder if "dashing" comes from the Horatia in one of Georgette Heyer's books? She was called after her godfather Horace Walpole I think. Even she didn't like her name.

Horatia is not brave ..or dashing ..or even nice. It's awful. Introduce yourself as Horatia for a week before inflicting it on an innocent baby.

Harriet is lovely.

As pp mentioned, Horatia having the ‘whore’ sound would be a big no-no for me.

Go away, all of you. You know not of what you speak. I have a Horatia, and it is a beautiful, fabulous name for a beautiful, fabulous young woman who is very decidedly not tweedy or brogue-wearing.

Harriet is a nice name, too, but Horatia is better (though I am clearly biased).

BTW there is nothing "whore" about Horatia, if you are pronouncing it correctly. Otherwise, you'd say the same about boys called Horatio/Horace.

Horatia is dreadful
Harriet is much nicer

@ofwarren You have no taste. Along with pretty much everyone else on this thread. I will defend Horatias to the hilt.

Why not change your own name to horatia?

Harriet, ts a nice name that is easy to spell and say and hadls easy diminutives. I know three Harriets and they all suit their name, one is a Nurse prac, one is a ceramic artist and one who is 12, goes by Hattie and wants to be a vet.
Its a good name.

I simply cannot imagine looking at a tiny, gorgeous, squidgy, baby girl and saying lets call her Horatia. But hey, different strokes and all that.