Saint names - Helena, Ursula, Marina

[DaisyJoy1]

What do you like best and why?

(Helena pronounced Helen-uh)

I love Marina and Helena (your pronunciation).

In comparison I find Ursula a bit clunky.

Marina is wonderful. Beautiful sound, unusual without being bizarre, easy to spell and pronounce, travels well internationally. Ursula is a name I feel I should like but I just can't warm to it. Helena is nice, but feels plainer in comparison.

I love Helena. Really dislike Marina and Ursula. I can't give a reason why

I like Helena and Marina in that order.
I don’t care for Ursula and why would you call your daughter a bear?

Ursula giving me evil witch vibes from little mermaid, love Helena ♥️

Marina and Helena are lovely. I prefer Marina as its a bit unusual. Ursula is just ugly.

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Marina is lovely 🥰

Marina.

She'd be named after the saint, but I actually love the meaning "Little She-Bear"!

Marina or Helena

I love Helena, but suggest Ursulina instead of Ursula (though I like Ursula more than Marina).

Helena nn Lena
Marina nn Rina

1- Marina- love it slightly unusual/uncommon but easy to say and spell
2- Helena- nice pleasant name slightly more common sounding
3- Ursula- cute meaning but personally I'm not a fan of the sound and reminds me of the little mermaid sea witch

I love the name Helena, it's so simple and classic yet not common at all. Marina is also nice for the same reasons. Like pp I find Ursula a little clunky.

Helena as in Bonham Carter is nicer than Hel ainer. Marina is gorgeous. Ursula not so lovely.

What about Cecelia. Beautiful name.

If my ds was a girl I was going to use the name ursula. I absolutely adore it

I rather like Ursula. In a sea of sweet, girly names, we have a bear! I know nothing about Disney’s Little Mermaid.

I don't like Marina, Helena is nice. Ursula, not sure, I do like the meaning and contemplated calling dd this. But, I don't like the disney character and people would probably think of this.

Disney didn’t call the sea witch Ursula because it sounds nice - it’s really a horrible sounding name, sorry to to any Ursulas out there. I think in some other languages it has a nicer ring to it by being pronounced a bit musically if you like - Ooorrsooolaaah -, but definitely not in English where it’s just Errs-eww-ler.

Marina and Helena are both nice. I’d probably go with Marina if I had to choose between the two.

Marina is a no

I rather like Ursula. I like Agatha too (also a Saint).

Love Ursula - was on my short list. I too love the little she-bear meaning. I'm not so keen on nicknames - Lulu, Lala etc, hence it didn't make the cut.

Like Helena, not keen on Marina

What a confusing thread! The first half so anti-Ursula that I was ready to accept defeat and use it as a middle name, but the second half giving me hope of Ursula. I also love nickname Lulu which I hadn't thought of before - so cute!

I think Ursula is really pretty.