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Sienna or Maeve?

27 replies

Indecisivemamabear · 23/01/2023 11:02

Which would you pick and why?

What associations would you make with each name please?

Thanks

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Roseyposeypudding · 23/01/2023 17:31

Maeve definitely

17caterpillars1mouse · 23/01/2023 17:36

I really like Maeve - I imagine a sensitive, clever girl who loves reading and animals. Has a quirky dress sense, probably horse rides

I'm not a fan of Sienna - I picture her to be a bit two faced and too concerns about appearances. She'd ask out the boy she knows you like behind you back and act like she's done nothing wrong

Comedycook · 23/01/2023 17:38

Sienna

Maeve is an old lady name to me.

Jomummy1013 · 23/01/2023 17:38

Maeve - for no other reason than it's beautiful.

yahpahha · 23/01/2023 17:52

Maeve really makes me think of Mavis. I would go for Sienna.

Rauha · 23/01/2023 17:53

Maeve

MarriedInAHurricane · 23/01/2023 17:56

Maeve for sure!

FASDE1517 · 23/01/2023 18:01

Another vote for Maeve

caggie2 · 23/01/2023 18:07

OP you really are living up to your username this is like your 8th thread isn't it? Grin

(Lighthearted, btw - I know how hard it can be! Maybe try one thread will of the different names and people can put them in order rather than each thread choosing between two names, might help get a better idea?!)

caggie2 · 23/01/2023 18:08

*Maybe try one thread with all of the different names, that should of said!

Twoinapod · 23/01/2023 18:20

Maeve definitely. All the siennas I’ve known of have been terrible

Outfor150 · 23/01/2023 18:21

Sienna - it seems more glam and sophisticated and sunny . Maeve is very dreary. Sienna isn’t a favourite name by a long way, but I prefer it to Maeve.

Captone · 23/01/2023 18:22

I think Maeve is absolutely beautiful.

SpinningFloppa · 23/01/2023 18:27

caggie2 · 23/01/2023 18:08

*Maybe try one thread with all of the different names, that should of said!

Oh I though sienna was just really popular because I kept seeing it popping up, didn’t realise all the posts were from the same person🤣

would definitely be easier to just stick to one thread and add the names to it lol

VanillaLife · 23/01/2023 18:29

Sienna

BlueSuffragette · 23/01/2023 18:29

Maeve. Sienna not really on my like list.

Divebar2021 · 23/01/2023 18:31

I know 2 Siennas - it seems slightly try hard to me. When I think of Maeve I think of the Netflix show Sex Education - that character is very clever which is appealing. It’s altogether a more appealing name.

whatever1980 · 23/01/2023 18:32

Love Maeve

Scumbling · 23/01/2023 18:39

Maeve is a kick-ass warrior queen who shags all round her and starts battles about cattle or if anyone gives her the hairy eyeball, and only takes as husbands men who aren’t weak, mean or jealous (because of the omni-shagging). Sienna is sort of mimsy in comparison.

CastleTower · 23/01/2023 18:42

Maeve

DarkDarkNight · 23/01/2023 18:47

Maeve. I don’t really associate the name with anything, I suppose I would think Maeve Binchy if anything.

I like both names but Sienna is so overused at the moment. It also makes me think of the actress primarily (not a bad thing, I think she’s great) ahead of the place or the pigment.

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 23/01/2023 20:28

Maeve.

Mamoun · 23/01/2023 20:33

I know a Maeve and kept getting the pronunciation wrong (not British) so my husband told me, "think of Dave".... stuck with me!

housemaus · 23/01/2023 20:33

Maeve! It's a cool girl name to me (maybe because I know a very cool Maeve who makes her own clothes and takes no shit from anyone) and I much prefer the way it sounds.

Sienna makes me think of blonde private school girls (no judgement on either blondes or people who went to private school, haha, just that that's my immediate mental image). It's a nice enough name but not my style.

everythingsapickle · 23/01/2023 20:43

Maeve! Love it.

Really dislike Sienna. Don’t know why as it’s perfectly nice I suppose. Just gives me Made in Chelsea vibes.